Calamaria palavanensis INGER & MARX, 1965

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Palawan Worm Snake
Synonym	Calamaria palavanensis INGER & MARX 1965: 134 Calamaria everetti BOULENGER 1894 (non BOULENGER 1893), (part.) Calamaria palawanensis — GARCIA (pers. comm.) Calamaria palavanensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 140
Distribution	Philippines (Palawan) Type locality: “Palawan Island” [= Sulu Archipelago, SW Philippines].
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAS 62151
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Maxillary teeth modified; third and fourth supralabials entering orbit; preocular present; mental not touching anterior chin shields; paraparietal surrounded by 5 shields and scales; diameter of eye longer than ventral border of prefrontal; reduction to 4 dorsal scale rows separated from terminal scute by less than 14 subcaudals; a continuous light stripe on first scale row (Inger & Marx 1965: 135). Additional details (4689 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	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 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. Weinell, J. L., Leviton, A. E., & Brown, R. M. 2021. A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, DOI 10.26757/pjsb2020b14006 - get paper here Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Errol Hooper, Alan E. Leviton, Rafe M. Brown 2019. Illustrated Key to the Snakes of the Philippines. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 66 (1): 1-49 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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