What Is the Difference Between Vipers and Elapids?
Vipers Have Long Fangs That Are Hinged and Fold Back into the Mouth. the Venom of Elapids Is Quite Different from That of Vipers. Elapids Have Neurotoxic Venom...
Vipers have long fangs that are hinged and fold back into the mouth. The venom of elapids is quite different from that of vipers. Elapids have neurotoxic venom (nerve poison), which acts mainly on the central nervous system. ... The venomous elapid snakes include 60 genera and more than 300 species.
Which snakes are elapids?
Elapids occur in America, Africa, southern Asia, Pacific Islands, and Australia. About 60 species of elapids live in Australia. Cobra in striking posture. For further information about elapid species and groups, see bandy-bandy; black snake; brown snake; cobra; coral snake; krait; mamba; sea snake; taipan; tiger snake.
What venom do elapids have?
Venoms of Australian elapids have a predominance of pre- or post-synaptic neurotoxins. Some are extremely potent to humans. Venoms also have significant myotoxic, coagulant, and anti-coagulant effects, and less significant impacts on platelet function and haemolytic activity (White 1987a).
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