Calamaria everetti

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Calamaria everetti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. everetti
Binomial name
Calamaria everetti
Boulenger, 1893
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Calamaria everetti, also known commonly as Everett's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. [2] The species is native to Indonesia and Malaysia. [1] [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, everetti, is in honor of British colonial administrator Alfred Hart Everett (1848–1898), who collected natural history specimens in the East Indies. [3] :86

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria everetti is forest, at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). [1]

Behavior

Calamaria everetti is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter on the forest floor. [1]

Reproduction

Calamaria everetti is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2020) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Calamaria everetti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T192008A176109347. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192008A176109347.en .
  2. 1 2 3 Species Calamaria everetti 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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