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Lowi’s Reed Snake
Calamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Calamaria lovii, also known commonly as Lovi's reed snake, Low's reed snake, and Lowi's reed snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Calamariinae of the family, Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. There are four recognized subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Calamaria lovii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:10:44.099230+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Calamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887
- Name authority
- Boulenger, 1887
- Common name
- Lowi’s Reed Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Calamaria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyCalamariinae
- genusCalamaria
- speciesCalamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Calamaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bleeker's Dwarf SnakeCalamaria margaritophora Bleeker, 1860 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamaria concolor Orlov, Truong, Tao, Ananjeva & Cuc, 2010 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boie's Dwarf SnakeCalamaria virgulata Boie, 1827 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Palawan Worm SnakeCalamaria palavanensis Inger & Marx, 1965 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dominic’s reed snakeCalamaria dominici Ziegler, Tran & Nguyen, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped- belly reed snakeCalamaria strigiventris Poyarkov, Nguyen, Orlov & Vogel, 2019 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clouded Reed SnakeCalamaria nebulosa Lee, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lingnan Reed SnakeCalamaria arcana Yeung, Lau & Yang, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamaria jinggangensis Cai, Jiang, Wu, Huang, Fei & Ding, 2023 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamaria abramovi Orlov, 2009 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Calamaria abstrusa Inger & Marx, 1965 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-bellied Reed SnakeCalamaria albiventer (Gray, 1834) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Calamaria gimletti Boulenger, 1905 Boulenger, 1905 | synonym |
| Calamaria lowi gimletti Inger & Marx, 1965 Inger & Marx, 1965 | synonym |
| Calamaria lowi wermuthi Inger & Marx, 1965 Inger & Marx, 1965 | synonym |
| Calamaria lovii gimletti Boulenger, 1905 Boulenger, 1905 | ambiguous synonym |
| Calamaria javanica lineata Brongerma, 1928 Brongerma, 1928 | synonym |
| Calamaria doerianense Brongersma, 1928 Brongersma, 1928 | synonym |
| Calamaria fraseri Taylor, 1962 Taylor, 1962 | synonym |
| Calamaria ventralis Cochran, 1923 Cochran, 1923 | synonym |
| Calamaria lovii ingermarxi Darevsky & Orlov, 1992 Darevsky & Orlov, 1992 | synonym |
| Calamaria javanica Wall, 1921 Wall, 1921 | ambiguous synonym |
| Calamaria melanota Chasen & Smedley, 1927 Chasen & Smedley, 1927 | ambiguous synonym |
| Calamaria pavimentata Sclater, 1891 Sclater, 1891 | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Calamaria&species=lovii Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5X6T2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.