A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia Author Koch, André Author Arida, Evy Author Mcguire, Jimmy A. Author Iskandar, Djoko T. Author Böhme, Wolfgang text Zootaxa 2009 2196 19 30 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.189513 e8a2fb4b-f3d4-4a46-abdc-6e3f501e1802 1175-5326 189513 Key to the Calamaria species of the Sulawesi region and the Moluccas (In part after Inger & Marx 1965 , In den Bosch 1985 , and de Lang & Vogel 2005 ) 1 Preocular absent ......................................................................................................................................................... 9 - Preocular present ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Mental not touching anterior chin shields .................................................................................................................... 3 - Mental touching anterior chin shields........................................................................................................................... 5 3 Paraparietal surrounded by five scales and shields................................................................................ C. brongersmai - Paraparietal surrounded by six scales and shields ........................................................................................................ 4 4 Eye diameter almost 1.5 times eye-mouth distance................................................................................. C. boesemani - Eye diameter slightly greater than eye-mouth distance .............................................................................. C. virgulata 5 First gular touching anterior chin shields ................................................................................................ C. acutirostris - First gular not touching anterior chin shields .............................................................................................................. 6 6 Paraparietal surrounded by five scales and shields ....................................................................................... C. muelleri - Paraparietal surrounded by six scales and shields ....................................................................................................... 7 7 Tail thick, tapering abruptly at end ............................................................................................................. C. virgulata - Tail tapering gradually from base ............................................................................................................................... 8 8 Ventrals yellow, immaculate except for dark lateral tips ............................................................................. C. nuchalis - Ventrals dark, yellowish on posterior edges only .............................................................................................. C. curta 9 Mental touching anterior chin shields................................................................................................ C. apraeocularis - Mental not touching anterior chin shields.................................................................................................................. 10 10 Four supralabials..................................................................................................................................... C. longirostris - Five supralabials ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 11 Pale collar absent ...................................................................................................................................... C. butonensis - Pale collar present ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 12 ventrals 139 to 146 (males) or 148 to 165 (females), tail ratio in females 0.071 to 0.087, in males 0.125 to 0.150 .... ................................................................................................................................................................. C. ceramensis - 157 (male) to 198 (female) ventrals, tail ratio in females 0.060, in males 0.103 ................................ C. banggaiensis