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Calamaria septentrionalis BOULENGER, 1890

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hong Kong Dwarf Snake
Chinese: 钝尾两头蛇 
SynonymCalamaria septentrionalis BOULENGER 1890: 34
Calamaria septentrionalis — MELL 1931 [1929]
Calamaria septentrionalis — BOURRET 1935: 8
Calamaria septentrionalis — SMITH 1943: 239
Calamaria septentrionalis — INGER & MARX 1965: 218
Calamaria septentrionalis — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Calamaria septentrionalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 141
Calamaria septentrionalis — WANG et al. 2022 
DistributionS China (Fujian, Hong Kong, Hainan, westward to Guizhou and northward to Henan),
N Vietnam (Hoa Binh)

Type locality: Kiukiang and Hong Kong.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1947.3.6.60-61 (91.1.28.1-2), 1946.1.3.72 (82.11.25.15), 1946.1.7.28-31 (88.1.30.32-35) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; second and third supralabials entering orbit; preocular present; mental not touching anterior chin shields; tail as thick as body, not tapered, end rounded. (INGER & MARX 1965: 219)


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Comment 
EtymologyThe specific epithet is an adjective in the nominative case derived from the Latin for ‘northern’, referring to the distribution of this species. 
References
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  • Boulenger,G.A. 1890. List of the reptiles, batrachians, and freshwater fishes collected by Professor Moesch and Mr. Iversein in the district of Deli, Sumatra. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1890: 31-40 - get paper here
  • Bourret,R. 1935. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine Française X. Les serpents de la station d’altitude du Tam-dao. Bull. Gen. Instr. Pub. Hanoi 8 (avril): 259-271 (1-13)
  • Cai, Bo, Jianping, J., Yayong, W., Song, H., Dongbo, F., & Li, D. 2023. A New Species of Calamaria (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Western Jiangxi Province, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30(2), 101-111 - get paper here
  • David, P. & Vogel, G. 2010. Venomous Snakes of Europe, Northern, Central and Western Asia (TERRALOG 16) (English and German Edition). Edition Chimaira, Terralog 16, 160 pp. - get paper here
  • Francis, A. 2021. A field guide to the snakes of Hong Kong. Regal Printing, Hong Kong - get paper here
  • 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
  • Hecht, Vera L.; Cuong T. Pham, Tao T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Michael Bonkowski & Thomas Ziegler 2013. First report on the herpetofauna of Tay Yen Tu Nature Reserve, northeastern Vietnam. Biodiversity Journal 4 (4): 507–552
  • 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
  • Liang, Y. T., Huang, Z. D., Ding, L., Vogel, G., Ananjeva, N. B., Orlov, N. L., ... & Chen, Z. N. 2024. Revalidated after having been described more than a century ago: Calamaria berezowskii Günther, 1896 (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan, Southwestern China. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 100(3): 897-911 - get paper here
  • Luu, V. Q., Dinh, T. S., Lo, O. V., Nguyen, T. Q. and Ziegler, T. 2020. New records and an updated list of reptiles from Ba Vi National Park, Vietnam. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 69: 1-9.
  • Marx, H. & R. F. INGER 1955. Notes on the snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 37: 167 - 209 - get paper here
  • Mell,R. 1931. List of Chinese snakes. Lingnan Sci. Jour., Canton, 8 [1929]: 199-219.
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  • Orlov, Nikolai L. 2009. A New Species of the Genus Calamaria (Squamata: Ophidia: Colubridae) from the Central Highlands (Ngoc Linh Nature Reserve, Ngoc Linh Mountain, Kon Tum Province), Vietnam. Russ. J. Herpetol. 16 (2): 146-154 - get paper here
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  • Ziegler, Thomas; Nguyen Van Sang, Nguyen Quang Truong 2008. A New Reed Snake of the Genus Calamaria Boie (Squamata: Colubridae) from Vietnam. Current Herpetology 27 (2): 71-80 [2009] - get paper here
  • ZIEGLER, THOMAS; RALF HENDRIX, VU NGOC THANH, MARTINA VOGT, BERNHARD FORSTER & DANG NGOC KIEN 2007. The diversity of a snake community in a karst forest ecosystem in the central Truong Son, Vietnam, with an identification key. Zootaxa 1493: 1-40 - get paper here
 
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