Calamaria linnaei BOIE, 1827
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Calamaria linnaei
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Linne's Dwarf Snake |
| Synonym | Calamaria linnaei BOIE 1827: 539 Calamaria multipunctata REINWARDT in BOIE 1827 Calamaria maculosa REINWARDT in BOIE 1827 Calamaria versicolor RANZANI 1837 Calamaria versicolor — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 69 Calamaria linnaei var. tessellata JAN 1862 Calamaria linnaei var. bilineata JAN 1862 Calamaria linnaei var. transversalis JAN 1862 Calamaria linnaei var. contaminata JAN 1862 Calamaria linnaei var. rhomboidea JAN 1862 Calamaria versicolor — JAN 1865 Calamaria versicolor var. rhomboidalis — JAN 1865 Calamaria brevis BOULENGER 1894 Calamaria sondaica BARBOUR 1908: 319 Calamaria linnaei var. multilineata WERNER 1910: 278 Calamaria borneensis var. ventrimaculata HOLTZINGER 1916 Calamaria margaritophora gastropicta HOLTZINGER 1920 Calamaria pavimentata HOLTZINGER 1920 (non DUMÉRIL & BIBRON) Changulia multipunctata MERTENS 1929 Calamaria linnaei — INGER & MARX 1965: 200 Calamaria linnaei — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 325 Calamaria linnaei — INGER & VORIS 2001 Calamaria linnaei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 138 |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Java, Bangka) Type locality: Java |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMNH RENA 37 Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.45 (BM 47.7.23.14) [brevis] Holotype: RMNH RENA 29 [reticulata] Syntypes: RMNH RENA 32 (2) [maculosa] Syntypes: RMNH RENA 26 [multimunctata] Holotype: MCZ 7102 [sondaica] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This genus can be distinguished from all other snakes on the basis of the combination of the following characters: dorsal scales in 13 rows throughout body; internasals and prefrontals fused; parietal broadly in contact with supralabials (Inger & Marx 1965). Subcaudals paired (although this is not mentioned by Inger & Marx 1965, but no description mentions exceptions) Additional details (1242 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy after INGER & MARX 1965. Kaiser et al. 2013 considered the generic names Crottyreedus Hoser 2012, Freudreedus Hoser 2012, Oxyreedus Hoser 2012 invalid and rejected their use instead of Calamaria. Type species: Calamaria linnaei is the type species of the genus Calamaria BOIE 1827. The ICZN has ruled that the current usage of the generic name Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 for a genus of Asian colubrid snakes is conserved by setting aside all previous fixations of type species and designating Calamaria linnaei H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 as the type species (Opinion 2196, Case 3557, see link). Savage 2015 has pointed out that the name of the family needs to be Calamariidae, not Calamaridae (or Calamariinae if it is considered as a subfamily). Key: Weinell et al. 2020 provide a key to the species of Calamaria from the Philippine Islands. Inger & Marx 1965 have keys for all species and separate keys for species from Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Asian mainland, Celebes and Moluccas, the Philippines. Cai et al. 2023 present a key to the Chinese species of Calamaria. |
| Etymology | Named after Carolus Linnaeus (also Carl von Linné, 1707-1778), Swedish naturalist and founder of biological taxonomy and the binomial system. For a criticism of Linnaeus see Lavilla 2012. |
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