Macrocalamus

<i>Macrocalamus</i>

Macrocalamus

Genus of snakes

Macrocalamus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

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Geographic range

The genus Macrocalamus is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.[1]

Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Genus Macrocalamus at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Macrocalamus, p. 327; species M. lateralis, p. 327).
  • Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Macrocalamus, new genus, p. 198; M. lateralis, new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, figure D).
  • Vogel, Gernot; David, Patrick (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 schulzi, new species).


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