Death Adder – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.
Death adder Acanthophis antarcticus Description: Reddish, yellowish, or brown color with distinct dark brown crossbands....
Death adder Acanthophis antarcticus Description: Reddish, yellowish, or brown color with distinct dark brown crossbands....
Australian copperhead Denisonia superba Description: Coloration is reddish brown to dark brown. A few from...
Wagler’s pit viper or temple viper Trimeresurus wagleri Description: Green with white crossbands edged with...
Saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Description: Color is light buff with shades of brown, dull red,...
Sand viper Cerastes vipera Description: Usually uniformly very pallid, with three rows of darker brown...
Russell’s viper Vipera russellii Description: Light brown body with three rows of dark brown or...
Rhinoceros viper or river jack Bitis nasicornis Description: Brightly colored with purplish to reddish-brown markings...
Puff adder Bitis arietans Description: Yellowish, light brown, or orange with chevron-shaped dark brown or...
You must use special precautions if you expect to survive in these man-made hazards. If you are subjected to any…
In a survival situation, especially in a hostile environment, you may find it necessary to camouflage yourself, your equipment, and…
You must assume that if trapped in a hostile area, you may not experience quick recovery by friendly elements. You…
The threat from animals is less than from other parts of the environment. However, common sense tells you to avoid…
Successful use of plants in a survival situation depends on positive identification. Knowing poisonous plants is as important as knowing…
Palestinian viper Vipera palaestinae Description: Olive to rusty brown with a dark V-shaped mark on...
Mole viper or burrowing viper Atracaspis microlepidota Description: Uniformly black or dark brown with a...
McMahon’s viper Eristicophis macmahonii Description: Sandy buff color dominates the body, with darker brown spots...
Malayan pit viper Callaselasma rhodostoma Description: Reddish running into pink tinge toward the belly with...
Levant viper Vipera lebetina Description: Gray to pale brown with large dark brown spots on...
Krait Bungarus caeruleus Description: Black or bluish-black with white narrow crossbands and a narrow head....
King cobra Ophiophagus hannah Description: Uniformly olive, brown, or green with ring-like cross-bands of black....
Horned desert viper Cerastes cerastes Description: Pale buff color with obscure markings and a sharp...
Habu pit viper Trimeresurus flavoviridis Description: Light brown or olive-yellow with black markings and a...
Green tree pit viper Trimeresurus gramineus Description: Uniform bright or dull green with light yellow...
Green mamba Dendraspis angusticeps Description: Most mambas are uniformly bright green over their entire body....
Gaboon viper Bitis gabonica Description: Pink to brown with a vertebral series of elongated yellowish...