# Enulius

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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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'''''Enulius''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of snakes in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Colubridae](/source/Colubridae). The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the [Americas](/source/Americas).

==Geographic range==
[Species](/source/Species) in the genus ''Enulius'' are found in northern [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Central America](/source/Central_America), and northwestern [South America](/source/South_America).<ref name="RDB"/>

==Species and subspecies==
The following species and [subspecies](/source/subspecies) are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Enulius}}</ref>
*''[Enulius bifoveatus](/source/Enulius_bifoveatus)'' {{small|[McCranie](/source/James_Randall_McCranie) & [G. Köhler](/source/%3Afr%3AGunther_K%C3%B6hler), 1999}} - Guanaja long-tailed snake
*''[Enulius flavitorques](/source/Enulius_flavitorques)'' {{small|([Cope](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope), 1868)}} - Pacific longtail snake
**''Enulius flavitorques flavitorques'' {{small|(Cope, 1868)}}  
**''Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti'' {{small|[Bocourt](/source/Marie_Firmin_Bocourt), 1883}}
**''Enulius flavitorques unicolor'' {{small|([Fischer](/source/Johann_Gustav_Fischer), 1881)}}
*''[Enulius oligostichus](/source/Enulius_oligostichus)'' {{small|[H.M. Smith](/source/Hobart_Muir_Smith), [Arndt](/source/Rudolf_G._Arndt) & [Sherbrook](/source/Wade_C._Sherbrook), 1967}} - Mexican longtail snake
*''[Enulius roatanensis](/source/Enulius_roatanensis)'' {{small|McCranie & G. Köhler, 1999}} - Roatan long-tailed snake

''[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)'': A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) or [trinomial authority](/source/Trinomen) 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](/source/%3Ade%3AFran%C3%A7ois_Sumichrast) (1828–1882).<ref>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}}. (''Enulius flavitorques sumichrasti'', p. 258).</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Cope ED](/source/Edward_Drinker_Cope) (1870). "Eighth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'' '''11''': 553–559. (''Enulius'', new genus, pp.&nbsp;558–559).

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Category:Enulius
Category:Snake genera
Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope

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