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