Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1835)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 149

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7967904

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scientific name

Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1835)
status

 

Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1835) View in CoL — Native; Indeterminate.

Changulia albiventer Gray, 1835 [in Gray, 1832–1835]: pl. 86, figs. 6–9, caption. Syntypes (3): BMNH 1946.1 .2.10 (formerly BM 1860.3.19.1269a–b) and 1946.1.2.18 (formerly BM 1898.9.22.39), by original designation. Type locality: “ Penang ” (= Penang Island ), Peninsular Malaysia.

White-bellied Reed Snake

( Figure 17D View FIGURE 17 )

Singapore records.

Calamaria albiventer View in CoL — Inger & Marx, 1965: 94.—Tweedie, 1983: 57.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 54.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 146.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 105.— David & Vogel, 1996: 48.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 42.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 146.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 169.— Das, 2010: 264.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 169.—Wallach et al., 2014: 134.— Quah et al., 2018: 490.

Remarks. Calamaria albiventer is a rare species being known from only 12 specimens: nine specimens from four locations throughout Peninsular Malaysia ( Fig. 17D View FIGURE 17 ); one specimen from Singapore, and; two specimens from one locality in Sumatra (Quah et al. 2018a). The Singapore record is a specimen that was collected by Thomson in 1906 presently catalogued as CAS 14940 ( Inger & Marx 1965). Notes attached to the specimen state that it was purchased in Tokyo, Japan in 1906 suggesting the record is unreliable. However, CAS has numerous specimens collected by Thomson in Singapore from 1899, 1906 and 1908. Given this knowledge, the fact that C. albiventer does not occur in Japan, along with its rarity and distribution, we accept that the specimen was indeed collected in Singapore. Therefore, we consider C. albiventer to be native to Singapore.

Occurrence. Only known from one museum specimen from 1906. Likely extirpated.

Singapore conservation status. Not Evaluated.

Conservation priority. Immediate priority, if rediscovered.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2012].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): CAS

Singapore localities. No published localities.

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Calamaria

Loc

Calamaria albiventer (Gray, 1835)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Calamaria albiventer

Das, I. 2010: 264
Lim, K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 2002: 146
Iskandar, D. T. & Colijn, E. 2001: 42
David, P. & Vogel, G. 1996: 48
Chou L. M. & Ng, P. K. L. & Lim, K. K. P. 1994: 105
Lim, K. K. P. & Lim, F. L. K. 1992: 146
Inger, R. F. & Marx, H. 1965: 94
1965
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