Calamaria ingeri
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. ingeri
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Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
C. ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.[1]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of C. ingeri is forest.[1]
Behavior[edit]
C. ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Vogel, G. (2012). "Calamaria ingeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T176626A1442469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.
- ^ 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. (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).
Further reading[edit]
- Grismer LL, Kaiser H, Yaakob NS (2004). "A new species of reed snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia". Hamadryad 28 (1 & 2): 1–6. (Calamaria ingeri, new species).
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