Calamaria forcarti
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. forcarti
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Calamaria forcarti, also known commonly as Forcart's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Indonesia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, forcarti, is in honor of Lothar Forcart (1902–1990), a Swiss zoologist who specialized in malacology and herpetology.[3]: 92
Description
Calamaria forcarti exhibits the following diagnostic characters. The mental is in contact with the anterior chin shields. A preocular is present. The third and fourth upper labials are in contact with the eye. Males have more than 175 ventrals, females more than 190. Dorsally, it is brown, without stripes. Ventrally, it is yellow.[2]
Geographic distribution
In Indonesia Calamaria forcarti is found in the province of North Sumatra, including the island of Nias.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria forcarti is forest at elevations below 100 m (330 ft).[1]
Behavior
Calamaria forcarti is terrestrial, living in the leaf litter on the forest floor.[1]
Reproduction
Calamaria forcarti is oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Inger, R.F.; Iskandar, D. (2020) [amended version of 2012 assessment]. "Calamaria forcarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T192030A176109582. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T192030A176109582.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Species Calamaria forcarti at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Gemel, R.; Gassner, G.; Schweiger, S. (2019). "Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien — 2018 ". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien. Serie B, Botanik und Zoologie. 121 (33–248). (Calamaria forcarti, p. 172). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Inger, R.F.; Marx, H. (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana: Zoology. 49: 1–304. (Calamaria forcarti, new species, pp. 184–186).
- Inger, R.F.; Voris, H.K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography. 28: 863–891.
- Wallach, V.; Williams, K.L.; Boundy, J. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, a division of Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. xxviii + 1,209 pp. (Calamaria forcarti, p. 136).