elapid

Definitions of elapid

1. noun

   any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
   synonyms: elapid snake

   types:

   New World coral snake, coral snake, harlequin-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

   Old World coral snake, coral snake

   any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia

   Denisonia superba, copperhead

   venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia

   cobra

   a venomous Asiatic and African elapid snake 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

   Micrurus fulvius, eastern coral snake

   ranges from Central America to southeastern United States

   Micruroides euryxanthus, western coral snake

   ranges from Central America to southwestern United States

   Asian coral snake

   of India

   African coral snake, Aspidelaps lubricus

   small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange

   Australian coral snake, Rhynchoelaps australis

   small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red

   Indian cobra, Naja naja

   a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia

   Egyptian cobra, Naja haje, asp

   cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

   Naja nigricollis, black-necked cobra, spitting cobra

   aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness

   Naja hannah, Ophiophagus hannah, hamadryad, king cobra

   large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

   black mamba

   a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite

   Bungarus fasciatus, banded adder, banded krait

   sluggish krait banded with black and yellow

   type of:

   ophidian, serpent, snake

   limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous