venomous snakes
121brown snake — ▪ reptile any of several species of snakes named for their usual predominating colour. In New Guinea and Australia the name brown snake is applied to seven species of the genus Pseudonaja. These venomous snakes are slender, small headed… …
122viper — /ˈvaɪpə / (say vuypuh) noun 1. any of the venomous snakes of the genus Vipera, especially V. berus, a small European species; the adder. 2. any snake of the highly venomous family Viperidae, found in Africa, Asia and Europe and including the… …
123Snake pit — Snake pits were a historical European means of imposing capital punishment. Convicts were cast into a deep pit containing venomous snakes, such as vipers. They died from snake venom poisoning as the irritated snakes attacked them. An example of… …
124elapid — /el euh pid/, n. 1. any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes. adj. 2. belonging or… …
125The Adventure of the Speckled Band — is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes . The story was first published in Strand Magazine in February …
126Goanna — Taxobox name = Goanna image width = 240px image caption = Lace Monitor ( Varanus varius ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Scleroglossa familia = Varanidae genus = Varanus genus authority = in part… …
127Egyptian cobra — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata …
128Naja naja —   Cobra de Anteojos Cobra de anteojos, Naja naja …
