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Calamaria mecheli SCHENKEL, 1901

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCalamaria 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 
DistributionIndonesia (endemic to Sumatra)

Type locality: Indragiri, Sumatra  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMBA (= NHM Basel) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1939 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed 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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