Elapidae
Appearance
Elapidae | |
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Egyptian cobra, Naja haje | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfaimily: | Colubroidea |
Faimily: | Elapidae F. Boie, 1827 |
Subfamilies | |
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]- ↑ "Definition of 'elapid'". dictionary.com. Retrieved 13 Julie 2009.