Family Elapidae Boié 1827 (snake)

Reptilia - Squamata - Elapidae

Alternative spellings: Elapinae, Elapinae

Full reference: F. Boié. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem’s Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Marburg. 1820. Erste Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20(6/7):508-566

Parent taxon: Colubroidea according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, Frank and Ramus 1996, Ikeda et al. 2016, Kuhn 1946, Perrier 1928 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Crotalidae, Headonophis, Lamprophiidae, Procerophis, Rhabdosomidae, Russellopheidae, Vectophis, Viperidae

Subtaxa: Austrelaps Calliophis Chitulia Disteira Disteiramecdup Elaps Hydrophiinae Laticaudinae Leioselasma Micrurus Naja Najinae Notechis Polyodontognathus Protropidonotus Protropidonotus neglectus Pseudechis Sinomicrurus Xenodermus

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Type: Elaps

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections), France (1), Japan (1), the Philippines (3), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2), United States (6: Florida, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), France (1), Greece (1), India (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (2), Turkey (1)

• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Australia (8), Austria (3), the Czech Republic (1), France (7), Germany (8), Greece (2), Hungary (3), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), Namibia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (6), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)

• Oligocene of Tanzania (2)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 84 collections including 105 occurrences

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