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king cobra
species of reptile
Elapidae
Elapidae (, commonly known as elapids , from , variant of "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth. Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus Emydocephalus. Many members of this family exhibit a threat display of rearing upwards while spreading out a neck flap. Elapids are endemic to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, with terrestrial forms in Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Americas and marine forms in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Members of the family have a wide range of sizes, from the whi
Sea snakes
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, such as the taipans (Oxyuranus), tiger snakes (Notechis), brown snakes (Pseudonaja) and death adders (Acanthophis).
Notechis scutatus
species of snake
Rinkhals
The rinkhals (; Hemachatus haemachatus), also known as the ringhals or ring-necked spitting cobra, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is found in parts of southern Africa. It is not a true cobra in that it does not belong to the genus Naja, but instead belongs to the monotypic genus Hemachatus. While rinkhals bear a great resemblance to true cobras, they also possess some remarkable differences from these, resulting in their placement outside the genus Naja. In 2023, the Zimbabwe population was described as a new species, H. nyangensis.
coral snake
common name for a group of Elapid snakes
Micruroides euryxanthus
thumb|right|Sonoran coral snake in Arizona. Micruroides is a genus of venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Micruroides euryxanthus.
Fiji snake
species of reptile
spitting cobra
species of cobra
Tropidechis carinatus
species of reptile
Parahydrophis mertoni
species of reptile
Echiopsis
Echiopsis curta is a terrestrial, elapid species of snake, also commonly known from the Aboriginal name as the bardick. It is a short, highly venomous snake with variable color which is mainly nocturnal, reaching a maximum length of 57 cm. It is endemic to Australia, most commonly found in three distinct populations through southern Australia. They are considered venomous to humans, however there is very little information. Their population is decreasing due to habitat degradation and destruction but considered least concern on the IUCN Red List. == Description == The bardick grows up to
Ephalophis greyae
species of reptile
Rhinoplocephalus bicolor
Rhinoplocephalus is a genus of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Rhinoplocephalus bicolor, known commonly as the square-nosed snake, '''Müller's snake, or Muller's [sic] snake'''. The species is endemic to south-western Australia.
Microcephalophis
Microcephalophis gracilis, also known as the graceful small-headed seasnake, slender sea snake, narrow-headed sea snake, common small-headed sea snake, is a species of sea snake found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is venomous. It eats eels.
Micropechis
Micropechis ikaheca, commonly known as the New Guinea small-eyed snake or Ikaheka snake, is a highly venomous elapid, the only species in the genus Micropechis. The holotype was collected at Doré (modern day Manokwari) on the Vogelkop of Netherlands New Guinea, and described in 1829, by the naturalist on board the French Navy vessel La Coquille, ship's surgeon René Primevère Lesson, in a volume of the three-year circumnavigation (1922-1925) by Louis Isidore Duperrey, captain of La Coquille. Lesson's holotype is housed in the collection of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, in Paris, wit
Hydrelaps
Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, '''Darwin's sea snake, and the Port Darwin sea snake'''. The species is native to Australia and New Guinea.
Loveridgelaps
Loveridgelaps is a genus of snake in the family Elapidae. It contains a single species, Loveridgelaps elapoides, commonly known as the Solomons small-eyed snake.
Parapistocalamus
Parapistocalamus is a genus of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.
Salomonelaps
Salomonelaps (commonly known as Solomons coral snake) is a genus of snake in the family Elapidae that contains the sole species Salomonelaps par.