Calamaria gervaisii

Taxonavigation

Calamaria gervaisii

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Calamaria
Species: Calamaria gervaisii

Name

Calamaria gervaisii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Type locality: Philippines (Luzon).

Holotype: CAS 60471 [hollandi], CAS 62069 [tropica], CAS 62455 [polillensis].

Synonyms

• Calamaria gervaisii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 76
• Calamaria mindorensis Boulenger, 1895: 4481
• Calamaria gervaisii iridescens Taylor, 1917
• Calamaria tropica Taylor, 1922
• Calamaria polillensis Taylor, 1923
• Calamaria hollandi Taylor, 1923
• Calamaria gervaisi hollandi - Leviton, 1963
• Calamaria gervaisii — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 328
• Calamaria gervaisii — Inger & Voris, 2001

References

• Duméril, A.M.C., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S.
• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography, 28: 863–89.
• Ferner, John W., Rafe M. Brown, Rogelio V. Sison and Robert S. Kennedy, 2001. The amphibians and reptiles of Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research. 9: 34–70.
• Calamaria gervaisii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Philippine Dwarf Snake