Oreocalamus hanitschi

Oreocalamus hanitschi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oreocalamus Boulenger, 1899
Species:	O. hanitschi
Binomial name
Oreocalamus hanitschi Boulenger, 1899

Oreocalamus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus Oreocalamus is a monotypic taxon that contains the sole species Oreocalamus hanitschi. ^[2] O. hanitschi is commonly known as Hanitsch's reed snake, the Kalimantan burrowing snake, and the mountain reed snake. It is found in Malaysia. ^{[1] [2]}

Etymology

The specific name, hanitschi, is in honor of German biologist Karl Richard Hanitsch. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. hanitschi is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–1,700 m (3,600–5,600 ft). ^[1]

Diet

O. hanitschi preys upon earthworms. ^[1]

Reproduction

O. hanitschi is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Oreocalamus hanitschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T192022A2029299. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192022A2029299.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Oreocalamus hanitschi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
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. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 115).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1899). "Descriptions of Three new Reptiles and a new Batrachian from Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series4: 451–454. (Oreocalamus, new genus, p. 452; O. hanitschi, new species, p. 453).
• Grandison AGC (1978). "Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien81: 283–303. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 290).
• Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 424 pp. ISBN   978-3904144834.
• Manthey U, Grossman W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN   978-3931587123. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 375). (in German).