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Elapidae

Scientific name......................................................... Common name

Acanthophis antarcticus antarcticus........................ Common Death adder
Acanthophis antarcticus schistos
Acanthophis barnetti
Acanthophis crotalusei
Acanthophis cummingi................................................ Adelaide river Death adder
Acanthophis hawkei...................................................... Barkly Tableland Death adder
Acanthophis lancasteri lancasteri..................................North-west Death adder
Acanthophis lancasteri bottomi
Acanthophis laevis
Acanthophis praelongus................................................ Northern Death adder
Acanthophis pyrrhus........................................................ Desert Death adder
Acanthophis pyrrhus armstrongi
Acanthophis rugosa ........................................................Merauke Death adder
Acanthophis wellsei
Acanthophis woolfi.......................................................... Inland Queensland Death adder
Aspidelaps scutatus scutatus......................................... Shield-Nosed Snake (typical or western race)
Aspidelaps scutatus fulafula............................................ Shield-Nosed Snake (eastern race)
Aspidelaps scutatus intermedius..................................... Shield-Nosed Snake (central race)
Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus............................................ Coral Cobra (typical or southern race)
Aspidelaps lubricus infuscatus........................................ Coral Cobra (central race)
Aspidelaps lubricus cowlesi ...........................................Coral Cobra (northern race)
Aspidomorphus lineaticollis............................................ Striped Crowned Snake
Aspidomorphus muelleri muelleri..................................... Muller's Crowned Snake
Aspidomorphus muelleri interruptus
Aspidomorphus schlegeli................................................. Schlegel's Crowned Snake
Austrelaps labialis...........................................................Pygmy Copperhead
Austrelaps ramsayi........................................................... Highlands Copperhead
Austrelaps superbus.......................................................... Lowlands Copperhead
Boulengerina annulata annulata........................................ Banded Water Cobra
Boulengerina annulata stormsi…………………………..Storms Water Cobra
Boulengerina christyi……………………………………Congo Water Cobra
Bungarus adamanensis………………………………….. Andaman Krait
Bungarus bungaroides
Bungarus caeruleus……………………………………….Indian Krait
Bungarus candidus……………………………………….. Malayan Krait
Bungarus ceylonicus ceylonicus……………………………. Sri Lankan Krait
Bungarus ceylonicus karavala
Bungarus fasciatus…………………………………………..Banded Krait
Bungarus flaviceps flaviceps.....................red-headed or yellow-headed krait
Bungarus flaviceps baluensis
Bungarus lividus
Bungarus magnimaculatus
Bungarus multicinctus multicinctus..........................Many Banded Krait
Bungarus multicinctus wanghaotingi
Bungarus niger…………………………………………………Black Krait
Bungarus sindanus razai
Bungarus sindanus walli
Bungarus sindanus sindanus……………………………………Sind Krait
Cacophis churchilli
Cacophis harriettae…………………………………………….. White-Crowned Snake
Cacophis krefftii………………………………………………….Dwarf-Crowned Snake
Cacophis squamulosus…………………………………………….Golden-Crowned Snake
Calliophis beddomei
Calliophis bibroni
Calliophis calligaster calligaster
Calliophis calligaster gemiannulis
Calliophis calligaster mcclungi
Calliophis gracilis
Calliophis japonicus
Calliophis kelloggi
Calliophis macclellandi iwasakii
Calliophis macclellandi macclellandi.....................................Maclelland's coral snake
Calliophis macclellandi swinhoei
Calliophis macclellandi univirgatus
Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis
Calliophis maculiceps hughi
Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps
Calliophis maculiceps michaelis
Calliophis maculiceps smithi
Calliophis melanurus melanurus
Calliophis melanurus nigrescens
Calliophis melanurus sinhaleyus
Calliophis nigrescens
Calliophis sauteri
Demansia atra…………………………………………………….Lesser Black Whipsnake
Demansia calodera
Demansia olivacea……………………………………………….Olive Whip Snake
Demansia papuensis papuensis…………………………………..Papuan Black Whipsnake
Demansia papuensis melaena
Demansia psammophis cupreiceps
Demansia psammophis psammophis………………………………Yellow-faced Whip Snake
Demansia psammophis reticulata
Demansia rufescens
Demansia simplex
Demansia torquata……………………………………………………. Collared Whip Snake
Dendroaspis angusticeps………………………………………………Eastern Green Mamba
Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni………………………………………… Jameson's Mamba
Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae
Dendroaspis polylepis…………………………………………………….Black Mamba
Dendroaspis viridis………………………………………………………Western Green Mamba
Denisonia devisi…………………………………………………………..De'Vis Banded Snake
Denisonia maculata……………………………………………………….Oranamental Snake
Drysdalia coronata………………………………………………………. Crowned Snake
Drysdalia coronoides………………………………………………………White-lipped Snake
Drysdalia mastersii………………………………………………………Masters' Snake
Drysdalia rhodogaster
Echiopsis atriceps……………………………………………………… Lake Cronin Snake
Echiopsis curta…………………………………………………………..Bardick
Elapognathus minor……………………………………………………..Little Brown Snake
Elapsoidea broadleyi
Elapsoidea chelazzii………………………………………………… Southern Somali Garter Snake
Elapsoidea guentheri…………………………………………………Gunther's Garter Snake
Elapsoidea laticincta…………………………………………………Central African Garter Snake
Elapsoidea loveridgei loveridgei…………………………East African Garter Snake (typical form)
Elapsoidea loveridgei multicincta…………………East African garter Snake (many banded form)
Elapsoidea loveridgei colleti…………………………………Collet's East African Garter Snake
Elapsoidea loveridgei scalaris
Elapsoidea semiannulata semiannulata…………………Half-banded Garter Snake (typical form)
Elapsoidea semiannulata moebiusi…………………Half-banded Garter Snake (west african form)
Elapsoidea semiannulata boulengeri…………………….. Boulenger's Half-banded Garter Snake
Elapsoidea sundevallii sundevallii………………………………………………Natal Garter Snake
Elapsoidea sundevallii fitzsimonsi…………………………………………..Kalahari Garter Snake
Elapsoidea sundevalli media……………………………………………….High Veld Garter Snake
Elapsoidea sundevallii longicauda…………………………………………Long-tailed Garter Snake
Elapsoidea sundevalli decosteri…………………………………………..De Coster's Garter Snake
Furina barnardi……………………………………………………………..Yellow-naped Snake
Furina diadema……………………………………………………………..Red-naped Snake
Furina dunmalli……………………………………………………………. Dunmall's Snake
Furina ornata………………………………………………………………..Orange-naped Snake
Furina tristis…………………………………………………………………Brown-headed Snake
Hemachatus haemachatus……………………………………………………Rinkhals
Hemiaspis damelii……………………………………………………………Gray Snake
Hemiaspis signata………………………………………………………Black-bellied Swamp Snake
Homoroselaps lacteus………………………………………………… Spotted Harlequin Snake
Homoroselaps dorsalis………………………………………………….Striped Harlequin Snake
Hoplocephalus stephensi………………………………………………..Stephen's Banded Snake
Hoplocephalus bungaroides………………………………………… Broad-Headed Snake
Hoplocephalus bitorquatus……………………………………………..Pale-Headed Snake
Leptomicrurus collaris collaris……………………………………Long black-backed coral snake
Leptomicrurus collaris breviventris……………………………Short black backed coral snake
Leptomicrurus narduccii narduccii…………………………….Bolivian black coral snake
Leptomicrurus narduccii melanotus……………………………Slender black coral snake
Leptomicrurs scutiventris………………………………………Little black coral snake
Loveridgelaps elapoides……………………………………… Solomon's Small-eyed Snake
Maticora bivirgata bivirgata……………………………………Blue Coral Snake
Maticora bivirgata flaviceps
Maticora bivirgata tetrataenia
Maticora intestinalis intestinalis.......................................Banded Coral snake
Maticora intestinalis lineata
Maticora intestinalis bilineata
Maticora intestinalis everetti
Maticora intestinalis philippina
Maticora intestinalis suluensis
Maticora intestinalis thepassi
Micropechis ikaheka ikaheka…………………………………New Guinea Small-eyed Snake
Micropechis ikaheka fasciatus
Micruroides euryxanthus euryxanthus…………………………..Arizona coral snake
Micruroides euryxanthus australis……………………………….Sonora coral snake
Micruroides euryxanthus neglectus………………………………Sinaloa coral snake
Micrurus albicinctus………………………………………………White-banded coral snake
Micrurus alleni alleni………………………………………………Allens Coral Snake
Micrurus alleni richardi
Micrurus alleni yatesi
Micrurus altirostris
Micrurus ancoralis ancoralis…………………………………..Ecuadorian anchor Coral Snake
Micrurus ancoralis jani…………………………………………Choco anchor coral snake
Micrurus annellatus annellatus………………………………….Common annellated coral snake
Micrurus annellatus balzanii…………………………………….Yungas coral snake
Micrurus annellatus bolivianus………………………………….Bolivian Coral snake
Micrurus averyi………………………………………………….Black-headed Coral Snake
Micrurus bernadi………………………………………………….Saddled Coral Snake
Micrurus bocourti…………………………………………………..False triad Coral Snake
Micrurus bogerti……………………………………………………Bogert's Coral Snake
Micrurus browni browni…………………………………….Common Sierra Madre Coral Snake
Micrurus browni importunus………………………………………Antigua coral snake
Micrurus browni taylori…………………………………………….Acapulco coral snake
Micrurus catamayensis……………………………………………..Catamayo coral snake
Micrurus circinalis………………………………………………..Trinidad northern coral snake
Micrurus clarki…………………………………………………….Clark's Coral Snake
Micrurus collaris
Micrurus corallinus……………………………………………….Painted Coral Snake
Micrurus decoratus………………………………………………..Decorated Coral Snake
Micrurus diana…………………………………………………….Diana's Coral Snake
Micrurus diastema diastema………………………………………Veracruz Coral Snake
Micrurus diastema aglaeope……………………………………….Splendid Coral snake
Micrurus diastema alienus…………………………………………Yucatan coral snake
Micrurus diastema affinis…………………………………………..Speckled coral snake
Micrurus diastema apiatus…………………………………………..Spotted nose coral snake
Micrurus diastema macdougalli…………………………………….MacDougall's coral snake
Micrurus diastema sapperi………………………………………….Irregular coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus dissoleucus……………………………….Venezuelan pygmy Coral Snake
Micrurus dissoleucus dunni………………………………………Panama pygmy coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus melanogenys……………………………..Santa Marta pygmy coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus meridensis…………………………………..Merida pygmy coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus nigrirostris……………………………….Barranquilla pygmy coral snake
Micrurus distans distans………………………………………..Common clear-banded Coral Snake
Micrurus distans michoacanensis……………………………..Michoacan clear-banded coral snake
Micrurus distans oliveri……………………………………….Colima clear-banded coral snake
Micrurus distans zweifeli………………………………………Zweifel's coral snake
Micrurus dumerili dumerili…………………………………….Common capuchin Coral Snake
Micrurus dumerili antioquiensis………………………………..Antioquian coral snake
Micrurus dumerili carinicauda…………………………………..Intermediate capuchin coral snake
Micrurus dumerili colombianus…………………………………..Santa Marta capuchin coral snake
Micrurus dumerili transandinus……………………………………Transandean coral snake
Micrurus dumerili venezuelensis…………………………………..Venezuelan capuchin coral snake
Micrurus elegans elegans…………………………………………..Western Elegant Coral Snake
Micrurus elegans veraepacis……………………………………….Verapaz elegant coral snake
Micrurus ephippifer ephippifer…………………………………….Tehuantepec Coral Snake
Micrurus ephippifer zapotecus……………………………………..Zapotec coral snake
Micrurus filiformis filiformis……………………………………….Slender Coral Snake
Micrurus filiformis subtilis
Micrurus frontalis frontalis………………………………………….Brazilian giant Coral Snake
Micrurus frontalis altirostris…………………………………………Uruguayan coral snake
Micrurus frontalis baliocoryphus+…………………………………..Mesopotamian coral snake
Micrurus frontalis brasiliensis………………………………………Brazilian short-tailed coral snake
Micrurus frontalis mesopotamicus+
Micrurus frontifasciatus…………………………………………….. Bolivian triad Coral Snake
Micrurus fulvius barbouri**
Micrurus fulvius fulvius………………………………………………Eastern Harlequin Coral Snake
Micrurus hemprichii hemprichii……………………………………Eastern worm-eating Coral Snake
Micrurus hemprichii ortoni………………………………………….Western worm-eating coral snake
Micrurus hemprichii rondonianus………………………………….Rondonian worm-eating coral snake
Micrurus hippocrepis……………………………………………….Mayan Coral Snake
Micrurus ibiboboca…………………………………………………Caatinga Coral Snake
Micrurus isozonus……………………………………………………Venezuelan Coral Snake
Micrurus langsdorffi langsdorffi……………………………………..Langsdorff's Coral Snake
Micrurus laticollaris laticollaris……………………………………….Eastern double collar coral snake
Micrurus laticollaris maculirostris……………………………………Western double collar coral snake
Micrurus latifasciatus………………………………………………….Broad-ringed Coral Snake
Micrurus lemniscatus lemniscatus………………………………………Guiana's ribbon Coral Snake
Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi…………………………………………Brazilian ribbon coral snake
Micrurus lemniscatus diutius…………………………………………….Trinidad ribbon coral snake
Micrurus lemniscatus helleri……………………………………………….Western ribbon coral snake
Micrurus limbatus limbatus………………………………………………..Tuxtlan Coral Snake
Micrurus limbatus spilosomus
Micrurus margaritiferus……………………………………………………Speckled Coral Snake
Micrurus medemi………………………………………………………….Villavicencio coral snake
Micrurus meridensis………………………………………………………..Merida coral snake
Micrurus mertensi………………………………………………………….Merten's Coral Snake
Micrurus mipartitus mipartitus……………………………………….Pacific Red-Tailed Coral Snake
Micrurus mipartitus anomalus……………………………………Samta Marta red-tailed coral snake
Micrurus mipartitus decussatus…………………………………………Andean red-tailed coral snake
Micrurus mipartitus semipartitus……………………………………Venezuelan red-tailed coral snake
Micrurus multifasciatus multifasciatus…………………………………………Panama gargantilla
Micrurus multifasciatus hertwigi……………………………………………..Costa Rican gargantilla
Micrurus multiscutatus…………………………………………………………Cauca Coral Snake
Micrurus narduccii narduccii……………………………………Andean Black-backed Coral Snake
Micrurus nebularis……………………………………………………………Neblina coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus babaspul………………………………………………Babaspul
Micrurus nigrocinctus coibensis………………………………………………Coiba coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus divaricatus…………………………………………….Honduras coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis…………………………………………..Misquito coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus nigrocinctus…………………………..Common Central American Coral Snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus ovandoensis
Micrurus nigrocinctus ruatanus
Micrurus nigrocinctus wagneri
Micrurus nigrocinctus yatesi
Micrurus nigrocinctus zunilensis………………………………………………Zunil coral snake
Micrurus ornatissimus………………………………………………………….Ornated Coral snake
Micrurus pachecogili
Micrurus paraensis……………………………………………………………..Para coral snake
Micrurus peruvianus……………………………………………………………Peruvian Coral Snake
Micrurus petersi…………………………………………………………………Peter's Coral Snake
Micrurus proximans…………………………………………………………….Nayarit coral snake
Micrurus psyches circinalis
Micrurus psyches donosoi
Micrurus psyches psyches………………………………………………………Carib Coral Snake
Micrurus putumayensis…………………………………………………………Putumayo coral snake
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus…………………………………………………………Argentinian coral snake
Micrurus remotus………………………………………………………………..Remote coral snake
Micrurus ruatanus………………………………………………………………..Roatan Coral Snake
Micrurus sangilensis……………………………………………………………….San Gil Coral Snake
Micrurus scutiventris
Micrurus spixii spixii………………………………………………Central Amazonian Coral Snake
Micrurus spixii martiusi………………………………………Black-headed Amazonian coral snake
Micrurus spixii obscurus…………………………………………Black-neck Amazonian coral snake
Micrurus spixii princeps……………………………………………Bolivian Amazonian coral snake
Micrurus spurelli……………………………………………………Butterfly-head Coral Snake
Micrurus steindachneri steindachneri……………………………………. Steindachner's Coral Snake
Micrurus steindachneri orcesi…………………………………………..Pastaza Piedmont coral snake
Micrurus stewarti……………………………………………………………Panamanian Coral Snake
Micrurus stuarti…………………………………………………………………...Stuart's Coral Snake
Micrurus surinamensis surinamensis………………………………..Amazonian Aquatic Coral Snake
Micrurus surinamensis nattereri………………………………………Venezuelan aquatic coral snake
Micrurus tener tener………………………………………………………………Texas Coral Snake
Micrurus tener fitzingeri………………………………………………………. Guanajuato coral snake
Micrurus tener maculatus……………………………………………………….Tampico coral snake
Micrurus tener microgalbineus………………………………………………….Spotted Coral snake
Micrurus tricolor………………………………………………………………….Pantanal Coral snake
Micrurus tschudii tschudii…………………………………………………………Desert Coral Snake
Micrurus tschudii olssoni……………………………………………………Northern desert coral snake
Naja annulifera……………………………………………………………………Snouted Cobra
Naja atra……………………………………………………………………………Chinese cobra
Naja haje haje……………………………………………………………Egyptian Cobra (typical form)
Naja haje legionis……………………………………………………..Egyptian Cobra (moroccan type)
Naja haje arabica…………………………………………………Egyptian Cobra (arabian peninsula)
Naja haje anchietae………………………………………………………….Anchieta's Egyptian Cobra
Naja katiensis………………………………………………………West African Brown spitting cobra
Naja kaouthia……………………………………………………………Monocled Cobra or Thai cobra
Naja mandalayensis…………………………………………………….. Mandalay Spitting Cobra
Naja melanoleuca………………………………………………………..Forest Cobra
Naja mossambica………………………………………………………..Mozambique spitting cobra
Naja naja…………………………………………………………… Indian or spectacled Cobra
Naja nigricollis nigricollis………………………………………………..Black-neck spitting cobra
Naja nigricollis nigricincta……………………………………………….Zebra spitting cobra
Naja nigricollis woodi……………………………………………Southwestern black spitting cobra
Naja nivea………………………………………………………………… Cape Cobra
Naja oxiana…………………………………………………………Russian or Trans-caspian Cobra
Naja pallida…………………………………………………………………. Red spitting cobra
Naja philippinensis.................................................................Phillippine spitting cobra
Naja sagittifera
Naja samarensis......................................................................Samar spitting cobra
Naja siamensis……………………………………………………………..Indo-Chinese spitting cobra
Naja sputatrix……………………………………………………………….Indonesian spitting cobra
Naja sumatrana………………………………Sumatran spitting cobra or Equatorial spitting cobra
Notechis ater ater or N. a. kreft………………………………………………Krefts black Tiger Snake
Notechis ater niger……………………Black Tiger snake or Reevesby Island or Peninsula Tiger snake
Notechis ater humphreysi………………………………………………………..Tasmanian Tiger snake
Notechis ater serventyi………………………………………………………Chapell Island Tiger Snake
Notechis scutatus………………………………………………………..Eastern or Common tiger snake
Notechis scutatus occidentalis……………………………………………………..Western Tiger Snake
Ogmodon vitianus...............................Fijian bola or Fijian cobra
Ophiophagus hannah………………………………………………………………………King Cobra
Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus……………………………………………………..Coastal Taipan
Oxyuranus scutellatus canni………………………………………………………….Papuan Taipan
Oxyuranus microlepidotus……………………………………………………………..Inland Taipan
Paranaja multifasciata anomala………………………………………………………Burrowing Cobra
Paranaja multifasciata duttoni
Paranaja multifasciata multifasciata
Parapistocalamus hedigeri………………………………………………….Bougainville Coral Snake
Pseudechis australis........................................................................................... Mulga
Pseudechis butleri............................................................................Butlers Black Snake
Pseudechis papuanus…………………………………………………..Papuan Black Snake
Pseudechis colletti……………………………………………………..Collett's Black Snake
Pseudechis guttatus…………………………………………………….Blue-Bellied Black Snake
Pseudechis porphyriacus…………………………………………………….Red-bellied Black Snake
Pseudohaje goldii…………………………………………………………….Gold's Tree cobra
Pseudohaje nigra……………………………………………………………..Black Tree Cobra
Pseudonaja textillis………………………………………………Common or Eastern Brown Snake
Pseudonaja nuchalis……………………………………………………….Western Brown Snake
Pseudonaja inframacula…………………………………………………..Peninsula Brown Snake
Pseudonaja affinis affinis………………………………………….Dugite or spotted brown snake
Pseudonaja affinis exilis
Pseudonaja affinis tanneri
Pseudonaja guttata...............................................................................speckled brown snake.
Pseudonaja ingrami…………………………………………………………. Ingram's Brown Snake
Pseudonaja modesta…………………………………………………………….Ringed Brown Snake
Rhinoplocephalus bicolor
Rhinoplocephalus boschmai………………………………………………….Carpentaria Whip Snake
Rhinoplocephalus incredibilis
Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens…………………………………………………Eastern Small-eyed Snake
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus………………………………………………..Black striped Snake
Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps………………………………………………Northern Small-eyed Snake
Salomonelaps par ……………………………………………………………Solomons Coral Snake
Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps approximans
Simoselaps autralis…………………………………………………………..Coral Snake
Simoselaps bertholdi……………………………………………….Desert Banded Snake
Simoselaps bimaculatus…………………………………………….Western black-naped snake
Simoselaps calonotus………………………………………………..Western black-striped snake
Simoselaps fasciolatus fasciolatus……………………………………Narrow-banded Snake
Simoselaps fasciolatus fasciatus
Simoselaps incinctus
Simoselaps littoralis
Simoselaps minimus
Simoselaps morrisi
Simoselaps roperi
Simoselaps semifasciatus campbelli
Simoselaps semifasciatus semifasciatus…………………………………………half-girdled snake
Simoselaps semifasciatus woodjonesii
Simoselaps warro
Suta dwyeri
Suta fasciata…………………………………………………………………….Rosen's Snake
Suta flagellum…………………………………………………………………. Little Whip Snake
Suta gouldii……………………………………………………………………..Black-headed Snake
Suta monachus…………………………………………………………………… Hooded snake
Suta nigriceps
Suta ordensis
Suta punctata……………………………………………………………………Little Spotted Snake
Suta spectabilis bushi
Suta spectabilis nullarbor
Suta spectabilis spectabilis
Suta suta………………………………………………………………………..Curl Snake
Toxicocalamus buergersi……………………………………………………….Buerger's Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus grandis……………………………………………………Setekwa River Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus holopelturus………………………………………………..Mt. Rossel Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus longissimus…………………………….Woodlark or Fergusson Island Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus loriae……………………………………………………………Loria Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus misimae…………………………………………………. Misima Island Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus preussi preussi………………………………………………….Preuss's Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus preussi angusticintus
Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus………………………………………………….Spotted Forest Snake
Toxicocalamus stanleyanus……………………………………….Owen Stanley Range Forest Snake
Tropidechis carinatus…………………………………………………………..Rough scaled Snake
Vermicella annulata…………………………………………………………………..Bandy-Bandy
Vermicella intermedia
Vermicella multifasciata……………………………………………………….Northern Bandy-Bandy
Vermicella snelli
Vermicella vermiformis
Walterinnesia aegyptia……………………………………………………………Desert Black Snake
*Some of the species of Acanthophis that I have listed are still up in debate if you can shed light on what the scientific community has now accepted and tell me errors I made please do so. The same goes for any other species. You can email me at SkipC8384@hotmail.com or IM me at SkipC8384.
**May now longer be a valid subspecies