It is stated that there were 2893 human beings killed by tigers, leopards, hyenas, and panthers in India during the year 1894, and in the same year the same species of beasts, aided by snakes, killed 97,371 head of cattle.
The number of human lives destroyed by snakes in India in 1894 was 21,538.

The number of wild beasts killed in the same year was 13,447, and the number of snakes killed was 102,210.
Yarrow of Washington, who has been a close student of this subject, has found in this country no less than 27 species of poisonous snakes, belonging to four genera.

The first genus is the Crotalus, or rattlesnake proper; the second is the Caudisona, or ground-rattlesnake; the third is the Ancistrodon, or moccasin, one of the species of which is a water-snake; and the fourth is the Elaps, or harlequin snake.
There is some dispute over the exact degree of the toxic qualities of the venom of the Heloderma suspectum, or Gila monster.

In India the cobra is the most deadly snake.

It grows to the length of 5 1/2 feet, and is most active at night.