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Calamaria javanica BOULENGER, 1891

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCalamaria javanica BOULENGER 1891: 279
Calamaria javanica — INGER & MARX 1965: 209
Calamaria javanica — INGER & VORIS 2001
Calamaria javanica — WALLACH et al. 2014: 137 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Billiton)

Type locality: Java  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.41 (73.5.3.21)
Holotype: ZMA.RENA 11011 [lineata] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; second and third supralabials entering orbit; no preocular; second pair of chin shields not meeting in midline (Inger & Marx 1965: 209).


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CommentDistribution: May have been erroneously reported from Borneo, but not listed by MALKMUS et al. (2002) for Borneo. Not on Borneo fide Stuebing et al. 2014. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1891. Description of new oriental reptiles & batrachians. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 6: 279-283 - get paper here
  • Brongersma, L. D. 1928. Neue Reptilien aus dem Zoologischen Museum Amsterdam. Zool. Anz. 75:251-257.
  • Daan, S. & Hillenius,D. 1966. Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144
  • Grismer, L. L., H. Kaiser & N. S. Yaakob 2004. A new species of Reed Snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 1-6 - get paper here
  • Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863-891
  • Lang, Ruud de 2017. The Snakes of Java, Bali and Surrounding Islands. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 435 pp. - get paper here
  • Stuebing, R.B., Inger, R.F. & Lardner, B. 2014. A field guide to the snakes of Borneo, second edition. Natural history Publications (Borneo)
  • 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.
 
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