is the false water cobra a colobrid or an elapid if anyone has info on the false water cobra (Hydronastes gigas) please send some of it my way
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is this an elapid?
lizardboy187
Oct 11, 2003 09:43 PM
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BGF
Oct 12, 2003 08:07 AM
>>is the false water cobra a colobrid or an elapid if anyone has info on the false water cobra (Hydronastes gigas) please send some of it my way
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Hi mate,
Hydrodynastes is in the Xenodontinae snake family (along with Heterodon, Philodryas and others). This is compared to the various rat snakes, Boiga and boomslands, which are part of the Colubrinae family. The 'colubrids' do not exist as a natural group but rather have been a taxonomical dumping ground. Some of the 'colubrids' (Psammophiinae and Pseudoxyrhophiinae snake families for example) are actually 'proto-elapids' in that they are much more closely genetically related to a cobra than a corn snake.
Cheers
Bryan
'Colubrid' venoms
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