<P> There are four methods in which the median lethal dose (LD) test is measured: </P> <P> Subcutaneous: Venom is injected into the fatty layer beneath the skin . Intravenous: Venom is injected directly into a vein . Intramuscular: Venom is injected into a muscle . Intraperitoneal: Venom is injected into the abdominal cavity . The most commonly tested methods are subcutaneous and intravenous injections of mice . Subcutaneous is the most applicable to actual bites . Only large Bitis or extremely large Bothrops or Crotalus specimens would be able to deliver a bite that is truly intramuscular . IV injections are extremely rare in actual bites . Testing using dry venom mixed with 0.1% bovine serum albumin in saline, gives more consistent results than just saline alone . </P> <Table> Most venomous snakes of the world <Tr> <Td> Snake </Td> <Td> Region </Td> <Td> subcutaneous injection LD 0.1% bovine serum albumin in Saline </Td> <Td> subcutaneous injection LD Saline </Td> <Td> intravenous injection LD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Inland Taipan </Td> <Td> Inland, central Australia </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 0.044 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eastern brown snake </Td> <Td> Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia </Td> <Td> 0.041 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.053 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.01 mg / kg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Yellow bellied sea snake </Td> <Td> Tropical oceanic waters </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 0.067 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Peron's sea snake </Td> <Td> Gulf of Siam, Strait of Taiwan, Coral sea islands, and other places </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 0.079 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coastal Taipan </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 0.064 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.099 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.013 mg / kg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Many - banded krait </Td> <Td> Mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Burma </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 0.108 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.113 mg / kg </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black - banded sea krait </Td> <Td> eastern coast of the Malay Peninsula and Brunei, and in Halmahera, Indonesia...</Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 0.111 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Black Tiger snake </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 0.099 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.131 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Western Australian Tiger snake </Td> <Td> Australia </Td> <Td> 0.124 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.194 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Beaked sea snake </Td> <Td> Tropical Indo - Pacific </Td> <Td> 0.164 mg / kg </Td> <Td> 0.1125 mg / kg </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Snake </Td> <Td> Region </Td> <Td> subcutaneous injection LD 0.1% bovine serum albumin in Saline </Td> <Td> subcutaneous injection LD Saline </Td> <Td> intravenous injection LD </Td> </Tr>

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