Macrocalamus

Macrocalamus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Macrocalamus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Calamariinae
Genus: Macrocalamus
Günther, 1864

Geographic range

The genus Macrocalamus is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.[1]

Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Macrocalamus chanardi David & Pauwels, 2005
  • Macrocalamus emas Quah, Anuar, L. Grismer, Wood & Nor, 2019
  • Macrocalamus gentingensis Yaakob & Lim, 2002
  • Macrocalamus jasoni Grandison, 1972
  • Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864
  • Macrocalamus schulzi G. Vogel & David, 1999
  • Macrocalamus tweediei Lim, 1963
  • Macrocalamus vogeli David & Pauwels, 2005

References

Further reading

  • 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 Macrocalamus, p. 327; species M. lateralis, p. 327).
  • Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Macrocalamus, new genus, p. 198; M. lateralis, new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, figure D).
  • Vogel, Gernot; David, Patrick (1999). "A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus". Raffles Bull. Zool. 47 (2): 309–332. (Macrocalamus schulzi, new species).


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