Calamaria margaritophora

Taxonavigation

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 margaritophora

Name

Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860

Type locality: Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra).

Synonyms

• Calamaria margaritophorus Bleeker, 1860: 285
• Calamaria margaritophora - Günther, 1865
• Calamaria maculolineata Peters, 1863: 403
• Calamaria hoevenii Edeling, 1870
• Calamaria hoevenii - Boulenger, 1894
• Calamaria margaritifera — Boulenger, 1894
• Calamaria margaritophora — Inger & Voris, 2001

References

• Bleeker, P., 1860. Over de reptilien-fauna van Sumatra. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., Batavia, 21: 284–298.
• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K., 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography, 28: 863–89.
• Calamaria margaritophora at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bleeker's Dwarf Snake