Calamaria griswoldi
Calamaria griswoldi, known commonly as the dwarf reed snake or the lined reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
| Calamaria griswoldi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. griswoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria griswoldi Loveridge, 1938 | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Etymology
The specific name, griswoldi, is in honor of American ornithologist John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912–1991), who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
C. griswoldi is found in Malaysia.
Description
C. griswoldi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 49 cm (19 in).[2]
References
- Iskander D, Jenkins H, Das I, Auliya M, Inger RF, Lilley R, García N, Bowles P (2011). "Calamaria griswoldi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- "Calamaria griswoldi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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 griswoldi, p. 109).
Further reading
- Loveridge A (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus, and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51: 43–46. (Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi, new subspecies, pp. 43–44).
- Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zool. 37 (7): 167–209. (Calamaria griswoldi, new status, pp. 183–185).
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