Calamaria mecheli SCHENKEL, 1901
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Calamaria mecheli SCHENKEL 1901: 165 Calamaria mehelyi SCHENKEL (obviously a lapsus calami): BARBOUR 1912 Calamaria mecheli — INGER & MARX 1965: 233 Calamaria mecheli — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 329 Calamaria mecheli — INGER & VORIS 2001 Calamaria mechei — GRISMER et al. 2004 (in error) Calamaria mecheli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 140 |
Distribution | Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra)
Type locality: Indragiri, Sumatra
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NMBA (= NHM Basel) |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1939 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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Etymology | Named after "A. v. Mechel", who provided the holotype of this Sumatran snake. |
References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Bücher Kreth, Frankfurt/M.
- Grismer, L. L., H. Kaiser & N. S. Yaakob 2004. A new species of Reed Snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 1-6 - get paper here
- Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863-89 1
- Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
- Schenkel, E. 1901. Achter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, 13:142-199. - get paper here
- TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
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