Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing snakes of the family Colubridae. It contains 60 recognized species. They are found in Asia .
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.
Calamaria abramovi Orlov, 2009 Calamaria abstrusa Inger & Marx, 1965 Calamaria acutirostris Boulenger , 1896Calamaria albiventer (Gray , 1834) Calamaria alidae Boulenger, 1920 Calamaria apraeocularis M.A. Smith , 1927Calamaria banggaiensis Koch et al. Calamaria battersbyi Inger & Marx, 1965 Calamaria bicolor A.M.C. Duméril , Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril , 1854Calamaria bitorques W. Peters , 1872Calamaria boesemani Inger & Marx, 1965 Calamaria borneensis Bleeker , 1860Calamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965 Calamaria buchi Marx & Inger, 1955 Calamaria butonensis Howard & Gillespie, 2007 Calamaria ceramensis De Rooij , 1913Calamaria concolor Orlov et al., 2010 Calamaria crassa Lidth de Jeude , 1922Calamaria 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 , 1938Calamaria hilleniusi Inger & Marx, 1965 Calamaria ingeri Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob, 2004 Calamaria javanica Boulenger, 1891 Calamaria joloensis Taylor , 1922Calamaria lateralis Mocquard, 1890 Calamaria leucogaster Bleeker, 1860 Calamaria linnaei F. Boie , 1827Calamaria longirostris Howard & Gillespie, 2007 Calamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887 Calamaria lumbricoidea F. Boie , 1827Calamaria lumholtzi Andersson, 1923 Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860 Calamaria mecheli Schenkel, 1901 Calamaria melanota Jan , 1862Calamaria 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 snakeCalamaria 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 snakeCalamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955 – Schmidt's reed snakeCalamaria septentrionalis Boulenger, 1890 Calamaria suluensis Taylor, 1922 Calamaria sumatrana Edeling, 1870 Calamaria thanhi Ziegler & Quyet, 2005 Calamaria ulmeri Sackett, 1940 Calamaria virgulata F. Boie, 1827 Calamaria yunnanensis Chernov, 1962