Snakes evoke fear and misunderstanding. Deadly snakes like the Indian Krait and Black Mamba use venom for survival. Krait's neurotoxic venom causes paralysis. Black Mamba's venom leads to rapid ...

The 50-year-old farmer, Devendra Mishra, had caught the highly venomous common krait snake slithering around a neighbor's house, in Maruajhala village in the Uttar Pradesh district of India ...

A common krait is milked by Irula tribal member K. Muthu at the co-op. From venom like this, companies in India produce eight million vials of antivenin a year, most of it derived from the co-op's ...

The Common Krait, known for its striking black and white bands, is highly venomous and dangerous. Common Krait Photo Credit: Flickr ...

The other three include Russell's viper, the common krait and the Indian cobra. Saw-scaled vipers can grow up to 90cm but usually no more than 60cm and are identifiable by their stout body and ...

In the story, a striped snake called a common krait slithers on the stomach of one of the main characters. The journey to save the character from the krait’s bite brings the plot to a panicky ...

Some of the country's most dangerous snakes include the Indian cobra (also known as the spectacled cobra), the common krait, the Russell's viper, and the saw-scaled viper. These four species are ...