''Macrocalamus'' is a
genus
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of snakes of the
family
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Colubridae
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.
Geographic range
The genus ''Macrocalamus'' is
endemic
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to the
Malay Peninsula
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.
Species
The following eight
species
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are recognized as being valid.
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Macrocalamus chanardi'' – Chanard’s reed snake
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Macrocalamus emas'' – golden-bellied reed snake
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Macrocalamus gentingensis'' – Genting Highlands reed snake
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Macrocalamus jasoni'' – Jason's reed snake, Jason's mountain reed snake
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Macrocalamus lateralis'' – side-blotched reed snake, Malayan mountain reed snake, striped reed snake
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Macrocalamus schulzi'' – Schulz's reed snake
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Macrocalamus tweediei'' – Tweedie's reed snake, Tweedie's mountain reed snake
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Macrocalamus vogeli'' – Vogel's reed snake
References
Further reading
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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).
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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).
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Vogel G,
David P
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(1999). "A revision of the genus ''Macrocalamus'' (Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new species and a key to the genus". ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' 47 (2): 309–332. (''Macrocalamus schulzi'', new species).
Macrocalamus
Snake genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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