Elapoidea

Translingual

Etymology

Elaps (“the former genus of coral snakes”) +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Elapoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Serpentes.

Hypernyms

(family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder

Hyponyms

(family): Atractaspididae (African burrowing snakes, mole vipers), Cyclocoridae, Elapidae, Lamprophiidae (African house snakes), Micrelapidae, Prosymnidae (African shovel-snouted snakes), Psammophiidae, Pseudaspididae, Pseudoxyrhophiidae - families

References

Elapoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Elapoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Elapoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Elapoidea at the Catalogue of Life
Serpentes at World Register of Marine Species
Serpentes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Serpentes at Encyclopedia of Life
Serpentes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Serpentes at Paleobiology Database

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