Calamaria lumbricoidea

Teynié, Alexandre, David, Patrick & Ohler, Annemarie, 2010, Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo, Zootaxa 2416, pp. 1-43 : 20

Calamaria lumbricoidea (Boie in Boie, 1827)

Material examined. MNHN 2002.0432 (male; SVL 366 mm, TaL 34 mm), MNHN 2002.0437 (male; SVL 335 mm, TaL 28 mm), near Umbilin, Lake Singkarak, Province of Sumatera Barat.

Taxonomic comments. Both specimens are typical of this species as defined by Inger & Marx ( 1965). In both snakes, the venter is yellow, distinctly dotted of black on the side in MNHN 2002.0432, with only indistinct spots in the other specimen.

Scalation: VEN 180, 180, SC 22, and 18 respectively.

Distribution on Sumatra. Provinces of Aceh, Sumatera Utara, Sumatera Barat, Riau, and Bengkulu. Also Mentawai Archipelago ( David & Vogel, 1996).

Biology. Both specimens, one active and one killed on a road, were obtained in November from a partly wooded grassy area, at about 2100 hours during a heavy a rainshower.