Enulius

Enulius
Scientific classification
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
  • Enulius flavitorques (Cope, 1868)
    • Enulius flavitorques flavitorques (Cope, 1868)
    • Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti Bocourt, 1883
    • Enulius flavitorques unicolor (Fischer, 1881)
  • Enulius oligostichus H.M. Smith, Arndt & Sherbrook, 1967
  • Enulius roatanensis McCranie & G. Köhler, 1999

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

The subspecific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Genus Enulius at The Reptile Database
  2. ↑ 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

  • 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).
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