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Calamaria is a large genus of dwarf burrowing snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus contains 66 recognized species. The genus is endemic to Asia.




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.




Species


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

Calamaria abramovi Orlov, 2009
Calamaria abstrusa Inger & Marx, 1965 – Padang reed snake
Calamaria acutirostris Boulenger, 1896 – pointed snout reed snake
Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1834) – white-bellied reed snake
Calamaria alcalai Weinell, Leviton & R. Brown, 2020 – Alcala's reed snake
Calamaria alidae Boulenger, 1920 – Bengkulu reed snake
Calamaria andersoni Yang & Zheng, 2018 – Anderson's reed snake
Calamaria apraeocularis M.A. Smith, 1927 – Apreocular reed snake
Calamaria arcana Yeung, Lau & Yang, 2022 – Lingnan reed snake
Calamaria banggaiensis Koch, Arida, McGuire, Iskander & Böhme, 2009 – Banggai reed snake
Calamaria battersbyi Inger & Marx, 1965 – Battersby's reed snake
Calamaria bicolor A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – two-colored dwarf snake, bicoloured reed snake
Calamaria bitorques W. Peters, 1872 – Luzon dwarf snake
Calamaria boesemani Inger & Marx, 1965 – Boeseman's reed snake
Calamaria borneensis Bleeker, 1860 – Bornean reed snake
Calamaria brongersmai Inger & Marx, 1965 – Brongersma's reed snake
Calamaria buchi Marx & Inger, 1955 – Dalat dwarf snake, Buch's reed snake
Calamaria butonensis Howard & Gillespie, 2007
Calamaria ceramensis De Rooij, 1913
Calamaria concolor Orlov et al., 2010
Calamaria crassa Lidth de Jeude, 1922 – thick reed snake
Calamaria curta Boulenger, 1896 – dark-bellied reed snake
Calamaria doederleini Gough, 1902 – Döderlein's reed snake
Calamaria dominici Ziegler, Tran & T.Q. Nguyen, 2019 – Dominic's reed snake
Calamaria eiselti Inger & Marx, 1965 – Eiselt's reed snake
Calamaria everetti Boulenger, 1893 – Everett's reed snake
Calamaria forcarti Inger & Marx, 1965 – Forcart's reed snake
Calamaria gervaisii A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Gervais's worm snake, Philippine dwarf snake
Calamaria gialaiensis Ziegler, V.S. Nguyen & T.Q. Nguyen, 2008 – Gia Lai reed snake
Calamaria grabowskyi J.G. Fischer, 1885 – Grabowsky's reed snake
Calamaria gracillima (Günther, 1872) – slender reed snake
Calamaria griswoldi Loveridge, 1938 – dwarf reed snake, lined reed snake
Calamaria hilleniusi Inger & Marx, 1965
Calamaria ingeri Grismer, Kaiser & Yaakob, 2004
Calamaria javanica Boulenger, 1891 – Javanese reed snake
Calamaria joloensis Taylor, 1922 – Jolo worm snake
Calamaria lateralis Mocquard, 1890 – white-striped reed snake
Calamaria lautensis De Rooij, 1917
Calamaria leucogaster Bleeker, 1860 – Ampat Lawang dwarf snake
Calamaria linnaei F. Boie, 1827 – Linne's dwarf snake
Calamaria longirostris Howard & Gillespie, 2007
Calamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887 – Lowi's reed snake
Calamaria lumbricoidea F. Boie, 1827 – variable reed snake
Calamaria lumholtzi Andersson, 1923 – Lumholz's reed snake
Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860 – stripe-necked reed snake Bleeker's dwarf snake
Calamaria mecheli Schenkel, 1901 – Mechel's reed snake
Calamaria melanota Jan, 1862 – Kapuas reed snake
Calamaria modesta A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Calamaria muelleri Boulenger, 1896 – Mueller's reed snake
Calamaria nebulosa J.L. Lee, 2021 – clouded reed snake
Calamaria nuchalis Boulenger, 1896 – narrow-headed reed snake
Calamaria palavanensis Inger & Marx, 1965 – Palawan worm snake
Calamaria pavimentata A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – collared reed snake
Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901 – Pfeffer's reed snake
Calamaria prakkei Lidth de Jeude, 1893 – Prakke's reed snake
Calamaria rebentischi Bleeker, 1860 – Rebentisch's reed snake
Calamaria sangi T.Q. Nguyen, Koch & Ziegler, 2009 – Sang's reed snake
Calamaria schlegeli A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – pink-headed reed snake
Calamaria schmidti Marx & Inger, 1955 – Schmidt's reed snake
Calamaria septentrionalis Boulenger, 1890 – Hong Kong dwarf snake
Calamaria strigiventris Poyarkov, T.V. Nguyen, Orlov & G. Vogel, 2019 – striped-belly reed snake
Calamaria suluensis Taylor, 1922 – yellow-bellied reed snake, Sulu reed snake
Calamaria sumatrana Edeling, 1870 – Sumatran reed snake, Sumatra dwarf snake
Calamaria thanhi Ziegler & Quyet, 2005 – Thanh's reed snake
Calamaria ulmeri Sackett, 1940 – Ulmer's reed snake
Calamaria virgulata F. Boie, 1827 – Boie's dwarf snake, short-tailed reed snake
Calamaria yunnanensis Chernov, 1962 – Yunnan reed snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calamaria.




See also


Colubridae




References






External links


"Calamaria". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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