15 Most Terrifying Snake Species

15 Most Terrifying Snake Species

If you have extreme fear of snakes, you have Ophidhophobia, one of the phobias most common to animals. It is believed to be developed by some traumatic experience, although there are also those who believe that it is an evolutionary characteristic. Anthropologists speculate that it is due to evolution. 

Primates and humans would have a more developed visual acuity to detect these reptiles because we are antagonistic by nature. The fact is that only 10 percent of snakes are poisonous and many times more afraid of their appearance.

1. Elephant Trunk Snake

This type of snake lives in Indonesia and is located on the coasts, in shallow waters.

2. Long-Snouted Vine Snake

Lives in Southeast Asia.

3. Bush Viper

The Atheris Hispida lives in Africa and is highly poisonous. It is characterized by its extremely keel dorsal scales that give it a bristly appearance.

4. Tiger Snake

It lives in East Asia, feeds on poisonous frogs and is immune to its venom, which they store to defend themselves against their predators.

5. Flying Snake

This is not poisonous. They can plan better than flying squirrels and other animals of the type.

6. Tentacle Snake

It is found in Southeast Asia, lives in the turbid waters of the lakes and feeds on fish that it catches with two tentacles in its jaw.

7. Leaf-Nosed Snake

Lives in the trees, it's from Madagascar.

8. Horned Snake

The Cerastes Cerastes lives in the desert of North Africa and the Middle East.

9. Burrowing Asp

The Atractaspis Microlepidota is a genus of venomous snakes belonging to the sub-family of Atractaspidinae . This species is native to Africa and a part of the Middle East.

10. Golden Sea Snakes

The Aipysurus Laevis is a genus of poisonous marine snakes. They are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

11. Black Mamba

It is the most poisonous snake in Africa. The name is due to the black color of their jaws. On the outside it can be yellow, green or gray.

12. Spider-Tailed Snake

This Viper is found in Northern Iran. It was discovered only in 2006, its tail looks like a spider that uses as a decoy to attract its prey. It is very poisonous.

13. Cobra

His Majesty lives in India, Bangladesh, Burma, South China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. It feeds on snakes, including python and other cobras. It is very poisonous.

14. Spitting Cobra

More than an insult, the spit of the Spitting Cobra burns. It can blind you if you spit in the eyes. They spit up to two meters away.

15. Reticulated Python

It is the largest of the snakes, weighs up to 140 kg and measures up to 10 meters. Capture their prey at night, which they swallow completely. It is very agile and fast, being able to catch monkeys.