I've heard the Black Mamba of Africa, but I've also heard the krait of India.

Actually I believe it is the Taipan, you will about 1 hour after bitten.

It depends on how you define venomous. A king cobra's venom is very dangerous, but that's because it's so big and injects so much. Drop for drop, not as much. Sea snake venom is much more potent than land snake venom. Among land snakes, probably the Fierce Snake, which is in Australia. It's not a common snake so things like Kraits, Mambas and Taipans, also very venomous, get more press.

the top ten deadliest snakes live in australia

I thought it was the Black Mamba.

the saw-scaled or carpet viper is generally considered to be the most dangerous snake in the world. Ranging from West Africa through the Middle East to India and Sri Lanka, it probably kills more people in the world than any other species. In Asia alone, it is reported to kill 800 people annually. Its venom is more toxic than any other viper, it is small and easy to overlook and, above all, it becomes extremely aggressive when frightened or disturbed. Indeed, many snake experts put it on the top of their list of short-tempered species.

yeah its king cobra

It depends on where you get your information. I have heard that so many snakes are the most deadly, and yet they can't all be number one! I have begun to suspect that no one really knows the answer to this.

I always thought a black mamba was the most poisonous snake,but most websites say its the inland taipan.

the one that is poisonous and bites you at the time

I think a water mocasin

1) "The debate of what are the most venomous snakes is one that occupies a disproportinate amount of time, it is of course purely academic... dead is dead. However, since the questions arise so often, it is useful to have a list of the available data and sorted by route of injection. This of course greatly influences the relative toxicity. One thing to keep in mind is that these sort of lists are not all inclusive and should not be taken as absolute rankings. Many snakes were not analysed by all four of the methods. The world's most toxic snake, the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) , is not on a couple of the lists simply because it was not tested by those methods. The most commonly tested methods are subcutaneous and intravenous injections of mice. Subcutaneous is the most applicable to actual bites. Only large Bitis or extremely large Bothrops or Crotalus specimens wouls be able to deliver a bite that is truly intramuscular. IV injections are extremly rare in actual bites. The murine model gives a reasonable indication of human toxicity but is not extact. By looking at all four lists, a fair idea of the relative toxities can be formulated. Venom yield must also be considered. For example, Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern brown snake) is around two and a half time more toxic than Oxyuranus scutellatus (Coastal taipan) but the coastal taipan injects up to twenty to thirty times more venom. Thus, the net result it the coastal taipan injecting eight to twelve times more lethal doses than the eastern brown snake. The LD50s are compiled from available literature. Where the same expirement was done by different labs, the results were averaged." 2) Here the top five of each list: "Intramuscular LD-50s Scientific name Comon name (or species complex) LD-50 (mg/kg) Hydrophis melanosoma Black banded sea snake 0.082 Aipysurus laevi Olive sea snake 0.09 Hydrophis ornatus Reef sea snake 0.12 Hydrophis belcheri sea snake species 0.155 Hydrophis elegans Elegant sea snake 0.21" "Intraperitoneal LD-50s Scientific name Common name LD-50 (mg/kg) Notes Oxyuranus scutellatus Coastal taipan 0.009 Oxyuranus scutellatus canni (Papua New Guinea taipan) should be considered as having the same venoms composition until proven otherwise Pseudocerastes fieldi Field's horned viper 0.02 Bungarus multicinctus Many banded krait 0.08 Bungarus caeruleus Indian krait 0.089 Enhydrina schistosa Beaked sea snake 0.107" "Intravenous LD-50s Scientific name Common name (or species complex) LD-50 (mg/kg) Notes Pseudonaja textilis Eastern brown snake 0.01 Oxyuranus scutellatus Coastal taipan 0.013 Oxyuranus scutellatus canni (Papua New Guinea taipan) should be considered as having the same venoms composition until proven otherwise Notechis scutulatus Mainland tiger snake 0.04 Geographic locations not given, variations of venom across range significant Crotalus tigris Tiger rattlesnake 0.056 Dispholidus typus Boomslang 0.071" "Sub-cutaneous LD-50s Scientific name Common name LD-50 (mg/kg) Notes Oxyuranus microlepidotus Inland taipan 0.025 Formerly known as fierce snake or small-scaled snake Pseudonaja textilis Eastern brown snake 0.0365 Aipysurus duboisii Dubois's sea snake 0.044 Pelamis platurus Yellow bellied sea snake 0.067 Acalyptophis peronii Horned sea snake 0.079" Source and further information (points 1 & 2): http://www.kingsnake.com/toxinology/LD50/LD50men.html 3) "Hydrophis Belcheri - Most Venomous Snake Snake's Record: Inland Taipan is not world's most toxic venomous snake else rightly saying it is terrestrial world's most toxic land snake on earth. Neither it is Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa). Snake which is 100 times more venomous than Taipan, Beaked Sea Snake or any other snake on earth is Hydrophis Belcheri. Record's Disagreement: Some snake enthusiasts and herpetologists may not agree with above sentence and would either name Beaked Sea Snake (Enhydrina schistosa) or the Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) as having most toxic venom than Belcheri. Record's Agreement: But present situation is changing, more recent studies and better results of improving experiments have suggested and compelled majority of scientific world to accept 'Hydrophis Belcheri' as the real contender No.1. Even literary world seems to be in agreement with this as many recent encyclopedias says it's 'Hydrophis Belcheri". Example: To verify, refer reputed DK'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY ENCYCLOPEDIA Edition 2007, Page No. 918, lower bottom under title 'Most Venomous Animals' and read the first sentence. Finally majority always wins and recent researches and new data seems to be in favour of Belcheri, so whether you agree or not, Belcher's Sea Snake remains the most venomous snake on planet earth." Source and further information: http://kalyan-city.blogspot.com/2008/07/worlds-top-10-most-poisonous-venomous.html 4) "The Faint-banded Sea snake (Hydrophis belcheri, also known as the Belcher's sea snake) is a species of sea snake. It is the most toxic snake in the world. It has a friendly temperament and would normally have to be subjected to severe mistreatment before biting. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, although only a quarter of those bitten are envenomated since the snake rarely injects much of its venom. Because of this, and its docile nature, it is generally not regarded as very dangerous. The toxicity of this species' venom have many times been called into question, with some herpetologists and snake enthusiasts naming either the beaked sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa) or the Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) as having the most toxic venom." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophis_belcheri 5) Further information (various other lists): http://www.buzzle.com/articles/most-venomous-snakes-in-the-world.html http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/crochunter/australiazoo/10mostvenomous.html http://arachnophiliac.info/burrow/tenmostvenomous.htm http://www.manbir-online.com/htm2/snake.22.htm http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/7327 This is not so serious: http://www.tasgreetings.com/thesnake.htm

Black Mamba or the Green Mamba

The Black Mamba. This is an aggresive snake and chases humans.