How many types of venomous snakes are there in Australia?

Out of the 140 species of land snake and 30 additional species of sea snake that are native to Australia, approximately 100 are venomous. The two most venomous snakes in the world, the Inland Taipan and the Eastern Brown Snake, both live in Australia. read more

Pretty much anything from the taxonomic family Elapidae (front-fanged snakes) is venomous, and we have about 100 species of aquatic and terrestrial elapids in Australia. Not all of them are dangerously venomous, and surviving envenomation depends on a number of factors. read more

Now, I would have guessed we would have three or four of the world’s most venomous snakes, but the real figure is 11. That’s right, 11. And when you count out to the top 25, we can account for 20 entries. read more