Calamaria everetti

Calamaria everetti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Calamaria
Species:	C. everetti
Binomial name
	Calamaria everetti; Boulenger, 1893

Last updated October 02, 2025

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]

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 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 .
1 2 3 Species Calamaria everetti 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.

Boulenger, G.A. (1893). "Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Borneo by Mr. A. Everett and Mr. C. Hose". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1893: 522–528. + Plates XLII–XLIV. (Calamaria everetti, new species, p. 525).
Boulenger, G.A. (1894). "On the Herpetological Fauna of Palawan and Balabac". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Sixth Series. 14: 81–90. (Calamaria everetti, p. 84).
Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology. 49: 1–304. (Calamaria everetti, pp. 132–134, Figure 34).
Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography. 28: 863–891.

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[iucn-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 .

[RDB-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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