Countries with the Most Venomous Animal Species

The US is much further down on the list but I live in a rural area and see venomous snakes every summer in my yard, garden, and nearby pond. Nearly everyone in this area has brown recluse spiders in their homes and places of business and I also see occasional black widow spiders outside. I know only one person who has been bitten by a venomous snake, but I know many (including my DIL) who have been bitten by brown recluse spiders. They hide in dark places including shoes, under bed covers, and in sleeves of clothing. I love winter here because there are no spiders or snakes for a few months. My guess is that people living in rural Australia would have similar experiences.

ander217 where do you live?

Can confirm. I live in the Kansas/Missouri area and see brown recluses MUCH more than I would comfortably prefer, and know a handful of people that have gotten bit by them. Black widows are harder to find (just because that's how they are), but my dad got bit by one back when we lived in Texas. Haven't seen scorpions up in this area (though we had those in Texas too...and all sorts of other venomous things), but copperheads are pretty common. I used to work in landscaping and they were a frequent sight.

Exactly, all the people I hear talking about australia and venemous animals are people that are not from australia.

EXACTLY, GOOD ONE!!

Whereabouts are you, in QLD and northern NSW we see heaps, even in the suburbs of Brisbane. I've got pet redbacks in my bedroom, and eastern browns live near my dam, and often try to eat our Chickens.

Most Australian's are more scared of magpies than snakes and spiders.

wrong, you can go out in the bush you just gotta be smart.

wrong, you can go out in the bush you just gotta be smart.

most terrifying thing you'll ever see... if you can make it out alive

It’s widely known that they kill many tourists each year.

An highly dangerous marsupial closely related to koala-bears. They may not be venomous per se, but they have been known to hide in vegemite trees in ambush, and body slam unsuspecting passers-by (thus the name 'drop-bear'), with potentially lethal consequences!

I would also postulate that most of tropical Africa hasn't been as well studied as Latin America. Haven't specifically dived into the data but I imagine that a lot of the countries with really high numbers have a lot of similar animals that were originally believed to be the same species but upon further investigation turned out to be separate species. Considering the numbers of it's neighbors I am surprised that Cambodia and New Guinea aren't on the list but since they are in large part a lot less studied than it's neighbors it is understandable given my previous explanation.

Or a quiz on the number/rate of deaths from venomous species per country. It will likely correlate with the numbers of individual venomous animals, as well as with the relative potency of each native species’ venom. So the DRC would appear much higher because it has black mambas AND it has lots of them.

Compared to, for example, the Amazon, the Congo has surprisingly low biodiversity generally, and given this quiz is based on number of species, I'd say that's the key factor here.

And far more densely populated. Most venomous species seem to inhabit forests or other ‘wilderness’ environments and avoid humans where possible. Most snakes will scarper before biting, and lethal bites usually come from cornering them, or accidentally stepping on them. I would imagine Bangladesh has far less ideal habitat than less densely populated areas of that part of the world.

Well done sir, I think that wins the comments section.