A family of extremely venomous snakes, comprising coral snakes, cobras, mambas, kraits, and sea snakes. They are widely distributed, being found in the southern United States, South America, Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The elapids include three subfamilies: Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, and Lauticaudinae. Like the viperids, they have venom fangs in the front part of the upper jaw. The mambas of Africa are the most dangerous of all snakes by virtue of their size, speed, and highly toxic venom. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p329-33)

Descriptor ID	D017815
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.833.672.350
Concept/Terms	Elapidae Elapidae Cobra Cobra Cobras Hemachatus Hemachatus Ringhals Haemachatus Hydrophidae Hydrophidae Sea Snakes Sea Snake Snake, Sea Snakes, Sea Hydrophiinae Hydrophiinae Naja naja Naja naja Asiatic Cobra Asiatic Cobras Cobra, Asiatic Cobras, Asiatic Lauticaudus Lauticaudus Mamba Mamba Mambas Dendroaspis Micrurus Micrurus Coral Snake Coral Snakes Snake, Coral Snakes, Coral Naja Naja Naja haje Naja haje Egyptian Cobra Cobra, Egyptian Cobras, Egyptian Egyptian Cobras Boulengerina Boulengerina Water Cobra Cobra, Water Cobras, Water Water Cobras Lauticaudinae Lauticaudinae

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