Status: Species: Common Name: Last Update:

Offline Acanthophis antarcticus Common death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis cryptamydros Kimberley death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis hawkei Barkly tableland death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis laevis Smooth-scaled death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis praelongus Northern death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis pyrrhus Desert death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis rugosus Rough-scaled death adder -----
Offline Acanthophis wellsi Pilbara death adder -----
Offline Aipysurus apraefrontalis Sahul reef snake -----
Offline Aipysurus duboisii Dubois's sea snake -----
Offline Aipysurus eydouxii Beaded sea-snake -----
Offline Aipysurus foliosquama Leaf-scaled seasnake -----
Offline Aipysurus fuscus Dusky seasnake -----
Offline Aipysurus laevis Olive sea snake -----
Offline Aipysurus mosaicus Mosaic sea serpent -----
Offline Aipysurus pooleorum Shark bay seasnake -----
Offline Aipysurus tenuis Arafura sea snake -----
Offline Antaioserpens albiceps North-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake -----
Offline Antaioserpens warro Warrego burrowing snake -----
Offline Aspidelaps lubricus Cape coral snake -----
Offline Aspidelaps scutatus Shield-nose snake -----
Offline Aspidomorphus lineaticollis Striped crown snake -----
Offline Aspidomorphus muelleri Müller's crown snake -----
Offline Aspidomorphus schlegelii Schlegel's crown snake -----
Offline Austrelaps labialis Pygmy copperhead -----
Offline Austrelaps ramsayi Highlands copperhead -----
Offline Austrelaps superbus Copperhead snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis approximans North-western shovel-nosed snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis australis Australian coral snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis campbelli Cape york shovel-nosed snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis fasciolatus Narrow-banded burrowing snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis incinctus Unbanded shovel-nosed snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis morrisi Arnhem Shovel-nosed Snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis roperi Northern shovel-nosed snake -----
Offline Brachyurophis semifasciatus Half-girdled snake -----
Offline Bungarus andamanensis South andaman krait -----
Offline Bungarus bungaroides Northeastern hill krait -----
Offline Bungarus caeruleus Common krait -----
Offline Bungarus candidus Blue krait -----
Offline Bungarus ceylonicus Ceylon krait -----
Online Bungarus fasciatus Banded Krait -----
Offline Bungarus flaviceps Red-headed krait -----
Offline Bungarus lividus Lesser black krait -----
Offline Bungarus magnimaculatus Burmese krait -----
Offline Bungarus multicinctus Many-banded krait -----
Offline Bungarus niger Greater black krait -----
Offline Bungarus persicus Persian Krait -----
Offline Bungarus sindanus Sind krait -----
Offline Bungarus slowinskii Red river krait -----
Offline Bungarus walli Sind krait -----
Offline Cacophis churchilli Northern dward-crowned snake -----
Offline Cacophis harriettae White-crowned snake -----
Offline Cacophis krefftii Dwarf crowned snake -----
Offline Cacophis squamulosus Golden crowned snake -----
Offline Calliophis beddomei Beddome's coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis bibroni Bibron's coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis bivirgatus Blue malaysian coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis castoe Castoe's coralsnake -----
Offline Calliophis gracilis Gray coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis haematoetron Blood-bellied coralsnake -----
Offline Calliophis intestinalis Banded malaysian coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis maculiceps Small-spotted coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis melanurus Indian coral snake -----
Offline Calliophis nigrescens Black coral snake -----
Offline Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake -----
Offline Cryptophis incredibilis Pink snake -----
Offline Cryptophis nigrescens Eastern small-eyed snake -----
Offline Cryptophis nigrostriatus Black-striped snake -----
Offline Cryptophis pallidiceps Northern small-eyed snake -----
Offline Demansia angusticeps Narrow-headed whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia calodera Black-necked whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia flagellatio Long-tailed whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia olivacea Marble-headed whip snake -----
Offline Demansia papuensis Papuan whip snake -----
Offline Demansia psammophis Yellow-faced whip snake -----
Offline Demansia quaesitor Sombre whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia reticulata Yellow-faced whip snake -----
Offline Demansia rimicola Soil-crack whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia rufescens Rufous whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia shinei Shine's whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia simplex Grey whipsnake -----
Offline Demansia torquata Collared whip snake -----
Offline Demansia vestigiata Black whip snake -----
Offline Dendroaspis angusticeps Green mamba -----
Offline Dendroaspis jamesoni Jameson's mamba -----
Offline Dendroaspis polylepis Black mamba -----
Offline Dendroaspis viridis Western green mamba -----
Offline Denisonia devisi De vis banded snake -----
Offline Denisonia maculata Ornamental snake -----
Offline Drysdalia coronoides White-lipped snake -----
Offline Drysdalia mastersii Masters' snake -----
Offline Drysdalia rhodogaster Mustard-bellied snake -----
Offline Echiopsis curta Bardick -----
Offline Elapognathus coronatus Crowned snake -----
Offline Elapognathus minor Little brown snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea boulengeri Boulenger's garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea broadleyi Elapsoidea broadleyi -----
Offline Elapsoidea chelazziorum Somali garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea guentherii Günther's garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea laticincta Werner's garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea loveridgei East african garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea nigra Black garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea semiannulata Angolan garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea sundevallii African garter snake -----
Offline Elapsoidea trapei Elapsoidea trapei -----
Offline Emydocephalus annulatus Egg-eating sea snake -----
Offline Emydocephalus ijimae Ijima's sea snake -----
Offline Emydocephalus szczerbaki Eastern Turtle-headed Sea Snake -----
Offline Ephalophis greyae North-western mangrove seasnake -----
Offline Furina barnardi Yellow-naped snake -----
Offline Furina diadema Red-naped snake -----
Offline Furina dunmalli Dunmall's snake -----
Offline Furina ornata Orange-naped snake -----
Offline Furina tristis Brown-headed -----
Offline Hemachatus haemachatus Ring-necked spitting cobra -----
Offline Hemiaspis damelii Grey snake -----
Offline Hemiaspis signata Black-bellied swamp snake -----
Offline Hemibungarus calligaster Barred coral snake -----
Offline Hemibungarus gemianulis Barred coral snake -----
Offline Hemibungarus mcclungi Mcclung's philippine coral snake -----
Offline Hoplocephalus bitorquatus Pale-headed snake -----
Offline Hoplocephalus bungaroides Broad-headed snake -----
Offline Hoplocephalus stephensii Stephens's banded snake -----
Offline Hydrelaps darwiniensis Port darwin seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis belcheri Faint-banded seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters' sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis brookii Brook's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis caerulescens Blue-grey sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis cantoris Cantor's narrow-headed sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis coggeri Cogger's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis curtus Hardwicke's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis cyanocinctus Annulated sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis czeblukovi Fine-spined seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis donaldi Rough scaled sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis elegans Bar-bellied seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis fasciatus Striped sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis gracilis Common small-headed sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis hardwickii Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis hendersoni Rangoon Sea Snake -----
Offline Hydrophis inornatus Inornate sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis jerdonii Jerdon's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis kingii King's seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis klossi Kloss' sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis laboutei Laboute's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis lamberti Lambert's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis lapemoides Persian gulf sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis macdowelli Mcdowell's sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis major Greater seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis mamillaris Bombay sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis melanocephalus Slender-necked seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis melanosoma Black-banded -----
Offline Hydrophis nigrocinctus Black-banded sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis obscurus Estuarine sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis ocellatus Spotted sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis ornatus Ornate reef seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis pachycercos Broad-headed Sea Snake -----
Offline Hydrophis pacificus Pacific seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis parviceps Smith's Small-headed Sea Snake -----
Offline Hydrophis peronii Spiny-headed seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis platurus Golfo dulce yellow sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis schistosus Beaked seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis semperi Lake taal snake -----
Offline Hydrophis sibauensis Kalimantan sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis spiralis Blotch-backed giant sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis stokesii Stoke's seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis stricticollis Collared sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis torquatus Garland sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis viperinus Grey sea snake -----
Offline Hydrophis vorisi Estuarine seasnake -----
Offline Hydrophis zweifeli Sepik beaked seasnake -----
Offline Kolpophis annandalei Annandale's sea snake -----
Offline Laticauda colubrina Yellow-lipped Sea Krait -----
Offline Laticauda crockeri Crocker's sea snake -----
Offline Laticauda frontalis Yellow-lipped sea snake -----
Offline Laticauda guineai Flat-tailed Sea Krait -----
Offline Laticauda saintgironsi Yellow-lipped sea krait -----
Offline Laticauda schistorhyncha Flat-tail sea snake -----
Offline Laticauda semifasciata Chinese sea snake -----
Offline Loveridgelaps elapoides Solomon small-eyed snake -----
Offline Micropechis ikaheca Ikaheka snake -----
Offline Micruroides euryxanthus Sonoran Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus albicinctus White-banded coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus alleni Allen's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus altirostris Uruguayan coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus ancoralis Anchor coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus annellatus annellated coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus averyi Black-headed coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus baliocoryphus Mesopotamian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus bernadi Blotched coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus bocourti Ecuador coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus bogerti Bogert's Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus brasiliensis Brazilian coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus browni Central American Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus camilae Camila's Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus catamayensis Catamayo coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus circinalis Trinidad coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus clarki Clark's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus collaris Guyana blackback coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus corallinus Painted coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus decoratus Brazilian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus diana Diana's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus diastema Variable Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus dissoleucus Barranquilla pygmy coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus distans West Mexican Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus dumerilii Antioquian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus elegans Elegant Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus ephippifer Oaxacan Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus filiformis Slender coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus frontalis Brazilian giant coralsnake -----
Online Micrurus fulvius Eastern Coral Snake -----
Offline Micrurus hemprichii worm-eating coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus hippocrepis Belize coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus ibiboboca Caatinga coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus isozonus Equal-banded coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus langsdorffi Confused coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus laticollaris Balsan Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus latifasciatus Broad-ringed Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus lemniscatus Bolivian triad coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus limbatus Tuxtlan Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus margaritifer Speckled coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus medemi Villavicencio coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus meridensis Merida coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus mertensi Mertens' coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus mipartitus Andean red-tailed coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus mosquitensis Misquito coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus multifasciatus Costa rican gargantilla -----
Offline Micrurus multiscutatus Cauca coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus narduccii Andean blackback coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus nattereri Natterer's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus nebularis Cloud Forest Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus nigrocinctus Central American Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus obscurus Black-neck amazonian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus oligoanellatus Tambito's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus ornatissimus Ornate coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus pacaraimae Pacaraima coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus pachecogili Zapotitlán Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus paraensis Para coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus peruvianus Peru coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus petersi Mountain coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus potyguara Potiguara coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus proximans Nayarit Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus psyches Carib coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus putumayensis Putumayo coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus pyrrhocryptus Argentinian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus remotus Neblina coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus renjifoi Ringed Slender Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus ruatanus Roatan coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus sangilensis San gil coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus scutiventris Pigmy black-backed coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus serranus Bolivian Coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus silviae Silvia coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus spixii Amazon coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus spurrelli Butterfly-head coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus steindachneri Pastaza piedmont coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus stewarti Panamenian coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus stuarti Stuart's coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus surinamensis Aquatic coral snake -----
Offline Micrurus tener Guanajuato coral snake [fitzingeri] -----
Offline Micrurus tikuna Tikuna coralsnake -----
Offline Micrurus tschudii Desert coral snake -----
Offline Naja anchietae Anchieta's cobra -----
Offline Naja annulata Ringed water cobra -----
Offline Naja annulifera Banded cobra -----
Offline Naja arabica Arabian cobra -----
Offline Naja ashei Ashe's spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja atra Chinese cobra -----
Offline Naja christyi Christy's water cobra -----
Offline Naja haje Egyptian cobra -----
Offline Naja kaouthia Cibra monocelada -----
Offline Naja katiensis Katian spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja mandalayensis Burmese spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja melanoleuca Black and white cobra -----
Offline Naja mossambica Mozambique spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja multifasciata Many-banded snake -----
Offline Naja naja Common cobra -----
Offline Naja nigricincta Western barred spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja nigricollis Black-necked spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja nivea Cape cobra -----
Offline Naja nubiae Nubian spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja oxiana Central asian cobra -----
Offline Naja pallida African cobra -----
Offline Naja peroescobari São tomé cobra -----
Offline Naja philippinensis Philippine cobra -----
Offline Naja sagittifera Andaman cobra -----
Offline Naja samarensis Peters' cobra -----
Offline Naja senegalensis Senegalese Cobra -----
Offline Naja siamensis Indo-chinese spitting cobra -----
Offline Naja sputatrix Indonesian cobra -----
Offline Naja sumatrana Equatorial spitting cobra -----
Offline Neelaps calonotus Black-striped burrowing snake -----
Online Notechis scutatus Mainland Tiger Snake -----
Offline Ogmodon vitianus Bola -----
Online Ophiophagus hannah King Cobra -----
Offline Oxyuranus microlepidotus Fierce snake -----
Offline Oxyuranus scutellatus Coastal taipan -----
Offline Oxyuranus temporalis Central ranges taipan -----
Offline Parahydrophis mertoni Arafura smooth seasnake -----
Offline Parapistocalamus hedigeri Bougainville coral snake -----
Offline Parasuta dwyeri Variable black-naped snake -----
Offline Parasuta flagellum Little whip snake -----
Offline Parasuta gouldii Black-headed snake -----
Offline Parasuta monachus Hooded snake -----
Offline Parasuta nigriceps Mallee black-backed snake -----
Offline Parasuta spectabilis Bush's hooded snake -----
Offline Paroplocephalus atriceps Lake cronin snake -----
Online Pelamis platurus Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake -----
Offline Pseudechis australis King brown -----
Offline Pseudechis butleri Butler's snake -----
Offline Pseudechis colletti Collett's snake -----
Offline Pseudechis guttatus Blue-bellied black snake -----
Offline Pseudechis pailsei False king brown snake -----
Offline Pseudechis papuanus Papuan blacksnake -----
Offline Pseudechis porphyriacus Australian black snake -----
Offline Pseudechis rossignolii Papuan Pygmy Mulga Snake -----
Offline Pseudechis weigeli Pygmy mulga snake -----
Offline Pseudohaje goldii African tree cobra -----
Offline Pseudohaje nigra Black tree cobra -----
Offline Pseudonaja affinis Dugite -----
Offline Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha Strap-snouted brown snake -----
Offline Pseudonaja guttata Speckled brown snake -----
Offline Pseudonaja inframacula Peninsula brown snake -----
Offline Pseudonaja ingrami Ingram's brown snake -----
Offline Pseudonaja mengdeni Gwardar -----
Offline Pseudonaja modesta Ringed brown snake -----
Offline Pseudonaja nuchalis Gwardar -----
Offline Pseudonaja textilis Eastern brown snake -----
Offline Rhinoplocephalus bicolor Muller's snake -----
Offline Salomonelaps par Solomons coral snake -----
Offline Simoselaps anomalus Northern desert banded snake -----
Offline Simoselaps bertholdi Desert banded snake -----
Offline Simoselaps bimaculatus Black-naped burrowing snake -----
Offline Simoselaps littoralis Coastal burrowing snake -----
Offline Simoselaps minimus Dampierland burrowing snake -----
Offline Sinomicrurus hatori Taiwan Coral Snake -----
Offline Sinomicrurus japonicus Japanese coral snake -----
Offline Sinomicrurus kelloggi Hou’s coralsnake -----
Offline Sinomicrurus macclellandi Black-bellied coral snake -----
Offline Sinomicrurus sauteri Oriental coral snake -----
Offline Suta fasciata Rosen's snake -----
Offline Suta ordensis Ord curl snake -----
Offline Suta punctata Little spotted snake -----
Offline Suta suta Curl snake -----
Offline Thalassophis anomalus Anomalous Sea Snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus buergersi Buerger's forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus ernstmayri Star mountains worm-eating snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus grandis Setekwa river forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus holopelturus Mt rossel forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus longissimus Fergusson island forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus loriae Loria forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus mintoni Toxicocalamus mintoni -----
Offline Toxicocalamus misimae Misima island forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus pachysomus Toxicocalamus pachysomus -----
Offline Toxicocalamus preussi Preuss's forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus Spotted forest snake -----
Offline Toxicocalamus stanleyanus Owen stanley range forest snake -----
Offline Tropidechis carinatus Clarence river snake -----
Offline Vermicella annulata Bandy bandy -----
Offline Vermicella intermedia Intermediate Bandy Bandy -----
Offline Vermicella multifasciata Northern bandy bandy -----
Offline Vermicella snelli Pilbara bandy bandy -----
Offline Vermicella vermiformis Centralian Bandy Bandy -----
Offline Walterinnesia aegyptia Black desert cobra [morgani] -----
Offline Walterinnesia morgani Çöl kobrası -----
The Family Elapidae is a group of venomous snakes that includes cobras, kraits, mambas, coral snakes, and sea snakes. They are characterized by fixed, hollow front fangs used to deliver potent neurotoxic venom, which can immobilize prey quickly. Elapids are generally slender, fast-moving, and highly adaptable, inhabiting a wide range of environments from forests and deserts to oceans. Most are predatory, feeding on small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, or fish. Ecologically, they play important roles as mid- to top-level predators, helping control populations of their prey, while some species, like cobras and sea snakes, have significant interactions with humans due to their venomous nature.

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