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Reptiles
 Snakes
 Colubridae
North America
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Bibliography of the genus
Contia (Sharp-tailed Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)
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Contia in general
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Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 3. Overview of xenodontine phylogeny and the history of New World snakes. Copeia 1984(3): 641-652.
Feldman, C.R.; Hoyer, R.F. 2010. A new species of snake in the genus Contia (Squamata: Colubridae) from California and Oregon. Copeia 2010(2): 254-267.
Hoyer, R.F. 2001. Discovery of a probable new species in the genus Contia. Northwestern Naturalist 82(3): 116-122.
Leonard, W.P.; Ovaska, K. 1998. Contia, C. tenuis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 677: 1-7.
Stickel, W.H. 1951. Distinctions between the snake genera Contia and Eirenis. Herpetologica 7: 125-131.
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Contia longicaudae
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Feldman, C.R.; Hoyer, R.F. 2010. A new species of snake in the genus Contia (Squamata: Colubridae) from California and Oregon. Copeia 2010(2): 254-267.
Norman, B.R.; Barron, A.D.; Feldman, C.R. 2012. Geographic distribution: Contia longicaudae (Forest Sharp-tailed Snake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 307.
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Contia tenuis
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Anthony, L. 2012. Sharp-tailed Snake discovery. Canadian Herpetologist 2(2): 11-12.
Beaman, K.R.; Tucker, N.G. 2014. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 45(3): 514.
Brodie, E.D.; Nussbaum, R.A.; Storm, R.M. 1969. An egg-laying aggregation of five species of Oregon reptiles. Herpetologica 25: 223-227.
Carl, G.C. 1950. A sharp-tailed snake in British Columbia. Herpetologica 6: 116.
Carl, G.C. 1973. Record of the sharp-tailed snake from south Pender Island, British Columbia. Syesis 4(1-2): 267.
Cook, S.F. 1960. On the occurrence and life history of Contia tenuis. Herpetologica 16: 163-173.
Cunningham, J.D. 1962. High elevation records of Contia tenuis. Herpetologica 18: 133-134.
Engelstoft, C.; Ovaska, K.; Honkanen, N. 1999. The harmonic direction finder: a new method for tracking movements of small snakes. Herpetological Review 30(2): 84-87.
Feldman, C.R.; Spicer, G.S. 2002. Mitochondrial variation in Sharp-tailed Snakes (Contia tenuis): evidence of a cryptic species. Journal of Herpetology 36(4): 648-655.
Feldman, C.R.; Spicer, G.S. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of woodland reptiles in California: repeated patterns of cladogenesis and population expansion. Molecular Ecology 15(8): 2201-2222.
Flynt, A.W. 1962. Contia tenuis discovered east of the Cascade Mountains. Occasional Papers Department of Biology College of Puget Sound 22: 207.
Goldberg, S.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Common Sharptailed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(3): 669-670.
Govindarajulu, P.; Isaac, L.A.; Engelstoft, C.; Ovaska, K. 2011. Relevance of life-history parameter estimation to conservation listing: case of the sharp-tailed snake (Contia tenuis). Journal of Herpetology 45(3): 300-307.
Hansen, R.W.; Thomason, B. 1991. Life history notes: Contia tenuis (Sharptail Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 22(2): 60-61.
Harris, R.W. 1959. An altitude record for Contia tenuis. Herpetologica 15: 104.
Herrington, R.E.; Larsen, J.H. 1983. Geographic distribution: Contia tenuis (Sharptail Snake). Herpetological Review 14(3): 84.
Hoyer, R.F.; O'Donnell, R.P.; Mason, R.T. 2006. Current distribution and status of Sharp-tailed Snakes (Contia tenuis) in Oregon. Northwestern Naturalist 87(3): 195-202.
Leonard, W.P.; Darda, D.M.; McAllister, K.R. 1996. Aggregations of Sharptail Snakes (Contia tenuis) on the east slope of the Cascade Range in Washington State. Northwestern Naturalist 77(2): 47-49.
Leonard, W.P.; Leonard, M.A. 1998. Occurrence of the Sharptail Snake (Contia tenuis) at Trout Lake, Klickitat County, Washington. Northwestern Naturalist 79(2): 75-76.
Leonard, W.P.; Stebbins, R.C. 1999. Observations of antipredator tactics of the Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis). Northwestern Naturalist 80(2): 74-77.
Lucas, R.S.; Vindum, J.V. 2000. New county records from Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, and Yuba counties, Mendocino and Plumas national forests, California, USA. Herpetological Review 31(3): 194-195.
O'Donnell, R.P.; McCutchen, D. 2008. A Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) in the San Juan Islands: western Washington's first record in 58 years. Northwestern Naturalist 89(2): 107-109.
Ovaska, K.; Engelstoft, C. 1999. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed Snake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 30(3): 168.
Ovaska, K.; Engelstoft, C. 2008. Conservation of the Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis) in urban areas in the Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. pp. 557-564. In: Mitchell, J.C.; Jung Brown, R.E.; Bartholomew, B. (eds.). Urban herpetology. SSAR (Society for the study of Amphibians and Reptiles), Utah. 586 pp.
Parham, J.F.; Rieboldt, S.E. 2005. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 36(4): 456.
Pimentel, R.A. 1958. Southern occurrence of the sharp-tailed snake in a unique community. Herpetologica 14: 169-170.
Pinou, T.; Vicario, S.; Marschner, M.; Caccone, A. 2004. Relict snakes of North America and their relationships within Caenophidia, using likelihood-based Bayesian methods on mitochondrial sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(2): 563-574.
Shedd, J.D. 2013. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Common Sharp-tailed Snake). Albinism. Herpetological Review 44(1): 152-153.
Slater, J.R. 1939. Contia tenuis rediscovered in Washington. Occasional Papers Department of Biology College of Puget Sound 1939: 5.
Tanner, W.W. 1967. Contia tenuis Baird and Girard in continental British Columbia, Canada. Herpetologica 23: 323.
Weaver, R.E. 2004. Natural history notes: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed Snake). Nocturnal behavior and habitat. Herpetological Review 35(2): 176.
Weaver, R.E.; Darda, D.M. 2003. Geographic distribution: Contia tenuis (Sharp-tailed Snake). Herpetological Review 34(4): 386-387.
Weaver, R.E.; Kardong, K.V. 2010. Behavioral responses to potential prey through chemoreception by the sharp-tailed snake (Contia tenuis). Northwestern Naturalist 91(1): 58-62.
Wilkinson, S.F.; Gregory, P.T.; Engelstoft, C.; Nelson, K.J. 2007. The Rumsfeld paradigm: knowns and unknowns in characterizing habitats used by the endangered Sharp-tailed Snake, Contia tenuis, in southwestern British Columbia. Canadian Field-Naturalist 121(2): 142-149.
Zweifel, R.G. 1954. Adaptation to feeding in the snake Contia tenuis. Copeia 1954: 299-300.
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