Enulius is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the Americas.
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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 |
Geographic range
editSpecies in the genus Enulius are found in northern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.[1]
Species and subspecies
editThe 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
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Enulius.
Etymology
editThe subspecific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Genus Enulius at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti, p. 258).
Further reading
edit- 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).