Calamorhabdium is a small genus of snakes, commonly known as iridescent snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus contains two described species.Biologi.lipi.go.id Both species are burrowing snakes found in Asia.Ecologyasia.com
Species Calamorhabdium acuticeps – Sulawesi iridescent snake Calamorhabdium kuekenthali – Batjan iridescent snake"Calamorhabdium ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Willy Kükenthal.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calamorhabdium kuekenthali, p. 147).
References
Further reading Boettger O (1898). Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gessellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. II. Teil (Schlangen). Frankfurt am Main: Gebrüder Knauer. ix + 160 pp. (Calamorhabdium, new genus, p. 82; C. kuekenthali, new species, p. 82). (in German).