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Calamorhabdium acuticeps AHL, 1933

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sulawesi Iridescent Snake 
SynonymCalamorhabdium acuticeps AHL 1933: 579
Calamorhabdium acuticeps — DE LANG & VOGEL 2005
Calamorhabdium acuticeps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 143 
DistributionIndonesia (Sulawesi)

Type locality: Ileile, North Celebes Indonesia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB (not explicitly mentioned in AHL 1933 but other types from the same paper are in ZMB). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “acuere” = sharp, or “acutus” = sharpened, pointed, or “acumen” = tip, or “acus” = needle; Latin “ceps”, a shortened form of “caput” = head. 
References
  • Ahl, E. 1933. Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930-32. Reptilien und Amphibien. Mit. zool. Mus. Berlin 19: 577-583 [1935]
  • Karin BR, Krone IW, Frederick J, Hamidy A, Laksono WT, Amini SS, Arida E, Arifin U, Bach BH, Bos C, Jennings CK, Riyanto A, Scarpetta SG, Stubbs AL, McGuire JA. 2023. Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 1: Gunung Galang, Gunung Dako Nature Reserve. PeerJ 11:e15766 - get paper here
  • Koch, A. 2012. Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Edition Chimaira, 374 pp. [ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4] - get paper here
  • Lang, Ruud de & G. Vogel 2005. The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 25, Frankfurt am Main, 312 pp.
  • 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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