Macrocalamus lateralis explained

Macrocalamus lateralis, the side-blotched reed snake, Malayan mountain reed snake, or striped reed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Further reading

• 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. (Macrocalamus lateralis, p. 327).
• David P, Pauwels OSG (2004). "A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864 (Serpentes: Colubridae), with the description of two new species". Raffles Bull. Zool. 52 (2): 635–645. (Macrocalamus lateralis, pp. 640–642, Figures 5–6).
• Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Macrocalamus lateralis, new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, Figure D).