Calamaria ulmeri explained

Calamaria ulmeri, commonly known as Ulmer's reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sumatra.

Etymology

The specific name, ulmeri, is in honor of American mammalogist Frederick A. Ulmer, Jr. (1892–1974).^[1]

Geographic range

C. ulmeri is found in northern Sumatra, and is only known from two specimens.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. ulmeri is forest, at an altitude of 2070m (6,790feet).

Description

The holotype of C. ulmeri has a snout-to-vent length of 28.4cm (11.2inches), and an incomplete tail. It is brownish dorsally, and it is yellow ventrally.^[3]

Reproduction

C. ulmeri is oviparous.^[2]

Further reading

• David P, Vogel G (1996). Snakes of Sumatra: An annotated checklist and key with natural history notes. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 259 pp. .
• Inger RF, Marx H (1965). "The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria ". Fieldiana Zoology 49: 1–304. (Calamaria ulmeri, pp. 68–70, Figure 18).
• Sackett JT (1940). "Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part IV—The Reptiles". Notulae Naturae of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41: 1–3. (Calamaria ulmeri, new species).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calamaria ulmeri, p. 270).
2. www.reptile-database.org.
3. [Robert F. Inger|Inger]