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Elapidae

family of snakes
Taxon taxon Q186554
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Summary

Elapidae is a taxon[1]. Elapidae ranks in the top 0.46% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,095 views/month, #890 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Elapoidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Elapidae[5]
  • Commons category: Elapidae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Elapidae[7], Q8946692[8]
  • Commons gallery: Elapidae[9]
  • Described by source: Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17]
  • This taxon is source of: Elapid venoms[18], snake venom[19]

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Identifiers

Elapidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 30403[20]. Elapidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8602[21]. Elapidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1716[22]. Elapidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9455[23]. Elapidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174348[24].

Why It Matters

Elapidae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Elapidae is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Elapoidea
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Wikidata description → family of snakes
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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