Calamaria mecheli

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 mecheli

Name

Calamaria mecheli Schenkel, 1901

Type locality: Indonesia (endemic to Sumatra).

Synonyms

• Calamaria mecheli Schenkel, 1901
• Calamaria mehelyi Schenkel (obviously a lapsus calami): Barbour, 1912
• Calamaria mecheli — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 329
• Calamaria mecheli — Inger & Voris, 2001

References

• Schenkel, E., 1901. Achter Nachtrag zum Katalog der herpetologischen Sammlung des Basler Museums. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel, 13:142-199.
• Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W., 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp.
• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H. K., 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography, 28: 863–89.
• Calamaria mecheli at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mechel's Dwarf Snake