Calamaria
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Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing[5] snakes[6] of the family Colubridae. It contains 60 recognized species.[7] They are found in Asia.[8]
Description
Species in the genus Calamaria share the following characteristics. The eight to 11 maxillary teeth are subequal; the anterior mandibular teeth are somewhat longer than the posterior ones. The head is not distinct from neck; the eye is small, with a round pupil; the nostril is pierced in a minute nasal scale. No loreal, internasal, or temporal scales are present; the preocular can be present or absent; the parietals contact the labials. The body is cylindrical, with smooth dorsal scales, without apical pits, in 13 rows. The tail is short; the subcaudals are paired.[9]
Species
- Calamaria abramovi Orlov, 2009
- Calamaria abstrusa Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria acutirostris Boulenger, 1896
- Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1834)
- Calamaria alidae Boulenger, 1920
- Calamaria apraeocularis M.A. Smith, 1927
- Calamaria banggaiensis Koch et al.
- Calamaria battersbyi Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria bicolor A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Calamaria bitorques W. Peters, 1872
- Calamaria boesemani Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria borneensis Bleeker, 1860
- Calamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria buchi Marx & Inger, 1955
- Calamaria butonensis Howard & Gillespie, 2007
- Calamaria ceramensis De Rooij, 1913
- Calamaria concolor Orlov et al., 2010
- Calamaria crassa Lidth de Jeude, 1922
- Calamaria curta Boulenger, 1896
- Calamaria doederleini Gough, 1902
- Calamaria eiselti Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria everetti Boulenger, 1893
- Calamaria forcarti Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria gervaisii A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Calamaria gialaiensis Ziegler et al., 2008
- Calamaria grabowskyi J.G. Fischer, 1885
- Calamaria gracillima (Günther, 1872)
- Calamaria griswoldi Loveridge, 1938
- Calamaria hilleniusi Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria ingeri Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob, 2004
- Calamaria javanica Boulenger, 1891
- Calamaria joloensis Taylor, 1922
- Calamaria lateralis Mocquard, 1890
- Calamaria leucogaster Bleeker, 1860
- Calamaria linnaei F. Boie, 1827
- Calamaria longirostris Howard & Gillespie, 2007
- Calamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887
- Calamaria lumbricoidea F. Boie, 1827
- Calamaria lumholtzi Andersson, 1923
- Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860
- Calamaria mecheli Schenkel, 1901
- Calamaria melanota Jan, 1862
- Calamaria modesta A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Calamaria muelleri Boulenger, 1896
- Calamaria nuchalis Boulenger, 1896
- Calamaria palavanensis Inger & Marx, 1965
- Calamaria pavimentata A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901 – Pfeffer's reed snake[10]
- Calamaria prakkei Lidth de Jeude, 1893
- Calamaria rebentischi Bleeker, 1860
- Calamaria sangi Truong, Koch & Ziegler, 2009
- Calamaria schlegeli A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – pink-headed reed snake
- Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955 – Schmidt's reed snake
- Calamaria septentrionalis Boulenger, 1890
- Calamaria suluensis Taylor, 1922
- Calamaria sumatrana Edeling, 1870
- Calamaria thanhi Ziegler & Quyet, 2005[11]
- Calamaria ulmeri Sackett, 1940
- Calamaria virgulata F. Boie, 1827
- Calamaria yunnanensis Chernov, 1962
See also
References
- ^ http://www.dahmstierleben.de
- ^ Gbif.org
- ^ Wikispecies.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ^ Ecologyasia.com
- ^ Animaldiversity.Umich.edu
- ^ Biologi.lipi.go.id
- ^ Ecologyasia.com
- ^ 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. (Genus Calamaria, p. 330).
- ^ 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 pfefferi, p. 205).
- ^ A new species of reed snake, Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam, THOMAS ZIEGLER* & LE KHAC QUYET, Zootaxa 1042: 27–38 (2005), 30 Aug. 2005
External links
Data related to Calamaria at Wikispecies- "Calamaria" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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