Calamaria schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Calamariinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies	Calamaria schlegeli schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854 Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri JAN 1862
Common Names	E: Pink-headed Reed Snake, White-headed Reed Snake G: Schlegels Riednatter
Synonym	Calamaria schlegeli schlegeli (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854) Calamaria schlegeli DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 81 Calamaria leucocephala DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 83 Calamaria agamensis BLEEKER 1859 (fide BOULENGER 1887) Calamaria nigro-alba GÜNTHER 1864 Calamaria martapurensis EDELING 1865 Calamaria dumerili BLEEKER 1860 Calamaria sinkawangensis BLEEKER 1860 Calamaria Schlegeli — JAN 1865 Calamaria iris BOETTGER 1873 Calamaria leucocephala — MERTENS 1930 Calamaria leucocephala — TWEEDIE 1954 Keiometopon booliati TAYLOR 1962: 257 Calamaria schegeli — INGER & MARX 1965: 154 Calamaria schlegelii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 327 Calamaria schlegelii — INGER & VORIS 2001 Calamaria schegeli — HOWARD & GILLESPIE 2007 (in error) Calamaria schlegeli schlegeli — COX et al. 2012: 82 Calamaria schlegeli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 141 Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri JAN 1862 Calamaria cuvieri JAN 1862 Calamaria cuvieri — JAN 1865 Calamaria leucocephala BOULENGER 1894 (non DUMÉRIL & BIBRON), part. Calamaria agamensis BOULENGER 1894 (non BLEEKER), part. Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri — INGER & MARX 1965: 165
Distribution	Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Kalimantan, Sumatra); Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia); Singapore; Thailand Calamaria schlegeli cuvieri: Indonesia (Bali, Java) Type locality: Borneo
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntype: RMNH RENA 10425, collector: Kuhl & van Hasselt. Originally catalogued as RMNH RENA.42 (Calamaria lumbricoidea) - reidentified by R. F. Inger as Calamaria schlegelii cuvieri Jan, 1862 (fide Esther Dondorp, pers. comm. 28 Jan 2019) Syntypes: MSNM (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Milano) [cuvieri]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy modified after David & Vogel 1996 and INGER & MARX 1965.
Etymology	Named after Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884), German herpetologist.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Note on some reptiles from Sumatra described by BLEEKER in 1860. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 152 - get paper here Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here Cox, Merel J.; Hoover, M.F.; Chanhome, Lawan & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn 2012. The Snakes of Thailand. Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History, 845 pp. Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford J, ohn Beaufoy Publishing - get paper here David,P. & Vogel, G. 1996. The snakes of Sumatra. An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. 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