Macrocalamus chanardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Calamariinae
Genus: Macrocalamus
Species: Macrocalamus chanardi

Name

Macrocalamus chanardi David & Pauwels, 2004: 637

• Holotype: BMNH 1900.6.14.17, adult ♀, collector unknown, presented by A.L. Butler of Selangor Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
• Type locality: “"Larut Hills, Perak, elevation 3500-4500 ft.", now Bukit Larut, Perak, West Malaysia”.

References

Primary references

• David, P. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2004. A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864 (Serpentes, Colubridae), with the descriptions of two new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(2): 635–645. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Quah, E.S.H., Anuar, S., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr, P.L. & Azizah, M.N.S. 2020. Systematics and natural history of mountain reed snakes (genus Macrocalamus; Calamariinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 1236–1276. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz092 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Macrocalamus chanardi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 February 2023.
• Grismer, L., Vogel, G. & Pauwels, O.S.G. 2012. IUCN: Macrocalamus chanardi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176858A1449807. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176858A1449807.en. Accessed on 26 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Chanard's Mountain Reed Snake