Family Elapidae (Cobras, Sea Snakes, etc.):
countries and regions with most species

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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Australia
 139
No. 2
Queensland [Australia]
 81
No. 3
Western Australia [Australia]
 76
No. 4
Indonesia
 62
No. 5
Northern Territory [Australia]
 56
No. 6
New South Wales [Australia]
 53
No. 7
Papua New Guinea
 52
No. 8
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 51
No. 9
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 43
No. 10
Thailand
 41
No. 11
India
 39
No. 12
Vietnam
 39
No. 13
Brazil
 37
No. 14
South Australia [Australia]
 35
No. 15
Malaysia
 34
No. 16
West Malaysia [Malaysia]
 34
No. 17
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 33
No. 18
Colombia
 31
No. 19
Myanmar
 30
No. 20
Borneo [Brunei / Indonesia / Malaysia]
 27
No. 21
Fraser Island [Australia]
 27
No. 22
Java [Indonesia]
 27
No. 23
Philippines
 26
No. 24
Sumatra [Indonesia]
 26
No. 25
West Bengal [India]
 25
No. 26
Bangladesh
 24
No. 27
China
 24
No. 28
Ecuador
 22
No. 29
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 22
No. 30
Sabah [Malaysia]
 22
No. 31
Sri Lanka
 22
No. 32
Kalimantan [Indonesia]
 21
No. 33
Odisha [India]
 21
No. 34
Tamil Nadu [India]
 21
No. 35
Victoria [Australia]
 21
No. 36
Kerala [India]
 20
No. 37
Peru
 20
No. 38
Torres Strait Islands [Australia]
 20
No. 39
Pakistan
 19
No. 40
Amazonas [Brazil]
 18
No. 41
Congo-Kinshasa
 18
No. 42
Mexico
 18
No. 43
Sarawak [Malaysia]
 18
No. 44
Taiwan
 18
No. 45
Guangdong [China]
 17
No. 46
Maharashtra [India]
 17
No. 47
Singapore
 17
No. 48
Goa [India]
 16
No. 49
Luzon [Philippines]
 16
No. 50
Fujian [China]
 15
No. 51
Guangxi [China]
 15
No. 52
Gujarat [India]
 15
No. 53
Karnataka [India]
 15
No. 54
New Caledonia [France]
 15
No. 55
Tanzania
 15
No. 56
Angola
 14
No. 57
Brunei
 14
No. 58
Hainan [China]
 14
No. 59
Aru Islands [Indonesia]
 13
No. 60
Cameroon
 13
No. 61
Iran
 13
No. 62
South Africa
 13
No. 63
Venezuela
 13
No. 64
Bolivia
 12
No. 65
Cambodia
 12
No. 66
Grande Terre (New Caledonia) [New Caledonia]
 12
No. 67
Kenya
 12
No. 68
Laos
 12
No. 69
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 12
No. 70
Namibia
 12
No. 71
Nigeria
 12
No. 72
Zambia
 12
No. 73
Central African Republic
 11
No. 74
Congo-Brazzaville
 11
No. 75
Ghana
 11
No. 76
Gigantes Islands [Philippines]
 11
No. 77
Guinea
 11
No. 78
Hong Kong [China]
 11
No. 79
Japan
 11
No. 80
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 11
No. 81
Panama
 11
No. 82
Para [Brazil]
 11
No. 83
Rondonia [Brazil]
 11
No. 84
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 11
No. 85
Zimbabwe
 11
No. 86
Bangka [Indonesia]
 10
No. 87
Ivory Coast
 10
No. 88
KwaZulu-Natal [South Africa]
 10
No. 89
Oman
 10
No. 90
Ryukyu Islands [Japan]
 10
No. 91
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 10
No. 92
Uganda
 10
No. 93
Amami Islands [Japan]
 9
No. 94
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 9
No. 95
Benin
 9
No. 96
Bhutan
 9
No. 97
Limpopo [South Africa]
 9
No. 98
Malawi
 9
No. 99
Mindanao [Philippines]
 9
No. 100
Mozambique
 9
No. 101
Nepal
 9
No. 102
Okinawa Islands [Japan]
 9
No. 103
Sakishima Islands [Japan]
 9
No. 104
Satsunan Islands [Japan]
 9
No. 105
Solomon Islands
 9
No. 106
Somalia
 9
No. 107
Togo
 9
No. 108
United Arab Emirates
 9
No. 109
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 8
No. 110
Botswana
 8
No. 111
Chesterfield Reefs [New Caledonia]
 8
No. 112
Guatemala
 8
No. 113
Maranhao [Brazil]
 8
No. 114
Roraima [Brazil]
 8
No. 115
Saudi Arabia
 8
No. 116
Senegal
 8
No. 117
South Sudan
 8
No. 118
Sulu Islands [Philippines]
 8
No. 119
Uttarakhand [India]
 8
No. 120
Yunnan [China]
 8
No. 121
Zhejiang [China]
 8
No. 122
Andaman & Nicobar Islands [India]
 7
No. 123
Andaman Islands [India]
 7
No. 124
Arunachal Pradesh [India]
 7
No. 125
Australian Capital Territory [Australia]
 7
No. 126
Bali [Indonesia]
 7
No. 127
Chad
 7
No. 128
Chiapas [Mexico]
 7
No. 129
Costa Rica
 7
No. 130
Eswatini
 7
No. 131
Ethiopia
 7
No. 132
Gabon
 7
No. 133
Guyana
 7
No. 134
Jalisco [Mexico]
 7
No. 135
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 7
No. 136
Meghalaya [India]
 7
No. 137
Mpumalanga [South Africa]
 7
No. 138
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 7
No. 139
North West Province [South Africa]
 7
No. 140
Paraguay
 7
No. 141
Puebla [Mexico]
 7
No. 142
Riau Islands [Indonesia]
 7
No. 143
Rwanda
 7
No. 144
Surinam
 7
No. 145
Acre [Brazil]
 6
No. 146
Amapa [Brazil]
 6
No. 147
Ambon [Indonesia]
 6
No. 148
Argentina
 6
No. 149
Belitung [Indonesia]
 6
No. 150
Burkina Faso
 6
No. 151
Dirk Hartog Island [Australia]
 6
No. 152
Eastern Cape [South Africa]
 6
No. 153
Fiji
 6
No. 154
Flores [Indonesia]
 6
No. 155
Gauteng [South Africa]
 6
No. 156
Guinea-Bissau
 6
No. 157
Honduras
 6
No. 158
Jolo [Philippines]
 6
No. 159
Lakshadweep [India]
 6
No. 160
Liberia
 6
No. 161
Mali
 6
No. 162
Nagaland [India]
 6
No. 163
Nias [Indonesia]
 6
No. 164
Niger
 6
No. 165
Northern Cape [South Africa]
 6
No. 166
Panay [Philippines]
 6
No. 167
Parana [Brazil]
 6
No. 168
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 6
No. 169
Samar [Philippines]
 6
No. 170
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 6
No. 171
Sichuan [China]
 6
No. 172
Sikkim [India]
 6
No. 173
Supiori [Indonesia]
 6
No. 174
Tasmania [Australia]
 6
No. 175
Tocantins [Brazil]
 6
No. 176
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 6
No. 177
Vanuatu
 6
No. 178
Yapen [Indonesia]
 6
No. 179
Assam [India]
 5
No. 180
Bahia [Brazil]
 5
No. 181
Bahrain
 5
No. 182
Biak [Indonesia]
 5
No. 183
Bihar [India]
 5
No. 184
Bohol [Philippines]
 5
No. 185
Burundi
 5
No. 186
Cabinda [Angola]
 5
No. 187
Cebu [Philippines]
 5
No. 188
Colima [Mexico]
 5
No. 189
Darjeeling [India]
 5
No. 190
Equatorial Guinea
 5
No. 191
French Guiana [France]
 5
No. 192
Goias [Brazil]
 5
No. 193
Guadalcanal [Solomon Islands]
 5
No. 194
Guizhou [China]
 5
No. 195
Honshu [Japan]
 5
No. 196
Jiangxi [China]
 5
No. 197
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 5
No. 198
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 5
No. 199
Madura [Indonesia]
 5
No. 200
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 5
No. 201
Michoacan [Mexico]
 5
No. 202
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 5
No. 203
Mindoro [Philippines]
 5
No. 204
Mizoram [India]
 5
No. 205
Negros [Philippines]
 5
No. 206
Palawan [Philippines]
 5
No. 207
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 5
No. 208
Salawati [Indonesia]
 5
No. 209
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 5
No. 210
Sierra Leone
 5
No. 211
South Korea
 5
No. 212
Sudan
 5
No. 213
Ternate [Indonesia]
 5
No. 214
Tonga
 5
No. 215
Veracruz [Mexico]
 5
No. 216
Viti Levu [Fiji]
 5
No. 217
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 5
No. 218
Weh [Indonesia]
 5
No. 219
Western Cape [South Africa]
 5
No. 220
Alagoas [Brazil]
 4
No. 221
Anhui [China]
 4
No. 222
Bijagos Archipelago [Guinea-Bissau]
 4
No. 223
Calamian Islands [Philippines]
 4
No. 224
Cat Ba Island [Vietnam]
 4
No. 225
Catanduanes [Philippines]
 4
No. 226
Chhattisgarh [India]
 4
No. 227
Chongqing [China]
 4
No. 228
Dinagat [Philippines]
 4
No. 229
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 4
No. 230
Free State [South Africa]
 4
No. 231
Gambia
 4
No. 232
Guerrero [Mexico]
 4
No. 233
Ha Long Bay Islands [Vietnam]
 4
No. 234
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 4
No. 235
Jharkhand [India]
 4
No. 236
Kuwait
 4
No. 237
Langkawi [Malaysia]
 4
No. 238
Langkawi Archipelago [Malaysia]
 4
No. 239
Liaoning [China]
 4
No. 240
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 4
No. 241
Mauritania
 4
No. 242
Nayarit [Mexico]
 4
No. 243
New Zealand
 4
No. 244
Nicaragua
 4
No. 245
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 4
No. 246
Qatar
 4
No. 247
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 4
No. 248
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 4
No. 249
Seram [Indonesia]
 4
No. 250
Seribuat Archipelago [Malaysia]
 4
No. 251
Shandong [China]
 4
No. 252
Sudarso Island [Indonesia]
 4
No. 253
Tibet [China]
 4
No. 254
Tioman [Malaysia]
 4
No. 255
USA
 4
No. 256
American Samoa [USA]
 3
No. 257
Archipelago of the Recherche [Australia]
 3
No. 258
Ashmore & Cartier Islands [Australia]
 3
No. 259
Babuyan Islands [Philippines]
 3
No. 260
Bass Strait Islands [Australia]
 3
No. 261
Bernier Island [Australia]
 3
No. 262
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 3
No. 263
Choiseul [Solomon Islands]
 3
No. 264
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 265
Djibouti
 3
No. 266
Dorre Island [Australia]
 3
No. 267
Egypt
 3
No. 268
Eritrea
 3
No. 269
Fergusson [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 270
French Polynesia [France]
 3
No. 271
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 3
No. 272
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 3
No. 273
Hunan [China]
 3
No. 274
Iraq
 3
No. 275
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 3
No. 276
Kai Islands [Indonesia]
 3
No. 277
Kangaroo Island [Australia]
 3
No. 278
Kiribati
 3
No. 279
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 3
No. 280
Lingga Islands [Indonesia]
 3
No. 281
Mexico state [Mexico]
 3
No. 282
Mexico state [Mexico]
 3
No. 283
Misima [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 284
Misool [Indonesia]
 3
No. 285
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 286
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 287
Paraiba [Brazil]
 3
No. 288
Rajasthan [India]
 3
No. 289
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 3
No. 290
Sonora [Mexico]
 3
No. 291
Sumba [Indonesia]
 3
No. 292
Timor [East Timor / Indonesia]
 3
No. 293
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 3
No. 294
Trinidad & Tobago
 3
No. 295
Tripura [India]
 3
No. 296
Vanua Levu [Fiji]
 3
No. 297
Western Samoa
 3
No. 298
Woodlark [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 299
Yaeyama Islands [Japan]
 3
No. 300
Zanzibar [Tanzania]
 3
No. 301
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 302
Afghanistan
 2
No. 303
Babi Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 304
Babuyan Claro [Philippines]
 2
No. 305
Balabac [Philippines]
 2
No. 306
Batanta [Indonesia]
 2
No. 307
Belize
 2
No. 308
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 309
Buka [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 310
Calauit [Philippines]
 2
No. 311
Calayan [Philippines]
 2
No. 312
Camiguin Sur [Philippines]
 2
No. 313
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 2
No. 314
Culion [Philippines]
 2
No. 315
Delhi [India]
 2
No. 316
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 2
No. 317
El Salvador
 2
No. 318
Goodenough [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 319
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 2
No. 320
Haryana [India]
 2
No. 321
Hubei [China]
 2
No. 322
Jiangsu [China]
 2
No. 323
Kyushu [Japan]
 2
No. 324
Lau Islands [Fiji]
 2
No. 325
Leyte [Philippines]
 2
No. 326
Louisiana [USA]
 2
No. 327
Macau [China]
 2
No. 328
Madagascar
 2
No. 329
Manda [Kenya]
 2
No. 330
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 331
Masbate [Philippines]
 2
No. 332
Micronesia
 2
No. 333
Mios Num [Indonesia]
 2
No. 334
Morelos [Mexico]
 2
No. 335
Nan Ao Island [China]
 2
No. 336
Nicobar Islands [India]
 2
No. 337
Niue
 2
No. 338
Normanby [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 339
North Korea
 2
No. 340
Obi [Indonesia]
 2
No. 341
Palau
 2
No. 342
Piaui [Brazil]
 2
No. 343
Pohnpei [Micronesia]
 2
No. 344
Polillo [Philippines]
 2
No. 345
Punjab [India]
 2
No. 346
Rennell [Solomon Islands]
 2
No. 347
Romblon [Philippines]
 2
No. 348
Russia
 2
No. 349
Sergipe [Brazil]
 2
No. 350
Seychelles
 2
No. 351
Shek Kwu Chau Island [China]
 2
No. 352
Siberut [Indonesia]
 2
No. 353
Simeulue [Indonesia]
 2
No. 354
Sudest [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 355
Tabasco [Mexico]
 2
No. 356
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 2
No. 357
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 358
Tuvalu
 2
No. 359
West Timor [Indonesia]
 2
No. 360
Yemen
 2
No. 361
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 2
No. 362
Aguascalientes [Mexico]
 1
No. 363
Alabama [USA]
 1
No. 364
Algeria
 1
No. 365
Alor [Indonesia]
 1
No. 366
Anambas Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 367
Arizona [USA]
 1
No. 368
Arkansas [USA]
 1
No. 369
Bacan [Indonesia]
 1
No. 370
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 371
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 372
Banda Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 373
Banggai Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 374
Batu Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 375
Bawean Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 376
Bazaruto [Mozambique]
 1
No. 377
Bazaruto Archipelago [Mozambique]
 1
No. 378
Bellona [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 379
Bonin Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 380
Buru [Indonesia]
 1
No. 381
Buton [Indonesia]
 1
No. 382
California [USA]
 1
No. 383
Campeche [Mexico]
 1
No. 384
Carnac Island [Australia]
 1
No. 385
Ceara [Brazil]
 1
No. 386
Chile
 1
No. 387
Chuuk State [Micronesia]
 1
No. 388
Clipperton [France]
 1
No. 389
Coahuila [Mexico]
 1
No. 390
Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia]
 1
No. 391
Cook Islands
 1
No. 392
Dalupiri (Babuyan Islands) [Philippines]
 1
No. 393
Distrito Federal (Mexico) [Mexico]
 1
No. 394
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 395
East Timor
 1
No. 396
Easter Island [Chile]
 1
No. 397
Enggano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 398
Faure Island [Australia]
 1
No. 399
Florida [USA]
 1
No. 400
Galapagos Islands [Ecuador]
 1
No. 401
Gansu [China]
 1
No. 402
Garden Island [Australia]
 1
No. 403
Gau [Fiji]
 1
No. 404
Georgia [USA]
 1
No. 405
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 1
No. 406
Haruku [Indonesia]
 1
No. 407
Hawaii [USA]
 1
No. 408
Houtman Abrolhos Islands [Australia]
 1
No. 409
Ilha de Alcatrazes [Brazil]
 1
No. 410
Ilhabela Archipelago [Brazil]
 1
No. 411
Isla del Coco [Costa Rica]
 1
No. 412
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 413
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 414
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 415
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 416
Israel
 1
No. 417
Izu Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 418
Jordan
 1
No. 419
Karimunjawa Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 420
Kermadec Islands [New Zealand]
 1
No. 421
Komodo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 422
Kosrae [Micronesia]
 1
No. 423
Lembata [Indonesia]
 1
No. 424
Lesotho
 1
No. 425
Libya
 1
No. 426
Lomaiviti Islands [Fiji]
 1
No. 427
Lombok [Indonesia]
 1
No. 428
Lord Howe Island [Australia]
 1
No. 429
Lubang [Philippines]
 1
No. 430
Mafia [Tanzania]
 1
No. 431
Maldives
 1
No. 432
Manipur [India]
 1
No. 433
Margarita [Venezuela]
 1
No. 434
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 435
Marshall Islands
 1
No. 436
Mascarene Islands [France / Mauritius]
 1
No. 437
Mauritius
 1
No. 438
Mauritius Island [Mauritius]
 1
No. 439
Mississippi [USA]
 1
No. 440
Miyako [Japan]
 1
No. 441
Miyako Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 442
Morocco
 1
No. 443
Mortlock Islands [Micronesia]
 1
No. 444
Mussau [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 445
Nauru
 1
No. 446
New Mexico [USA]
 1
No. 447
North Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 448
Northern Mariana Islands
 1
No. 449
Nuevo Leon [Mexico]
 1
No. 450
Ouvea [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 451
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 452
Paternoster Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 453
Pemba [Tanzania]
 1
No. 454
Penida [Indonesia]
 1
No. 455
Pescadore Islands [Taiwan]
 1
No. 456
Prince of Wales Island [Australia]
 1
No. 457
Queretaro [Mexico]
 1
No. 458
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 1
No. 459
Rinca [Indonesia]
 1
No. 460
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 461
Rossel [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 462
Rote [Indonesia]
 1
No. 463
Rottnest Island [Australia]
 1
No. 464
Saint Matthias Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 465
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 466
Santa Cruz Islands [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 467
Sao Sebastiao [Brazil]
 1
No. 468
Sao Tome [Sao Tome & Principe]
 1
No. 469
Sao Tome & Principe
 1
No. 470
Saparua [Indonesia]
 1
No. 471
Seychelles inner islands [Seychelles]
 1
No. 472
Shaanxi [China]
 1
No. 473
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 474
Siquijor [Philippines]
 1
No. 475
Solor [Indonesia]
 1
No. 476
South Carolina [USA]
 1
No. 477
Sumbawa [Indonesia]
 1
No. 478
Syria
 1
No. 479
Tajikistan
 1
No. 480
Tennessee [USA]
 1
No. 481
Texas [USA]
 1
No. 482
Tlaxcala [Mexico]
 1
No. 483
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 484
Tunisia
 1
No. 485
Turkey
 1
No. 486
Turkmenistan
 1
No. 487
Uruguay
 1
No. 488
Uzbekistan
 1
No. 489
Vitoria [Brazil]
 1
No. 490
Volcano Islands [Japan]
 1
No. 491
Wallis & Futuna [France]
 1
No. 492
Western Sahara
 1
No. 493
Wetar [Indonesia]
 1
No. 494
Yamdena [Indonesia]
 1
No. 495
Yucatan [Mexico]
 1
No. 496
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 1