Calamaria griswoldi LOVERIDGE, 1938
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Calamaria griswoldi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi LOVERIDGE 1938 Calamaria vermiformis SMITH 1931: 27 Calamaria griswoldi — MARX & INGER 1955 Calamaria griswoldi — INGER & MARX 1965: 92 Calamaria vermiformis — TAYLOR 1965 Calamaria griswoldi — MANTHEY 1983 Calamaria griswoldi — INGER & VORIS 2001 Calamaria griswoldi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 137 |
| Distribution | Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, elevation up to 1800 m) Type locality: Luidan River; Bundu Tuhan; Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 43580 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Maxillary teeth modified; third and fourth supra-labials entering orbit; preocular present; mental touching anterior chin shields; color blackish brown above with a narrow white line between successive scale rows; immaculate yellowish white below (Inger & Marx 1965: 92). Description. Rostral wider than high, portion visible from above 2/3 length of prefrontal suture; prefrontal 5/6 length of frontal, touching first 2 supralabials; frontal hexagonal, 1.33 to 2 times width of supraocular, about 2/3 to 3/4 length of parietal; parietal 1.66 to 2 times length of prefrontal paraparietal surrounded by 5 shields and scales; nasal smaller than postocular; preocular present; neither ocular as high as eye; eye equal to or slightly greater than eye-mouth distance; 5 supralabials, third and fourth entering orbit, fifth the largest, first 4 subequal; mental triangular, touching anterior chin shields; 5 infralabials, first 3 touching anterior chin shields; both pairs of chin shields meeting in midline; 3 gulars in midline between posterior chin shields and first ventral (Inger & Marx 1965: 92, including info below). Body thickness index 0.017-0.039 (5 specimens); tail thick, tapering from base to a sharp point (Fig. 10B); dorsal scales reduce to four rows on tail opposite ninth to thirteenth subcaudal anterior to terminal scute. Teeth: Nine to 10 modified maxillary teeth (4 specimens). Ventrals: males, 155-179 (mean 168.5; N=6); females, 183-192 (mean 187.2; N=5). Subcaudals: males, 16-18 (mean 16.7; N=6); females, 13-16 (mean 14.5; N=4). Total length: males, 192-425 mm.; females, 375-488 mm. Ratio of tail to total length: males, 0.059-0.068; (mean 0.063; N=6); females, 0.048 0.056 (mean 0.052; N=4). Coloration: dark brown above; dark portion of scales without network; blackish brown stripes occupying central 2/3 of each scale row above the first, yellowish stripes on edges on adjacent scale rows; scales of first row yellow, immaculate in anterior part of body, usually each scale with a small dark spot in posterior half of body; head dark brown above; supralabials yellow in lower 2/3; head below immaculate yellow; an oblique light bar running forward from gular region onto rear of parietals; ventrals immaculate yellow; subcaudals yellow, usually a faint zig-zag dark line mid-ventrally (Inger & Marx 1965: 93). |
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| Etymology | Named after John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912-1991), American aviculturist and ornithologist who was on the Harvard primate expeditions to Borneo (1936), Thailand (1937), and Peru (1939). He became Curator of Birds, Philadelphia Zoological Gardens (1947). He collected the type. |
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