Calamaria griswoldi

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Calamaria griswoldi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. griswoldi
Binomial name
Calamaria griswoldi
Loveridge, 1938
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Synonyms [2]
  • Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi
    Loveridge, 1938
  • Calamaria griswoldi
    Marx & Inger, 1955

Calamaria griswoldi, known commonly as the dwarf reed snake or the lined reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, griswoldi, is in honor of American ornithologist John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912–1991), who collected the holotype. [3]

Geographic range

C. griswoldi is endemic to Malaysia. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. griswoldi is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft). [1]

Description

C. griswoldi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 49 cm (19 in). [2]

Reproduction

C. griswoldi is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2020). "Calamaria griswold ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T191944A176109821. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T191944A176109821.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Calamaria griswoldi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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 griswoldi, p. 109).

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