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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Macrocalamus
Species: Macrocalamus lateralis

Name

Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864

Type locality: "From the continent", restricted to Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia by Lim (1963).

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.7.23.

Synonyms

• Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864: 199
• Macrocalamus lateralis — Smedley, 1931: 50
• Macrocalamus lateralis — Lim, 1963
• Macrocalamus lateralis — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 365
• Macrocalamus lateralis — Cox, et al. 1998: 37
• Macrocalamus lateralis — Vogel & David, 1999

References

• Günther, A., 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt,Kumthorn, 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp.
• Vogel, G. & P. David, 1999. A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. Raffles Bull. Zool., 47 (2): 309–332.
• Macrocalamus lateralis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Malayan Mountain Reed Snake