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Pink-headed Reed Snake
Calamaria schlegeli Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
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 schlegeli is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is known commonly as the red-headed reed snake, white-headed reed snake, and pink-headed reed snake. It is native to Southeast Asia, where it occurs in the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia, Singapore), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia), and in several Indonesian islands, including Sumatra, Java, Bali.
Wikipedia contributors, Calamaria schlegeli; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:09:32.416138+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Calamaria schlegeli Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Name authority
- Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
- Common name
- Pink-headed 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 schlegeli Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854
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 |
| Lowi’s Reed SnakeCalamaria lovii Boulenger, 1887 | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Calamaria dumerili Bleeker, 1860 Bleeker, 1860 | synonym |
| Calamaria martapurensis Edeling, 1865 Edeling, 1865 | synonym |
| Keiometopon booliati Taylor, 1962 Taylor, 1962 | synonym |
| Calamaria schlegeli schlegeli (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ambiguous synonym |
| Calamaria cuvieri Jan, 1862 Jan, 1862 | synonym |
| Calamaria iris Boettger, 1873 Boettger, 1873 | synonym |
| Calamaria nigro-alba Günther, 1864 Günther, 1864 | synonym |
| Calamaria sinkawangensis Bleeker, 1860 Bleeker, 1860 | synonym |
| Calamaria agamensis Bleeker, 1859 Bleeker, 1859 | 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.
- Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL. (1854). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, Xvi + 780 S. 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:PD87. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.