Colombian longtail snake

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Colombian longtail snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Enuliophis
McCranie & Villa, 1993
Species:
E. sclateri
Binomial name
Enuliophis sclateri
(Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms [2]
  • Leptocalamus sclateri
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Enulius sclateri
    Taylor, 1954
  • Enuliophis sclateri
    McCranie & Villa, 1993

The Colombian longtail snake (Enuliophis sclateri), also known commonly as the sock-headed snake and the white-headed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Enuliophis, is native to Central America and northern South America.

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Etymology

The specific name, sclateri, is in honor of British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater. [3]

Geographic range

E. sclateri is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. sclateri is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,640 m (5,380 ft). [1]

Reproduction

E. sclateri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Köhler, G.; Lamar, W.; Nicholson, K.; Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D.; Daza, J.; Bolívar, W.; Velasco, J.; Caicedo, J. (2016). "Enuliophis sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T203505A2766613. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203505A2766613.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Species Enuliophis sclateri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enuliophis sclateri, p. 239).

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