Taxonomy Profile: Elapidae (F Boie 1827)

Elapidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Hydrophidae
Hydrophiidae
Fitzinger 1843
Common Name(s):
Cobras []
Coral Snakes []
Elapids []
Kraits []
Coralsnakes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Elapidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Elapidae
Cobras |
Coral Snakes |
Elapids |
Kraits |
Coralsnakes |
Elapidae Direct Children(s):
Hydrophiinae
(Fitzinger 1843)
Elapinae
(F Boie 1827)
Laticaudinae
(Cope 1876)
Elapidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Elapidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Elapidae
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Elapidae
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Elapidae
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Elapidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elapidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elapidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Golay, P., et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist
Page(s):
v + 478
Publisher:
AZEMIOPS S.A., Herpetological Data Center
Publication Place:
Aire-Geneva, Switzerland
ISBN/ISSN:
2-940077-00-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Elapidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Smith, Hobart M., Rozella B. Smith, and H. Lewis Sawin
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1977-04-25 / 1977-04-25
Article/Chapter Title:
A Summary of Snake Classification (Reptilia, Serpentes)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of Herpetology, vol. 11, no. 2
Page(s):
115-121
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0022-1511
Notes:
Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1563131
Reference for:
Elapidae
Elapidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Elapidae: Comments