Concept information
Preferred term
Elapidae
Type
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Definition
- A family of extremely venomous snakes which include coral snakes, cobras and sea snakes. They are widely distributed, occurring in the Southern United States, South America, Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Like viperids (VIPERIDAE), they have fangs in the front part of the upper jaw which discharge venom that is neurotoxic.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Elapids
- Elapid Snakes
- txid8602
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- abnormalities (Qualifier)
- anatomy & histology (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- embryology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- injuries (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- surgery (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Élapidés
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txid8602
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-XBDM63PQ-P
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