Elapidae
The cobra family: fixed front fangs and some of the most famous snakes alive, including mambas, kraits, and sea snakes.
412 species live on this branch.
Photo: Max Tibby, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
A face from this branch: King Cobra
Where Elapidae sits on the tree
GenusAcanthophis8 species
GenusAipysurus9 species
GenusAntaioserpens2 species
GenusAspidelaps2 species
GenusAspidomorphus4 species
GenusAustrelaps3 species
GenusBrachyurophis8 species
GenusBungarus18 species
GenusCacophis4 species
GenusCalliophis15 species
GenusCryptophis5 species
GenusDemansia15 species
GenusDendroaspis4 species- GenusDenisonia2 species
GenusDrysdalia3 species
GenusEchiopsis1 species
GenusElapognathus2 species
GenusElapsoidea10 species
GenusEmydocephalus3 species- GenusEphalophis1 species
GenusFurina5 species
GenusHemachatus2 species
GenusHemiaspis2 species
GenusHemibungarus3 species
GenusHoplocephalus3 species- GenusHydrelaps1 species
GenusHydrophis47 species
GenusLaticauda8 species- GenusLeptomicrurus4 species
GenusLoveridgelaps1 species- GenusMicrocephalophis2 species
- GenusMicropechis1 species
GenusMicruroides1 species
GenusMicrurus86 species
GenusNaja34 species- GenusNarophis1 species
- GenusNeelaps1 species
GenusNotechis1 species- GenusOgmodon1 species
GenusOphiophagus4 species
GenusOxyuranus3 species- GenusParahydrophis1 species
- GenusParapistocalamus1 species
- GenusParoplocephalus1 species
GenusPseudechis9 species- GenusPseudohaje2 species
GenusPseudonaja9 species- GenusRhinoplocephalus1 species
- GenusSalomonelaps1 species
GenusSimoselaps4 species
GenusSinomicrurus10 species
GenusSuta11 species
GenusToxicocalamus24 species
GenusTropidechis1 species
GenusVermicella6 species
GenusWalterinnesia1 species
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Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.