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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Enulius
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Enulius

Middle American Long-tailed Snakes

Zentralamerikanische Langschwanznattern

Centralamerikanske Langhalesnoge

1871 Enulius Cope (type species: Enulius murinus = Liophis flavitorques Cope 1869)
1872 Leptocalamus Günther (type species: Leptocalamus torquatus Günther 1872)
Contents: 4 species, of which 3 (75.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included Enuliophis sclateri.
Distribution: Mexico, Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from: Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Guanaja, Roatan, Utila]), Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tabasco), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Enulius bifoveatus

Guanaja Long-tailed Snake

Guanaja-Langschwanznatter

Guanaja-langhalesnog

1999 Enulius bifoveatus McCranie & Köhler

Distribution: Honduras (Islas de la Bahia: Guanaja).


Enulius flavitorques

Pacific Long-tailed Snake

Pazifische Langschwanznatter

Pacifisk Langhalesnog

1869 Liophis flavitorques Cope
Enulius flavitorques Dunn 1938
1872 Leptocalamus torquatus Günther (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1882 Geophis unicolor Fischer
Enulius unicolor Taylor & Smith 1938
Enulius flavitorques unicolor Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1883 Enulius sumichrasti Bocourt
Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1884 Geagras longicaudatus Cope (Smith & Taylor 1945)

Other common names:
sumichrasti: Sumichrast's Long-tailed Snake
unicolor: Fischer's Long-tailed Snake
Remarks: Presence in Jalisco is considered doubtful (Chávez-Avila, Casas-Andreu, García-Aguayo, Cifuentes-Lemus & Cupul-Magaña 2015), although included for the state by some authors (e.g., Hensley & Lannom 1966; Cruz-Sáenz, Guerrero, Lazcano & Téllez-López 2009; Heimes 2016; Cruz-Sáenz, Muñoz-Nolasco, Mata-Silva, Johnson, García-Padilla & Wilson 2017).
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Utila]), Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.


Enulius flavitorques
© Henrik Bringsøe

Enulius oligostichus

Mexican Long-tailed Snake

Mexicanische Langschwanznatter

Mexicansk Langhalesnog

1967 Enulius oligostichus Smith, Ardnt & Sherbrooke

Distribution: Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Sinaloa).


Enulius roatanensis

Roatan Long-tailed Snake

Roatan-Langschwanznatter

Roatan-langhalesnog

1999 Enulius roatanensis McCranie & Köhler

Distribution: Honduras (Islas de la Bahia: Roatan).