The 10 Most Venomous Snakes in the World

By LD50 toxicity: 1) Inland Taipan (Australia), 2) Eastern Brown Snake (Australia), 3) Coastal Taipan (Australia), 4) King Cobra (Asia), 5) Black Mamba (Africa). Note: most venomous does not mean most dangerous. The Inland Taipan has zero recorded human deaths because it lives in remote desert.

The saw-scaled viper, with much less toxic venom, kills far more people because it lives near humans in densely populated areas with poor medical access..