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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Yemen

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.


Anderson, J. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and Batrachians made by Colonel Yerbury at Aden and its neighbourhood. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 635-663.

Arillo, A. 1967. Missione Scortecci 1965 nello Yemen: Reptilia, Testudines. Bollettino dei Musei e Degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universita di Genova 35: 185-192.

Boettger, O. 1892. Mitteilung über eine Reptiliensendung von Aden in Süd-Arabien. Berichte des Offenbacher Vereins für Naturkunde 29-32: 61-63.

Cherchi, M.A.; Spano, S. 1966. Viperidi ed elapidi dello Yemen. (Missione Scortecci 1965). Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universita di Genova 34(210): 139-148.

Corkill, N.L. 1962. The snakes of Aden Territory. Port of Aden Annual 1961-1962: 78-81.

Feuer, R.C. 1981. Herpetological bibliography of Yemen. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 28: 17.

Fritz, J.P.; Schutte, F. 1987. Geckos der Gattung Pristurus Rüppell, 1835 aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 38(1): 47-57.

Fritz, J.P.; Schutte, F. 1987. Geckos der Gattungen Ptyodactylus und Hemidactylus aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 38(2): 115-128.

Fritz, J.P.; Schutte, F. 1988. Agamen aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 39(2-3): 103-112.

Fritz, J.P.; Schutte, F. 1988. Skinke aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen (Sauria: Scincidae). Salamandra 24(1): 41-52.

Groombridge, B. 2010. Using Google Earth to confirm marine turtle nesting: the Makran coast (Pakistan) & the Hadramout (Yemen). Marine Turtle Newsletter 129: 17-19.

Ionides, C.J.P.; Orme-Smith, C. 1965. A trip to Al Aber, Quati State, Hadramaut, eastern Aden Protectorate. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 25: 125-128.

Matschie, P. 1893. Über einige von Herrn Oscar Neumann bei Aden gesammelte u. beobachtete Säugethiere, Reptilien, und Amphibien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu B 1893: 27-31.

Mohamed, A.W.; Mansour, A.M.; Tahoon, M.A. 2010. Natural resources, bottom facies, impacts, management plan and recommendations on some islands of the Red Sea, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research 36(1): 55-71.

Parker, H.W. 1932. Reptiles and amphibians. pp. 341-344. In: Thomas, B. Arabia Felix.

Popov, G.B. 1961. Lizards of Aden and the Protectorate. Port Aden Annual 1960-61: 44-47.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 1998. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen. 3. Geckos des südlichen Jemen und der Insel Sokotra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 113-132.

Schätti, B. 1989. Amphibien und Reptilien aus der Arabischen Republik Jemen und Djibouti. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 96(4): 905-937.

Schätti, B.; Desvoignes, A. 1999. The herpetofauna of southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve. 179 pp.

Schätti, B.; Gasperetti, J. 1994. A contribution to the herpetofauna of southwest Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 348-423.

Schmidt, K.P. 1953. Amphibians and reptiles of Yemen. Fieldiana Zoology 34(24): 253-261.

Scortecci, G. 1932. Rettili dello Yemen. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 71(1): 39-49.

Scortecci, G. 1966. Relazione di un viaggio di esplorazione biologica nello Yemen. Bollettino dei Musei e Degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universita di Genova 34(206): 5-106.

Showler, D.A. 1996. Reptile observations in Yemen, spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 170-180.

Stanton, D.B. 2009. Opportunistic wildlife trade in Yemen. Wildlife Middle East News 4(2): 7.

Walczak, P.S. 1979. The status of marine turtles in the waters of the Yemen Arab Republic. British Journal of Herpetology 5(12): 851-583.

Wallach, V.; Lanza, B. 2004. Taxonomic reassessment of Giuseppe Scortecci's scolecophidian type and non-type specimens from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen, in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano (Reptilia: Serpentes). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 145(1): 79-91.

Wranik, W. 1998. Contributions to the herpetology of the Republic of Yemen. 4. Socotra Island and southern Yemen mainland (Amphibia; Reptilia). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 163-179.