Elapidae
31 species.
King Cobra
The longest venomous snake in the world, reaching 5.5 meters. They can raise one...
Black Mamba
The fastest snake in the world, reaching 20 km/h. Not actually black — they are ...
Inland Taipan
The most venomous snake in the world by LD50 — one bite contains enough venom to...
Coral Snake
Red touches yellow, kill a fellow — the famous rhyme to distinguish them from ha...
Cape Cobra
One of the most dangerous African cobras due to their willingness to enter human...
Tiger Snake
Among the most venomous snakes in Australia (which is saying something). Their v...
Death Adder
Not actually an adder — they are elapids related to cobras. They use the tip of ...
Indian Cobra
The snake most associated with snake charming (now banned in India). Their hood ...
Australian Brown Snake
The second most venomous land snake in the world. Responsible for more deaths in...
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
One of the most widely distributed reptiles, found across the tropical Pacific a...
Coastal Taipan
The third most venomous snake in the world and more dangerous than the Inland Ta...
Black-necked Spitting Cobra
Can accurately spray venom at eyes from 3 meters. The venom causes intense pain ...
Mamba (Green)
Arboreal and bright green, unlike their cousin the Black Mamba. They are shy and...
Krait (Common)
Among the most venomous snakes in Asia. Primarily nocturnal — they are docile du...
Sea Krait (Banded)
Semi-aquatic — they hunt in the ocean but return to land to digest, mate, and la...
Mulga Snake (King Brown)
Not actually a brown snake — they are a member of the black snake genus. The sec...
Taipan (Central Ranges)
Discovered only in 2007 — one of the most recently described taipan species. The...
Many-banded Krait
The species that most likely bit and killed the American herpetologist Joe Slowi...
Red-bellied Black Snake
One of the most commonly encountered venomous snakes in urban Australia. Despite...
Egyptian Cobra
One of the largest cobras in Africa, with a broad hood and potent neurotoxic ven...
Monocled Cobra
Named for the single O-shaped marking on the back of its hood, unlike the specta...
Chinese Cobra
A common cobra of southern China and Taiwan, often found around rice fields and ...
Forest Cobra
The largest true cobra, reaching about 3 m. It is an agile climber and a strong ...
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
One of the most dangerous snakes in Africa, able to spit venom accurately at the...
Philippine Cobra
Found on Luzon, Mindoro, and nearby islands of the northern Philippines. Conside...
Rinkhals
A cobra-like snake of southern African grasslands whose name means ring neck in ...
Banded Krait
A striking krait with bold black and yellow bands and a triangular body in cross...
Malayan Krait
A nocturnal krait banded in black and white, found from Thailand to Indonesia. I...
Dugite
A brown snake of southwestern Western Australia, common even in the suburbs of P...
Olive Sea Snake
A large sea snake of coral reefs off northern Australia and New Guinea. It is of...
Blue Malayan Coral Snake
A vivid snake with a dark blue body and bright red head and tail. Its venom glan...