Species

Calamaria hunanensis

Calamaria hunanensis · described by ZHANG, ZHU, WEI, SHU, LI, VOGEL, NIU, DING, CHEN, GUO & SHI 2026

Calamaria albiventer, a close relative of Calamaria hunanensis

Pictured: Calamaria albiventer, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Thomas Hardwicke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Calamaria hunanensis
First described
ZHANG, ZHU, WEI, SHU, LI, VOGEL, NIU, DING, CHEN, GUO & SHI 2026
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Calamaria

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree