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    Elapidae (/əˈlæpədiː/, commonly known as elapids /ˈɛləpədz/, from Ancient Greek: ἔλαψ élaps, variant of ἔλλοψ éllops "sea-fish") is a family of snakes...
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    (Hoplocephalus stephensii) is a species of highly venomous tree snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Gerard Krefft described Hoplocephalus...
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    (Hydrodynastes gigas) is the only "cobra" species that is not a member of the Elapidae. It does not rear upwards, produces only a slight flattening of the neck...
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    subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2236 (1): 26–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2236.1.2. S2CID 14702999...
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    Despite their common name, they are not adders at all and belong to the Elapidae family (like cobras). The name of the genus derives from the Ancient Greek...
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    krait, is a species of highly venomous snakes of the genus Bungarus in the Elapidae family, native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the Big Four Indian...
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    common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to eastern and central Australia and southern New...
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    Hydrophiinae (category Elapidae)
    Hydrophiinae is a subfamily of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. It contains most sea snakes and many genera of venomous land snakes found in Australasia...
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    species of krait, a venomous snake in the genus Bungarus of the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to South Asia. Bungarus niger is medium in length...
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    genus of sea snakes, also known as turtle-headed sea snakes, in the family Elapidae. The genus is one of a small group of the viviparous sea snakes (Hydrophiinae:...
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  • The largest living snakes in the world, measured either by length or by weight, are various members of the Boidae and Pythonidae families. They include...
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    Smooth-scaled death adder (category Elapidae stubs)
    adder (Acanthophis laevis) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania. A. laevis is found...
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    snake. The blue krait is a member of the genus Bungarus and the family Elapidae. The Malayan krait may attain a total length of 108 cm (43 in), with a...
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    Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-193-6. "Elapidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 August 2007. Elapidae Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback...
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  • Venomous species occurring in Nigeria are in the families Viperidae, Elapidae, and Atractaspidinae. Viperidae include the carpet viper, the puff adder...
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    or fierce snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to semiarid regions of central east Australia....
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  • philippinus, the Philippine coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. The snake is found in the Philippines. "Calliophis philippinus". The Reptile...
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    Calliophis bivirgatus is a species of snake in the family Elapidae known commonly as the blue coral snake or blue Malayan coral snake. It is native to...
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    polylepis) is a species of highly venomous snake belonging to the family Elapidae. It is native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. First formally described...
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  • Tropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856) Order: Squamata · Family: Elapidae Elapids (Elapidae) are a family of highly venomous snakes that live in tropical...
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    subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2236 (1): 26–36. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2236.1.2. S2CID 14702999...
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    known as the hoop snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The word bandy-bandy (bandi-bandi) traces back to the indigenous dialect...
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    lack well-developed fangs. Common venomous snakes include the families Elapidae, Viperidae, Atractaspididae, and some of the Colubridae. The toxicity of...
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    King cobra (category Elapidae)
    first record of the King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah (Reptilia: Squamata: Elapidae) nest from Garhwal Himalaya, northern India". Zoo's Print. 31: 9–11. Dolia...
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  • Bungarus persicus is a species of snake of the family Elapidae. The snake is found in Iran. "Bungarus persicus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December...
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    sea snakes, venomous snakes in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. Species in the genus Hydrophis are typically found in Indo-Australian...
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  • This is a list of reptiles in Togo. There are 162 reptile species in Togo, including 4 crocodilian species, 49 lizard species, 97 snake species, and 12...
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    Lesser black krait (category Elapidae stubs)
    Das, Abhijit 2018. Notes on Snakes of the Genus Bungarus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Northeast India. in: C. Sivaperuman, K. Venkataraman (eds.), Indian...
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    (Vipera berus), the common death adder is a member of the snake family Elapidae, rather than the family Viperidae, which are not found in Australia. The...
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    (Pseudechis australis) is a species of highly venomous snake of the family Elapidae, native to northern, western, and Central Australia. The king brown snake...
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