Calamaria pfefferi

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 pfefferi

Name

Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901

Type locality: Japan (Ryukyu Island).

Synonyms

• Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901
• Calamaria pavimentata Wall, 1903: 101 (not of Duméril & Bibron)
• Calamaria pfefferi — Stejneger, 1907: 378
• Calamaria pfefferi — Mori, 1982

References

• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Threatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]
• Inger, R. F. and H. Marx, 1965. The systematics and evolution of the oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana Zoology, (49): 1–304.
• Mori, A. and H. Moriguchi, 1988. Food habits of the snakes in Japan: A critical review. The Snake, 20(2): 98–113.
• Stejneger, L., 1901. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 191.
• Richard C. Goris, Norio Maeda: Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Japan, Krieger Publishing Company, 2004, ISBN 1575240858 (pp. 214-215)

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calamaria pfefferi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 december 2021.
• Kidera, N. & Ota, H. 2017. IUCN: Calamaria pfefferi  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T3463A96877331.en. Accessed on 19 December 2021.
• Calamaria pfefferi In: 改訂・沖縄県の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物（レッドデータおきなわ）第3版 動物編 3.5 爬虫類 (Red Data Okinawa – Reptiles: Description of species), Okinawa prefecture, PDF, 851 KB, pp. 187–188, Accessed on 20 December 2021

Vernacular names

English: Pfeffer's Reed Snake
日本語: ミヤコヒメヘビ , ヒメヘビ