Calamaria sumatrana

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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Calamaria sumatrana Edeling, 1870: 379

Syntypes (n=2): Edeling collection. [lost]
Neotype: ZMA 10237, ♀, collected by L.P. de Bussy between 1908–1909. [designated by Inger & Marx (1965: 181)]
Type locality: “Redjang”, redesignated to “Deli, Medan, Sumatra” via neotype designation.

Indonesia: Sumatra: North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung provinces.

Edeling, A.C.J., 1870. Recherches sur la faune erpétologique de Sumatra. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 31: 376–388. BHL
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.

Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2020. IUCN: Calamaria sumatrana (Least Concern) (amended version of 2012 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T192218A176111257. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192218A176111257.en. Accessed on 26 November 2025.