Elapidae (Elapids)
Lower Classification
The family consists of around 60 genera (including one extinct) that include over 350 species and 150 subspecies. Here is a list of all the elapid genera –
- Burrowing snakes (Antaioserpens)
- Shieldnose cobras (Aspidelaps)
- Death adders (Acanthophis)
- Olive sea snakes (Aipysurus)
- Australian copperheads (Austrelaps)
- Collared adders (Aspidomorphus)
- Water cobras (Boulengerina)
- Kraits (Bungarus)
- Shovel-nosed snakes (Brachyurophis)
- Cryptophis
- Rainforest crowned snakes (Cacophis)
- Oriental coral snakes (Calliophis)
- Ornamental snakes (Denisonia)
- Mambas (Dendroaspis)
- Whipsnakes (Demansia)
- Southeastern grass snakes (Drysdalia)
- Turtlehead sea snakes (Emydocephalus)
- Southwestern grass snakes (Elapognathus)
- The bardick (Echiopsis)
- African or venomous garter snakes (Elapsoidea)
- Grey’s mudsnake (Ephalophis)
- Beaked sea snakes (Enhydrina)
- Pale-naped snakes (Furina)
- Barred coral snakes (Hemibungarus)
- Broad-headed snakes (Hoplocephalus)
- Rinkhals/ring-necked spitting cobra (Hemachatus)
- Swamp snakes (Hemiaspis)
- Harlequin snakes (Homoroselaps)
- Sea snakes (Hydrophis)
- Hydrelaps (Monotypic species: Port darwin mudsnake)
- Loveridgelaps (Solomons small-eyed snake)
- Sea kraits (Laticauda)
- Western coral snakes (Micruroides)
- Micropechis (Monotypic species: New guinea small-eyed snake)
- Coral snakes (Micrurus)
- Notechis (Monotypic species: Tiger snakes)
- Neelaps
- Cobras (Naja)
- Taipans (Oxyuranus)
- Ophiophagus (Monotypic species: King cobra)
- Ogmodon (Monotypic species: The bolo snake)
- Parapistocalamus (Monotypic species: Hediger’s snake)
- Pseudonaja (Venomous brown snakes and dugites)
- Paroplocephalus (Monotypic species: Lake Cronin snake)
- Tree cobras (Pseudohaje)
- Parahydrophis (Monotypic species: Northern mangrove sea snake)
- Black snakes and king brown (Pseudechis)
- Rhinoplocephalus (Monotypic species: Australian small-eyed snakes)
- Australian coral snakes (Simoselaps)
- Hooded snakes (Suta)
- Salomonelaps (Monotypic species: Solomons coral snake)
- Sinomicrurus
- Tropidechis (Monotypic species: Rough-scaled snake)
- New guinea forest snakes (Toxicocalamus)
- Thalassophis (Monotypic species: Anomalous sea snake)
- Bandy-bandies (Vermicella)
- Walterinnesia
