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Every reptile, amphibian, arachnid and isopod species with recorded captive observations, grouped by kind and family. Find the animal you keep, then check it against our shipping policy in one click.
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Elapids & burrowing asps
116 species
Front-fanged venomous family. Venomous species are prohibited unless a species policy says otherwise.
| Species | Category | Family | Species policy | Captive records | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Forest CobraNaja melanoleuca | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 12 | Check shipping → |
common rinkhalsHemachatus haemachatus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 11 | Check shipping → |
Brown Forest CobraNaja subfulva | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 11 | Check shipping → |
Jameson's MambaDendroaspis jamesoni | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 10 | Check shipping → |
 Black-necked Spitting CobraNaja nigricollisPhoto CC BY: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 10 | Check shipping → |
Western Ghats King CobraOphiophagus kaalinga | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 10 | Check shipping → |
Yellow-bellied Sea SnakeHydrophis platurus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 9 | Check shipping → |
Central American CoralsnakeMicrurus nigrocinctus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 9 | Check shipping → |
Ringed Water CobraNaja annulata | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 9 | Check shipping → |
Collett's Black SnakePseudechis colletti | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 9 | Check shipping → |
Ashe's Spitting CobraNaja ashei | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 8 | Check shipping → |
Northern Death AdderAcanthophis praelongus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 7 | Check shipping → |
Chinese Sea KraitLaticauda semifasciata | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 7 | Check shipping → |
Brown's CoralsnakeMicrurus browni | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 6 | Check shipping → |
Plains Death AdderAcanthophis hawkei | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 5 | Check shipping → |
Common KraitBungarus caeruleus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 5 | Check shipping → |
Many-banded KraitBungarus multicinctus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 5 | Check shipping → |
 Eastern CoralsnakeMicrurus fulviusPhoto CC0: no rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Estabrooks | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 5 | Check shipping → |
Western Brown SnakePseudonaja mengdeni | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 5 | Check shipping → |
Desert Death AdderAcanthophis pyrrhus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Yellow-lipped Sea KraitLaticauda colubrina | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Uruguayan CoralsnakeMicrurus altirostris | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Transandean Capuchin CoralsnakeMicrurus dumerilii | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Aquatic CoralsnakeMicrurus surinamensis | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Samar CobraNaja samarensis | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
DugitePseudonaja affinis | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 4 | Check shipping → |
Rough-scaled Death AdderAcanthophis rugosus | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 3 | Check shipping → |
Southern Stiletto SnakeAtractaspis bibronii | Elapids & burrowing asps | Atractaspididae | Class default: allowed | 3 | Check shipping → |
 Golden-crowned SnakeCacophis squamulosusPhoto CC BY: (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by dhfischer | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 3 | Check shipping → |
Yellow-faced WhipsnakeDemansia psammophis | Elapids & burrowing asps | Elapidae | Class default: allowed | 3 | Check shipping → |
About this catalogue
Where the list comes from
Species-level taxa with at least one iNaturalist observation marked captive, refreshed periodically. “Captive records” counts observations, not animals traded, and includes zoo collections.
How it's organized
Each species is placed in a group and category from its taxonomic order and family. Our operations team reviews names, handling notes and categories over time.
Photos
Shown only when the photographer licensed the image CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA, with attribution. Other species show an illustration.