Schulz's Reed Snake

materials_examined

Holotype: ZFMK 51159. Type locality: ‘ Tanah Rata (~ 4 ° 29 ′ N, 101 ° 23 ′ E), Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia’ at ~ 1500 m elevation. Diagnosis: Adults reach 342 mm SVL, 399 mm TL. Head triangular, strongly tapered, indistinct from neck; rostral longer than broad, triangular, visible from above, separating nasals and contacting prefrontals; internasals absent; nasals entire, pentagonal; nostril piercing lower margin of nasal, adjacent to upper margin of first supralabial; one pair of prefrontals; one preocular; one supraocular; one postocular; suboculars absent; 1 + 2 temporals; one elongate loreal; eight supralabials, with second, third and fourth touching loreal scale, fourth and fifth entering orbit; seven infralabials, first pair in contact, first to fourth touching first chin shield; 15 dorsal scale rows at midbody; dorsal scales smooth; 114 – 136 ventrals (males 114 – 125, females 119 – 136); single cloacal scale; 17 – 31 divided subcaudals (males 23 – 31, females 17 – 27) (Vogel & David, 1999; David & Pauwels, 2004; present study). Coloration in life: In the adults, the dorsum is a uniform brown, with some scales bearing lemon yellow on their anterior edge and darker b

Systematics and natural history of mountain reed snakes (genus Macrocalamus; Calamariinae)