Calamaria schmidti
Calamaria schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Calamaria |
Species: | C. schmidti |
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Etymology
The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. schmidti is forest, at altitudes of 1,350–1,550 m (4,430–5,090 ft).[1]
Description
The holotype of C. schmidti has a total length of 25.3 cm (10.0 in), which includes a tail 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. The eye is much smaller than its distance from the mouth. There are four upper labials, and there is no preocular. The frontal is five or six times as wide as a supraocular.[4]
Diet
C. schmidti preys upon earthworms.[5]
Reproduction
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References
- Iskandar D, Jenkins H, Das I, Auliya M, Inger RF, Lilley R (2012). "Calamaria schmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- 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 schmidti, p. 236).
- Species Calamaria schmidti at The Reptile Database
- Marx & Inger (1955).
- Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 27).
Further reading
- Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. (Calamaria schmidti, pp. 74-75 + Figure 1, bottom, on p. 17).
- Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: Serpents Tale / Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 404 pp. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 327).
- Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana · Zoology 37: 167-209. (Calamaria schmidti, new species, pp. 197-199, Figure 27).
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