Calamaria ulmeri
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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. ulmeri
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| Calamaria ulmeri Sackett, 1940
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Calamaria ulmeri, commonly known as Ulmer's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.
Etymology
The specific name, ulmeri, is in honor of American mammalogist Frederick A. Ulmer, Jr. (1892–1974).[2]
Geographic range
C. ulmeri is found in northern Sumatra, and is only known from two specimens.[1][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. ulmeri is forest, at an altitude of 2,070 m (6,790 ft).[1]
Description
The
dorsally, and it is yellow ventrally.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria ulmeri, p. 270).
- ^ a b Species Calamaria ulmeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Inger & Marx (1965).
Further reading
- ISBN 978-3930612086.
- Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria ulmeri, pp. 68–70, Figure 18).
- Sackett JT (1940). "Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part IV—The Reptiles". Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41: 1–3. (Calamaria ulmeri, new species).
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