Macrocalamus jasoni explained
Macrocalamus jasoni, also known commonly as Jason's mountain reed snake and Jason's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Malaysia.
Etymology
The specific name, jasoni, is in honor of John Jason Gathorne-Hardy, who is a British zoologist and artist.[1]
Geographic range
M. jasoni is found in Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. jasoni is forest, at altitudes of .
Description
M. jasoni may attain a total length (including tail) of . It has smooth dorsal scales, which are arranged in 15 rows at midbody. The ventral scales number 131–133. Dorsally it is black with two orange stripes, and ventrally it is bright yellow (Vogel & David, 1999).
Behavior
M. jasoni is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.
Reproduction
M. jasoni is oviparous.
Further reading
- Grandison AGC (1972). "The Gunung Benom Expedition 1967. 5. Reptiles and Amphiians of Gunung Benom with a Description of a New Species of Macrocalamus ". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 23: 45–101. (Macrocalamus jasoni, new species, pp. 88–92, Figure 4).
- Manthey U, Grossmann W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. . (Macrocalamus jasoni, p. 367). (in German).
- Quah ESH, Anuar S, Grismer LL, Wood PL Jr, Azizah MNS (2020). "Systematics and natural history of mountain reed snakes (genus Macrocalamus; Calamariinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188 (4): 1236–1276. (Macrocalamus jasoni, Figures 16–17, eight color photographs).
- 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 jasoni, pp. 317–318 + Plates 13–16 on p. 326).
Notes and References
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