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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Venomous Snakes > Elapidae > Hemachatus
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Animal Population Groups > Animals, Poisonous > Venomous Snakes > Elapidae > Hemachatus
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Alethinophidia > Elapidae > Hemachatus

Preferred term

Hemachatus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Haemachatus
  • Ringhals
  • Rinkhals

Scope note

  • A genus of elapid snake indigenous to Southern Africa. It is closely related to the cobras (Naja) and is capable of spitting its venom.

History note

  • 2018; use ELAPIDAE 1994-2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000073179

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