| Enhydris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: | Enhydris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802 [1] |
| Species | |
Six, see text | |
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region. [2]
The following 6 species are recognized: [1] [3] [4]
Several additional species have traditionally been placed here, but are now often in genera such as Subsessor and Pseudoferania . Another species, Enhydris smithi (Boulenger, 1914), was considered to be a valid species by herpetologists M.A. Smith 1943, Das 2010, and Wallach et al. 2014, but was considered to be a synonym of Enhydris jagorii by Cox et al. 1998, and Murphy & Voris 2014. [5]
Nota bene : In the list above, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enhydris.
The specific names, jagorii and smithi, are in honor of German naturalist Fedor Jagor and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively. [6]
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