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Snakebite — what should you do?

This page is educational and is not emergency medical instruction. If bitten, call 112.

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Not medical advice

The first step is always 112

Only a clinician decides treatment. This page repeats steps already published on this site’s venomous and yard guides, and it points to 112 — not folklore and not an antivenom protocol.

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Do

What to do

  1. Call 112

    Immediately. This is Georgia’s emergency number.

  2. Stay calm

    Panic does not help. Wait for assistance.

  3. Keep the bitten limb still

    Keep the bitten arm or leg as still as you can until help arrives.

Don’t

What not to do

  1. Do not cut or suck

    Cutting the wound or sucking venom does not work and causes harm.

  2. Do not apply a tourniquet

    A tourniquet is not the first-aid step described on this page.

  3. Do not drink alcohol

    Alcohol is not treatment.

  4. Do not catch the snake

    Catching a snake for identification often causes a second bite. If you can observe safely from a distance, the atlas can help later.

Sources

What this page is based on

There is no invented medical protocol here. Only the official number and educational steps already published on this site.

  • 112

    Georgia’s emergency number. After a bite, this is the first action.

  • This site’s venomous guide and yard guide

    The same educational steps are already there: stay calm, keep the limb still, do not cut / suck / tourniquet. This page gathers them and does not add new medical advice.

  • What this page is not

    This is not an antivenom protocol, a toxicology manual, or a Ministry of Health guideline. If another official source is added, it will appear here.

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Species

7 venomous species in the atlas

Identification lives on the profile. After a bite, call 112 first — then, if it is safe, compare the species.

Related guides

Continue with related pages

Identification, range, safety, and species indexes — stay in the same topic instead of returning to the homepage.

Catalog

Snake species

Every snake in one table — name, venom, range, and size when a source exists.

Index
Safety

Venomous snakes in Georgia

Giurza, vipers, and one rear-fanged species — risk and full profiles.

Venomous snakes
Quiz

Which snake is it?

A photo, four options, instant feedback — identify Georgia’s snakes with no account.

Start the quiz
ID

Venomous or not

Visual cues and lookalikes — no rule is universal.

ID guide
Map

Where snakes occur

12 regions and only confirmed snakes — gaps are not invented.

Range guide
Size

Largest snakes

Giurza, racers, and others — sizes from profiles only. The glass lizard is a lizard.

Largest snakes
Practice

Snakes in the yard

Shelter, food, and myths — what actually reduces visits.

Yard guide

FAQ

What people ask about bites

Only what is in this page’s sources.

Call 112 immediately. Stay calm and do not move the bitten arm or leg. Do not cut, suck, or apply a tourniquet.

No. This site’s guides explicitly rule that out.

A bite is always an emergency for 112. Do not wait for symptoms to identify the snake.

No. This is an educational page and it does not replace a clinician or 112.

Next step

After 112 — the atlas

Species comparison is on the profiles. Yard prevention is in a separate guide.

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