Calamaria butonensis HOWARD & GILLESPIE, 2007

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Calamaria butonensis HOWARD & GILLESPIE 2007 Calamaria butonensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 135
Distribution	Indonesia (Sulawesi: Buton island, Kakenauwe Reserve, Lambusango Reserve) Type locality: Kakenauwe Reserve at 5°11’0’’S, 122°53’40’’E, and 150 m elevation, Buton Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZB (erroneously given as MBZ) 3125, adult male, collected on 21 June, 2002.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other Calamaria species by the combination of the following characteristics: no preocular scale, mental not touching anterior chin shields, five supralabial scales and five scales or shields surrounding paraparietal, subcaudals 25–28 (male) and 14–18 (female), tail long and tapering to a point; nine modified maxillary teeth, maximum total body length of 245 mm, and uniform body coloration (Howard & Gillespie 2007). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 2287 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Behavior: crepuscular and nocturnal.
Etymology	named after the type locality, Buton Island.
References	Howard, S.D. & Gillespie, G.R. 2007. Two New Calamaria (Serpentes) Species from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Journal of Herpetology 41 (2): 237 - get paper here Koch, A. 2011. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi: Underestimated Diversity in a Dynamic Environment. In: F.E. Zachos and J.C. Habel (eds.), Biodiversity Hotspots. Springer, Berlin, p. 383-404 - get paper here Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here Koch, A.; Arida, E.; Mcguire, J.A.; Iskandar, D.T. & Böhme, W. 2009. A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2196: 19–30 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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