Macrocalamus tweediei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Macrocalamus
Species: Macrocalamus tweediei

Name

Macrocalamus tweediei Lim, 1963: 100

  • Holotype: ZRC 2.2174 (formerly IMRKL R57,656), ♂, collected by Lim Boo Liat and H. E. McClure on 2 October 1959.
  • Type locality: “Gunong Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Pahang at an elevation of 6,000 ft.”
  • Paratype: FMNH 109868 (formerly IMRKL R54,070), ♀, from the same locality, elevation 5,000 ft., collected by Phang Ong Wah and M. Nadchatram on 10 September 1958.

References

Primary references

  • Boo Liat, Lim, 1963. Macrocalamus tweediei, a new species of Reed Snake from Malaya. Bulletin of the National Museum 32: 99–102. PDF

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Tweedie's Mountain Reed Snake
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