Calamorhabdium
| Calamorhabdium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Calamariinae |
| Genus: | Calamorhabdium Boettger, 1898[1] |
| Species | |
Calamorhabdium is a small genus of colubrid snakes known as iridescent snakes. The genus contains two described species.[3] Both species are burrowing snakes found in Asia.[4]
Species
- Calamorhabdium acuticeps Ahl, 1933 – Sulawesi iridescent snake
- Calamorhabdium kuekenthali Boettger, 1898 – Batjan iridescent snake[5]
The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Willy Kükenthal.[6]
References
- 1 2 Biolib.cz
- ↑ EOL.org
- ↑ Biologi.lipi.go.id
- ↑ Ecologyasia.com
- ↑ "Calamorhabdium ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamorhabdium kuekenthali, p. 147).
Further reading
- Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gessellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. ix + 160 pp. (Calamorhabdium, new genus, p. 82; C. kuekenthali, new species, p. 82). (in German).
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