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Calamaria melanota JAN, 1862

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCalamaria linnaei var. melanota JAN 1862
Calamaria linnaei var. gastrogramma JAN 1862
Calamaria benjaminsi EDELING 1864
Calamaria melanota — BOULENGER 1894
Calamaria electa BARBOUR 1927
Calamaria benjaminsi — MERTENS 1924: 159
Calamaria melanota — INGER & MARX 1965: 198
Calamaria melanota — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 329
Calamaria melanota — INGER & VORIS 2001
Calamaria melanota — WALLACH et al. 2014: 140 
DistributionIndonesia (Borneo, Karimunjawa), Malaysia (Sarawak)

Type locality: unknown fide MARX 1955  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: RMNH (existence and type status unclear fide Esther Dondorp, pers. comm. 28 Jan 2019)
Holotype: MCZ 22650 [electa] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; second and third supralabials entering orbit; preocular present; mental touching anterior chin shields; each ventral transversely divided into a dark anterior half and a light posterior half; tail tapered in posterior half. (INGER & MARX 1965: 199)


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CommentSynonymy after INGER & MARX 1965. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek melanos (μέλανος), black + Greek notos (νοτος), back, dorsum. 
References
  • Das, I. & Yaakob, N. 2007. Status of knowledge of the Malaysian herpetofauna. In Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. in: L. S. L. Chua, L. G. Kirton & L. G. Saw (eds.), Status of biological diversity in Malaysia & threat assessment of plant species in Malaysia. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, pp. 31-81
  • 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. & H. MARX 1965. The systematics and evolution of the oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. - 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
  • Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Arch. Zool., Anat. Fisiol., 2: 1-76. - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1865. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 10. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. (ISBN 3-931587-12-6) - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1924. Über einige Reptilien aus Borneo. Zool. Anz. 60: 155-159
  • SIDIK, IRVAN; DADANG R. SUBASLI, SUTIMAN B. SUMITRO, NASHI WIDODO, NIA KURNIAWAN 2018. First record of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae: Calamariinae) from Karimunjawa Island, Indonesia: Morphology and systematic. BIODIVERSITAS 19 (3): 912-917 - 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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