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Calamaria

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Subfamily
  
Higher classification
  
Calamariinae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Calamaria

Phylum
  
Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Snake, Collared reed snake, Reptile, Colubridae, Calamaria schlegeli

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Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing snakes of the family Colubridae. It contains 60 recognized species. They are found in Asia.

Contents

Calamaria Calamaria griswoldi The Reptile Database

Fistful of calamaria


Description

Calamaria Liopeltis calamaria The Reptile Database

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.

Species

Calamaria Calamaria schlegeli Wikipedia

  • 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, 1901Pfeffer's reed snake
  • 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, 1955Schmidt's reed snake
  • Calamaria 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

  • Calamaria Reptile of Hong Kong

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    References

    Calamaria Wikipedia