| Pfeffer's reed snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Calamaria |
| Species: | C. pfefferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901 | |
Pfeffer's reed snake (Calamaria pfefferi) is a species of dwarf snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan.
Etymology
The specific name, pfefferi, is in honor of German zoologist Georg Johann Pfeffer.
Geographic range
C. pfefferi is found on Miyako-jima and Irabu-jima in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Habitat
The preferred habitats of C. pfefferi are grassland and forest.
Reproduction
C. pfefferi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Kidera, N.; Ota, H. (2017). "Calamaria pfefferi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T3463A96877331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T3463A96877331.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamaria pfefferi, p. 205).
- ^ Species Calamaria pfefferi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Stejneger L (1901). "Diagnosis of Eight New Batrachians and Reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 189–191. (Calamaria pfefferi, new species, p. 191).
- Stejneger L (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. United States National Museum Bulletin 58. Washington, Dictrict of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xx + 577 pp. (Calamaria pfefferi, pp. 378–380, Figures 313–316).
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