Biology:Calamaria doederleini
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. doederleini
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| Calamaria doederleini Gough, 1902
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Calamaria doederleini, also known commonly as Döderlein's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family, Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sumatra in Indonesia.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, doederleini, is in honor of German zoologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein.[2]: 73
Description
The head scalation of Calamaria doederleini includes the following characters. The mental is not in contact with the anterior chin shields. The third and fourth upper labials are in contact with the eye. There is a preocular present. Ventrally, C. doederlein is marked with dark crossbars, each of which is more than one ventral wide.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria doederleini is forest.[3]
Behavior
Calamaria doederleini is terrestrial and fossorial.[3]
Reproduction
Calamaria doederleini is oviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Species Calamaria doederleini at The Reptile Database
- ↑ Template:EponymDictionaryReptiles
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Das, I. (2013). A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-east Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906780-70-8. 160 pp.
- Gough, L.H. (1902). "New Snakes in the Collections of the Zoological Institute of the University Straßburg". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 645–647. (Calamaria döderleini, new species, pp. 645–646).
- Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria döderleini, pp. 177–179, Figure 48).
- Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28 (7): 863–891. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00580.x. Bibcode: 2001JBiog..28..863I.
Wikidata ☰ Q2933473 entry
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