Calamaria

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Genus of snakes

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::summary Genus of snakes ::

| image = Calamaria albiventer Hardwicke.jpg | image_caption = Calamaria albiventer | taxon = Calamaria | authority = F. Boie, 1827 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 67 recognized species, see article.

Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus contains 66 recognized species. The genus is endemic to Asia.

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.

Species

The following 67 described species in the genus Calamaria are recognized as being valid.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calamaria.

References

References

  1. Genus ''Calamaria'' at ''Dahms Tierleben''. http://www.dahmstierleben.de. (in German).
  2. [http://data.gbif.org/species/browse/provider/2/taxon/11398986/ Gbif.org]
  3. Wikispecies.
  4. {{EMBL genus
  5. [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/schmidts_reed-snake.htm Ecologyasia.com]
  6. [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Calamaria.html Animaldiversity.Umich.edu]
  7. "Biologi.lipi.go.id".
  8. [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/schmidts_reed-snake.htm Ecologyasia.com]
  9. [[George Albert Boulenger. 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).
  10. (2021). "A new species of reed snake, genus ''Calamaria'' (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology.
  11. [[Bo Beolens. Beolens, Bo]]; [[Michael Watkins (zoologist). Watkins, Michael]]; [[Michael Grayson. Grayson, Michael]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN. 978-1-4214-0135-5.
  12. [[species:Thomas Ziegler. Ziegler, Thomas]]; [[species:Le Khac Quyet. Quyet, Le Khac]] (2005). [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z01042p038f.pdf "A new species of reed snake, ''Calamaria'' (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam"] ''Zootaxa'' '''1042''': 27–38. (''Calamaria thanhi'', new species).

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