| Calamaria alidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. alidae |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria alidae Boulenger, 1920 | |
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Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Etymology
The specific name, alidae, is in honor of Alida Brooks who collected natural history specimens in Sumatra with her husband Cecil Joslin Brooks.[2]
Geographic range
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. alidae is forest, at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft).[1]
Description
According to Boulenger (1920), the holotype of C. alidae measures 220 mm (8.7 in) in total length, including the tail which is 20 mm (0.8 in) long.
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 Iskandar, D.; Lilley, R.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F. (2012). "Calamaria alidae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192085A2037964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192085A2037964.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. (Calamaria alidae, p. 5).
- 1 2 Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Calamaria alidae, new species, pp. 282–283).
- Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria alidae, pp. 235–237, Figure 63).
- Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 167–209. (Calamaria alidae, p. 200).
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