Calamaria margaritophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860

Syntypes (n=2): BMNH 1946.1.2.9 (formerly BMNH 1863.12.11.146), ♀, and RMNH 3975A, collected by H.J. Alken in November 1857.
Type locality: “Java, Sumatra (Ampat-lawang)”, restricted to “Ampat Lawang, Sumatra” by Inger & Marx (1965: 167).

Calamaria margaritophorus Bleeker, 1860: 285 [original combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Calamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860: 294 [original combination]

Bleeker, P. 1860. Over de reptilien-fauna van Sumatra. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 21: 284–298. BHL
Inger, R.F. & Marx, H. 1965. The systematics and evolution of the Oriental colubrid snakes of the genus Calamaria. Fieldiana: Zoology 49: 1–304. BHL Reference page.

Iskandar, D., Jenkins, H., Das, I., Auliya, M., Inger, R.F. & Lilley, R. 2012. IUCN: Calamaria margaritophora (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T191973A2022990. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191973A2022990.en. Accessed on 26 November 2025.