Pfeffer's reed snake

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Pfeffer's reed snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. pfefferi
Binomial name
Calamaria pfefferi
Stejneger, 1901

Pfeffer's reed snake (Calamaria pfefferi) is a species of dwarf snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan.

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Etymology

The specific name, pfefferi, is in honor of German zoologist Georg Johann Pfeffer. [2]

Geographic range

C. pfefferi is found on Miyako-jima and Irabu-jima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. [3]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. pfefferi are grassland and forest. [1]

Reproduction

C. pfefferi is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Calamaria pfefferi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T3463A96877331. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T3463A96877331.en . Retrieved 12 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 pfefferi, p. 205).
  3. 1 2 Species Calamaria pfefferi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

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