Calamaria joloensis TAYLOR, 1922
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Jolo Worm Snake |
Synonym | Calamaria joloensis TAYLOR 1922: 203 Calamaria joloensis — TAYLOR 1944: 152 Calamaria joloensis — INGER & MARX 1965: 102 Calamaria joloensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 138 |
Distribution | Philippines (Jolo)
Type locality: Type loc. Central part of Jolo I., Sulu Arch., P. I.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CAS 60901, Coll., E. H. Taylor, Oct. 30, 1920. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; third and fourth supralabial entering orbit; preocular present; mental touching anterior chin shields; eye about two-thirds eye-mouth distance; dorsal scales with a light network (Inger & Marx 1965: 102).
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Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- 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. & H. MARX 1965. The systematics and evolution of the oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. - get paper here
- Taylor, E.H. 1944. Present location of certain herpetological and other type specimens. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 30 (1): 117-187. - get paper here
- Taylor,E.H. 1922. Additions to the herpetological fauna of the Philippine Islands, I. Philippine Journal of Science 21: 161-206 - 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.
- Weinell, J. L., Leviton, A. E., & Brown, R. M. 2021. A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, DOI 10.26757/pjsb2020b14006 - get paper here
- Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
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