Calamaria alidae

Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Calamaria alidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. alidae
Binomial name
Calamaria alidae
Boulenger, 1920

Etymology

The specific name, alidae, is in honor of Alida Brooks who collected natural history specimens in Sumatra with her husband Cecil Joslin Brooks.[2]

Geographic range

C. alidae is endemic to western Sumatra in Indonesia.[3]

Description

According to Boulenger (1920), the holotype of C. alidae measures 220 mm (8.7 in) in total length, including the tail which is 20 mm (0.79 in) long.

References
  1. "Calamaria alidae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria alidae, p. 5).
  3. Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ninth Series 5: 281–283. (Calamaria alidae, new species, pp. 282–283).


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