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Elapidae (/əˈlæpədiː/,
commonly known as
elapids /ˈɛləpədz/, from
Ancient Gr****: ἔλαψ élaps,
variant of ἔλλοψ éllops "sea-fish") is a
family of snakes...
- with the
latter consisting of "colubroid"
snakes (colubrids, vipers,
elapids, hydrophiids, and atractaspids) and acrochordids,
while the
other alethinophidian...
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proteroglyphous elapids, even of the
smallest and gentlest, such as the
coral snakes, is, so far as known,
deadly to humans. However, some
mildly venomous elapids remain...
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krait was more
similar to the
Australian elapids,
Laticauda and true sea
snakes than they were to
numerous elapids they were
compared to. A 2016 genetic...
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banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus) is an
extremely venomous species of
elapids endemic to Asia, from
Indian Subcontinent through Southeast Asia to Southern...
- 7 m (19 ft) and a
weight of up to 12.7 kg (28 lb). It is also the
largest elapid. The second-longest
venomous snake in the
world is
possibly the African...
- dorsally. The
skulls do not
differ significantly from
those of
terrestrial elapids,
although their dentition is
relatively primitive with
short fangs and...
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aquatic habitats, with sea
kraits diverging earlier from
other Australasian elapids. Thus, sea
kraits and sea
snakes are an
example of
convergent evolution...
- of the palate,
which Kinghorn noted separated the
genus from all
other elapids. The oft-quoted
meaning "sharp-tailed" (based on a
confusion with οὐρά...
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Qatar is a
nation situated eastwards of the
Arabian Peninsula of
which it is
considered a part of.
Upwards of 30
reptile species have been
recorded as...
