Elapidae MeSH Descriptor Data 2024

MeSH Heading: Elapidae
Tree Number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.750; B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875; B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750
Unique ID: D017815
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017815
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Acanthophiinae; Cobra; Elapid Snakes; Elapids; Notechis; Pseudonaja
Related Numbers: txid42167; txid8661; txid8672
Previous Indexing: Snakes (1966-1993)
See Also: Elapid Venoms
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/02/16
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

embryology (EM)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

physiology (PH)

surgery (SU)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Animal Population Groups [B01.050.050]
    - Animals, Poisonous [B01.050.050.286]
      - Venomous Snakes [B01.050.050.286.875]
        
        Elapidae [B01.050.050.286.875.750]
        
        Bungarus [B01.050.050.286.875.750.225]
        
        Coral Snakes [B01.050.050.286.875.750.319]
        
        Dendroaspis [B01.050.050.286.875.750.419]
        
        Hemachatus [B01.050.050.286.875.750.516]
        
        Hydrophiidae [B01.050.050.286.875.750.564]
        
        Laticauda [B01.050.050.286.875.750.576]
        
        Naja [B01.050.050.286.875.750.612]
        
        Ophiophagus hannah [B01.050.050.286.875.750.806]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.050.286.875.875]

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Chordata [B01.050.150]
    - Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
      - Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
        
        Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
        
        Alethinophidia [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125]
        
        Boidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.500]
        
        Colubridae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.750]
        
        Elapidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875]
        
        Bungarus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.225]
        
        Coral Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.319]
        
        Dendroaspis [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.419]
        
        Hemachatus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.516]
        
        Hydrophiidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.564]
        
        Laticauda [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.576]
        
        Naja [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.612]
        
        Ophiophagus hannah [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.806]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937]

Eukaryota [B01]
- Animals [B01.050]
  - Chordata [B01.050.150]
    - Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
      - Reptiles [B01.050.150.900.833]
        
        Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672]
        
        Venomous Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562]
        
        Elapidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750]
        
        Bungarus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.225]
        
        Coral Snakes [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.319]
        
        Dendroaspis [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.419]
        
        Hemachatus [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.516]
        
        Hydrophiidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.564]
        
        Laticauda [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.576]
        
        Naja [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.612]
        
        Ophiophagus hannah [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.806]
        
        Viperidae [B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875]

Elapidae Preferred

Concept UI: M0026913
Related Numbers: txid42167; txid8661; txid8672
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Elapidae Preferred Term
Term UI T053255
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Elapid Snakes
Term UI T000906077
Date08/25/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Elapids
Term UI T000906078
Date08/25/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Cobra Narrower

Pseudonaja Narrower

Acanthophiinae Narrower

Notechis Narrower

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