#elapid_snake__elapid  any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
  supertype:  ophidian__snake__serpent  limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
  member of:  family_Elapidae
  subtype:  New_World_coral_snake__coral_snake__coralsnake__harlequin-snake__harlequinsnake  any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South and Central America
     subtype:  eastern_coral_snake__easterncoralsnake__Micrurus_fulvius  ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
     subtype:  western_coral_snake__westerncoralsnake__Micruroides_euryxanthus  ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
  subtype:  Old_World_coral_snake__coral_snake__coralsnake  any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
     subtype:  Asian_coral_snake  of India
     subtype:  African_coral_snake__Aspidelaps_lubricus  small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
     subtype:  Australian_coral_snake__Rhynchoelaps_australis  small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
  subtype:  Denisonia_superba__copperhead  venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
  subtype:  cobra  venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
     subtype:  Indian_cobra__Naja_naja  of tropical Africa and Asia
     subtype:  asp__Egyptian_cobra__Naja_haje  cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
     subtype:  black-necked_cobra__spitting_cobra__Naja_nigricollis  aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
     subtype:  king_cobra__hamadryad__Ophiophagus_hannan__Naja_hannah  large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
  subtype:  ringhals__rinkhals__spitting_snake__Hemachatus_haemachatus  highly venomous snake of southern Africa able to spit venom up to seven feet
  subtype:  mamba  arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
     subtype:  black_mamba__blackmamba__Dendroaspis_augusticeps  southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite
        subtype:  green_mamba__greenmamba  green phase of the black mamba
  subtype:  death_adder__Acanthophis_antarcticus  venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
  subtype:  tiger_snake__Notechis_scutatus  highly venomous brown-and-yellow snake of Australia and Tasmania
  subtype:  Australian_blacksnake__Pseudechis_porphyriacus  large semiaquatic snake of Australia; black above with red belly
  subtype:  krait  brightly colored venomous but nonaggressive snake of southeastern Asia and Malay peninsula
     subtype:  banded_krait__banded_adder__Bungarus_fasciatus  sluggish krait banded with black and yellow
  subtype:  taipan__Oxyuranus_scutellatus  large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia

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