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Elapidae
Elapidae (Greek éllops = sea-fish) is a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia and North America and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Elapid snakes exist in a wide range of sizes, from 18 cm species of Drysdalia to...
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Austrelaps
Austrelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to the relatively fertile temperate southern and eastern part of the Australian continent. Three species are currently recognized of which there are no subspecies. They are commonly called...
Scientific name:
- Austrelaps
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700205
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 29155
Mamba
Mambas, of the genus Dendroaspis, are fast-moving land-dwelling snakes of Africa. ("Dendroaspis" is literally "tree snake".) They belong to the family of Elapidae which includes cobras, coral snakes, kraits and, debatably, sea snakes although these...
Scientific name:
- Dendroaspis
Lower classifications:
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700211
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8617
Bungarus
Bungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes found in South and South-East Asia. Commonly referred to as kraits, there are 12 species and 5 subspecies.
Kraits are found in the Indian subcontinent (including Sri Lanka and eastern Pakistan) and...
Scientific name:
- Bungarus
Lower classifications:
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700207
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8612
Acanthophis
Acanthophis is a genus of highly venomous elapid snakes. Commonly called death adders, they are native to Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, and are among the most venomous snakes in the world. The name of the genus derives from the Ancient...
Scientific name:
- Acanthophis
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700200
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8604
Aspidelaps
Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes found in Africa. They are commonly called shield-nosed cobras after their cobra-hoods and enlarged rostral (nose) scales. However, the hood is not nearly as well developed in Aspidelaps as it is in...
Scientific name:
- Aspidelaps
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700202
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8606
Furina
Furina is a genus of venomous, elapid snakes found in Australia. It contains five species of which there are no subspecies.
Scientific name:
- Furina
Lower classifications:
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700220
Pseudonaja
Pseudonaja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to Australia. Members are known commonly as brown snakes and are considered to be one of the most dangerous snakes in the country; even young snakes are capable of delivering a fatal...
Scientific name:
- Pseudonaja
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700244
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8672
Naja
Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes. Although there are several other genera that share the common name, naja are the most recognized, and most widespread group of snakes commonly known as cobras. The genus Naja consists of from 20 to 22...
Scientific name:
- Naja
Lower classifications:
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700233
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8638
Boulengerina
Boulengerina is a genus of elapid snakes known commonly as water cobras, so named because of their semi-aquatic nature. The genus has two recognized species, which are found in central and southern Africa. Some recent molecular studies have...
Scientific name:
- Boulengerina
Lower classifications:
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700206
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8608
Calliophis
Calliophis is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known commonly as oriental coral snakes or Asian coral snakes.
Species in this genus are:
MacClelland's Coral Snake (formerly C. macclellandi) is now in Sinomicrurus.
Scientific name:
- Calliophis
Lower classifications:
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700209
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 34991
Elapsoidea
Elapsoidea is a genus of venomous elapid snake commonly known as venomous garter snakes or African garter snakes. Despite the name, they are unrelated to the harmless North American garter snake species.
Scientific name:
- Elapsoidea
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700216
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 55265
Hemibungarus
Hemibungarus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known commonly as Asian coral snakes or oriental coral snakes.
Sources vary greatly on the number of species within the genus, several species have been moved back and forth between Calliophis and...
Scientific name:
- Hemibungarus
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700223
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 430901
Hydrophis
Hydrophis is a genus of sea snakes. They are typically found in Indoaustralian and Southeast Asian waters. Currently, 34 species are recognized.
There are 34 recognized species in the genus Hydrophis.
*) Not including the nominate subspecies ...
Scientific name:
- Hydrophis
Lower classifications:
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700227
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8683
Kolpophis
Kolpophis is a genus of sea snakes of the family Hydrophiidae.
Scientific name:
- Kolpophis
Lower classifications:
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700229
Echiopsis
Echiopsis is a genus of snake in the Elapidae family. It contains the following species:
Scientific name:
- Echiopsis
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700214
Hoplocephalus
Hoplocephalus is a genus of snake in the Elapidae family. It contains the following species:
Scientific name:
- Hoplocephalus
Lower classifications:
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700225
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 83402
Aipysurus
Aipysurus is a genus of venomous sea snakes found in warm seas from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Currently, 7 species are recognized.
*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
Scientific name:
- Aipysurus
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700201
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 8677
Pseudohaje
Pseudohaje is a genus of African elapid snakes, commonly called tree cobras or forest cobras because of their arboreal lifestyle.
Tree cobras have proportionally larger eyes compared to Naja spp., smaller fangs, and smaller bone structures. Members...
Scientific name:
- Pseudohaje
Lower classifications:
Rank:
ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 700243
