Calamaria lumholtzi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. lumholtzi
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| Calamaria lumholtzi Andersson, 1923
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Calamaria lumholtzi, also known commonly as Lumholz'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, lumholtzi, is in honor of Norwegian explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz.[3]: 162
Geographic range
[edit]Calamaria lumholtzi is found on the island of Borneo.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria lumholtzi is forest, at altitudes of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]Calamaria lumholtzi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Calamaria lumholtzi is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Calamaria lumholtzi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192240A2060014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192240A2060014.en.
- ^ a b c Species Calamaria lumholtzi 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Andersson, L.G. (1923). "Some reptiles and batrachians from Central-Borneo. Collected in the years 1914 and 1915 by Carl Lumholtz". Meddelelser Fra Det Zoologiske Museum, Kristinia. 61 (7): 119–125. (Calamaria lumholtzi, new species).
- Cochran, D.M. (1923). "Two new species of Calamaria from Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 36: 91–92. (Calamaria raveni, new species).
- Das, I. (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. 144 pp. (Calamaria lumholtzi, p. 9).
- Stuebing, Robert B.; Inger, Robert F.; Lardner, Björn (2014). A Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Borneo: Natural History Publications. ISBN 978-9838121514. 310 pp.
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