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Abstract
A family of extremely venomous snakes which include coral snakes, cobras and sea snakes. They are widely distributed, occurring in the Southern United States, South America, Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Like viperids (VIPERIDAE), they have fangs in the front part of the upper jaw which discharge venom that is neurotoxic.
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- Elapid Snakes
- Elapids
- Elapid
- Elapid Snake
- Snake, Elapid
- Acanthophiinae
- Cobra
- Notechis
- Pseudonaja
- Cobras
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.
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- Snakes (1966-1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Elapidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017815. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017815
- Elapidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elapidae
- Elapidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186554