THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Elapidae · Clear filter
276 records · page 1 of 6
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Desert Death AdderAcanthophis pyrrhus Boulenger, 1898 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sahul Reef SnakeAipysurus apraefrontalis Smith, 1926 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reef shallows seasnakeAipysurus duboisii Bavay, 1869 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beaded sea-snakeAipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leaf-scaled SeasnakeAipysurus foliosquama Smith, 1926 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dusky SeasnakeAipysurus fuscus (Tschudi, 1837) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive-brown seasnakeAipysurus laevis Lacépède, 1804 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aipysurus mosaicus Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry, 2012 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shark Bay SeasnakeAipysurus pooleorum Smith, 1974 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arafura Sea SnakeAipysurus tenuis Lönnberg & Andersson, 1913 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| North-eastern Plain-nosed Burrowing SnakeAntaioserpens albiceps (Boulenger, 1898) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Warrego Burrowing SnakeAntaioserpens warro (de Vis, 1884) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidelaps scutatus (Smith, 1849) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aspidomorphus dimorphus Kraus, 2025 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped crown snakeAspidomorphus lineaticollis (Werner, 1903) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Schlegel’s crown snakeAspidomorphus schlegelii (Günther, 1872) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Copperhead SnakeAustrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Australian Coral SnakeBrachyurophis australis (Krefft, 1864) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyurophis morrisi (Horner, 1998) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South Andaman KraitBungarus andamanensis Biswas & Sanyal, 1978 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northeastern Hill KraitBungarus bungaroides (Cantor, 1839) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common kraitBungarus caeruleus (Schneider, 1801) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Ceylon Krait [karavala]Bungarus ceylonicus Günther, 1864 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded KraitBungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Black KraitBungarus lividus Cantor, 1839 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Many-banded KraitBungarus multicinctus Blyth, 1861 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Greater Black KraitBungarus niger Wall, 1908 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bungarus persicus Abtin, Nilson, Mobaraki, Hosseini & Dehgannejhad, 2014 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red River KraitBungarus slowinskii Kuch, Kizirian, Nguyen, Lawson, Donnelly & Mebs, 2005 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Many-banded KraitBungarus wanghaotingi Pope, 1928 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cacophis churchilli Wells & Wellington, 1985 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-crowned SnakeCacophis harriettae Krefft, 1869 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Crowned SnakeCacophis krefftii Günther, 1863 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Golden Crowned SnakeCacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Castoe’s coralsnakeCalliophis castoe Smith, Ogale, Deepak & Giri, 2012 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gray Coral SnakeCalliophis gracilis Gray, 1834 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded Malaysian Coral SnakeCalliophis intestinalis (Laurenti, 1768) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian Coral SnakeCalliophis melanurus (Shaw, 1802) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Coral SnakeCalliophis nigrescens (Günther, 1862) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dinagat Island Banded CoralsnakeCalliophis salitan Brown, Smart, Leviton & Smith, 2018 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptophis incredibilis (Wells & Wellington, 1985) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-striped snakeCryptophis nigrostriatus (Krefft, 1864) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Small-eyed SnakeCryptophis pallidiceps (Günther, 1858) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-necked WhipsnakeDemansia calodera Storr, 1978 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Demansia cyanochasma Nankivell, Maryan, Bush & Hutchinson, 2023 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marble-headed Whip SnakeDemansia olivacea (Gray, 1842) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Papuan whip snakeDemansia papuensis (Macleay, 1877) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-Faced Whip SnakeDemansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Demansia quaesitor Shea, 2007 | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
276 records · page 1 of 6
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.