Anaconda |
1. Fastest snake | African mumba (30 km/hr) |
2. Heaviest snake | Anaconda (8.25 m length; 227 kg) |
3. Highest lifespan among animals | Giant tortoise (190-200 yrs) |
4. Largest and Heaviest reptile | Estuarine Crocodile (found in Asia, Australia). Average length (male) up to 4.3 m. Longest ever recorded 8.23 m |
5. Largest crocodile | Ghariel (Indian crocodile) |
6. Largest fossil | Dipiodocus (an extinct reptile) |
7. Largest living reptile | Giant monitor of Jawa, Veranus komodoensis (12 ft) |
8. Largest lizard | Komodo dragon (K. monitor) (found in Indonesian Island). length up to 3 m |
9. Largest number of ribs among animals | Snake |
10. Largest poisonous snake | King cobra (Naja hennah) |
11. Largest reptile | Crocodilus porosus |
12. Largest reptile (extinct) | Dinausor |
13. Largest snake | Python (Azgar; non-poisnous), Malaya |
14. Largest tortoise | Galapagos Tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) |
15. Largest Turtle | Pacific leatherback turtle. Average length (male) up to 2.13 m. weight up to 363 kg. |
16. Longest fangs | Gaboon viper (Bitus gabonica) |
17. Longest poisonous snake | King cobra (Ophiophagus) (5.5 m) |
18. Longest snake | Reticulated python (Found in India and South-east Asia). Average length more than 6 m. Longest ever recorded 10 m |
19. Most poisonous land snake | Smooth scale snake (Australia) Fierce Snake (found in Australia) has most toxic venom. |
20. Most poisonous snake | Sea snakes (Hydrophis belcheri) (found in North West Australia) |
21. Most venomous sea snake | Hydrphis |
22. Oldest living reptile | Sphenodon (Living fossil of Newzealand) |
23. Smallest known non-avian dinosaur | Anchiornis, a genus of feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Late Jurassic Period 160 to 155 million years ago. Adult specimens range from 34 cm (13 in) long, and the weight has been estimated at up to 110 g (3.9 oz). Nevertheless, sizes of dinosaurs are commonly labelled with a level of uncertainty, as the available material often (or even usually) is incomplete. |
24. Smallest lizard | Dwarf Gecko |
25. Smallest snake | Microtyphlos (non-poisnous) Thread snake (Leptotyphlos bilineata) |
26. Smallest snake in India | Typhlina brahmina |
27. Smallest tortoise | |
28. Smallest turtle | Speckled Padloper Tortoise (Homopus signatus) from South Africa. The males measure 6?8 cm (2.4?3.1 in), while females measure up to almost 10 cm (3.9 in). |
Komodo dragon |
Galapagos tortoise |