Calamaria melanota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Calamaria melanota Jan, 1862

• Holotype: RMNH 37, collected by C.A.L. Schwaner in 1845.
• Type locality: “Borneo”.

Combinations

• Calamaria linnaei var. melanota Jan, 1862: 6 [original combination]
• Calamaria melanota — Boulenger, 1894 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Calamaria linnaei var. gastrogramma Jan, 1862
• Calamaria benjaminsi Edeling, 1864
• Calamaria electa Barbour, 1927

References

Primary references

• Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Arch. Zool., Anat. Fisiol. 2: 1–76.

Additional references

• 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.

Links

• Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2020. IUCN: Calamaria melanota  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T192164A176110036. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192164A176110036.en. Accessed on 28 April 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Stocky Dwarf Snake