''Macrocalamus'' is a
genus
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of snakes of the
family
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Colubridae
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.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is
endemic
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to the
Malay Peninsula
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.
Species
The following eight
species
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are recognized as being valid.
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Macrocalamus chanardi
''Macrocalamus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid..
*'' Macrocalamus chanardi''
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Macrocalamus emas''
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Macrocalamus gentingensis
''Macrocalamus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid..
*'' Macrocalamus chanardi''
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Macrocalamus jasoni''
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Macrocalamus lateralis''
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Macrocalamus schulzi''
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Macrocalamus tweediei
''Macrocalamus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid..
*'' Macrocalamus chanardi''
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Macrocalamus vogeli
''Macrocalamus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.
Species
The following eight species are recognized as being valid..
*'' Macrocalamus chanardi''
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References
Further reading
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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 ''Macrocalamus'', p. 327; species ''M. lateralis'', p. 327).
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Günther ACLG (1864). ''The Reptiles of British India.'' London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (''Macrocalamus'', new genus, p. 198; ''M. lateralis'', new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, figure D).
*Vogel, Gernot; David, Patrick (1999). "A revision of the genus ''Macrocalamus'' (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus". ''Raffles Bull. Zool.'' 47 (2): 309–332. (''Macrocalamus schulzi'', new species).
Macrocalamus
''Macrocalamus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.
Species
The following eight species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification ...
Snake genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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