Since it was from a sacrificial pit, this snake is believed to be a significant prop used during sacrificial rituals in the ancient Shu, says Wang Fang, deputy director of the Jinsha Site Museum ...

Saw-scaled (carpet) vipers, Rattlesnakes, Adders, Levantine viper, and most pit vipers have hemotoxic venom in their fangs ... snakes were not considered venomous, but now these Colubridae ...

Despite the resemblance, their name means “false cobra,” and they are from a different genus of venomous snakes with fixed fangs near the front of their jaws, according to the sanctuary.

“These findings, stemming from a detailed analysis of the colubrid snake genera Gongylosoma and ... length of around half a metre and has teeth. Credit: Zeeshan Mirza via Mongabay.

Boomslangs are highly venomous snakes found in Africa, but they aren’t in the elapid or viper family. Boomslangs are part of Colubridae and are a rear-fanged species, meaning their venom delivering ...