Calamaria Rebentischi

''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.
*''Calamaria abramovi''
*'' Calamaria abstrusa''
*'' Calamaria acutirostris''
*'' Calamaria albiventer''
*'' Calamaria alcalai''
*''Calamaria alidae''
*'' Calamaria andersoni''
*''Calamaria apraeocularis''
*''Calamaria arcana''
*''Calamaria banggaiensis''
*'' Calamaria battersbyi''
*''Calamaria bicolor''
*'' Calamaria bitorques''
*''Calamaria boesemani''
*'' Calamaria borneensis''
*''Calamaria brongersmai'' – Brongersma's reed snake
*'' Calamaria buchi''
*''Calamaria butonensis''
*'' Calamaria ceramensis''
*'' Calamaria concolor''
*'' Calamaria crassa''
*'' Calamaria curta''
*''Calamaria doederleini''
*'' Calamaria dominici''
*'' Calamaria eiselti''
*''Calamaria everetti''
*''Calamaria forcarti''
*''Calamaria gervaisii''
*'' Calamaria gialaiensis''
*'' Calamaria grabowskyi''
*''Calamaria gracillima''
*''Calamaria griswoldi''
*''Calamaria hilleniusi''
*''Calamaria ingeri''
*'' Calamaria javanica''
*''Calamaria joloensis''
*''Calamaria lateralis''
*''Calamaria lautensis''
*''Calamaria leucogaster''
*''Calamaria linnaei''
*'' Calamaria longirostris''
*''Calamaria lovii''
*'' Calamaria lumbricoidea''
*'' Calamaria lumholtzi''
*'' Calamaria margaritophora''
*'' Calamaria mecheli''
*'' Calamaria melanota''
*''Calamaria modesta''
*''Calamaria muelleri''
*'' Calamaria nebulosa''
*''Calamaria nuchalis''
*''Calamaria palavanensis''
*''Calamaria pavimentata''
*''Calamaria pfefferi'' – Pfeffer's reed snake Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calamaria brongersmai'', p. 39; ''C. pfefferi'', p. 205).
*'' Calamaria prakkei''
*''Calamaria rebentischi''
*'' Calamaria sangi''
*''Calamaria schlegeli'' – pink-headed reed snake
*'' Calamaria schmidti'' – Schmidt's reed snake
*''Calamaria septentrionalis''
*'' Calamaria strigiventris'' – striped-belly reed snake
*''Calamaria suluensis''
*'' Calamaria sumatrana''
*'' Calamaria thanhi'' Ziegler, Thomas; Quyet, Le Khac (2005)
"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).
*''Calamaria ulmeri''
*''Calamaria virgulata''
*'' Calamaria yunnanensis''

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

See also

*Colubridae

References

External links

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Colubrids
Snake genera
Taxa named by Friedrich Boie