Elapidae

Classification

Genera in Elapidae

• Micrurus — 84 species: Micrurus albicinctus, Micrurus alleni, Micrurus altirostris, Micrurus ancoralis, Micrurus annellatus, Micrurus averyi, Micrurus baliocoryphus, Micrurus bernadi
• Hydrophis — 52 species: Hydrophis annandalei, Hydrophis anomalus, Hydrophis atriceps, Hydrophis belcheri, Hydrophis bituberculatus, Hydrophis brookii, Hydrophis caerulescens, Hydrophis cantoris
• Naja — 38 species: Naja anchietae, Naja annulata, Naja annulifera, Naja antiqua, Naja arabica, Naja ashei, Naja atra, Naja austriaca
• Toxicocalamus — 23 species: Toxicocalamus atratus, Toxicocalamus buegersi, Toxicocalamus buergersi, Toxicocalamus cratermontanus, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri, Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis, Toxicocalamus grandis, Toxicocalamus holopelturus
• Acanthophis — 18 species: Acanthophis antarcticus, Acanthophis bottomi, Acanthophis cliffrosswellingtoni, Acanthophis cryptamydros, Acanthophis donnellani, Acanthophis granti, Acanthophis hawkei, Acanthophis hoserae
• Demansia — 18 species: Demansia angusticeps, Demansia calodera, Demansia flagellatio, Demansia garrodi, Demansia johnscanloni, Demansia olivacea, Demansia papuensis, Demansia pelleyorum
• Bungarus — 17 species: Bungarus andamanensis, Bungarus bungaroides, Bungarus caeruleus, Bungarus candidus, Bungarus ceylonicus, Bungarus fasciatus, Bungarus flaviceps, Bungarus lividus
• Pseudonaja — 16 species: Pseudonaja affinis, Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha, Pseudonaja charlespiersoni, Pseudonaja cliveevattii, Pseudonaja guttata, Pseudonaja inframacula, Pseudonaja ingrami, Pseudonaja jackyhoserae
• Calliophis — 15 species: Calliophis beddomei, Calliophis bibroni, Calliophis bilineatus, Calliophis bivirgatus, Calliophis castoe, Calliophis gracilis, Calliophis haematoetron, Calliophis intestinalis
• Brachyurophis — 13 species: Brachyurophis alexantenori, Brachyurophis approximans, Brachyurophis australis, Brachyurophis campbelli, Brachyurophis fasciolatus, Brachyurophis incinctus, Brachyurophis lesshearimi, Brachyurophis morrisi
• Elapsoidea — 11 species: Elapsoidea boulengeri, Elapsoidea broadleyi, Elapsoidea chelazzii, Elapsoidea chelazziorum, Elapsoidea guentherii, Elapsoidea laticincta, Elapsoidea loveridgei, Elapsoidea nigra
• Pseudechis — 11 species: Pseudechis australis, Pseudechis butleri, Pseudechis colletti, Pseudechis eipperi, Pseudechis guttatus, Pseudechis pailsei, Pseudechis papuanus, Pseudechis porphyriacus
• Suta — 11 species: Suta dwyeri, Suta fasciata, Suta flagellum, Suta gaikhorstorum, Suta gouldii, Suta monachus, Suta nigriceps, Suta ordensis
• Vermicella — 10 species: Vermicella annulata, Vermicella intermedia, Vermicella isaensis, Vermicella kimberleyensis, Vermicella multifasciata, Vermicella parscauda, Vermicella paulmulvanyi, Vermicella sloppi
• Aipysurus — 9 species: Aipysurus apraefrontalis, Aipysurus duboisii, Aipysurus eydouxii, Aipysurus foliosquama, Aipysurus fuscus, Aipysurus laevis, Aipysurus mosaicus, Aipysurus pooleorum
• Sinomicrurus — 9 species: Sinomicrurus hatori, Sinomicrurus houi, Sinomicrurus japonicus, Sinomicrurus kelloggi, Sinomicrurus macclellandi, Sinomicrurus nigriventer, Sinomicrurus peinani, Sinomicrurus sauteri
• Laticauda — 8 species: Laticauda colubrina, Laticauda crockeri, Laticauda frontalis, Laticauda guineai, Laticauda laticaudata, Laticauda saintgironsi, Laticauda schistorhyncha, Laticauda semifasciata
• Aspidomorphus — 7 species: Aspidomorphus coggeri, Aspidomorphus keneficki, Aspidomorphus lineaticollis, Aspidomorphus macdowelli, Aspidomorphus muelleri, Aspidomorphus schlegelii, Aspidomorphus tamisi
• Hemiaspis — 7 species: Hemiaspis damelii, Hemiaspis horridus, Hemiaspis limuloides, Hemiaspis salweyi, Hemiaspis signata, Hemiaspis speratus, Hemiaspis tunnecliffei
• Oxyuranus — 6 species: Oxyuranus adelynhoserae, Oxyuranus andrewwilsoni, Oxyuranus barringeri, Oxyuranus microlepidotus, Oxyuranus scutellatus, Oxyuranus temporalis
• Cryptophis — 5 species: Cryptophis boschmai, Cryptophis incredibilis, Cryptophis nigrescens, Cryptophis nigrostriatus, Cryptophis pallidiceps
• Drysdalia — 5 species: Drysdalia andrewlowryi, Drysdalia coronoides, Drysdalia mastersii, Drysdalia rhodogaster, Drysdalia robwatsoni
• Emydocephalus — 5 species: Emydocephalus annulatus, Emydocephalus ijimae, Emydocephalus orarius, Emydocephalus szczerbaki, Emydocephalus teesi
• Furina — 5 species: Furina barnardi, Furina diadema, Furina dunmalli, Furina ornata, Furina tristis
• Hoplocephalus — 5 species:
• Loveridgelaps — 5 species:
• Simoselaps — 5 species:
• Alecto — 4 species:
• Cacophis — 4 species:
• Dendroaspis — 4 species:
• Denisonia — 4 species:
• Austrelaps — 3 species:
• Cannia — 3 species:
• Hemibungarus — 3 species:
• Antaioserpens — 2 species:
• Aspidelaps — 2 species:
• Echiopsis — 2 species:
• Elapognathus — 2 species:
• Ephalophis — 2 species:
• Hemachatus — 2 species:
• Megaerophis — 2 species:
• Micropechis — 2 species:
• Narophis — 2 species:
• Neelaps — 2 species:
• Notopseudonaja — 2 species:
• Pseudohaje — 2 species:
• Tropidechis — 2 species:
• Walterinnesia — 2 species:
• Aspidoclonion — 1 species:
• Hydrelaps — 1 species:
• Incongruelaps — 1 species:
• Microcephalophis — 1 species:
• Micruroides — 1 species:
• Notechis — 1 species:
• Ogmodon — 1 species:
• Ophiophagus — 1 species:
• Parahydrophis — 1 species:
• Parapistocalamus — 1 species:
• Paroplocephalus — 1 species:
• Polyodontognathus — 1 species:
• Rhinoplocephalus — 1 species:
• Salomonelaps — 1 species:
• Unechis — 1 species:

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.