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Calamaria buchi MARX & INGER, 1955

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dalat Dwarf Snake 
SynonymCalamaria buchi MARX & INGER 1955: 195
Calamaria buchi — INGER & MARX 1965: 211
Calamaria buchi — ORLOV et al. 2003
Calamaria buchi — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Calamaria buchi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 135
Calamaria buchi — LEE 2021
Calamaria buchi — ZHANG et al. 2025 
DistributionVietnam (Lam Dong, Da Lat, Bao Loc)

Type locality: Dalat, Viet Nam, Indo-China, 1,500 feet elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 71697 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A Calamaria with the eye about equal to its distance from the mouth; 4 supralabials, the second and third entering the eye; preocular present; frontal about twice as wide as supraocular; 221 ventrals (from MARX & INGER 1955).


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References
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  • Inger, R. F. & H. MARX 1965. The systematics and evolution of the oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. - get paper here
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