Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 4th, 2026.
 
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Genus
Enulius
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Middle American Long-tailed Snakes
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Zentralamerikanische Langschwanznattern
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Centralamerikanske Langhalesnoge
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1871 |  |
Enulius Cope (type species: Enulius murinus = Liophis flavitorques Cope 1869) |
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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.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Enulius.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Enulius bifoveatus
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Guanaja Long-tailed Snake
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Guanaja-Langschwanznatter
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Guanaja-langhalesnog
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1999 | |
Enulius bifoveatus McCranie & Köhler |
Distribution:
Honduras
(Islas de la Bahia:
Guanaja).
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Enulius flavitorques
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Pacific Long-tailed Snake
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Pazifische Langschwanznatter
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Pacifisk Langhalesnog
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1869 | |
Liophis flavitorques Cope |
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Enulius flavitorques Dunn 1938 |
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1872 | |
Leptocalamus torquatus Günther (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1882 | |
Geophis unicolor Fischer |
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Enulius unicolor Taylor & Smith 1938 |
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Enulius flavitorques unicolor Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 |
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1883 | |
Enulius sumichrasti Bocourt |
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Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 |
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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.
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Enulius flavitorques
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Enulius oligostichus
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Mexican Long-tailed Snake
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Mexicanische Langschwanznatter
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Mexicansk Langhalesnog
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1967 | |
Enulius oligostichus Smith, Ardnt & Sherbrooke |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Nayarit,
Sinaloa).
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Enulius roatanensis
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Roatan Long-tailed Snake
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Roatan-Langschwanznatter
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Roatan-langhalesnog
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1999 | |
Enulius roatanensis McCranie & Köhler |
Distribution:
Honduras
(Islas de la Bahia:
Roatan).
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