Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Liopeltis
Species: Liopeltis calamaria

Name

Liopeltis calamaria (Günther, 1858)

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

  • Cyclophis calamaria Günther, 1858
  • Cyclophis calamaria — Günther, 1859: 231
  • Homalosoma baliolum Jan, 1862 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Cyclophis nasalis Günther, 1864 (fide Smith, 1943)
  • Ablabes calamaria — Boulenger, 1890
  • Liopeltis calamaria — Wall, 1921: 251
  • Liopeltis calamaria — Smith, 1943: 184
  • Liopeltis calamaria — Das, 1996: 57

References

  • Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281.
  • Wall, Frank 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages.
  • Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
  • Liopeltis calamaria at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Calamaria Reed Snake
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