Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven
Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven is a wildlife series that began airing on Eden Channel in 2013. Seasons 1 and 2 were also broadcast on Animal Planet Europe, while season 3 was premiered on Nat Geo Wild UK and later screened on Nat Geo Wild Europe & Africa in 2017. It is presented by Nigel Marven, who travels around the world and in each hour-long episode he counts down his list of ten deadliest snakes in each different country or continent. The series is produced by Image Impact.[1]
Episodes
As of 2017, there are 3 seasons, each containing 4 episodes, making up 12 episodes in total.
Some animals featured in the series are:
Costa Rica
United States
South Africa
- 10. Cape coral snake
- 9. boomslang
- 8. rinkhals
- 7. Eastern green mamba
- 6. Gaboon viper
- 5. forest cobra
- 4. Mozambique spitting cobra
- 3. puff adder
- 2. Cape cobra
- 1. black mamba
China
- 10. short-tailed mamushi
- 9. white-lipped pit viper
- 8. black-banded sea krait
- 7. Taiwanese habu
- 6. Russell's viper
- 5. Chinese cobra and monocled cobra
- 4. many-banded krait
- 3. sharp-nosed viper
- 2. Mangshan pit viper
- 1. king cobra
The programme also includes the king ratsnake, and coconut crab.
Malaysia
- 10. temple pit viper
- 9. reticulated python
- 8. red-headed krait
- 7. Siamese peninsula pit viper
- 6. mountain pit viper
- 5. beaked sea snake
- 4. Malayan pit viper
- 3. mangrove pit viper
- 2. king cobra
- 1. Sumatran spitting cobra and monocled cobra
Australia
India
- 10. Laticauda colubrina
- 9. Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus andersoni
- 8. Trimeresurus gramineus
- 7. Trimeresurus malabaricus
- 6. Hypnale hypnale
- 5. Ophiophagus hannah
- 4. Naja naja
- 3. Echis carinatus
- 2. Bungarus caeruleus
- 1. Daboia russelii
The programme also includes the Amblypygi, Coleonyx variegatus, Rat snake.
Europe
- 10. Telescopus fallax
- 9. Malpolon monspessulanus
- 8. Vipera ursinii
- 7. Vipera seoanei
- 6. Vipera latastei
- 5. Vipera berus
- 4. Vipera aspis
- 3. Macrovipera schweizeri
- 2. Vipera ammodytes
- 1. Vipera xanthina
The programme also includes the Timon lepidus, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Blanus cinereus, Alytes, Ciconia ciconia, Ophisaurus.
Philippines
- 10. Mangrove Snake
- 9. Reticulated Python
- 8. Palawan Pit Viper
- 7. Sea krait
- 6. Mindanao Pit Viper
- 5. King Cobra
- 4. Philippine Coral Snake
- 3. Philippine Pit Viper
- 2. Samar cobra
- 1. Philippine cobra
Brazil
- 10. Painted Coral Snake
- 9. Golden Lancehead
- 8. Urutu
- 7. Pampas Lancehead
- 6. South American coral snake
- 5. Amazonian Palm Viper
- 4. Camboia
- 3. Cascabel
- 2. Jararacussu
- 1. Jararaca
Mexico
- 10. Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake
- 9. Mexican Dusky Rattlesnake
- 8. Texas Coral Snake
- 7. Santa Catalina Rattlesnake
- 6. Mitchell's Rattlesnake
- 5. Baja California Rattlesnake
- 4. Red Diamondback Rattlesnake
- 3. Taylor's Cantil
- 2. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
- 1. Terciopelo
Arabia
- 10. Arabian Cat Snake
- 9. Arabian False Cobra
- 8. Persian Horned Viper
- 7. Puff adder
- 6. Arabian Cobra
- 5. Desert Blacksnake
- 4. Arabian Gulf Sea Snake
- 3. Arabian Horned Viper
- 2. Sind Saw-scaled Viper
- 1. Oman Carpet Viper