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Monocellate Cobra
Animalia Elapidae

Monocellate Cobra

Naja kaouthia Lesson, 1831

Naja kaouthia (monocled cobra) is an Asian venomous cobra distinguished by its c…

Indochinese Spitting Cobra
Animalia Elapidae

Indochinese Spitting Cobra

Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768

Naja siamensis is a slender spitting cobra species native to Southeast Asia with…

Equatorial Spitting Cobra
Animalia Elapidae

Equatorial Spitting Cobra

Naja sumatrana Müller, 1887

Naja sumatrana is a medium Southeast Asian cobra that can spit venom when threat…

Brown Forest Cobra
Animalia Elapidae

Brown Forest Cobra

Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955

Naja subfulva is an African cobra species with variable dark patterning found ac…

Texas Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Texas Coralsnake

Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853

Micrurus tener, the Texas coral snake, is a venomous coral snake with distinct r…

Aquatic Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Aquatic Coralsnake

Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1816)

Micrurus surinamensis is a robust, mostly aquatic nocturnal coral snake endemic …

Central American Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Central American Coralsnake

Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854)

Micrurus nigrocinctus, the Central American coral snake, is an oviparous elapid …

Costa Rican Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Costa Rican Coralsnake

Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933

Micrurus mosquitensis, the mosquito coral snake, is an elapid snake found in Nic…

Redtail Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Redtail Coralsnake

Micrurus mipartitus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Micrurus mipartitus, the red-tailed coral snake, is an elapid species native to …

Hemprich's Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Hemprich's Coralsnake

Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)

Micrurus hemprichii, or Hemprich's coral snake, is a venomous South American ela…

Transandean Capuchin Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Transandean Capuchin Coralsnake

Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858

Micrurus dumerilii (Capuchin coral snake) is an elapid snake found in northweste…

West Mexican Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

West Mexican Coralsnake

Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860

Micrurus distans, the clear-banded or West Mexican coral snake, is an elapid sna…

Pygmy Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Pygmy Coralsnake

Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860

Pygmy coral snake (Micrurus dissoleucus) is an elapid snake found in Panama, Col…

Variable Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Variable Coralsnake

Micrurus diastema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Micrurus diastema, the variable coral snake, is a venomous elapid endemic to Mex…

Brown's Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Brown's Coralsnake

Micrurus browni Schmidt & Smith, 1943

Micrurus browni, or Brown's coral snake, is a three-colored elapid found in part…

Allen's Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Allen's Coralsnake

Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936

Micrurus alleni (Allen's/arrow-headed coral snake) is an elapid snake found in f…

Eastern Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Eastern Coralsnake

Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766)

Micrurus fulvius, the eastern coral snake, is a venomous elapid found in the sou…

Painted Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Painted Coralsnake

Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)

Micrurus corallinus, the painted coral snake, is a nocturnal venomous coral snak…

Caatinga Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Caatinga Coralsnake

Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

Micrurus ibiboboca, the caatinga coral snake, is an elapid found in eastern Braz…

Argentinian Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Argentinian Coralsnake

Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)

Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Argentinian coral snake) is an elapid coral snake found …

Black-necked Amazonian Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Black-necked Amazonian Coralsnake

Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)

Micrurus obscurus is an elapid snake species found across multiple countries in …

Ribbon Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Ribbon Coralsnake

Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Micrurus lemniscatus is a brightly colored oviparous snake widespread across mul…

Sonoran Coralsnake
Animalia Elapidae

Sonoran Coralsnake

Micruroides euryxanthus (Kennicott, 1860)

Micruroides euryxanthus is a small New World coral snake found in arid regions o…

Rinkhals
Animalia Elapidae

Rinkhals

Hemachatus haemachatus Bonnaterre, 1790

Hemachatus haemachatus, the rinkhals, is an ovoviviparous African elapid disting…