Giant poisonous snake weighed as much as 55 pounds. ... If the Laophis estimate is correct, he says, Laophis would indeed be the heaviest known venomous snake, ...

Original illustrations of Laophis vertebrae reported by Sir Richard Owen in 1857. These specimens have been lost, but a recently discovered vertebrae confirms Owen's discovery of the largest ...

Journey into prehistory as the article explores seven monstrous serpents that once ruled land and sea. From the colossal Titanoboa in ancient Colombia to the transitional form Eophis in England and ...

Twenty-seven vertebrae fossils discovered near a coal mine in India unveiled a snake, called Vasuki indicus, that was anywhere between 36 feet and 50 feet and lived about 47 million years ago ...