Calamaria alcalai

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Calamaria
Species: Calamaria alcalai

Name

Calamaria alcalai Weinell, Leviton & Brown, 2020: 6

• Holotype: PNM 9873 (formerly KU 305555; field number ELR 645), adult ♂, collected by Edmund B. Leo Rico on 17 September 2006.
• Type locality: “Sitio Palbong (local name “Malate”), Barangay Batong Buhay, Municipality of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro Province, Philippines (approximately 12.865° N, 120.902° E, elevation 130 m above sea level)”.

References

Primary references

• Weinell, J.L., Leviton, A.E. & Brown, R.M. 2020. A new species of reed snake, genus Calamaria (Colubridae: Calamariinae), from Mindoro Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 14(2): 1–14. DOI: 10.26757/pjsb2020b14006 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calamaria alcalai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 February 2023.
• Cielo, K.L.S. 2022. IUCN: Calamaria alcalai  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T207944267A207944333. Accessed on 27 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Alcala's Reed Snake