Calamaria similis

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

Calamaria similis Qi, Nguyen, Yang, Xu, David, Shi, Liu, Rong, Korolev, Poyarkov & Wang, 2026: 256

Holotype: SYS r001816, adult ♂, collected by J.-J. Liu on 12 August 2017.
Type locality: “China; Guangdong Province, Yangjiang City, Yangchun City, Shuangjiao Town, Qifendong Village [now Dahe Village]; 22.07061848°N, 111.41304597°E; altitude 44 m a.sl.”

Qi, S., Nguyen, T.V., Yang, J.-H., Xu, Y.-H., David, P., Shi, J.-S., Liu, J.-J., Rong, C.-Z., Korolev, A.M., Poyarkov, N.A. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2026. A new species of Calamaria (Squamata, Calamariidae) from southern China, previously confused with Calamaria pavimentata Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854. ZooKeys 1277: 245–280. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1277.187107 Reference page.