Elapidae

Black mamba - Dendroaspis polylepis
* West African green mamba - Dendroaspis viridis

Elapsoidea:
Referred to as African garter snakes. 10 species are currently recognised.
* Boulenger's garter snake - Elapsoidea boulengeri
* Broadley's garter snake - Elapsoidea broadleyi
* Somali garter snake - Elapsoidea chelazzi
* Gunther's garter snake - Elapsoidea guentherii
* Werner's garter snake - Elapsoidea laticincta
* Black garter snake - Elapsoidea nigra
* Angolan garter snake - Elapsoidea semiannulata
* Loveridge's garter snake - Elapsoidea loveridgei
* Senegal garter snake - Elapsoidea trapei
* Sundervall's garter snake - Elapsoidea sundevallii

Hemachatus:
Referred to as Rinkhals. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Rinkhals - Hemachatus haemachatus

Hemibungarus:
Referred to as oriental coral snake. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Barred coral snake - Hemibungarus calligster

Naja:
Referred to as Cobras. Currently 25 species are recognised.
* Anchieta's cobra - Naja anchietae
* Ringed water cobra - Naja annulata
* Snouted cobra - Naja annulifera
* Ashe's spitting cobra - Naja ashei
* Chinese cobra - Naja atra
* Egyptian cobra - Naja haje
* Monocled cobra - Naja kaouthia
* Katian spitting cobra - Naja katiensis
* Mandalay spitting cobra - Naja mandalayensis
* Forest cobra - Naja melanoleuca
* Mozambique spitting cobra - Naja mossambica
* Many banded snake - Naja multifasciata
* Indian cobra - Naja naja
* Western barred spitting cobra - Naja nigricincta
* Black-necked spitting cobra - Naja nigricollis
* Cape cobra - Naja nivea
* Nubian spitting cobra - Naja nubiae
* Central Asian cobra - Naja oxiana
* Red spitting cobra - Naja pallida
* Phillipine cobra - Naja philippinensis
* Andaman cobra - Naja sagittifera
* Peter's cobra - Naja samarensis
* Chinese spitting cobra - Naja siamensis
* Indonesian cobra - Naja sputatrix
* Equatorial spitting cobra - Naja sumatrana

Ophiophagus:
Referred to as King cobra. Only one species is currently recognised.
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King cobra - Ophiophagus hannah

Pseudohaje:
Referred to as Tree cobras. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Gold's forest cobra - Pseudohaje goldii
* Hoodless cobra - Pseudohaje nigra

Walterinnesia:
Referred to as Desert cobras. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Morgan's desert cobra - Walterinnesia morgani
* Desert cobra - Walterinnesia aegyptia

2. Family Elapidae: Subfamily Hydrophiinae. (44 genera are recognised within this subfamily.)

Acalyptophis:
Referred to as Perron's sea snakes. Only one species is currntly recognised.
* Spiny-headd sea snake - Acalyptophis peronii

Acanthophis:
Referred to as Death adders. Currently 9 species are recognised.
* Common death adder - Acanthophis antarcticus
* Barnett's death adder - Acanthophis barnetti
* Acanthophis crotalusei
* Acanthophis hawkei
* Acanthophis laevis
* Northern death adder - Acanthophis praelongus
* Desert death adder - Acanthophis pyrrhus
* Acanthophis rugosus
* Acanthophis wellsi

Aipysurus:
Referred to as Indo-pacific Sea snakes. 7 species are currently recognised.
* Short-nosed Seasnake - Aipysurus apraefrontalis
* Reef shallows seasnake - Aipysurus duboisii
* Spine-tailed seasnake - Aipysurus eydouxii
* Leaf-scaled Seasnake - Aipysurus foliosquama
* Dusky Seasnake - Aipysurus fuscus
* Olive-brown seasnake - Aipysurus laevis
* Arafura Sea Snake - Aipysurus tenuis

Aspidomorphus:
Referred to as Crown snakes. Currently 3 species are recognised.
* Striped crown snake - Aspidomorphus lineaticollis
* Müller’s crown snake - Aspidomorphus muelleri
* Schlegel’s crown snake - Aspidomorphus schlegeli

Astrotia:
Referred to as Stoke's sea snake. Only one species is recognised.
* Stoke's sea snake - Astrotia stokesii

Austrelaps:
Referred to as Australian copperheads. 3 species are currently recognised.
* Pygmy Copperhead - Austrelaps labialis
* Highlands Copperhead - Austrelaps ramsayi
* Copperhead Snake - Austrelaps superbus

Cacophis:
Referred to as Dwarf crowned snakes. 4 species are currnetly recognised.
* Churchill's dwarf crowned snake - Cacophis churchilli
* White-crowned Snake - Cacophis harriettae
* Dwarf Crowned Snake - Cacophis krefftii
* Golden Crowned Snake - Cacophis squamulosus

Demansia:
Referred to as Australian whip snakes. 13 species are currently recognised.
* Demansia angusticeps
* Black-necked Whipsnake - Demansia calodera
* Demansia flagellatio
* Olive Whipsnake - Demansia olivacea
* Papuan whip snake - Demansia papuensis
* Yellow-faced Whipsnake - Demansia psammophis
* Demansia quaesitor
* Demansia rimicola
* Rufous Whipsnake - Demansia rufescens
* Demansia shinei
* Grey Whipsnake - Demansia simplex
* Collared Whipsnake - Demansia torquata
* Black whip snake - Demansia vestigiata

Denisonia:
Also referred to as Australian copperheads. 2 species are currently recognised.
* De Vis's Banded Snake - Denisonia devisi
* Ornamental Snake - Denisonia maculata

Disteira:
Referred to as Sea snakes. 4 species are currently recognised.
* King’s seasnake - Disteira kingii
* Olive-headed sea snake - Disteira major
* Disteira nigrocincta
* Wall's Sea Snake - Disteira walli

Drysdalia:
Referred to as Crowned snakes. Currently 3 species are recognised.
* White-lipped Snake - Drysdalia coronoides
* Masters' Snake - Drysdalia mastersii
* Mustard-bellied Snake - Drysdalia rhodogaster

Echiopsis:
Referred to as Bardick snakes. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Lake Cronin Snake - Echiopsis atriceps
* Bardick - Echiopsis curta

Elapognathus:
Refrred to as Austalian grass snakes. only 2 species are currently recognised.
* Crowned Snake - Elapognathus coronata
* Little Brown Snake - Elapognathus minor

Emydocephalus:
Referred to as sea snakes. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Egg-eating Sea Snake - Emydocephalus annulatus
* Turtlehead Sea Snake - Emydocephalus ijimae

Enhydrina:
Referred to as Beaked sea snakes. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Common or beaked seasnake - Enhydrina schistosa
* Zweifel’s beaked seasnake - Enhydrina zweifeli

Ephalophis:
Referred to as North western mangrove sea snake. Only one species is currently recognised.
* North-western Mangrove Seasnake - Ephalophis greyae

Furina:
Referred to as Australian naped snakes. 5 species are currently recognised.
* Yellow-naped Snake - Furina barnardi
* Red-naped Snake - Furina diadema
* Dunmall's Snake - Furina dunmalli
* Orange-naped Snake - Furina ornata
* grey-naped snake - Furina tristis

Hemiaspis:
Referred to as Australian swamp snakes. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Grey Snake - Hemiaspis damelii
* Black-bellied Swamp Snake - Hemiaspis signata

Hoplocephalus:
Referred to as Borad-headed tree snakes. 3 species are currently recognised.
* Pale-headed Snake - Hoplocephalus bitorquatus
* Broad-headed Snake - Hoplocephalus bungaroides
* Stephens's Banded Snake - Hoplocephalus stephensii

Hydrelaps:
Referred to as sea snakes. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Port Darwin seasnake - Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Hydrophis:
Referred to as sea snakes. currently 29 species are recognised.
* Black-headed sea snake - Hydrophis atriceps
* Faint-banded Sea snake - Hydrophis belcheri
* Peters' Sea Snake - Hydrophis bituberculatus
* Brook's sea snake - Hydrophis brooki
* Slender-necked Sea snake - Hydrophis coggeri
* Annulated Sea Snake - Hydrophis cyanocinctus
* Fine-spined Sea snake - Hydrophis czeblukovi
* Elegant sea snake - Hydrophis elegans
* Striped Sea Snake - Hydrophis fasciatus
* Plain Sea snake - Hydrophis inornatus
* Kloss' Sea snake - Hydrophis klossi
* Hydrophis laboutei
* Lambert's Sea snake - Hydrophis lamberti
* Persian Gulf Sea snake - Hydrophis lapemoides
* Small-headed sea snake - Hydrophis macdowelli
* Bombay sea snake - Hydrophis mamillaris
* Slender-necked black-headed sea snake - Hydrophis melanocephalus
* Black-banded sea snake - Hydrophis melanosoma
* Russel's Sea Snake - Hydrophis obscurus* Ornate Reef sea snake - Hydrophis ornatus
* Hydrophis pachycercos
* Pacific sea snake - Hydrophis pacificus
* Hydrophis parviceps
* Lake Taal Snake - Hydrophis semperi
* Kalimantan Sea Snake - Hydrophis sibauensis
* Yellow Sea Snake - Hydrophis spiralis
* Collared Sea Snake - Hydrophis stricticollis
* West Coast Black-headed Sea Snake - Hydrophis torquatus
* Estuarine sea snake - Hydrophis vorisi

Kerilia:
Referred to as Sea snake. 1 species is currently recognised.
* Jerdon's sea snake - Kerilia jerdonii

Kolpophis:
Referred to as Sea snake. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Bighead Sea Snake - Kolpophis annandalei

Lapemis:
Referred to as sea snakes. 2 species are currently recognised.
* Shaw's sea snake - Lapemis curtus
* Hardwicke’s spine-bellied sea snake - Lapemis hardwickii

Loveridgelaps:
Referred to as small eyed snakes. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Solomon’s small-eyed snake - Loveridgelaps elapoides

Micropechis:
Referred to as small eyed snakes. Only one species is currently recognised.
* New Guinea small-eyed snake - Micropechis ikaheka

Notechis:
Referred to as Autralian Tiger snakes. One species is currently recognised.
* Mainland Tiger snake - Notechis scutatus

Ogmodon:
Referred to as Fiji cobras. Currently one species is recognised.
* Fiji cobra - Ogmodon vitianus

Oxyuranus:
Referred to as Taipans. 3 species are currently recognised.
* Inland taipan - Oxyuranus microlepidotus
* Coastal taipan - Oxyuranus scutellatus
* Central ranges taipan - Oxyuranus temporalis

Parahydrophis:
Referred to as sea snakes. Currently one species is recognised.
* Arafura smooth sea snake - Parahydrophis mertoni

Parapistocalamus:
Referred to as hediger's coral snake. Only one species is currently recognised.
* Hediger’s coral snake - Parapistocalamus hedigeri

Pelamis:
Referred to as sea snakes. Only one species is currently recignised.
* Pelagic Sea Snake - Pelamis platura

Polyodontognathus:
Referrd to as dwarf sea snakes. 1 species is currently recognised.
* Dwarf sea snake - Polyodontognathus caerulescens

Praescutata:
Referred to as sea snakes. One species is currently recognised.
* Viperine sea snake - Praescutata viperina

Pseudechis:
Referred to as Black snakes. Currently 7 species are recognised.
* King brown - Pseudechis australis* Spotted Mulga Snake - Pseudechis butleri
* Collett's Snake - Pseudechis colletti
* Spotted Black Snake - Pseudechis guttatus
* Pseudechis pailsei
* Papuan blacksnake - Pseudechis papuanus
* Red-bellied Black Snake - Pseudechis porphyriacus

Pseudonaja:
Referred to as Brown snakes. Currently 8 species are recognised.
* Dugite - Pseudonaja affinis
* Pseudonaja elliotti
* Speckled Brown Snake - Pseudonaja guttata
* Peninsula Brown Snake - Pseudonaja inframacula
* Ingram's Brown Snake - Pseudonaja ingrami
* Ringed Brown Snake - Pseudonaja modesta
* Western Brown Snake - Pseudonaja nuchalis
* Eastern brown snake - Pseudonaja textilis

Rhinoplocephalus:
Referred to as Venomous Australian whipsnakes. ^ species are currently recognised.
* Square-nosed Snake - Rhinoplocephalus bicolor
* Carpentaria whip snake - Rhinoplocephalus boschmai
* Rhinoplocephalus incredibilis
* Short-tailed Snake - Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens
* Black-striped snake - Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus
* Western Carpentaria Snake - Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps

Salomonelaps:
Referred to as Solomon's coral snake. Only 1 species is currently recognised.
* Solomon's coral snake - Salomonelaps par

Simoselaps:
Referred to as Australian coral snakes. 14 species are curently recognised.
* Northern Desert Banded Snake - Simoselaps anomalus
* North-western Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps approximans
* Eastern Shovel-nosed Snake - Eastern Shovel-nosed Snake
* Southern Desert Banded Snake - Simoselaps bertholdi
* Black-naped Burrowing Snake - Simoselaps bimaculatus
* Black-striped Burrowing Snake - Simoselaps calonotus
* Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps fasciolatus
* Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps incinctus
* West-Coast Banded Snake - Simoselaps littoralis
* Dampierland Burrowing Snake - Simoselaps minimus
* Simoselaps morrisi
* Northern Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps roperi
* Southern Shovel-nosed Snake - Simoselaps semifasciatus
* North-eastern Plain-nosed - Simoselaps warro

Suta:
Referred to as Little snakes. Currently 10 species are recognised.
* Variable Black-naped Snake - Suta dwyeri
* Rosen's Snake - Suta fasciata
* Whip Hooded Snake - Suta flagellum
* Gould's Hooded Snake - Suta gouldii
* Monk Snake - Suta monachus
* Mallee Black-backed Snake - Suta nigriceps
* Ord Curl Snake - Suta ordensis
* Spotted Snake - Suta punctata
* Spectacled Hooded Snake - Suta spectabilis
* Curl Snake - Suta suta

Thalassophis:
Referred to as sea snakes. Currently one one species is recognised.
* Anomalous sea snake - Thalassophis anomalus

Toxicocalamus:
Referred to as Venomous island snakes. 9 species are recognised.
* Buerger’s forest snake - Toxicocalamus buergersi
* Setekwa River forest snake - Toxicocalamus grandis
* Mt Rossel forest snake - Toxicocalamus holopelturus
* Fergusson Island forest snake - Toxicocalamus longissimus
* Loria forest snake - Toxicocalamus loriae
* Misima Island forest snake - Toxicocalamus misimae
* Preuss’s forest snake - Toxicocalamus preussi
* Spotted forest snake - Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus
* Owen Stanley Range forest snake - Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Tropidechis:
Referred to as Australian rough-scaled snakes. Currently 2 species are recognised.
* Clarence River Snake - Tropidechis carinatus
* Tropidechis sadlieri

Vermicella:
Referred to as Bandy-bandy's. Currently 5 species are recognised.
* Eastern Bandy-bandy - Vermicella annulata
* Vermicella intermedia
* Northern Bandy Bandy - Vermicella multifasciata
* Vermicella snelli
* Vermicella vermiformis

3. Family Elapidae: Subfamily Laticaudinae (2 genera are recignised within this subfamily)

Laticauda:
Referred to as Sea kraits. 6 species are recognised.
* Yellow-lipped sea krait - Laticauda colubrina
* Crocker's Sea Snake - Laticauda crockeri
* Laticauda guineai
* Common or blue-lipped sea krait - Laticauda laticaudata
* Laticauda saintgironsi
* Black-banded sea krait - Laticauda semifasciata

Pseudolaticauda:
Referred to as Sea snakes. @ species are currently recognised.
* Flat-tail Sea Snake - Pseudolaticauda schistorhynchus
* Chinese Sea Snake - Pseudolaticauda semifasciata

It is important to note that taxonomic revision happens from time to time, and the above information regarding the Family Elapidae should not be regarded as 100% correct. I believe it to be correct at the time of writing.This page however is not to be regarded as such, but rather as an overview of the family Elapidae.

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