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Elapidae

Reptilia - Elapidae

Taxonomy

Elapidae was named by Boié (1827). It is extant. Its type is Elaps.

It was reranked as the tribe Elapinae by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the subfamily Elapinae by Kuhn (1946).

It was assigned to Conocerca by Cope (1871), Cope (1875); to Ophidia by Zittel (1890); to Proteroglypha by Perrier (1928); to Proteroglypha by Kuhn (1946); to Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966); to Serpentes by Frank and Ramus (1996); and to Colubroidea by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988), Ikeda et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Austrelaps, Calliophis, Chitulia (syn. Aturia), Disteira, Disteiramecdup, Elaps (type genus), Hydrophiinae, Laticaudinae, Leioselasma, Micrurus, Naja (syn. Palaeonaja, Palaeonaja), Najinae, Notechis, Polyodontognathus, Protropidonotus, Protropidonotus neglectus, Pseudechis, Sinomicrurus, Xenodermus

Synonyms

Protropidonotus neglectus was named by Schlosser (1916). Its type specimen is probably lost, a set of vertebrae, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Attenfeld, which is in a MN 4/MN 6 fissure fill sandstone/dolomite in Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Szyndlar and Böhme (1993).
Protropidonotus was named by Schlosser (1916). It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Szyndlar and Böhme (1993).

It was assigned to Colubridae by Rage (1984), Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1827	Elapidae Boié
1871	Elapidae Cope p. 238
1875	Elapidae Cope p. 22
1890	Elapidae Zittel p. 631
1916	Protropidonotus Schlosser p. 34
1916	Protropidonotus neglectus Schlosser p. 34 figs. 2 pl. I
1928	Elapinae Perrier p. 3107
1946	Elapinae Kuhn p. 62
1966	Elapidae Kuhn p. 67
1984	Protropidonotus Rage p. 51
1984	Elapidae Rage p. 54
1988	Elapidae Carroll
1988	Protropidonotus Carroll
1996	Elapidae Frank and Ramus
2016	Elapidae Ikeda et al. p. 149

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
suborder	Ophidia	(Latreille 1804)
—	Serpentes	(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorder	Alethinophidia
superfamily	Colubroidea
family	Elapidae
family	Elapidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Elapidae Boié 1827

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G. Austrelaps Worrell 1963

Austrelaps superbus Günther 1858 [copperhead snake]

G. Calliophis Gray 1834

G. Chitulia Gray 1849

Invalid names: Aturia Gray 1842 [replaced]

G. Disteira Lacepede 1804

G. Disteiramecdup Lacepede 1804

G. Elaps Schneider

Subfm. Hydrophiinae Boié 1827 [sea snake]

G. Acalyptophis Boulenger 1896

Acalyptophis peronii Duméril 1853

G. Aipysurus Lacepède 1804

Aipysurus apraefrontalis Smith 1926

Aipysurus duboisii Bavay 1869

Aipysurus eydouxi Gray 1849

Aipysurus foliosquama Smith 1926

Aipysurus fuscus Tschudi 1837

Aipysurus laevis Lacepède 1804

Aipysurus tenuis Lønnberg and Andersson 1913

G. Astrotia Fischer 1856

Astrotia stokesii Gray 1846

G. Emydocephalus Krefft 1869

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft 1869

G. Enhydrina Gray 1849

Enhydrina schistosa Daudin 1803

Enhydrina zweifeli Kharin 1985

G. Ephalophis Smith 1931

Ephalophis greyi Smith 1931

G. Hydrelaps Boulenger 1896

Hydrelaps darwiniensis Boulenger 1896

G. Hydrophis Latreille 1801

Hydrophis atriceps Günther 1864

Hydrophis belcheri Gray 1849

Hydrophis brookii Günther 1872

Hydrophis caerulescens Shaw 1802

Hydrophis cyanocinctus Daudin 1803

Hydrophis elegans Gray 1842

Hydrophis fasciatus Schneider 1799

Hydrophis gracilis Shaw 1802

Hydrophis inornata Gray 1849

Hydrophis kingii Boulenger 1896

Hydrophis klossi Boulenger 1912

Hydrophis laboutei Rasmussen and Ineich 2000

Hydrophis lamberti Smith 1917

Hydrophis lapemoides Gray 1849

Hydrophis macdowelli Kharin 1983

Hydrophis major Shaw 1802

Hydrophis melanocephalus Gray 1849

Hydrophis melanosoma Günther 1864

Hydrophis ornatus Gray 1842

Hydrophis pacificus Boulenger 1869

Hydrophis parviceps Smith 1935

Hydrophis semperi Garman 1881

Hydrophis spiralis Shaw 1802

Hydrophis torquatus Günther 1864

Hydrophis vorisi Kharin 1984

G. †Incongruelaps Scanlon et al. 2003

†Incongruelaps iteratus Scanlon et al. 2003

G. Kerilia Gray 1849

Kerilia jerdoni Gray 1849

G. Kolpophis Smith 1926

Kolpophis annandalei Laidlaw 1901

G. Lapemis Gray 1835

Lapemis curtus Shaw 1802

G. Laticauda Laurenti 1768

Laticauda colubrinus Schneider 1799

Laticauda crockeri Slevin 1934

Laticauda laticauda Linnaeus 1758

Laticauda schistorhynchus Günther 1874

Laticauda semifasciatus Reinwardt 1837

G. Parahydrophis Burger and Natsuno 1974

Parahydrophis mertoni Roux 1910

G. Pelamis Plumier 1801

Pelamis platurus Linnaeus 1766

G. Thalassophina Smith 1926

Thalassophina viperina Schmidt 1852

G. Thalassophis Schmidt 1852

Thalassophis anomalus Schmidt 1852

G. Leioselasma Lacepède 1804

Leioselasma coggeri Kharin 1984

Leioselasma czeblukovi Kharin 1984

G. Micrurus Wagler 1824 [coral snake]

†Micrurus gallicus Rage and Holman 1984

G. Naja Laurenti 1768 [cobra]

†Naja antiqua Rage 1976

†Naja austriaca Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985

†Naja iberica Szyndlar 1985

Naja naja Linneaus 1758 [Indian cobra]

†Naja romani Hoffstetter 1939

Invalid names: Palaeonaja Hoffstetter 1939 [synonym], Palaeonaja Hoffstetter 1939 [synonym]

G. Notechis Peters 1861

G. Polyodontognathus Wall 1921

G. Pseudechis Wagler 1830

Pseudechis porphyriacus Shaw 1794 [Australian black snake]

G. Sinomicrurus Slowinski et al. 2001

Sinomicrurus japonicus Günther 1868

G. Xenodermus Reinhardt 1836

Invalid names: Laticaudinae [empty], Najinae Cope 1864 [empty], Protropidonotus Schlosser 1916 [nomen dubium], Protropidonotus neglectus Schlosser 1916 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Perrier 1928	Serpents terrestres, à queue cylindrique. Tête plus large que le cou. Formant la principale partie de la faune ophidienne de l'Australie, où ils sont nombreux comme espèces et comme individus; en outre, on les retrouve dans les régions indiquées ci-dessus.