Biology:Calamaria everetti
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Short description: Species of snake
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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. everetti
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| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria everetti Boulenger, 1893
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Calamaria everetti, also known commonly as Everett's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae.[1] The species is native to Indonesia and Malaysia.[2][1]
Etymology
The specific name, everetti, is in honor of British colonial administrator Alfred Hart Everett (1848–1898), who collected natural history specimens in the East Indies.[3]: 86
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria everetti is forest, at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[2]
Behavior
Calamaria everetti is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter on the forest floor.[2]
Reproduction
Calamaria everetti is oviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Calamaria everetti at The Reptile Database
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1893). "Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Borneo by Mr. A. Everett and Mr. C. Hose". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 522–528. + Plates XLII–XLIV. (Calamaria everetti, new species, p. 525).
- Boulenger, G.A. (1894). "On the Herpetological Fauna of Palawan and Balabac". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Sixth Series 14: 81–90. (Calamaria everetti, p. 84).
- Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria everetti, pp. 132–134, Figure 34).
- Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891.
Wikidata ☰ Q2933476 entry
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