''Enhydris'' is a

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of slightly

venom Venom or zootoxin is a type of toxin produced by an animal that is actively delivered through a wound by means of a bite, sting, or similar action. The toxin is delivered through a specially evolved ''venom apparatus'', such as fangs or a ...

ous,

rear-fanged A snake skeleton consists primarily of the skull, vertebrae, and ribs, with only vestigial remnants of the limbs. Skull The skull of a snake is a very complex structure, with numerous joints to allow the snake to swallow prey far larger than i ...

snake Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...

s in the

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Homalopsidae. The genus is

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to the tropical area of Indo-Australian region.

Species

The following 6

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are recognized: * '' Enhydris chanardi''

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, 2005 * '' Enhydris enhydris'' (

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, 1799) * '' Enhydris innominata'' ( Morice, 1875) * ''

Enhydris jagorii ''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'' Murp ...

'' ( W. Peters, 1863) * '' Enhydris longicauda'' ( Bourret, 1934) * ''

Enhydris subtaeniata ''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'' Murp ...

'' (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 ''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'' Murp ...

'' , was considered to be a valid species by

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M.A. Smith 1943,

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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. ''

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'': In the list above, a

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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 Andreas Fedor Jagor (30 November 1816 – 11 February 1900) was a German ethnologist, naturalist and explorer who traveled throughout Asia in the second half of the 19th century collecting for Berlin museums. "Fedor Jagor". German Wikipedia. Retr ...

and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Enhydris jagorii'', p. 132; ''Enhydris smithi'', p. 247).

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