Calamaria ingeri

Calamaria ingeri is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Malaysia.

Geographic distribution Calamaria ingeri is endemic to Tioman Island in Malaysia.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Calamaria ingeri is forest.

Behavior Calamaria ingeri is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction Calamaria ingeri is oviparous.

Etymology The specific name, ingeri, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert F. Inger.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calamaria ingeri, p. 129).

References

Further reading Grismer LL, Kaiser H, Yaakob NS (2004). "A new species of reed snake of the genus Calamaria H. Boie, 1827, from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia". Hamadryad 28 (1 & 2): 1–6. (Calamaria ingeri, new species). Grismer LL (2011). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (Peninsular Malaysia) – A Field Guide. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 239 pp. . Grossmann W, Tillack F (2004). "Palau Tioman – Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1. [= Palau Tioman – Pearl of the South China Sea, Part 1.]". Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 42–49. (in German). Voris HK, Resetar A (2020). "Robert Frederick Inger (1920–2019)". Copeia 108 (2): 426–429.