Oreocalamus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus Oreocalamus is a monotypic taxon that contains the sole species Oreocalamus hanitschi.[2] O. hanitschi is commonly known as Hanitsch's reed snake, the Kalimantan burrowing snake, and the mountain reed snake. It is found in Malaysia.[1][2]
| Oreocalamus hanitschi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oreocalamus Boulenger, 1899 |
| Species: | O. hanitschi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oreocalamus hanitschi Boulenger, 1899
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Etymology
editThe specific name, hanitschi, is in honor of German biologist Karl Richard Hanitsch.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of O. hanitschi is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–1,700 m (3,600–5,600 ft).[1]
Diet
editO. hanitschi preys upon earthworms.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Oreocalamus hanitschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192022A2029299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192022A2029299.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Oreocalamus hanitschi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 115).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1899). "Descriptions of Three new Reptiles and a new Batrachian from Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 4: 451–454. (Oreocalamus, new genus, p. 452; O. hanitschi, new species, p. 453).
- Grandison AGC (1978). "Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 81: 283–303. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 290).
- Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 424 pp. ISBN 978-3904144834.
- Manthey U, Grossman W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 375). (in German).
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