A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)

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Previous indexing

Elapidae (1994-2017); Elapid Venoms (1978-2017)

History note

2018; use ELAPIDAE 1994-2017

Public note

2018; see ELAPIDAE 1994-2017