Calamaria
Creators: name: Koch, André
name: Arida, Evy
name: Mcguire, Jimmy A.
name: Iskandar, Djoko T.
name: Böhme, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Colubridae
Calamaria

description: Key to the Calamaria species of the Sulawesi region and the Moluccas
(In part after Inger & Marx 1965, In den Bosch 1985, and de Lang & Vogel 2005)
1 Preocular absent ......................................................................................................................................................... 9
- Preocular present ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
2 Mental not touching anterior chin shields .................................................................................................................... 3
- Mental touching anterior chin shields........................................................................................................................... 5
3 Paraparietal surrounded by five scales and shields................................................................................ C. brongersmai
- Paraparietal surrounded by six scales and shields ........................................................................................................ 4
4 Eye diameter almost 1.5 times eye-mouth distance................................................................................. C. boesemani
- Eye diameter slightly greater than eye-mouth distance .............................................................................. C. virgulata
5 First gular touching anterior chin shields ................................................................................................ C. acutirostris
- First gular not touching anterior chin shields .............................................................................................................. 6
6 Paraparietal surrounded by five scales and shields ....................................................................................... C. muelleri
- Paraparietal surrounded by six scales and shields ....................................................................................................... 7
7 Tail thick, tapering abruptly at end ............................................................................................................. C. virgulata
- Tail tapering gradually from base ............................................................................................................................... 8
8 Ventrals yellow, immaculate except for dark lateral tips ............................................................................. C. nuchalis
- Ventrals dark, yellowish on posterior edges only .............................................................................................. C. curta
9 Mental touching anterior chin shields................................................................................................ C. apraeocularis
- Mental not touching anterior chin shields.................................................................................................................. 10
10 Four supralabials..................................................................................................................................... C. longirostris
- Five supralabials ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
11 Pale collar absent ...................................................................................................................................... C. butonensis
- Pale collar present ....................................................................................................................................................... 12
12 ventrals 139 to 146 (males) or 148 to 165 (females), tail ratio in females 0.071 to 0.087, in males 0.125 to 0.150 .... ................................................................................................................................................................. C. ceramensis
- 157 (male) to 198 (female) ventrals, tail ratio in females 0.060, in males 0.103 ................................ C. banggaiensis
description: Published as part of Koch, André, Arida, Evy, Mcguire, Jimmy A., Iskandar, Djoko T. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2009, A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia, pp. 19-30 in Zootaxa 2196 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.189513