Calamaria schmidti
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. schmidti
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Calamaria schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]C. schmidti is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.[3]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of C. schmidti is forest, at altitudes of 1,350–1,550 m (4,430–5,090 ft).[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The holotype of C. schmidti has a total length of 25.3 cm (10.0 in), which includes a tail 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. The eye is much smaller than its distance from the mouth. There are four upper labials, and there is no preocular. The frontal is five or six times as wide as a supraocular.[4]
Diet
[edit | edit source]C. schmidti preys upon earthworms.[5]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 236).
- ^ a b Species Calamaria schmidti at The Reptile Database
- ^ Marx & Inger (1955).
- ^ Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 27).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria schmidti, pp. 74–75 + Figure 1, bottom, on p. 17).
- Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: Serpents Tale / Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 404 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 327).
- Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana · Zoology 37: 167–209. (Calamaria schmidti, new species, pp. 197–199, Figure 27).
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