Calamaria grabowskyi explained
Calamaria grabowskyi, also known commonly as Grabowsky's dwarf snake and Grabowsky's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the island of Borneo in Maritime Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, grabowskyi, is in honor of biologist Friedrich J. Grabowsky, who worked in Borneo and New Guinea in the 1880s.[1]
Geographic range
On the island of Borneo, C. grabowskyi is found in the countries of Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. grabowskyi is forest, at altitudes below .
Description
Females of C. grabowskyi may attain a total length (including tail) of about . Males are smaller and may attain a total length of about .
Behavior
C. grabowskyi is a terrestrial species which lives in the leaf litter of the forest.
Reproduction
C. grabowskyi is oviparous.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphae. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Calamaria grabowskii, p. 336).
- Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Calamaria grabowskyi, p. 25).
- Fischer JG (1885). "Ueber eine Kollektion von Amphibien und Reptilien aus Südost-Borneo". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 51 (1): 41–72 + Plates IV–V. (Calamaria grabowskyi, new species, pp. 50–52 + Plate IV, figures 1a–1e). (in German).
Notes and References
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