Palestinian viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Palestinian viper Vipera palaestinae Description: Olive to rusty brown with a dark V-shaped mark on...
Mole viper or burrowing viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Mole viper or burrowing viper Atracaspis microlepidota Description: Uniformly black or dark brown with a...
McMahon’s viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
McMahon’s viper Eristicophis macmahonii Description: Sandy buff color dominates the body, with darker brown spots...
Malayan pit viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Malayan pit viper Callaselasma rhodostoma Description: Reddish running into pink tinge toward the belly with...
Levant viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Levant viper Vipera lebetina Description: Gray to pale brown with large dark brown spots on...
Krait snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Krait Bungarus caeruleus Description: Black or bluish-black with white narrow crossbands and a narrow head....
King cobra – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
King cobra Ophiophagus hannah Description: Uniformly olive, brown, or green with ring-like cross-bands of black....
Horned desert viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Horned desert viper Cerastes cerastes Description: Pale buff color with obscure markings and a sharp...
Habu pit viper – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Habu pit viper Trimeresurus flavoviridis Description: Light brown or olive-yellow with black markings and a...
Green tree pit viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Green tree pit viper Trimeresurus gramineus Description: Uniform bright or dull green with light yellow...
Green mamba snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Green mamba Dendraspis angusticeps Description: Most mambas are uniformly bright green over their entire body....
Gaboon viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica Description: Pink to brown with a vertebral series of elongated yellowish...
Habu Pit Viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Habu Pit Viper Naja haje Description: Yellowish, dark brown, or black uniform top with brown...
Cobra snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Common cobra or Asiatic cobra Naja naja Description: Usually slate gray to brown overall. The...
Bush viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Bush viper Atheris squamiger Description: Often called leaf viper, its color varies from ground colors...
Boomslang snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Boomslang Dispholidus typus Description: Coloration varies but is generally green or brown, which makes it...
Ursini’s viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Ursini’s viper Vipera ursinii Description: The common adder, long-nosed adder, and Ursini’s viper basically have...
Pallas’ viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Pallas’ viper Agkistrodon halys Description: Coloration is gray, tan, or yellow, with markings similar to...
Long-nosed adder snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Long-nosed adder Vipera ammodytes Description: Coloration is gray, brown, or reddish with a dark brown...
Common adder
Common adder Vipera berus Description: Its color is variable. Some adult specimens are completely black,...
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox Description: The body is a light buff color with darker...
All about the Tropical rattlesnake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Tropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus or Crotalus terrificus Description: The Tropical Rattlesnake is also known as...
All about the Fer-de-lance snake – the most feared snake on the planet – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Fer-de-lance Bothrops atrox or Bothrops lanceolatus The Fer-de-lance (also known as Lancehead) are several closely...
All about the Jumping viper snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Jumping viper Bothrops nummifer (or Atropoides) Description: It has a stocky, thick body. Its ground...
All about the Mojave (Mohave) rattlesnake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Mojave rattlesnake Crotalus scutulatus Description: The Mojave Rattlesnake’s (also known as Mohave Rattlesnake, Mojave...
