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Calamaria

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Calamaria
Calamaria albiventer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Calamariinae
Genus: Calamaria
F. Boie, 1827[1]
Species

67 recognized species, see article.[2][3]

Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing[4] snakes[5] of the family Colubridae. The genus contains 66 recognized species.[6] The genus is endemic to Asia.[7]

Description

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Species in the genus Calamaria share the following characteristics. The eight to 11 maxillary teeth are subequal; the anterior mandibular teeth are somewhat longer than the posterior ones. The head is not distinct from neck; the eye is small, with a round pupil; the nostril is pierced in a minute nasal scale. No loreal, internasal, or temporal scales are present; the preocular can be present or absent; the parietals contact the labials. The body is cylindrical, with smooth dorsal scales, without apical pits, in 13 rows. The tail is short; the subcaudals are paired.[8]

Species

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The following 67 described species in the genus Calamaria are recognized as being valid.[3]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described with a different name.

References

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  1. ↑ Genus Calamaria at Dahms Tierleben. http://www.dahmstierleben.de. (in German).
  2. ↑ "Calamaria H.Boie, 1827". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 Genus Calamaria at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ Ecologyasia.com
  5. ↑ Animaldiversity.Umich.edu
  6. ↑ "Biologi.lipi.go.id" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
  7. ↑ Ecologyasia.com
  8. ↑ 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 Calamaria, p. 330).
  9. ↑ Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Leviton, Alan Edward; Brown, Rafe Marion (2021). "A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology. 14 (2): 1–14. doi:10.26757/pjsb2020b14006.. (Calamaria alcalai, new species).
  10. 1 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.
  11. ↑ Qi, Shuo; Nguyen, Tan Van; Wang, Jian; Zeng, Zhao-Chi; Shi, Jing-Song; et al. (2026). "An unexpected discovery of hidden diversity: a new species of the genus Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Squamata, Calamariidae) from Guangxi, China". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 102 (2): 701–718. doi:10.3897/zse.102.188045.
  12. ↑ Ziegler, Thomas; Quyet, Le Khac (2005). "A new species of reed snake, Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam" Zootaxa 1042: 27–38. (Calamaria thanhi, new species).
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