Colombian longtail snake

Colombian longtail snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

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E. sclateri is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Leptocalamus sclateri, new species, p. 251 + Plate XII, figure 1).
  • McCranie JR, Villa J (1993). "A new genus for the snake Enulius sclateri (Colubridae: Xenodontinae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 14 (3): 261–267. (Enuliophis, new genus; Enuliophis sclateri, new combination).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Enulius sclateri, pp. 589–590).
  • Taylor EH (1954). "Further Studies on the Serpents of Costa Rica". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 36 (2): 673–800. (Enulius sclateri, pp. 707–708).