Macrocalamus

Macrocalamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Calamariinae
Genus:	Macrocalamus Günther, 1864

Macrocalamus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range[]

The genus Macrocalamus is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.^[1]

Species[]

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• David & Pauwels, 2005
• Quah, Anuar, L. Grismer, Wood & Nor, 2019
• Yaakob & Lim, 2002
• Grandison, 1972
• Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864
• G. Vogel & David, 1999
• Lim, 1963
• David & Pauwels, 2005

References[]

Further reading[]

• 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).
• 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).

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