Calamaria hilleniusi

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

Last updated September 01, 2025

Calamaria hilleniusi is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, hilleniusi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius.^[2]

Geographic distribution

Calamaria hilleniusi is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.^[3]

Habitat

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

Behavior

Calamaria hilleniusi is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.^[1]

Reproduction

Calamaria hilleniusi is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Calamaria hilleniusi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176625A1442324. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176625A1442324.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
↑ 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 hilleniusi, p. 124).
1 2 Species Calamaria hilleniusi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Das, Indraneil (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 hilleniusi, p. 8).
Inger, Robert F.; Marx, Hymen (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology49: 1-304. (Calamaria hilleniusi, new species, pp. 96–99, Figure 25).
Inger, Robert F.; Voris, Harold K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography28: 863–891.
Stuebing, Robert B.; Inger, Robert F.; Lardner, Björn (2014). Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Borneo: Natural History Publications. 310 pp. ISBN 978-9838121514.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Calamaria hilleniusi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T176625A1442324. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176625A1442324.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 hilleniusi, p. 124).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Species Calamaria hilleniusi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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