Enhydris
| Enhydris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Alethinophidia |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Homalopsinae |
| Genus: | Enhydris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802[1] |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
The snake called "海豹蛇" ("sea-leopard snake", which is translated as Enhydris bocourti at many web pages), accompanied by a list of options for serving it, occupies a place of honor among the creatures displayed outside of a Guangzhou restaurant
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes, endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region.[2]
Species
The following 25 species are recognized:[1][3][4]
- Enhydris albomaculata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Enhydris alternans (Reuss, 1834)
- Enhydris bennetti (Gray, 1842)
- Enhydris bocourti (Jan, 1865) - sea-leopard snake
- Enhydris chanardi Murphy & Voris, 2005 - Sind River snake
- Enhydris chinensis (Gray, 1842) - Chinese water snake
- Enhydris doriae (W. Peters, 1871)
- Enhydris dussumieri (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - Dussumier's water snake
- Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799) - rainbow water snake
- Enhydris gyii Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005 - Kapuas mud snake
- Enhydris indica (Gray, 1842)
- Enhydris innominata (Morice, 1875)
- Enhydris jagorii (W. Peters, 1863)
- Enhydris longicauda (Bourret, 1934)
- Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1881)
- Enhydris matannensis (Boulenger, 1897)
- Enhydris pahangensis Tweedie, 1946
- Enhydris pakistanica Mertens, 1959
- Enhydris plumbea (F. Boie, 1827) - rice paddy snake
- Enhydris polylepis (Fischer, 1886) - Macleay's water snake
- Enhydris punctata (Gray, 1849)
- Enhydris sieboldi (Schlegel, 1837) - Siebold's water snake
- Enhydris smithi (Boulenger, 1914)
- Enhydris subtaeniata (Bourret, 1934)
- Enhydris vorisi Murphy, 2007
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enhydris.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de
- ↑ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Enhydris, pp. 326-327).
- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Sonnini CS, Latreille PA. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Tome IV. Seconde Partie. Serpens. Paris: Deterville. (Crapelet, printer). 410 pp. (Genus Enhydris, pp. 200-201).