Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Elapidae

Elapidae (cobras, coral snakes, and kraits)

Synonyms: Hydrophidae; Hydrophiidae; Protropidonotus; Protropidonotus neglectus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Elapidae (Greek ἔλλοψ éllops, "sea-fish") are a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, and South America, and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Genus

Acanthophis (18)
Aipysurus (9)   (1)
Alecto (1)
Antaioserpens (2)
Aspidelaps (shieldnose cobras) (2)
Aspidoclonion (1)
Aspidomorphus (7)
Austrelaps (3)
Brachyurophis (13)
Bungarus (Indian kraits) (17)
Cacophis (4)
Calliophis (Oriental coral snakes) (15)   (2)
Cannia (3)
Chitulia (1)
Cryptophis (5)
Demansia (14)
Dendroaspis (mambas) (4)
Denisonia (3)
Drysdalia (5)
Echiopsis (2)
Elapognathus (2)
Elapsoidea (venomous garter snakes) (11)
Emydocephalus (5)
Ephalophis (2)
Furina (5)
Hemachatus (spitting cobras) (2)
Hemiaspis (2)   (1)
Hemibungarus (Asian coral snakes) (3)
Hoplocephalus (5)
Hydrelaps (1)
Hydrophis (52)
Incongruelaps (1)
Laticauda (8)
Loveridgelaps (5)
Megaerophis (2)
Microcephalophis (1)
Micropechis (2)
Micruroides (western coral snakes) (1)
Micrurus (common coral snakes) (84)   (4)
Naja (cobras) (37)   (2)
Narophis (2)
Neelaps (2)
Notechis (1)
Notopseudonaja (1)
Ogmodon (1)   (1)
Ophiophagus (king cobra) (1)
Oxyuranus (6)
Pailsus (1)
Parahydrophis (1)
Parapistocalamus (1)
Paroplocephalus (1)
Polyodontognathus (1)
Pseudechis (11)
Pseudohaje (forest cobras) (2)
Pseudonaja (16)
Rhinoplocephalus (1)
Salomonelaps (1)
Simoselaps (5)
Sinomicrurus (9)
Suta (11)
Toxicocalamus (23)
Tropidechis (2)
Unechis (1)
Vermicella (10)
Walterinnesia (black desert cobras) (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0