Calamaria nuchalis

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 nuchalis

Name

Calamaria nuchalis Boulenger, 1896

Type locality: Southern Celebes, 2000 feet [elevation].

Synonyms

• Calamaria nuchalis Boulenger, 1896: 62
• Calamaria nuchalis — Inger & Voris, 2001

References

• Boulenger,G.A., 1896. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians obtained by Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes and Jampea. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 18: 62–64.
• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K., 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography, 28: 863–89.
• de Lang, R. & G. Vogel, 2005. The snakes of Sulawesi. A field guide to the land snakes of Sulawesi with identification keys. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 25, Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 312 pp.
• Calamaria nuchalis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Narrow-headed Reed Snake