| adder2 |
a small, venomous snake found in Europe and Asia. |
| anaconda |
a very large snake found in South America. Anacondas are not venomous but kill other animals by squeezing them until they cannot breathe. Anacondas can grow to over twenty feet long. |
| asp |
any of several small, venomous snakes found in Africa and Asia Minor, such as the cobra or horned viper. |
| black widow |
a small spider of North and South America. The female has a shiny, black body with a red mark on her underside and a venomous bite. |
| boa constrictor |
a large snake that lives in the tropical areas of Central and South America. Boa constrictors are pale brown with darker marks and are not venomous. They kill their prey by winding around it and squeezing it until it cannot breathe. |
| Brazilian wandering spider |
any of a family of highly venomous, quick-moving, and aggressive spiders native to the rainforests of Brazil, also known as the banana spider for the frequency with which members of this family are found in bunches of bananas. |
| brown recluse spider |
a highly venomous, medium-sized brown spider that has a dark, violin-shaped mark on its body. |
| bushmaster |
a large, venomous snake native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. |
| cobra |
a venomous snake found in Asia and Africa. When excited, cobras are known to rear up and spread the skin of their necks into a shape like a hood. |
| cone shell |
any of several tropical marine snails, most of which have a venomous bite. |
| copperhead |
a venomous snake that has a copper-colored body with darker bands. Copperheads are found in the southeastern United States. |
| coral snake |
a small, venomous snake that has red, yellow, and black bands around its body. It is found in the southwestern part of the United States and in Central and South America. |
| cottonmouth |
a venomous North American snake that lives in swamps; water moccasin. |
| fang |
a long pointed tooth, such as the canine tooth of carnivorous animals or the hollow, grooved tooth by which a venomous snake injects its poison. [2/3 definitions] |
| fer-de-lance |
a large, venomous snake of Central and South America. |
| Gila monster |
a large, venomous reptile that lives in the southwestern part of the United States and in Mexico. This lizard has a short tail and scales in patterns of black with orange, yellow, or pink. |
| horned viper |
a highly venomous snake of Africa, having a hornlike protrusion above each eye; asp. |
| king cobra |
the largest of venomous snakes, found in southeastern Asia; hamadryad. |
| krait |
any of several venomous snakes of southeastern Asia, having black or brown skin covered with yellow bands. |
| lionfish |
any of various marine fishes that have fan-like fins and venomous dorsal spines. |
| mamba |
any of several venomous snakes found in the African tropics, esp. a black or green tree snake. |