Complex sentence: Although their name suggests that the members of the team are codenamed with viper's names, the black mamba and the California mountain snake do not belong to the viper-family; the black mamba is an elapid and the California mountain snake belongs to the colubrids.
Split into simpler sentences: Although their name suggests that the members of the team are codenamed with viper's names, the black mamba and the California mountain snake do not belong to the viper-family. Indeed the black mamba is an elapid and the California mountain snake belongs to the colubrids.