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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Calamorhabdium
Species: C. acuticeps - C. kuekenthali
Name

Calamorhabdium Boettger, 1898

Type species: Calamorhabdium kuekenthali Boettger, 1898
References

Boettger, O., 1898. Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt/M. 2.Teil (Schlangen) Frankfurt/M (Gebr. Knauer), i-ix + 1-160.
Calamorhabdium at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Iridescent Snakes

Calamorhabdium is a small genus of snakes, commonly known as iridescent snakes, in the family Colubridae. The genus contains two described species.[3] Both species are burrowing snakes found in Asia.[4]

Species

Calamorhabdium acuticeps Ahl, 1933 – Sulawesi iridescent snake
Calamorhabdium kuekenthali Boettger, 1898 – Batjan iridescent snake[5]

Etymology

The specific name, kuekenthali, is in honor of German zoologist Willy Kükenthal.[6]
References

Biolib.cz
EOL.org
Biologi.lipi.go.id
Ecologyasia.com
"Calamorhabdium ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamorhabdium kuekenthali, p. 147).

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).

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