Calamaria griswoldi, known commonly as the dwarf reed snake or the lined reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
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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. griswoldi
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| Calamaria griswoldi Loveridge, 1938
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Etymology edit
The specific name, griswoldi, is in honor of American ornithologist John Augustus Griswold Jr. (1912–1991), who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitat of C. griswoldi is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–1,500 m (3,300–4,900 ft).[1]
Description edit
C. griswoldi is a small species. Maximum total length (including tail) is 49 cm (19 in).[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2020). "Calamaria griswold ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T191944A176109821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T191944A176109821.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Calamaria griswoldi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria griswoldi, p. 109).
Further reading edit
- Das I (2012). A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. 176 pp. ISBN 978-1906780708.
- Loveridge A (1938). "New Snakes of the Genera Calamaria, Bungarus, and Trimeresurus from Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 43–46. (Calamaria lumbricoidea griswoldi, new subspecies, pp. 43–44).
- Marx H, Inger RF (1955). "Notes on Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zoology 37 (7): 167–209. (Calamaria griswoldi, new status, pp. 183–185).
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