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Oreocalamus hanitschi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oreocalamus
Boulenger, 1899
Species: O. hanitschi
Binomial name
Oreocalamus hanitschi
Boulenger, 1899

Oreocalamus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus Oreocalamus is a monotypic taxon that contains the sole species Oreocalamus hanitschi. O. hanitschi is commonly known as Hanitsch's reed snake, the Kalimantan burrowing snake, and the mountain reed snake. It is found in Malaysia.

Etymology

The specific name, hanitschi, is in honor of German biologist Karl Richard Hanitsch.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O. hanitschi is forest, at altitudes of 1,100–1,700 m (3,600–5,600 ft).

Diet

O. hanitschi preys upon earthworms.

Reproduction

O. hanitschi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Iskandar, D.; Jenkins, H.; Das, I.; Auliya, M.; Inger, R.F.; Lilley, R. (2012). "Oreocalamus hanitschi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192022A2029299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192022A2029299.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Oreocalamus hanitschi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. 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. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 115).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1899). "Descriptions of Three new Reptiles and a new Batrachian from Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 4: 451–454. (Oreocalamus, new genus, p. 452; O. hanitschi, new species, p. 453).
  • Grandison AGC (1978). "Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 81: 283–303. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 290).
  • Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 424 pp. ISBN 978-3904144834.
  • Manthey U, Grossman W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. ISBN 978-3931587123. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 375). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Oreocalamus hanitschi
Oreocalamus


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