Oreocalamus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus Oreocalamus is a monotypic taxon that contains the sole species Oreocalamus hanitschi. O. hanitschi is commonly known as Hanitsch's reed snake, the Kalimantan burrowing snake, and the mountain reed snake. It is found in Malaysia.
Etymology The specific name, hanitschi, is in honor of German biologist Karl Richard Hanitsch.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 115).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of O. hanitschi is forest, at altitudes of .
Diet O. hanitschi preys upon earthworms.
Reproduction O. hanitschi is oviparous.
References
Further reading Boulenger GA (1899). "Descriptions of Three new Reptiles and a new Batrachian from Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 4: 451–454. (Oreocalamus, new genus, p. 452; O. hanitschi, new species, p. 453). Grandison AGC (1978). "Snakes of West Malaysia and Singapore". Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 81: 283–303. (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 290). Malkmus R, Manthey U, Vogel G, Hoffmann P, Kosuch J (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). Rugell, Liechtenstein: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellschaft. 424 pp. . Manthey U, Grossman W (1997). Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 512 pp. . (Oreocalamus hanitschi, p. 375). (in German).