Commonly found in human settlements, farmlands and forests , the Sri Lankan Rusells viper has a heomotoxic venom that could instantly coma toast its victim ; coagulating blood and damaging tissue.
The Snake is responsible for more fatalities than any other snake in the world. Here in Sri Lanka the annual death rate in snake envenoming is approximately 6 in 100,000 population . Snake bite victims in the island is one of the highest recorded in the world.
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