Calamaria ingeri

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Calamaria ingeri

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Calamaria
Species:
C. ingeri
Binomial name
Calamaria ingeri

Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia.[2]

Geographic range

C. ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ingeri is forest.[1]

Behavior

C. ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

C. ingeri is oviparous.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.[2][3]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176626A1442469.en
    . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Calamaria ingeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).

Further reading

  • Grismer LL, Kaiser H, Yaakob NS (2004). "A new species of reed snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia". Hamadryad 28 (1 & 2): 1–6. (Calamaria ingeri, new species).



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