Enulius Explained

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.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.

• Enulius bifoveatus - Guanaja long-tailed snake
• Enulius flavitorques - Pacific longtail snake
  • Enulius flavitorques flavitorques
  • Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti
  • Enulius flavitorques unicolor
• Enulius oligostichus - Mexican longtail snake
• Enulius roatanensis - 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

The subspecific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).^[1]

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).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti, p. 258).