Family Elapidae (Cobras, Sea 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
139
No. 2
Indonesia
62
No. 3
Papua New Guinea
52
No. 4
Thailand
41
No. 5
India
39
No. 6
Vietnam
39
No. 7
Brazil
37
No. 8
Malaysia
34
No. 9
Colombia
31
No. 10
Myanmar
30
No. 11
Philippines
26
No. 12
Bangladesh
24
No. 13
China
24
No. 14
Ecuador
22
No. 15
Sri Lanka
22
No. 16
Peru
20
No. 17
Pakistan
19
No. 18
Congo-Kinshasa
18
No. 19
Mexico
18
No. 20
Taiwan
18
No. 21
Singapore
17
No. 22
New Caledonia [France]
15
No. 23
Tanzania
15
No. 24
Angola
14
No. 25
Brunei
14
No. 26
Cameroon
13
No. 27
Iran
13
No. 28
South Africa
13
No. 29
Venezuela
13
No. 30
Bolivia
12
No. 31
Cambodia
12
No. 32
Kenya
12
No. 33
Laos
12
No. 34
Namibia
12
No. 35
Nigeria
12
No. 36
Zambia
12
No. 37
Central African Republic
11
No. 38
Congo-Brazzaville
11
No. 39
Ghana
11
No. 40
Guinea
11
No. 41
Japan
11
No. 42
Panama
11
No. 43
Zimbabwe
11
No. 44
Ivory Coast
10
No. 45
Oman
10
No. 46
Uganda
10
No. 47
Benin
9
No. 48
Bhutan
9
No. 49
Malawi
9
No. 50
Mozambique
9
No. 51
Nepal
9
No. 52
Solomon Islands
9
No. 53
Somalia
9
No. 54
Togo
9
No. 55
United Arab Emirates
9
No. 56
Botswana
8
No. 57
Guatemala
8
No. 58
Saudi Arabia
8
No. 59
Senegal
8
No. 60
South Sudan
8
No. 61
Chad
7
No. 62
Costa Rica
7
No. 63
Eswatini
7
No. 64
Ethiopia
7
No. 65
Gabon
7
No. 66
Guyana
7
No. 67
Paraguay
7
No. 68
Rwanda
7
No. 69
Surinam
7
No. 70
Argentina
6
No. 71
Burkina Faso
6
No. 72
Fiji
6
No. 73
Guinea-Bissau
6
No. 74
Honduras
6
No. 75
Liberia
6
No. 76
Mali
6
No. 77
Niger
6
No. 78
Vanuatu
6
No. 79
Bahrain
5
No. 80
Burundi
5
No. 81
Equatorial Guinea
5
No. 82
French Guiana [France]
5
No. 83
Sierra Leone
5
No. 84
South Korea
5
No. 85
Sudan
5
No. 86
Tonga
5
No. 87
Gambia
4
No. 88
Kuwait
4
No. 89
Mauritania
4
No. 90
New Zealand
4
No. 91
Nicaragua
4
No. 92
Qatar
4
No. 93
USA
4
No. 94
American Samoa [USA]
3
No. 95
Djibouti
3
No. 96
Egypt
3
No. 97
Eritrea
3
No. 98
French Polynesia [France]
3
No. 99
Iraq
3
No. 100
Kiribati
3
No. 101
Trinidad & Tobago
3
No. 102
Western Samoa
3
No. 103
Afghanistan
2
No. 104
Belize
2
No. 105
El Salvador
2
No. 106
Madagascar
2
No. 107
Micronesia
2
No. 108
Niue
2
No. 109
North Korea
2
No. 110
Palau
2
No. 111
Russia
2
No. 112
Seychelles
2
No. 113
Tuvalu
2
No. 114
Yemen
2
No. 115
Algeria
1
No. 116
Bonin Islands [Japan]
1
No. 117
Chile
1
No. 118
Clipperton [France]
1
No. 119
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
1
No. 120
Cook Islands
1
No. 121
East Timor
1
No. 122
Easter Island [Chile]
1
No. 123
Hawaii [USA]
1
No. 124
Israel
1
No. 125
Jordan
1
No. 126
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
1
No. 127
Lesotho
1
No. 128
Libya
1
No. 129
Maldives
1
No. 130
Marshall Islands
1
No. 131
Mauritius
1
No. 132
Morocco
1
No. 133
Nauru
1
No. 134
Northern Mariana Islands
1
No. 135
Sao Tome & Principe
1
No. 136
Syria
1
No. 137
Tajikistan
1
No. 138
Tunisia
1
No. 139
Turkey
1
No. 140
Turkmenistan
1
No. 141
Uruguay
1
No. 142
Uzbekistan
1
No. 143
Volcano Islands [Japan]
1
No. 144
Wallis & Futuna [France]
1
No. 145
Western Sahara
1