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Elapidae
(redirected from Hydrophiinae)

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n.1.a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.
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Noun1.Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
family Elapidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes
elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
genus Micrurus, Micrurus - coral snakes
genus Micruroides, Micruroides - coral snakes
Calliophis, Callophis, genus Calliophis, genus Callophis - Asian coral snakes
Aspidelaps, genus Aspidelaps - African coral snakes
genus Rhynchoelaps, Rhynchoelaps - Australian coral snakes
Denisonia, genus Denisonia - copperheads
genus Naja, Naja - cobras
genus Ophiophagus, Ophiophagus - king cobra
genus Hemachatus, Hemachatus - ringhals
Dendraspis, Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis - mambas
Acanthophis, genus Acanthophis - Australian elapid snakes
genus Notechis, Notechis - tiger snakes
genus Pseudechis, Pseudechis - venomous Australian blacksnakes
Bungarus, genus Bungarus - kraits
genus Oxyuranus, Oxyuranus - taipans
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The best current research apparently shows that elapids moved from the land environment in Australia to the sea on several different occasions, so Hydrophiinae is anything but monophyletic.
The illogical basis of phylogenetic nomenclature by Keller, Roberto A.; Boyd, Richard N.; Wheeler, Quentin D. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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