What is the most dangerous reptile in the world?

Body counts, venom toxicity and sheer bad temper all pull in different directions here. The obvious killers share the field with quiet ones that rarely make the news.

1. 1
   American alligator

   The big crocodilian of Florida and the Gulf states, with a few fatal attacks on humans most decades.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Inland taipan

   The most toxic venom of any land snake, though its remote Australian range means it rarely bites people.
   777pts
3. 3
   Russell's viper

   A heavy-bodied Asian viper behind huge numbers of bites, kidney failure and deaths across India.
   777pts
4. 4
   Nile crocodile

   Africa's deadliest animal after the mosquito and hippo, killing hundreds of people a year along rivers and lakes.
   678pts
5. 5
   Saltwater crocodile

   An Indo-Pacific giant responsible for dozens of attacks on people every year and the strongest bite ever measured.
   555pts
6. 6
   Black mamba

   Africa's longest venomous snake, fast and quick to strike, with venom that can kill within hours.
   555pts
7. 7
   Reticulated python

   The world's longest snake, one of the very few confirmed to have swallowed adult humans.
   555pts
8. 8
   Gila monster

   A venomous desert lizard of the American Southwest whose chewing bite is agonizing but rarely fatal.
   555pts
9. 9
   Mugger crocodile

   A broad-snouted crocodile of South Asia blamed for frequent attacks around villages and rivers.
   0pts
10. 10
    Coastal taipan

    A fast, nervous Australian snake whose bite was almost always fatal before antivenom.
    0pts
11. 11
    King cobra

    The world's longest venomous snake, delivering a huge dose of neurotoxin in a single bite.
    0pts
12. 12
    Saw-scaled viper

    A small, irritable viper of Asia and Africa believed to kill more people than any other snake.
    0pts
13. 13
    Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

    North America's largest and most dangerous venomous snake, with long fangs and a massive venom yield.
    0pts
14. 14
    Fer-de-lance

    A Central and South American pit viper that causes most of the region's serious snakebites.
    0pts
15. 15
    Komodo dragon

    A three-metre venomous lizard that has killed people on its Indonesian islands.
    0pts
16. 16
    Green anaconda

    The heaviest snake alive, powerful enough to crush and drown large mammals in the water.
    0pts
17. 17
    Boomslang

    A shy African tree snake with a slow-acting hemotoxic venom that causes fatal internal bleeding.
    0pts

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