Macrocalamus Explained

Macrocalamus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

The genus Macrocalamus is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Macrocalamus chanardi – Chanard’s reed snake
Macrocalamus emas – golden-bellied reed snake
Macrocalamus gentingensis – Genting Highlands reed snake
Macrocalamus jasoni – Jason's reed snake, Jason's mountain reed snake
Macrocalamus lateralis – side-blotched reed snake, Malayan mountain reed snake, striped reed snake
Macrocalamus schulzi – Schulz's reed snake
Macrocalamus tweediei – Tweedie's reed snake, Tweedie's mountain reed snake
Macrocalamus vogeli – Vogel's reed snake

Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus Macrocalamus, p. 327; species M. lateralis, p. 327).
Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I–XXVI. (Macrocalamus, new genus, p. 198; M. lateralis, new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, figure D).
Vogel G, David P (1999). "A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47 (2): 309–332. (Macrocalamus schulzi, new species).