Calamaria boesemani

Calamaria boesemani
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. boesemani
Binomial name
	Calamaria boesemani; Inger & Marx, 1965

Last updated August 24, 2025

Calamaria boesemani, also known commonly as Boeseman's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, boesemani, is in honor of Dutch ichthyologist Marinus Boeseman.^[3]^: 29

Description

The eye of Calamaria boesemani is large for the genus, almost 1.5 times the distance from the eye to the mouth. The mental is not in contact with the anterior chin shields.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria boesemani is forest.^[1]

Behavior

Calamaria boesemani is terrestrial and semifossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

Calamaria boesemani is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Stubbs, A. (2021). "Calamaria boesemani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T176624A123633664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176624A123633664.en .
1 2 3 Species Calamaria boesemani at The Reptile Database
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

de Lang, R.; Vogel, G. (2005). The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys. Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History Volume 25. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. ISBN 3-930612-85-2. 312 pp.
Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology. 49: 1–304. (Calamaria boesemani, new species, pp. 171–173).
Koch, A. (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore Islands. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4. 374 pp.
Wallach, V.; Williams, K.L.; Boundy, J. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, a division of the Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. xxviii + 1,209 pp. (Calamaria boesemani, p. 135).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Stubbs, A. (2021). "Calamaria boesemani ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T176624A123633664. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176624A123633664.en .

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

[3] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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