Calamaria hilleniusi explained

Calamaria hilleniusi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, hilleniusi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius.^[1]

Geographic range

C. hilleniusi is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. hillenius is forest.

Behavior

C. hilleniusi is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.

Reproduction

C. hilleniusi is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• Das, Indraneil (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. . (Calamaria hilleniusi, p. 8).
• Inger, Robert F.

Marx, Hymen (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria". Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1-304. (Calamaria hilleniusi, new species, pp. 96–99, Figure 25).

• Inger, Robert F.; Voris, Harold K. (2001). "The biogeographical relations of the frogs and snakes of Sundaland". Journal of Biogeography 28: 863–891.
• Stuebing, Robert B.

Inger, Robert F.; Lardner, Björn (2014). Field Guide to the Snakes of Borneo, Second Edition. Borneo: Natural History Publications. 310 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. www.reptile-database.org.