elapid
Noun
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Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres (synset 101747766)
subtypes:
- coral snake, harlequin-snake, new world coral snake - any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
- coral snake, old world coral snake - any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
- copperhead, denisonia superba - venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
- cobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
- hemachatus haemachatus, ringhals, rinkhals, spitting snake - highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
- mamba - arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
- acanthophis antarcticus, death adder - venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
- notechis scutatus, tiger snake - highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
- australian blacksnake, pseudechis porphyriacus - large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly
- krait - brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
- oxyuranus scutellatus, taipan - large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
belongs to: elapidae, family elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakessame as: elapid snake
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