Elapidae

Translingual

Hemachatus haemachatus

Etymology

From Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) +‎ -idae.

Proper noun

Elapidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Serpentes – many venomous snakes.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes (order); Caenophidia (suborder); Elapoidea (superfamily)

Hyponyms

• (family): Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae (subfamilies)
  • Aspidelaps, Boulengerina, Bungarus, Calliophis, Dendroaspis, Elapsoidea, Hemachatus, Hemibungarus, Homoroselaps, Micruroides, Micrurus, Naja, Ophiophagus, Oxyuranus, Paranaja, Pseudohaje, Walterinnesia (selected genera)

References

• Elapidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Elapidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Elapidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons