Elaps

As soon as he saw it he pronounced it the Elaps russelli, adding that it was the most deadly snake on the continent.

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

Elaps russelli, or king-snake; the rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus, or diamond-back); the copperhead

With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon John Allan 1914

Very few instances are known of Elaps bite, but those few unquestionably set this ornamental creature in a class by itself, among American Ophidia, for "results."

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

If any living creature whose habitat is the United States deserves the epithet "deadly," it is the Elaps.

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

There are five varieties of venomous serpents in this country: three of them Crotalids, and two belonging to the Elaps family.

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

Out of eight well-authenticated cases of Elaps bite, six of the victims died.

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

Experimenters wishing to secure the venom of the Elaps often find it difficult to rouse the snake to striking wrath.

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

By a strange perversion of facts, while the harmless hog-nosed snake enjoys a repute of terror, the Elaps, most dangerous of all American reptiles, is commonly regarded as harmless.

The Poison Bugaboo 1910

The first genus is the Crotalus, or rattlesnake proper; the second is the Caudisona, or ground-rattlesnake; the third is the Ancistrodon, or moccasin, one of the species of which is a water-snake; and the fourth is the Elaps, or harlequin snake.

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

The two species of poisonous colubrine serpents already referred to are known respectively as the _Elaps fulvius_, and the _Elaps euryxanthus_, both of which occur in the southern portions of the United States.

Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene 1896