What is "elapidae"

Elapidae \Elapidae\ n. a natural family of snakes including the cobras, kraits, mambas, the New World coral snakes, and Australian taipan and tiger snakes.

Syn: family Elapidae.

The Elapidae ( Greek ἔλλοψ éllops, "sea-fish") are a family of venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, terrestrially in Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, and South America, and aquatically in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Elapid snakes exhibit a wide range of sizes, from 18-cm species of Drysdalia to the 5.6-m king cobra. All elapids are characterized by hollow, fixed fangs through which they inject venom. Currently, 325 species in 61 genera are recognized; 58 genera and 251 species are in the Old World, against a minor diversity of three genera and 74 species in the New World.