The Most Vicious Reptiles

Lizards and turtles are bizarre-looking animals to many people. Because of their seemingly expressionless faces combined with their claws and teeth, many lizards are considered aggressive, while turtles are believed to be slow-moving, docile animals. In fact, most lizards, like most turtles, are harmless to humans; but there are some members of both groups who can kill, maim, make sick, or inflict at least mild levels of pain on their unfortunate human victims. As a matter of fact, some lizards are venomous, and some are very aggressive.

Posted On November 2nd, 2020

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Snapping turtles are freshwater turtles (family Chelydridae) that are noted for their large size and violent nature, named for their method of biting. In North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, and in pockets from Mexico and Central America to Ecuador, snapping turtles are found all over. They have a rough upper shell, a narrow cross-shaped lower shell, a long tail, and a large head with hooked jaws. They are tan to black in colour.

Taipan Snakes

Taipans are a group of native Australian species of snake. They are all big, fast-moving and extremely hazardous. There's enough venom in one bite of a coastal taipan to kill 12,000 guinea pigs. The western taipan injects venom that causes symptoms such as bleeding, damage to the tissue and muscle, and paralysis of the muscle.

Komodo Dragons

New research has shown that the Komodo dragon, despite bacterial infections, does not consume its prey. Instead, these large Indonesian land lizards have unique serrated teeth that not only rip the flesh of prey but also inject venom into the victim. This combination renders a deadly reptile, the Komodo dragon, capable of destroying large mammals, including humans.

Russell’s Viper

Russell's viper is a genus of venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent in the Viperidae family. It was described by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder in 1797 and named in honour of Patrick Russell, who wrote about it on the coast of Coromandel in his 1796 work, An Account of Indian Serpents.

Black Mamba

Black mambas are swift, nervous, lethally venomous, and extremely aggressive when threatened. Numerous human deaths have been blamed on them, and African myths exaggerate their capabilities to mythical proportions. The black mamba is widely considered the deadliest snake in the world for these reasons.

Crocodile

The crocodile kills with brute force, while poisonous snakes are lethal. 800 people are killed by crocodiles last year. They are expert ambush hunters with hard jaws and sturdy limbs, although they seem sluggish and clumsy. Saltwater crocodiles, the largest in size, can exert up to 3,700 pounds of pressure per square inch on anything caught in their jaws.

Asian Cobra

A species of the genus Naja found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan, the Indian cobra, also known as the spectacled cobra, Asian cobra, or binucleate cobra, is a member of the 'big four' species that inflict the most snakebites on humans in India