Enulius | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.
Species in the genus Enulius are found in northern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.[1]
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
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.
The subspecific name, sumichrasti, is in honor of Swiss-born Mexican naturalist Adrien Jean Louis François de Sumichrast (1828–1882).[2]