When were black mambas introduced to Taiwan?
I was going off my failing memory of 20 years ago. Looking on the net, I’m guessing a Black Mamba didn’t swim from Africa to Taiwan! (BTW - never did see a snake there!)
From the nets:
Banded Krait
This colourful snake from South East Asia has a very potent neurotoxic venom. During the Vietnam War US soldiers referred to this snake as ” two step’” meaning if bitten you would walk two steps before dying. Us soldiers also referred to the Banded Krait as the ” cigarette snake” meaning you would die in the time it took to smoke a cigarette. Both these names are over-exaggerations.