Species in the genus Calamaria share the following characteristics. The eight to 11
maxillary teeth are subequal; the anterior
mandibular teeth are somewhat longer than the posterior ones. The head is not distinct from neck; the eye is small, with a round pupil; the nostril is pierced in a minute
nasal scale. No
loreal,
internasal, or
temporal scales are present; the
preocular can be present or absent; the
parietals contact the
labials. The body is cylindrical, with smooth
dorsal scales, without apical pits, in 13 rows. The tail is short; the
subcaudals are paired.[9]
Species
The following 67 described species in the genus Calamaria are recognized as being valid.[4]
^Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Calamaria, p. 330).
^Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Leviton, Alan Edward & Brown, Rafe Marion (2021). "A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology. 14 (2): 1–14.
doi:
10.26757/pjsb2020b14006.. (Calamaria alcalai, new species).
^
abBeolens, Bo;
Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria brongersmai, p. 39; C. pfefferi, p. 205).
Species in the genus Calamaria share the following characteristics. The eight to 11
maxillary teeth are subequal; the anterior
mandibular teeth are somewhat longer than the posterior ones. The head is not distinct from neck; the eye is small, with a round pupil; the nostril is pierced in a minute
nasal scale. No
loreal,
internasal, or
temporal scales are present; the
preocular can be present or absent; the
parietals contact the
labials. The body is cylindrical, with smooth
dorsal scales, without apical pits, in 13 rows. The tail is short; the
subcaudals are paired.[9]
Species
The following 67 described species in the genus Calamaria are recognized as being valid.[4]
^Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Calamaria, p. 330).
^Weinell, Jeffrey L.; Leviton, Alan Edward & Brown, Rafe Marion (2021). "A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines". Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology. 14 (2): 1–14.
doi:
10.26757/pjsb2020b14006.. (Calamaria alcalai, new species).
^
abBeolens, Bo;
Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria brongersmai, p. 39; C. pfefferi, p. 205).