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.

Species

The following 6 species are recognized:

• Enhydris chanardi Murphy & Voris, 2005

• Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799)

• Enhydris innominata (Morice, 1875)

• Enhydris jagorii (W. Peters, 1863)

• Enhydris longicauda (Bourret, 1934)

• Enhydris subtaeniata (Bourret, 1934)

Several additional species have traditionally been placed here, but are now often in genera such as Subsessor and Pseudoferania. Another species, Enhydris smithi , 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.

Nota bene: In the list above, a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enhydris.

Etymology

The specific names, jagorii and smithi, are in honor of German naturalist Fedor Jagor and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively.

References

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. (Enhydris, new genus, pp.200–201). (in French).