Enhydris enhydris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Enhydris
Species: Enhydris enhydris

Name

Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799)

Lectotype: specimen described and illustrated by P. Russell (1796: 35, pl. 30). [designated by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 270)]

Type locality: “Indiae orientalis”, redesignated by lectotype designation to “lake of Ankapilly, coast of Coromandel, India” by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014: 270).

Combinations

Hydrus enhydris Schneider, 1799: 245 [original combination]
Homalopsis enhydris — Cantor, 1847: 99 [subsequent combination]
Hypsirhina enhydris — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 946 [subsequent combination]
Enhydris enhydris — Barbour, 1912: 122 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Schneider, J.G. 1799. Historiae Amphibiorum narturalis et literariae. Fasciculus primus, continens Ranas. Calamitas, Bufones, Salamandras et Hydros. Frommanni: Jena. 266 S. BHL

Additional references

Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Enhydris enhydris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 November 2018.
Murphy, J., Brooks, S.E., de Silva, A. & Khan, S.E. 2010. IUCN: Enhydris enhydris (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176687A7283907. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176687A7283907.en

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Mud Snake