Calamaria

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

60 recognized species, see article.[2][3][4]

Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing[5] snakes[6] of the family Colubridae. It contains 60 recognized species.[7] They are found in Asia.[8]

Description

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.[9]

Species

See also

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Calamaria
  1. http://www.dahmstierleben.de
  2. Gbif.org
  3. Wikispecies.
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  5. Ecologyasia.com
  6. Animaldiversity.Umich.edu
  7. Biologi.lipi.go.id
  8. Ecologyasia.com
  9. 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).
  10. A new species of reed snake, Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam, THOMAS ZIEGLER* & LE KHAC QUYET, Zootaxa 1042: 27–38 (2005), 30 Aug. 2005