Calamorhabdium Explained

Calamorhabdium is a small genus of snakes, commonly known as iridescent snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus contains two described species.^[1] Both species are burrowing snakes found in Asia.^[2]

Species

• Calamorhabdium acuticeps – Sulawesi iridescent snake
• Calamorhabdium kuekenthali – Batjan iridescent snake^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Willy Kükenthal.^[4]

Further reading

• Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gessellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. ix + 160 pp. (Calamorhabdium, new genus, p. 82; C. kuekenthali, new species, p. 82). (in German).

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20101225093715/http://www.biologi.lipi.go.id/bio_bidang/file_doc_bidang/calamaria_banggaiensis.pdf Biologi.lipi.go.id
2. http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/snakes/schmidts_reed-snake.htm Ecologyasia.com
3. "Calamorhabdium ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calamorhabdium kuekenthali, p. 147).