''Calamaria griswoldi'', known commonly as the dwarf reed snake or the lined reed snake, is a
species of snake in the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
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Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''griswoldi'', is in honor of American ornithologist
John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912–1991), who collected the
holotype.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calamaria griswoldi'', p. 109).]
Geographic range
''C. griswoldi'' is found in
Malaysia.
Description
''C. griswoldi'' is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is .
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Reproduction
''C. griswoldi'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Loveridge A (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera ''Calamaria'', ''Bungarus'', and ''Trimeresurus'' from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". ''Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington'' 51: 43–46. (''Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi'', new subspecies, pp. 43–44).
* Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus ''Calamaria'' ". ''Fieldiana Zool.'' 37 (7): 167–209. (''Calamaria griswoldi'', new status, pp. 183–185).
External links
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Reptiles described in 1938
Reptiles of Malaysia
Colubrids
Calamaria
Reptiles of Borneo
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