Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. Chordata (phylum)
8. Vertebrata (subphylum)
9. Reptilia (class)
10. Squamata (order)
11. Serpentes (suborder)

Narrower term/s

• cobras (serpents)

Anotations

Scope note:

Family containing around 300 species of venomous snakes, characterized by short fangs fixed in the front of the upper jaw. Terrestrial elapids generally resemble the more abundant colubrids, whereas aquatic elapids may possess paddle-shaped tails and other structures adapted to marine environments. Most species lay eggs; a few, chiefly in Australia, bear living young.