Calamaria modesta

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 modesta

Name

Calamaria modesta Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 74

• Holotype: MNHN 3299, ♀.
• Type locality: “ile de Java”.

Synonyms

• Calamaria monochrous Bleeker, 1860
• Calamaria bogorensis Lidt De Jeude, 1890
• Calamaria mjöbergi Lönnberg & Rendahl, 1925

Native distribution areas

• Indonesia: Java, Sumatra and Simeulue
• East Malaysia: Sabah and Sarawak

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Inger, R.F. & Marx, H. 1965. The systematics and evolution of the Oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. BHL Reference page. 
• Inger, R.F. & Voris, H.K. 2001. The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland. Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–89.
• Manthey, U. 1983. Exkursion am Mt. Kinabalu (4101 m), Nordborneo, Teil 3: Checkliste der Herpetofauna oberhalb 600 m ü. NN. Herpetofauna 5(23): 20–31.

Links

• Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2020. IUCN: Calamaria modesta  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T176628A176110348. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T176628A176110348.en. Accessed on 20 April 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Modest Dwarf Snake