Calamaria grabowskyi

Calamaria grabowskyi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Calamaria
Species:	C. grabowskyi
Binomial name
Calamaria grabowskyi Fischer, 1885

Calamaria grabowskyi, also known commonly as Grabowsky's dwarf snake and Grabowsky's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo in Maritime Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, grabowskyi, is in honor of biologist Friedrich J. Grabowsky, who worked in Borneo and New Guinea in the 1880s. ^[2]

Geographic distribution

On the island of Borneo, Calamaria grabowskyi is found in the countries of Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. ^{[1] [3]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria grabowskyi is forest, at elevations below 1,500 m (4,900 ft). ^[1]

Description

Females of Calamaria grabowskyi may attain a total length (tail included) of about 47 cm (19 in). Males are smaller and may attain a total length of about 37 cm (15 in). ^[3]

Behavior

Calamaria grabowskyi is a terrestrial species which lives in the leaf litter of the forest. ^[1]

Reproduction

Calamaria grabowskyi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M. (2012). "Calamaria grabowskyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T192101A2039998. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192101A2039998.en . Retrieved 20 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 grabowskyi, p. 105).
3. Species Calamaria grabowskyi at The Reptile Database

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Calamaria grabowskii, p. 336).
• Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-061-1. (Calamaria grabowskyi, p. 25).
• Fischer JG (1885). "Ueber eine Kollektion von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Südost-Borneo". Archiv für Naturgeschichte51 (1): 41–72 + Plates IV–V. (Calamaria grabowskyi, new species, pp. 50–52 + Plate IV, figures 1a–1e). (in German).
• Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology. 49: 1–304. (Calamaria grabowskyi, pp. 129–132, Figure 33).