Family Elapidae

Animals in the family Elapidae on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 5 species in this family — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Black mamba with mouth open showing dark interior in savanna habitat

Least Concern

Reptile

Black Mamba

Africa's fast and feared elapid snake

Inland taipan with dark head and tan body coiled in a soil crack on arid plains

Least Concern

Reptile

Inland Taipan

World's most venomous snake by lab toxicity

Eastern coral snake with red, yellow, and black rings on sandy pine-woods soil

Least Concern

Reptile

Eastern Coral Snake

Brightly banded venomous elapid of the Southeast

King cobra raised up with its hood spread against a blurred jungle background

Vulnerable

Reptile

King Cobra

The world's longest venomous snake

Coastal taipan raised in defensive posture showing coppery head and pale body in dry grass

Least Concern

Reptile

Coastal Taipan

Lightning-fast elapid of Australian cane fields