Elapid vs. Crotalid — What's the Difference?

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae, such as the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes, having hollow, fixed fangs.

(zoology) A pit viper; any member of the subfamily Crotalinae (formerly the family Crotalidae) in family Viperidae.

(zoology) Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes

Characteristic of these snakes.

A venomous snake of the family Elapidae, including the .

Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres