Enulius
| Enulius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Enulius Cope, 1870 |
Enulius is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the Americas.
Geographic range
Species in the genus Enulius are found in northern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.[1]
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Enulius bifoveatus McCranie & G. Köhler, 1999 - Guanaja long-tailed snake
- Enulius flavitorques (Cope, 1868) - Pacific longtail snake
- Enulius oligostichus H.M. Smith, Arndt & Sherbrook, 1967 - Mexican longtail snake
- Enulius roatanensis McCranie & G. Köhler, 1999 - Roatan long-tailed snake
trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Enulius.
Etymology
The subspecific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[2]
References
- ^ a b Genus Enulius at The Reptile Database
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti, p. 258).
Further reading
- Cope ED (1870). "Eighth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11: 553–559. (Enulius, new genus, pp. 558–559).