Colombian longtail snake

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.

Colombian longtail snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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

Etymology

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

Geographic range

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

E. sclateri is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. 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. 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

• 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).