Family

Elapidae

108 species · Animals

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Indochinese Spitting Cobra

Naja siamensis Laurenti, 1768

Naja siamensis is a slender spitting cobra species native to Southeast Asia with variable body colouration.

Equatorial Spitting Cobra

Naja sumatrana Müller, 1887

Naja sumatrana is a medium Southeast Asian cobra that can spit venom when threatened, with two geographically based color phases.

Brown Forest Cobra

Naja subfulva Laurent, 1955

Naja subfulva is an African cobra species with variable dark patterning found across East and Central Africa.

Texas Coralsnake

Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853

Micrurus tener, the Texas coral snake, is a venomous coral snake with distinct ringed coloration found from southern US to central Mexico.

Aquatic Coralsnake

Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1816)

Micrurus surinamensis is a robust, mostly aquatic nocturnal coral snake endemic to northern South America.

Central American Coralsnake

Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854)

Micrurus nigrocinctus, the Central American coral snake, is an oviparous elapid found from southern Mexico to northwestern Colombia.

Costa Rican Coralsnake

Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933

Micrurus mosquitensis, the mosquito coral snake, is an elapid snake found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Redtail Coralsnake

Micrurus mipartitus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Micrurus mipartitus, the red-tailed coral snake, is an elapid species native to parts of Central and northern South America with highly neurotoxic venom.

Hemprich's Coralsnake

Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)

Micrurus hemprichii, or Hemprich's coral snake, is a venomous South American elapid that lives in lowland forest leaf litter.

Transandean Capuchin Coralsnake

Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858

Micrurus dumerilii (Capuchin coral snake) is an elapid snake found in northwestern South America and Panama.

West Mexican Coralsnake

Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860

Micrurus distans, the clear-banded or West Mexican coral snake, is an elapid snake found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Pygmy Coralsnake

Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860

Pygmy coral snake (Micrurus dissoleucus) is an elapid snake found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Variable Coralsnake

Micrurus diastema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Micrurus diastema, the variable coral snake, is a venomous elapid endemic to Mexico and northern Central America.

Brown's Coralsnake

Micrurus browni Schmidt & Smith, 1943

Micrurus browni, or Brown's coral snake, is a three-colored elapid found in parts of Mexico and Guatemala.

Allen's Coralsnake

Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936

Micrurus alleni (Allen's/arrow-headed coral snake) is an elapid snake found in four Central American countries.

Eastern Coralsnake

Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766)

Micrurus fulvius, the eastern coral snake, is a venomous elapid found in the southeastern U.S., detailed here for size, range, habitat, and reproduction.