Calamaria alidae

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Calamaria alidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. alidae
Binomial name
Calamaria alidae
Boulenger, 1920
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Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.

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Etymology

The specific name, alidae, is in honor of Alida Brooks who collected natural history specimens in Sumatra with her husband Cecil Joslin Brooks. [2]

Geographic range

C. alidae is endemic to western Sumatra in Indonesia. [3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. alidae is forest, at an altitude of 100 m (330 ft). [1]

Description

According to Boulenger (1920), the holotype of C. alidae measures 220 mm (8.7 in) in total length, including the tail which is 20 mm (0.8 in) long.

Reproduction

C. alidae is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Iskandar, D.; Lilley, R.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F. (2012). "Calamaria alidae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T192085A2037964. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192085A2037964.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria alidae, p. 5).
  3. 1 2 Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database

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