Elapid Snakes
Elapidae
The Elapidae (Ancient Greek: ἔλλοψ éllops, "sea-fish") are a family of venomous snakes found in the tropics and subtropics around the world, with terrestrial forms in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, and South America as well as marine forms in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
17 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 412 known species
Australian Elapids (inc. Sea Snakes)
subfamilyHydrophiinae
Coralsnakes
genusMicrurus
Cobras
genusNaja
Kraits
genusBungarus
Sea Kraits
subfamilyLaticaudinae
Asian Coralsnakes
genusCalliophis
King Cobras
genusOphiophagus
Mambas
genusDendroaspis
Asian Coralsnakes
genusSinomicrurus
Sonoran Coralsnakes
genusMicruroides
Rinkhals
genusHemachatus
Shield-nosed Cobras
genusAspidelaps
African Garter Snakes
genusElapsoidea
Philippine Coralsnakes
genusHemibungarus
Black Desert Cobras
genusWalterinnesia
Tree Cobras
genusPseudohaje
Leptomicrurus
genusLeptomicrurus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30403.