Superorder Lepidosauria Infraorder Alethinophidia Scientific name Enhydris Higher classification Homalopsinae Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Family Colubridae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Subclass Diapsid | |
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Lower classifications Rice paddy snake, Chinese water snake, Rainbow water snake, Dieurostus dussumieri, Siebold's water snake | ||
Macleays water snakes feeding frenzy enhydris polylepis
Enhydris is a genus of slightly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes, endemic to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region.
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Macleays water snakes enhydris polylepis
Species
The following 6 species are recognized:
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.
Nota bene: 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
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