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Taxonomy of the genus Conopsis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Conopsis (Mexican Earth Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Conopsis in general

Duges, A. 1896. Calamarides du groupe des Conopsis ou Oxyrhina. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1896: 319-323.

Duges, A. 1897. Calamarideos del grupo de Conopsis de Mexico. Mem. Soc. "Ant. Alzate" Mexico 11: 409-413.

Goyenechea, I. 2009. Relaciones filogeneticas de las serpientes del genero Conopsis con base en la morfologia. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80(3): 721-725.

Goyenechea, I.; Flores-Villela, O.A. 2002. Taxonomic status of the snake genera Conopsis and Toluca (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 92-95.

Goyenechea, I.; Flores-Villela, O.A. 2006. Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Gunther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1271: 1-27.

Greer, A.E. 1966. Viviparity and oviparity in the snake genera Conopsis, Toluca, Gyalopion and Ficimia with comments on Tomodon and Helicops. Copeia 1966: 371-373.

Taylor, E.H.; Smith, H.M. 1942. The snake genera Conopsis and Toluca. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(15): 325-303.

Conopsis acuta

García-Vázquez, U.O.; Perez-Ramos, E.; Duran-Fuentes, I. 2008. Geographic distribution: Conopsis acuta (NCN). Mexico: Guerrero. Herpetological Review 39(4): 484.

Conopsis amphistica

Smith, H.M.; Laufe, L.E. 1945. Notes on a herpetological collection from Oaxaca. Herpetologica 8: 1-13.

Conopsis biserialis

Castañeda-González, O.; Manjarrez, J.; Goyenechea, I.; Fajardo, V. 2011. Ecology of a population of the earthsnake Conopsis biserialis in the Mexican Transvolcanic Axis. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6(3): 364-371.

Estrada-Virgen, A.; Alvarado Diaz, J. 2003. Natural history notes: Conopsis biserialis (Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake). Litter size. Herpetological Review 34(2): 149.

Raya-García, E.; Alvarado-Díaz, J.; Suazo-Ortuño, I. 2016. Litter size and relative clutch mass of the earthsnakes Conopsis biserialis and C. nasus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the central Mexican Transvolcanic Axis. Salamandra 52(2): 217-220.

Raya-García, E.; Alvarado-Díaz, J.; Suazo-Ortuño, I. 2017. Herpetoculture notes: Conopsis biserialis and C. nasus (Mexican Earthsnakes). Probing. Herpetological Review 48(2): 376-377.

Conopsis lineata

Bocourt, P. 1892. Note sur la variabilite dans le nombre des plaques cephaliques chez certains Ophidiens. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 17: 40-41.

Carbajal-Márquez, R.A.; Arenas-Monroy, J.C.; González-Saucedo, Z.Y.; Jones, J.M.; Gallegos, R.L. 2012. Geographic distribution: Conopsis lineata (Lined Tolucan Ground Snake). Herpetological Review 43(1): 105.

Cruz-Elizalde, R.; Hernández-Salinas, U.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2010. Natural history notes: Conopsis lineata (large-nosed Earthsnake). Litter size. Herpetological Review 41(1): 89.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1957. Notes on Mexican snakes (Ophidia). Southwestern Naturalist 2(1): 19-27.

García-Balderas, C.M.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; Lucio-Palacio, C.R.; Valdéz-Jiménez, D. 2014. Natural history notes: Conopsis lineata (Lined Tolucan Ground Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 45(2): 337.

Goldberg, S.R. 2004. Natural history notes: Conopsis lineata (Lined Tolucan Ground Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 35(1): 59-60.

Goyenechea, I. 2003. Natural history notes: Conopsis lineata (NCN). Brood size. Herpetological Review 34(1): 63.

Sanchez-Herrera, O. 1980. Herpetofauna of the Pedregal de San Angel, D.F., Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(1): 9-18.

Scott, N.J. 1983. Conophis lineata (guarda camino). pp. 392-393. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp.

Conopsis megalodon

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Conopsis nasus

Avila-Villegas, H.; Lozano-Roman, L.F.; Reyes-Ardit, R. 2007. Natural history notes: Conopsis nasus (Large-nosed Earth Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(1): 86.

Fouquette, M.J.; Rossman, D.A. 1963. Noteworthy records of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Florida State Museum and the Texas Natural History Collection. Herpetologica 19: 185-201.

Goyenechea, I.; Flores-Villela, O.A. 2000. Designation of a neotype for Conopsis nasus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia 2000(1): 285-287.

Johnson, R.M.; Liner, E.A. 1978. Conopsis nasus nasus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) in Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 108-109.

Juárez-Escamilla, J.D.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2013. A new record of litter size of the endemic snake Conopsis nasus Günther, 1858 (Ophidia, Colubridae) from Hidalgo, Mexico. Herpetology Notes 6: 569-570.

Leviton, A.E.; Banta, B.H. 1961. Description of a new species of snake of the colubrid genus Gyalopion from the State of Zacatecas. Mexico. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 26: 1-4.

Minton, S.A.; Cisneros, J.M.; Cervantes, B.M. de 1997. Ophiophagy by an arthropod-eating snake. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(12): 253.

Minton, S.A.; Cisneros, J.M.; Cervantes, B.M. de 1998. Natural history notes: Conopsis nasus (Largenose Earth Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 29(3): 170.

Raya-García, E.; Alvarado-Díaz, J.; Pérez-Hernández, R.J. 2017. Herpetoculture notes: Conopsis nasus (Large-nosed Earthsnake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 48(2): 377.

Raya-García, E.; Alvarado-Díaz, J.; Suazo-Ortuño, I. 2016. Litter size and relative clutch mass of the earthsnakes Conopsis biserialis and C. nasus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the central Mexican Transvolcanic Axis. Salamandra 52(2): 217-220.

Raya-García, E.; Alvarado-Díaz, J.; Suazo-Ortuño, I. 2017. Herpetoculture notes: Conopsis biserialis and C. nasus (Mexican Earthsnakes). Probing. Herpetological Review 48(2): 376-377.

Tanner, W.W. 1961. A new subspecies of Conopsis nasus from Chihuahua, Mexico. Herpetologica 17(1): 13-18.

Terron, C.C. 1930. Conopsis nasus heliae, ssp.n. Anales del Instituto de Biologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Serie Zoologia 1(2): 175-176.

Wilson, L.D.; McCranie, J.R. 1979. Notes on the herpetofauna of two mountain ranges in Mexico (Sierra Fría, Aguascalientes, and Sierra Morones, Zacatecas). Journal of Herpetology 13(3): 271-278.