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Mamba snakes
Mambas belong to the genus Dendroaspis and are part of the family of Elapidae which includes cobras, coral snakes and kraits.
The black mamba has highly posionous venom which is usally fatal without entivenom treatment. The western green and the eastern green mambas are also poisonous but these snakes are generally smaller than the black so the amount of venom in a bite is usually less.
Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer Pacific Gopher snake Author: Antandrus image in public domain |
Pituophis catenifer sayi gopher snake User: Mark Bratton Work of the United States Government Image in public domain |