Preferred Label : elapidae;
MeSH definition : A family of extremely venomous snakes, comprising coral snakes, cobras, mambas, kraits,
and sea snakes. They are widely distributed, being found in the southern United States,
South America, Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The elapids
include three subfamilies: Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, and Lauticaudinae. Like the viperids,
they have venom fangs in the front part of the upper jaw. The mambas of Africa are
the most dangerous of all snakes by virtue of their size, speed, and highly toxic
venom. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p329-33); A family of extremely venomous snakes which include coral snakes, cobras and sea snakes.
They are widely distributed, occurring in the Southern United States, South America,
Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Like viperids (VIPERIDAE),
they have fangs in the front part of the upper jaw which discharge venom that is neurotoxic.;
MeSH synonym : Elapid Snakes; Elapid Snake; Snake, Elapid; Elapids; Elapid;
CISMeF synonym : ringhals; haemachatus; sea snakes; sea snake; snake, sea; snakes, sea; asiatic cobra; asiatic cobras; cobra, asiatic; cobras, asiatic; mambas; coral snake; snake, coral; snakes, coral; egyptian cobra; cobra, egyptian; cobras, egyptian; egyptian cobras; water cobra; cobra, water; cobras, water; water cobras; Snakes, Elapid;
MeSH hyponym : hydrophiinae; boulengerina; lauticaudinae; mamba; lauticaudus; hydrophidae; cobra; micrurus; Cobras;
MeSH Related Number : txid42167; txid8661; txid8672;
MeSH annotation : a family of very venomous snakes;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elapidae;
UNII : txid8602;
Origin ID : D017815;
UMLS CUI : C0206288;
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A family of extremely venomous snakes, comprising coral snakes, cobras, mambas, kraits,
and sea snakes. They are widely distributed, being found in the southern United States,
South America, Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The elapids
include three subfamilies: Elapinae, Hydrophiinae, and Lauticaudinae. Like the viperids,
they have venom fangs in the front part of the upper jaw. The mambas of Africa are
the most dangerous of all snakes by virtue of their size, speed, and highly toxic
venom. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p329-33)
A family of extremely venomous snakes which include coral snakes, cobras and sea snakes.
They are widely distributed, occurring in the Southern United States, South America,
Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Like viperids (VIPERIDAE),
they have fangs in the front part of the upper jaw which discharge venom that is neurotoxic.
https://dumas.ccsd.cnrs.fr/dumas-01657327
2017
false
false
false
France
French
dissertations, academic
elapidae
with pattern
sailors
therapeutics
new caledonia
snake bites
snake, nos
review of reported cases
snakes
clinical
military personnel
therapeutics
review
snakes
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