| Enhydris | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: |
Enhydris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802 [1] |
| Species | |
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Six, see text | |
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region. [2]
Species
The following 6 species are recognized: [1] [3] [4]
- Enhydris chanardi Murphy & Voris, 2005
- Enhydris enhydris ( Schneider, 1799)
- Enhydris innominata ( Morice, 1875)
- Enhydris jagorii ( W. Peters, 1863)
- Enhydris longicauda ( Bourret, 1934)
- Enhydris subtaeniata (Bourret, 1934)
Several additional species have traditionally been placed here, but are now often in genera such as Subsessor and Pseudoferania. Another species, Enhydris smithi ( Boulenger, 1914), was considered to be a valid species by herpetologists M.A. Smith 1943, Das 2010, and Wallach et al. 2014, but was considered to be a synonym of Enhydris jagorii by Cox et al. 1998, and Murphy & Voris 2014. [5]
Nota bene: In the list above, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enhydris.
Etymology
The specific names, jagorii and smithi, are in honor of German naturalist Fedor Jagor and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively. [6]
References
- ^ a b "Enhydris ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
- ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Enhydris, pp. 326-327).
- ^ "Enhydris ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ Genus Enhydris at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Species Enhydris jagorii at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Enhydris jagorii, p. 132; Enhydris smithi, p. 247).
Further reading
- Sonnini CS, Latreille PA (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Tome IV. Seconde Partie. Serpens. Paris: Deterville. (Crapelet, printer). 410 pp. (Enhydris, new genus, pp. 200–201).
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