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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
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] 
DiagnosisDescription: This is a small, attractive, non-venomous snake with a bright pink-red head, and no colouration on the tail. The dark dorsal colour exhibits a blue-green iridescence under strong light. The ventral surface is grey-white. Care should be taken not to confuse this species with the Blue Malayan Coral Snake Maticora bivirgata [from Ecology Asia]. 
CommentSynonymy modified after David & Vogel 1996 and INGER & MARX 1965. 
EtymologyNamed after Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884), German herpetologist. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Note on some reptiles from Sumatra described by BLEEKER in 1860. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 152 - get paper here
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Cox, Merel J.; Hoover, M.F.; Chanhome, Lawan & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 2012. The Snakes of Thailand. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, 845 pp.
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