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Calamaria muelleri
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| Calamaria muelleri | |
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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. muelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria muelleri Boulenger, 1896
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Calamaria muelleri, also known commonly as Mueller's reed snake or Müller's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family, Colubridae. The species is native to Indonesia.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, muelleri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Fritz Müller.[3]: 184
Description
[edit]Females of Calamaria muelleri are longer than males. Females have a total length (tail included) of 13.6–35.5 cm (5.4–14.0 in), but males have a total length of only 11.6–26.2 cm (4.6–10.3 in).[4]: 101
In Boulenger's original description of this species the total length of the holotype is printed as being "1900 millim." (6 feet 3 inches). This is obviously a typographical error, and probably should have been 190 mm (7.5 in).
Geographic distribution
[edit]Habitat
[edit]Behavior
[edit]Calamaria muelleri is terrestrial, foraging in the leaf litter of the forest.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Stubbs, A. (2021). "Calamaria muelleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T176629A123633824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T176629A123633824.en.
- ^ a b c Species Calamaria muelleri at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology. 49 (1–304).
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. (1896). "Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians collected in Celebes by Drs. P. and F. Sarasin". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Sixth Series. 17: 393–395. (Calamaria muelleri, new species, pp. 394–395).
- Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography. 28: 863–891.
- Koch, A. (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4. 374 pp.
- de Lang, R.; Vogel, G. (2005). The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. ISBN 978-3930612857. 312 pp.
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