Terrestrial Elapids #2

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Note: The Terrestrial and Aquatic Elapids are often separated taxonomically into subfamilies Elapinae and Hydrophiinae respectively however there is no widely accepted decision on whether they should or should not be separated.

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Genus: Naja

Naja anchietae – Anchieta’s Cobra
Naja
annulifera – Snouted Cobra
Naja arabica – Arabian Cobra
Naja ashei – Ashe’s or Giant Spitting Cobra
Naja atra – Chinese Cobra
Naja haje – Egyptian Cobra
Naja kaouthia – Monocled Cobra
Naja katiensis – Mali Cobra
Naja mandalayensis – Mandalay or Burmese Spitting Cobra
Naja melanoleuca – Forest Cobra
Naja mossambica – Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Naja naja – Indian or Spectacled Cobra
Naja nigricincta – Zebra Spitting Cobra
Naja nigricollis – Black-Necked Spitting Cobra
Naja nivea – Cape or Yellow Cobra
Naja nubiae – Nubian Spitting Cobra
Naja oxiana – Central Asian Cobra
Naja pallida – Red Spitting Cobra
Naja philippinensis – Philippine Cobra
Naja sagittifera – Andaman Cobra
Naja samarensis – Peters’ Cobra
Naja senegalensis
Naja siamensis – Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra
Naja sputatrix – Indonesian Cobra
Naja sumatrana – Golden Spitting Cobra

Genus: Notechis

Notechis ater – Black Tiger Snake
Notechis scutatus -
Mainland Tiger Snake

Genus: Ogmodon

Ogmodon vitianus – Fiji Snake

Genus: Ophiophagus

Ophiophagus hannah – King Cobra

Genus: Oxyuranus

Oxyuranus microlepidotus – Inland Taipan
Oxyuranus scutellatus – Costal Taipan
Oxyuranus temporalis – Central Ranges Taipan

Genus: Paranaja

Paranaja multifasciata – Burrowing Cobra

Genus: Parapistocalamus

Parapistocalamus hedigeri – Bougainville Coral Snake

Genus: Pseudechis

Pseudechis australis – King Brown or Mulga Snake
Pseudechis butleri
Pseudechis colletti –
Collett’s Snake
Pseudechis guttatus –
Spotted Black Snake
Pseudechis pailsei
Pseudechis papuanus –
Papuan Black Snake
Pseudechis porphyriacus – Red-Bellied Black Snake

Genus: Pseudohaje

Pseudohaje goldii - Gold’s Tree Cobra
Pseudohaje nigra - Black Tree Cobra

Genus: Pseudonaja

Pseudonaja affinis – Spotted Brown Snake or Dugite
Pseudonaja guttata - Speckled Brown Snake
Pseudonaja inframacula – Peninsula Brown Snake
Pseudonaja ingrami - Ingram’s Brown Snake
Pseudonaja modesta – Ringed Brown Snake
Pseudonaja nuchalis – Western Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis - Eastern Brown Snake

Genus: Rhinoplocephalus

Rhinoplocephalus bicolor
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai - Carpentaria Whip Snake
Rhinoplocephalus incredibilis
Rhinoplocephalus
nigrescens – Eastern Small-Eyed Snake
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus – Black-Striped Snake
Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps – Northern Small-Eyed Snake

Genus: Salomonelaps

Salomonelaps par – Solomons Coral Snake

Genus: Simoselaps

Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps approximans
Simoselaps australis
– Coral Snake
Simoselaps bertholdi – Desert Banded Snake
Simoselaps bimaculatus – Western Black-Naped Snake
Simoselaps calonotus - Western Black-Striped Snake
Simoselaps fasciolatus – Narrow-Banded Snake
Simoselaps incinctus
Simoselaps littoralis
Simoselaps minimus
Simoselaps morrisi
Simoselaps roperi
Simoselaps semifasciatus
– Half-Girdled Snake
Simoselaps warro

Genus: Suta

Suta fasciata – Rosen’s Snake
Suta flagellum – Little Whip Snake
Suta gouldii – Black-Headed Snake
Suta monachus – Hooded Snake
Suta nigriceps
Suta ordensis
Suta punctata
– Little Spotted Snake
Suta spectabilis
Suta suta - Curl Snake

Genus: Toxicocalamus

Toxicocalamus buergersi
Toxicocalamus grandis
Toxicocalamus holopelturus
Toxicocalamus longissimus
Toxicocalamus loriae
Toxicocalamus misimae
Toxicocalamus preussi
Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus
Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Genus: Tropidechis

Tropidechis carinatus – Rough-Scaled Snake

Genus: Vermicella

Vermicella annulata – Bandy-Bandy
Vermicella intermedia
Vermicella multifasciata
– Northern Bandy-Bandy
Vermicella vermiformis

Genus: Walterinnesia

Walterinnesia aegyptia - Desert Black Snake

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