Calamaria alidae

Calamaria alidae
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Calamaria
Species:	C. alidae
Binomial name
	Calamaria alidae; Boulenger, 1920

Last updated August 21, 2025

Calamaria alidae, commonly known as the Bengkulu reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Indonesia.

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

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

Habitat

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

Description

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

Reproduction

Calamaria alidae is oviparous.^[3]

References

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.
↑ 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).
1 2 Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database

Boulenger GA (1920). "Descriptions of a new Gecko and a new Snake from Sumatra". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ninth Series5: 281–283. (Calamaria alidae, new species, pp. 282–283).
Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology49: 1–304. (Calamaria alidae, pp. 235–237, Figure 63).
Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography. 28: 863–891.
Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology37: 167–209. (Calamaria alidae, p. 200).

This article relating to Calamaria is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Species Calamaria alidae at The Reptile Database

[1]

[2]

[3]