Elapids are
front fanged snakes, meaning, as you may well imagine, their
fangs are at the front of their
jaws. The
worlds most dangerous snakes are Elapids, becuase the postition of their fangs makes it easy for them to inject their
venom, unlike
Colubrids. Another thing that sets them apart from other
venomous snakes is that they tend to have
hollow fangs, instead of
grooved fangs, which allows them to
inject more venom directly into their
prey. As well as the better known dangerous snakes, there are also some less
offensive smaller snakes and the
sea snakes.
Some well know Elapids are:
Death Adder
African Coral Snake
Australian Copperhead
Banded Krait
Green Mamba
Black Mamba
Spitting Cobra
Arizona Coral Snake
Southern Coral Snake
Texas Coral Snake
Indian Cobra
King Cobra
Brown Snake
Tiger Snake
Sea Kraits
Coastal Taipan
Fierce Snake
If you have an existing writeup on a snake listed above with a subtle variation on the name, please /msg me. I may just link to it.