Dryocalamus
| Dryocalamus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Dryocalamus Günther, 1858[1] |
Dryocalamus is a genus of harmless colubrid snakes. The genus is endemic to Asia.[2]
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Dryocalamus gracilis (Günther, 1864)
- Dryocalamus davisonii (Blanford, 1878)
- Dryocalamus nympha (Daudin, 1803)
- Dryocalamus philippinus Griffin, 1909
- Dryocalamus subannulatus (A.M.A. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Dryocalamus tristrigatus Günther, 1858
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dryocalamus.
See also
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Dryocalamus, pp. 369-370).
- Günther A. 1858. Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Dryocalamus, new genus, p. 121).
- Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Dryocalamus, pp. 272-273, Figures 92-93).