Acanthophis is a genus of elapid snakes. Taipans are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family. The genus "Notechis" is in the family of elapid snakes. Sea kraits are a genus of venomous elapid sea snakes, Laticauda. It was the first Australian elapid snake described. Pseudonaja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to Australia. Aspidelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes endemic to Africa. Of the 200 species of elapid, 86 are found only in Australia. The table below lists out all of the elapid genera and no subfamilies. It contains the group of elapid species commonly referred to as the black snakes. Death from elapid bites usually results from asphyxiation because the diaphragm can no longer contract. Like all elapid snakes, it is proteroglyphous (front-fanged). Naja is a genus of venomous elapid snakes known as cobras ("true cobras"). Like all the other mambas, the western green mamba is a highly venomous elapid species. The red-headed krait ("Bungarus flaviceps"), is a large venomous elapid snake with dramatic coloration.