Macrocalamus

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
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Macrocalamus
Species: M. chanardi – M. gentingensis – M. jasoni – M. lateralis – M. schulzi – M. tweediei – M. vogeli
Name

Macrocalamus Günther, 1864

Type species: Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864
References

Günther, A., 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.
Vogel, G., David, P., (1999): A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus. - The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Singapore, 47(2), pp. [309-332].
Macrocalamus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Mountain Reed Snakes

Macrocalamus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

The genus Macrocalamus is endemic to the Malay Peninsula.[1]
Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Macrocalamus chanardi David & Pauwels, 2005
Macrocalamus emas Quah, Anuar, L. Grismer, Wood & Nor, 2019
Macrocalamus gentingensis Yaakob & Lim, 2002
Macrocalamus jasoni Grandison, 1972
Macrocalamus lateralis Günther, 1864
Macrocalamus schulzi G. Vogel & David, 1999
Macrocalamus tweediei Lim, 1963
Macrocalamus vogeli David & Pauwels, 2005

References

Genus Macrocalamus at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Macrocalamus, p. 327; species M. lateralis, p. 327).
Günther ACLG (1864). The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Macrocalamus, new genus, p. 198; M. lateralis, new species, p. 199 + Plate XVIII, figure D).
Vogel, Gernot; David, Patrick (1999). "A revision of the genus Macrocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus". Raffles Bull. Zool. 47 (2): 309–332. (Macrocalamus schulzi, new species).