Calamaria schmidti

Calamaria schmidti
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. schmidti
Binomial name
	Calamaria schmidti; Marx & Inger, 1955

Last updated September 29, 2025

Calamaria schmidti, known commonly as Schmidt's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.^[2]

Geographic range

C. schmidti is found in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. schmidti is forest, at altitudes of 1,350–1,550 m (4,430–5,090 ft).^[1]

Description

The holotype of C. schmidti has a total length of 25.3 cm (10.0 in), which includes a tail 1.9 cm (0.75 in) long. The eye is much smaller than its distance from the mouth. There are four upper labials, and there is no preocular. The frontal is five or six times as wide as a supraocular.^[4]

Diet

C. schmidti preys upon earthworms.^[5]

Reproduction

C. schmidti is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Calamaria schmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192016A2028396. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192016A2028396.en . Retrieved 11 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 schmidti, p. 236).
1 2 Species Calamaria schmidti at The Reptile Database
↑ Marx & Inger (1955).
↑ 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 schmidti, p. 27).

Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology49: 1–304. (Calamaria schmidti, pp. 74–75 + Figure 1, bottom, on p. 17).
Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: Serpents Tale / Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 404 pp. ISBN 978-3904144834. (Calamaria schmidti, p. 327).
Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana · Zoology37: 167–209. (Calamaria schmidti, new species, pp. 197–199, Figure 27).

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] 1 2 Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Calamaria schmidti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192016A2028396. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192016A2028396.en . Retrieved 11 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 schmidti, p. 236).

[RDB-3] 1 2 Species Calamaria schmidti at The Reptile Database

[4] Marx & Inger (1955).

[5] 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 schmidti, p. 27).

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