Macrocalamus schulzi VOGEL & DAVID, 1999
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Macrocalamus schulzi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Macrocalamus schulzi VOGEL & DAVID 1999 Macrocalamus sp. — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 172 Macrocalamus schulzi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 418 Macrocalamus schulzi — QUAH et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Malaysia (Cameron Highlands, 1000-1800 m elevation in wet, forested mountains) Type locality: Tanah Rata (4°29'N, 101°23'E), Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 51159, paratype: ZRC |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Adults reach 342 mm SVL, 399 mm TL. Head triangular, strongly tapered, indistinct from neck; rostral longer than broad, triangular, visible from above, separating nasals and contacting prefrontals; internasals absent; nasals entire, pentagonal; nostril piercing lower margin of nasal, adjacent to upper margin of first supralabial; one pair of prefrontals; one preocular; one supraocular; one postocular; suboculars absent; 1 + 2 temporals; one elongate loreal; eight supralabials, with second, third and fourth touching loreal scale, fourth and fifth entering orbit; seven infralabials, first pair in contact, first to fourth touching first chin shield; 15 dorsal scale rows at midbody; dorsal scales smooth; 114–136 ventrals (males 114–125, females 119–136); single cloacal scale; 17–31 divided subcaudals (males 23–31, females 17–27) (Vogel & David, 1999; David & Pauwels, 2004; Quah et al. 2019). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Klaus-Dieter Schulz (1957-2019), German amateur herpetologist who published many important observations on the genus Elaphe (s.l.). He is best known for his reference monography on the genus (Schulz 1996). For obituaries see Gumprecht 2020 and Hörold 2020. |
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