Calamophis jobiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

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: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Calamophis
Species: Calamophis jobiensis

Name

Calamophis jobiensis Meyer, 1874: 135

• Holotype: MTKD 1026, collected by A.B. Meyer on 1873. [destroyed 13–14 February 1945 during WWII]
• Type locality: “Jobi [=Yapen Island]”, Papua Province, Indonesia.

References

Primary references

• Meyer, A.B. 1874. Eine Mittheilung von Hrn. Dr. Adolf Meyer über die von ihm auf Neu-Guinea und den Inseln Jobi, Mysore und Mafoor im Jahre 1873 gesammelten Amphibien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 128–140. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calamophis jobiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 November 2018.
• Murphy, J. 2010. IUCN: Calamophis jobiensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176701A7286352. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176701A7286352.en. Accessed on 15 June 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Yapen Island Stout-tailed Snake