Calamaria suluensis

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 suluensis

Name

Calamaria suluensis Taylor, 1922: 189

• Holotype: BSMP 1837. [destroyed during WWII]
• Neotype: FMNH 76294, ♀. [designated by Inger & Marx (1965: 123)]
• Type locality: “Cagayan Sulu”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Deramakot, North Borneo”, by Inger & Marx (1965: 123).

Synonyms

• Calamaria pendleburyi Smith, 1931: 27
  • Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.2.12, adult ♀, collected by F.N. Chasen & H.M. Pendlebury between April–May 1929.
  • Type locality: “Kiau, alt. 3,000 feet”, Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo.

• Calamaria sumatrana Werner, 1909: 228 (non Edeling)
• Calamaria grabowski Marx & Inger, 1955: 189 (non Fischer)

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. 1922. The snakes of the Philippine Islands. Philippine Bureau of Science Publications no. 16. Bureau of Printing: Manila. 312 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, M.A. 1931. The herpetology of Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, 13,455 ft. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 5: 8–32, 2 pls. PDF Reference page. 
• Inger, R.F. & Marx, H. 1965. The systematics and evolution of the Oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. BHL

Additional references

• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H.K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–889.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calamaria suluensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 April 2018.
• Diesmos, A.C., Rico, E.L., Iskandar, D., Das, I. & Inger, R.F. 2012. IUCN: Calamaria suluensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T183187A1731628. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183187A1731628.en

Vernacular names

English: Sulu Dwarf Snake