Calamaria alidae

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Calamaria alidae

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. alidae
Binomial name
Calamaria alidae
Boulenger, 1920
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Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Etymology[]

The specific name, alidae, is in honor of Alida Brooks who collected natural history specimens in Sumatra with her husband Cecil Joslin Brooks.[2]

Geographic range[]

C. alidae is endemic to western Sumatra in Indonesia.[3]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitat of C. alidae is forest, at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft).[1]

Description[]

According to Boulenger (1920), the holotype of C. alidae measures 220 mm (8.7 in) in total length, including the tail which is 20 mm (0.8 in) long.

Reproduction[]

C. alidae is oviparous.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Iskandar D, , , Das I, , Inger RF (2012). "Calamaria alidae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192085A2037964. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192085A2037964.en. Downloaded on 26 March 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria alidae, p. 5).
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Calamaria alidae, new species, pp. 282–283).
  • Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria alidae, pp. 235–237, Figure 63).
  • Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 167–209. (Calamaria alidae, p. 200).


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