Here is a chart of venomous snake venom LD50 ratings for subcutaneous injections of mice with venom. LD50 is a scale that means 50% death rate occurs after injection into mice of specific amounts of venom per kilogram. If the LD50 for a snake species it means it takes just 1 mg of venom per kilogram of mouse, to kill 50% of the mice it's administered to.

Please keep in mind that LD50 doesn't mean anything to you if you were just bitten. You can die from the bite of any venomous snake if you are allergic to the venom and your body goes into shock.

Why is the LD50 scale not very important to you?

The LD50 experiments are done using one of four main injection methods of venom into mice: Subcutaneous, intraperitoneal, intramuscular, and intravenous (into veins). Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry, noted herpetologist states that the subcutaneous injection is…