Calamaria hilleniusi
Calamaria hilleniusi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Calamaria |
Species: | C. hilleniusi
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Binomial name | |
Calamaria hilleniusi | |
Calamaria hilleniusi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, hilleniusi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius.[2]
Geographic range
C. hilleniusi is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. hillenius is forest.[1]
Behavior
C. hilleniusi is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
C. hilleniusi is oviparous.[3]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria hilleniusi, p. 124).
- ^ a b Species Calamaria hilleniusi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Calamaria hilleniusi, p. 8).
- Inger, Robert F.; Marx, Hymen (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. (Calamaria hilleniusi, new species, pp. 96–99, Figure 25).
- Inger, Robert F.; Voris, Harold K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891.
- ISBN 978-9838121514.