Macrocalamus lateralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida 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 lateralis

Name

Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864: 199

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.7.23, ♂, collected by T. Hardwicke.
• Type locality: “probably from the continent”, restricted to “Malay Peninsula” by Flower (1899: 674) and to “mainland opposite Penang Is., Pinang State, West Malaysia” by David & Pauwels (2004: 640).

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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: 635–645.

Additional references

• Cox, M.J., Van Dijk, P.P., Jarujin, N. & Thirakhupt, K. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Vogel, G. & David, P. 1999. A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(2): 309–332.
• 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. 2024. Macrocalamus lateralis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 February 2023.
• Chan-Ard, T. & Vogel, G. 2012. IUCN: Macrocalamus lateralis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T176859A1449954. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T176859A1449954.en. Accessed on 26 February 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Malayan Mountain Reed Snake