Calamaria bitorques

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamily: Calamariinae
Genus: Calamaria
Species: Calamaria bitorques
Name

Calamaria bitorques Peters, 1872

Type locality: “Philippinen”.

Holotype: ZMB 7444 [Calamaria bitorques Peters, 1872].
Synonyms

Calamaria bitorques Peters, 1872
Calamaria gervaisi Boettger, 1898 (non Duméril & Bibron)
Calamaria bitorques — Bauer et al., 1995: 70
Calamaria bitorques — Gaulke & Vogel, 2005

References

Gaulke, M. & Vogel, G. 2005. Verbreitungsnachweis und Längenrekord für Calamaria bitorques PETERS 1872. Sauria, 27 (1): 19–23.
Brown,R.M.; McGuire, J.A.; Ferner,J.W.; Icarangal Jr., N. & Kennedy, R.S. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Luzon island, II: preliminary report on the herptofauna of Aurora Memorial national Park, Philippines. Hamadryad 25 (2): 175–195.
Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig, 1872. Über drei neue Schlangenarten (Calamaria bitorques, Stenognathus brevirostris und Hemibungarus gemianulis) von den Philippinen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1872 (Juli): 585–587.
Calamaria bitorques at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Luzon Dwarf Snake

Calamaria bitorques is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is commonly known as the Luzon dwarf snake.[2]
Geographic range

The snake is endemic to the Philippines where it is found on the islands of Luzon and Panay.[1]
References

Brown, R.; Diesmos, A.; Demegillo, A. (2009). "Calamaria bitorques". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169787A6673816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169787A6673816.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Calamaria bitorques at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 June 2020.