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WoRMS taxon details

Elapidae

AphiaID

342638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342638)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Alethinophidia

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Genus Alecto Wagler, 1830
Subfamily Hydrophiinae Fitzinger, 1843
1. Genus Acalyptophis Boulenger, 1896
2. Genus Acalyptus Duméril, 1853
3. Genus Aipysurus Lacepède, 1804
4. Genus Astrotia Fischer, 1856
5. Genus Aturia Gray, 1842
6. Genus Chitulia Gray, 1849
7. Genus Disteira Lacepède, 1804
8. Genus Distira Agassiz, 1846
9. Genus Emydocephalus Krefft, 1869
10. Genus Enhydrina Gray, 1849
11. Genus Ephalophis Smith, 1931
12. Genus Hemiaspis Fitzinger, 1861
13. Genus Hydrelaps Boulenger, 1896
14. Genus Hydrophis Latreille, 1801
15. Genus Kerilia Gray, 1849
16. Genus Kolpophis Smith, 1926
17. Genus Lapemis Gray, 1835
18. Genus Leioselasma Lacepède, 1804
19. Genus Microcephalophis Lesson, 1832
20. Genus Parahydrophis Burger & Natsuno, 1974
21. Genus Parapistocalamus Roux, 1934
22. Genus Pelamis Daudin, 1803
23. Genus Polyodontognathus Wall, 1921
24. Genus Pseudonaja
25. Genus Smithsohydrophis Kharin, 1981
26. Genus Thalassophis Schmidt, 1852
27. Genus Tropidechis
28. Genus Hydrus Schneider, 1799 accepted as Pelamis Daudin, 1803
29. Genus Platurus Latreille, 1801 accepted as Laticauda Laurenti, 1768
Subfamily Laticaudinae
1. Genus Laticauda Laurenti, 1768
2. Genus Pseudolaticauda Kharin, 1984
Genus Naja Laurenti, 1768
Genus Oceanius
Genus Pelagophis
Genus Stephanohydra
Genus Thalassophina Smith, 1926
Genus Tomogaster

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Elapidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342638 on 2025-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-09 06:25:32Z

created

Decock, Wim

2009-08-26 17:11:08Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Quiñones, J.; Burneo, K. G.; Barragan, C. (2014). Rediscovery of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) in Máncora, northern Perú. <em>Check List.</em> 10(6), 1563-1564. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	コブラ科	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elapidae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
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