Family Elapidae [terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, Coral Snakes, etc.):
countries with most species

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country Species
No. 1
Australia
 107
No. 2
Brazil
 37
No. 3
Colombia
 30
No. 4
Papua New Guinea
 27
No. 5
Indonesia
 26
No. 6
Ecuador
 21
No. 7
India
 19
No. 8
Peru
 19
No. 9
Congo-Kinshasa
 18
No. 10
Mexico
 17
No. 11
Angola
 14
No. 12
Tanzania
 14
No. 13
Cameroon
 13
No. 14
Myanmar
 13
No. 15
Venezuela
 13
No. 16
Vietnam
 13
No. 17
Bolivia
 12
No. 18
Laos
 12
No. 19
Nigeria
 12
No. 20
South Africa
 12
No. 21
Thailand
 12
No. 22
Zambia
 12
No. 23
Central African Republic
 11
No. 24
Congo-Brazzaville
 11
No. 25
Ghana
 11
No. 26
Guinea
 11
No. 27
Kenya
 11
No. 28
Namibia
 11
No. 29
Philippines
 11
No. 30
Zimbabwe
 11
No. 31
Bangladesh
 10
No. 32
China
 10
No. 33
Ivory Coast
 10
No. 34
Malaysia
 10
No. 35
Panama
 10
No. 36
Uganda
 10
No. 37
Benin
 9
No. 38
Bhutan
 9
No. 39
Malawi
 9
No. 40
Nepal
 9
No. 41
Togo
 9
No. 42
Botswana
 8
No. 43
Mozambique
 8
No. 44
Senegal
 8
No. 45
Singapore
 8
No. 46
Somalia
 8
No. 47
South Sudan
 8
No. 48
Cambodia
 7
No. 49
Chad
 7
No. 50
Eswatini
 7
No. 51
Ethiopia
 7
No. 52
Gabon
 7
No. 53
Guatemala
 7
No. 54
Guyana
 7
No. 55
Paraguay
 7
No. 56
Rwanda
 7
No. 57
Surinam
 7
No. 58
Argentina
 6
No. 59
Brunei
 6
No. 60
Burkina Faso
 6
No. 61
Costa Rica
 6
No. 62
Guinea-Bissau
 6
No. 63
Liberia
 6
No. 64
Mali
 6
No. 65
Niger
 6
No. 66
Burundi
 5
No. 67
Equatorial Guinea
 5
No. 68
French Guiana [France]
 5
No. 69
Honduras
 5
No. 70
Pakistan
 5
No. 71
Sierra Leone
 5
No. 72
Sri Lanka
 5
No. 73
Sudan
 5
No. 74
Taiwan
 5
No. 75
Gambia
 4
No. 76
Mauritania
 4
No. 77
Egypt
 3
No. 78
Eritrea
 3
No. 79
Iran
 3
No. 80
Nicaragua
 3
No. 81
Saudi Arabia
 3
No. 82
Trinidad & Tobago
 3
No. 83
USA
 3
No. 84
Afghanistan
 2
No. 85
Belize
 2
No. 86
Djibouti
 2
No. 87
Japan
 2
No. 88
Solomon Islands
 2
No. 89
Algeria
 1
No. 90
El Salvador
 1
No. 91
Fiji
 1
No. 92
Iraq
 1
No. 93
Israel
 1
No. 94
Jordan
 1
No. 95
Kuwait
 1
No. 96
Lesotho
 1
No. 97
Libya
 1
No. 98
Morocco
 1
No. 99
Oman
 1
No. 100
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 101
Syria
 1
No. 102
Tajikistan
 1
No. 103
Tunisia
 1
No. 104
Turkey
 1
No. 105
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 106
Uruguay
 1
No. 107
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 108
Western Sahara
 1
No. 109
Yemen
 1