Calamaria lovii
{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| species = lovii
| authority = Boulenger, 1887
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Calamaria lovii, also known commonly as Lovi's reed snake, Low's reed snake, and Lowi's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family, Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are four recognized subspecies.
Description
A small species, Calamaria lovii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about {{cvt|30|cm|in}}, plus a tail length of about {{cvt|2|cm}}.{{cite journal |last1=Darevsky |first1=I.S. |author1-link=Ilya Darevsky |last2=Orlov |first2=N.L. |author2-link=Nikolai Liutsianovich Orlov |title=A New Subspecies of the Dwarf Snake Calamaria lowi ingermarxi ssp. nov. (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Southern Vietnam |journal=Asiatic Herpetological Research |date=1992 |volume=4 |pages=13–17|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.6176 }} Dorsally, it is dark brown; ventrally, it is yellow.
Geographic range
Calamaria lovii is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam.{{EMBL species|genus=Calamaria |species=lovii}}
Habitat
Behavior
Calamaria lovii is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction
Calamaria lovii is oviparous.
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Calamaria lovii gimletti {{small|Boulenger, 1905}}
- Calamaria lovii ingermarxorum {{small|Darevsky & Orlov, 1992}}
- Calamaria lovii lovii {{small|Boulenger, 1887}}
- Calamaria lovii wermuthi {{small|Inger & Marx, 1965}}
Etymology
The specific name, lovii, is in honor of British colonial administrator Hugh Brooke Low, who was an amateur naturalist.{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}{{rp|161}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Boulenger |first1=G.A. |author1-link=George Albert Boulenger |title=Description of a new Snake, of the Genus Calamaria, from Borneo |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |series=Fifth Series |date=1887 |volume=19 |issue=111 |pages=169–170|doi=10.1080/00222938709460222 }} (Calamaria lovii, new species).
- {{cite journal |last1=Boulenger |first1=G.A. |title=Descriptions of new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum |journal=Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. |series=Seventh Series |date=1905 |volume=15 |pages=453–456|doi=10.1080/03745480509442832 }} (Calamaria gimlettii, new species, p. 456).
- {{cite book |last1=Das |first1=I. |author1-link=Indraneil Das |title=A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo |date=2006 |publisher=Ralph Curtis Books |location=Sanibel Island, Florida |isbn=0-88359-061-1}} 144 pp. (Calamaria lovii, p. 9).
- {{cite journal |last1=Inger |first1=R.F. |author1-link=Robert F. Inger |last2=Marx |first2=H. |author2-link=Hymen Marx |title=The Systematics and Evolution of the Oriental Colubrid Snakes of the Genus Calamaria |journal=Fieldiana: Zoology |date=1965 |volume=49 |pages=1–304}} (Calamaria lovii wermuthi, new subspecies, pp. 225–226).
- {{cite journal |last1=Michels |first1=J.P. |author1-link=species:J. Pieter Michels |last2=Bauer |first2=A.M. |author2-link=Aaron Matthew Bauer |title=Some corrections to the scientific names of amphibians and reptiles |journal=Bonner Zoologische Beiträge |date=2004 |volume=52 |pages=83–94}} (Calamaria lovii ingermarxorum, corrected name).
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Category:Reptiles of Indonesia