Calamaria ulmeri
Calamaria ulmeri, commonly known as Ulmer's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.
| Calamaria ulmeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. ulmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria ulmeri Sackett, 1940 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, ulmeri, is in honor of American mammalogist Frederick A. Ulmer, Jr. (1892–1974).[2]
Geographic range
C. ulmeri is found in northern Sumatra, and is only known from two specimens.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. ulmeri is forest, at an altitude of 2,070 m (6,790 ft).[1]
Description
The holotype of C. ulmeri has a snout-to-vent length of 28.4 cm (11.2 in), and an incomplete tail. It is brownish dorsally, and it is yellow ventrally.[4]
References
- Iskandar D, Jenkins H, Das I, Auliya M, Inger RF, Lilley R (2012). "Calamaria ulmeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- 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 ulmeri, p. 270).
- Species Calamaria ulmeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Inger & Marx (1965).
Further reading
- David P, Vogel G (1996). Snakes of Sumatra: An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 259 pp. ISBN 978-3930612086.
- Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria ulmeri, pp. 68–70, Figure 18).
- Sackett JT (1940). "Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part IV—The Reptiles". Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41: 1–3. (Calamaria ulmeri, new species).
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