[go: up one dir, main page]

Jump to content

Elapidae

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge

Elapidae
Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfaimily: Colubroidea
Faimily: Elapidae
F. Boie, 1827
Subfamilies

Elapinae
Hydrophiinae
Laticaudinae

The Elapidae (Greek ἔλλοψ éllops, "sea-fish") [1] are a faimily o venomous snakes foond in tropical an subtropical regions aroond the warld, terrestrially in Asie, Australie, Africae, North Americae, an Sooth Americae, an aquatically in the Paceefic an Indian Oceans.

References

[eedit | eedit soorce]
  1. "Definition of 'elapid'". dictionary.com. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009.