Macrocalamus jasoni GRANDISON, 1972
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Jason's Mountain Reed Snake G: Jasons Riednatter |
Synonym | Macrocalamus jasoni GRANDISON 1972: 88 Macrocalamus jasoni — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 367 Macrocalamus jasoni — VOGEL & DAVID 1999 Macrocalamus jasoni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 417 |
Distribution | West Malaysia (only known from the type locality)
Type locality: On track below camp 5 at about 5888 ft, Gunong Benom, C. Pahang, W Malaysia = Mt Benom, 1770 m
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1967.2283, a 760 mm female (J.A. Bullock, 9 April 1967). |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | This species is known only from three female specimens. |
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References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Grandison, A.G.C. 1972. The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 5. Reptiles and amphibians of Gunong Benom with a description of a new species of Macrocalamus. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 23: 45-101.
- Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - get paper here
- Vogel, G. & P. David 1999. A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. Raffles Bull. Zool., 47 (2): 309-332 - 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.
- Yaakob, Norsham Suhaina and Boo Liat Lim 2002. A new species of mountain reed snake, Macrocalamus gentingensis, from Genting Highlands, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad 27 (1):83-89
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