Kalabar

Kalabar
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Chordata
Subfilum:	Vertebrata
Kelas:	Reptilia
Ordo:	Squamata
Subordo:	Serpentes
Famili:	Boidae
Subfamili:	Calabariinae
Genus:	Calabaria
Nama binomial
	Calabaria reinhardtii; (Schlegel, 1848)
Sinonim
	Eryx reinhardtii Schlegel, 1848; Calabaria fusca Gray, 1858; Rhoptrura reinhardtii ; – W. Peters, 1861; Roptrura petiti Sauvage, 1884; Calabaria reinhardti ; – Boulenger, 1893; Calabaria reinhardtii – Stimson, 1969; [Charina] reinhardtii – Kluge, 1993;

Kalabar atau Calabaria adalah sebutan untuk sejenis ular boa dari suku Boidae. Ular ini terdapat di Afrika bagian barat dan tengah.^[2]

Sebelumnya, ular ini masuk ke dalam genus Charina, namun sekarang dipisah menjadi famili, genus, dan spesies tersendiri setelah dilakukan studi terhadap susunan DNA dan kromosomnya. Ular ini adalah satu-satunya anggota anak suku Calabariinae.^[3]

Pengenalan

Panjang tubuh mencapai 1 meter. Tubuh silindris, sesuai untuk menggali tanah. Tidak ada sisik sublabial.^[4] Sisik dorsal 29-32. Ventral 221-239. Terdapat pula sisik anal. Sisik subklaudal 20-28.^[5]

Warna tubuhnya cokelat tua. Warna perut kekuning-kuningan. Ekor berwarna hitam dengan belang-belang tipis berwarna kuning pucat.^[2]

Sebaran geografis

Tersebar luas di Afrika bagian tengah dan barat dari Liberia dan Sierra Leone hingga Kamerun, Republik Afrika Tengah, Gabon, Republik Kongo dan Republik Demokratik Kongo."^[1]

Rujukan

^ ^a ^b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
^ ^a ^b Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
^ Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T., Wiens, J.J., 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC evolutionary biology 13, 93.
^ Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes -- a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).
^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Boidæ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Calabaria reinhardti, p. 92.)

Sumber lain

Calabaria reinhardtii @ The Reptile Database
Calabaria reinhardtii di Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Diakses 20 July 2007.
The African Burrowing "Python" (Calabaria reinhardtii) at the Sand Boa Page. Accessed 20 July 2008.

[McD99-1] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[Meh87-2] Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.

[3] Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T., Wiens, J.J., 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC evolutionary biology 13, 93.

[P&G77-4] Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes -- a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).

[5] Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Boidæ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Calabaria reinhardti, p. 92.)

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