Calamaria everetti
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| Calamaria everetti | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. everetti
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| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria everetti Boulenger, 1893
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| File:Calamaria everetti distribution.png | |
Calamaria everetti, also known commonly as Everett's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is native to Indonesia and Malaysia.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, everetti, is in honor of British colonial administrator Alfred Hart Everett (1848–1898), who collected natural history specimens in the East Indies.[3]: 86
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria everetti is forest, at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit | edit source]Calamaria everetti is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter on the forest floor.[1]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Calamaria everetti is oviparous.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Species Calamaria everetti at The Reptile Database
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). + Plates XLII–XLIV. (Calamaria everetti, new species, p. 525).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Calamaria everetti, p. 84).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Calamaria everetti, pp. 132–134, Figure 34).
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