Calamaria alidae
Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.
| Calamaria alidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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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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]
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 (0.79 in) long.
References
- "Calamaria alidae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- 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).
- Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Calamaria alidae, new species, pp. 282–283).
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