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Calamaria schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesCalamaria schlegeli schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854
Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri JAN 1862 
Common NamesE: Pink-headed Reed Snake, White-headed Reed Snake
G: Schlegels Riednatter 
SynonymCalamaria schlegeli schlegeli (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854)
Calamaria schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 81
Calamaria leucocephala DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 83
Calamaria agamensis BLEEKER 1859 (fide BOULENGER 1887)
Calamaria nigro-alba GÜNTHER 1864
Calamaria martapurensis EDELING 1865
Calamaria dumerili BLEEKER 1860
Calamaria sinkawangensis BLEEKER 1860
Calamaria Schlegeli — JAN 1865
Calamaria iris BOETTGER 1873
Calamaria leucocephala — MERTENS 1930
Calamaria leucocephala — TWEEDIE 1954
Keiometopon booliati TAYLOR 1962: 257
Calamaria schegeli — INGER & MARX 1965: 154
Calamaria schlegelii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 327
Calamaria schlegelii — INGER & VORIS 2001
Calamaria schegeli — HOWARD & GILLESPIE 2007 (in error)
Calamaria schlegeli schlegeli — COX et al. 2012: 82
Calamaria schlegeli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 141

Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri JAN 1862
Calamaria cuvieri JAN 1862
Calamaria cuvieri — JAN 1865
Calamaria leucocephala BOULENGER 1894 (non DUMÉRIL & BIBRON), part.
Calamaria agamensis BOULENGER 1894 (non BLEEKER), part.
Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri — INGER & MARX 1965: 165 
DistributionIndonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Kalimantan, Sumatra);
Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia);
Singapore; Thailand

Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri: Indonesia (Bali, Java)

Type locality: Borneo  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: RMNH RENA 10425, collector: Kuhl & van Hasselt. Originally catalogued as RMNH RENA.42 (Calamaria lumbricoidea) - reidentified by R. F. Inger as Calamaria schlegelii cuvieri Jan, 1862 (fide Esther Dondorp, pers. comm. 28 Jan 2019)
Syntypes: MSNM (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano) [cuvieri] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately 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 398 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy modified after David & Vogel 1996 and INGER & MARX 1965. 
EtymologyNamed after Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884), German herpetologist. 
References
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