Calamaria mizoramensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Superclassis*: 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 mizoramensis

Name

Calamaria mizoramensis Lalremsanga, Malsawmdawngliana, Bal, Vabeiryureilai, Hruaia, Korolev, Vogel, Poyarkov & Nguyen, 2026: 56

• Holotype: MZMU 3744, adult ♂, collected by Amit Kumar Bal and Lal Muansanga on 22 May 2025.
• Type locality: “Reiek Community Reserve Forest, Reiek Village, Mamit District, Mizoram State, India (23.693927°N, 92.606556°E; altitude 1,252 m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Lalremsanga, H.T., Malsawmdawngliana, F., Bal, A.K., Vabeiryureilai, M., Hruaia, V., Korolev, A.M., Vogel, G., Poyarkov, N.A. & Nguyen, T.V. 2026. A new species of the genus Calamaria H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827 (Squamata: Calamariidae) from Mizoram State, India. Zootaxa 5741(1): 49–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5741.1.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Mizoram Reed Snake