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Taxonomy of the genus Hemerophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Hemerophis (Socotra Whip Snake)

(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.


Hemorrhois in general

Schätti, B.; Wilson, L.D. 1986. Coluber. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 399: 1-4.

Schlüter, U. 2005. Die Zornnattern Nordafrikas. Reptilia (D) 10(52): 56-64.

Welch, K.R.G. 1980. A coment on the European colubrid genus Haemorrhois. South Western Herpetological Society Bulletin 3: 14-15.

Hemorrhois algirus

Baha el Din, S.M. 2000. A new addition to Egypt's herpetofauna: Coluber algirus (Jan, 1863). Herpetological Bulletin 72: 2-3.

Bons, J. 1962. Notes sur trois couleuvres africaines: Coluber algirus, Coluber florulentus et Coluber hippocrepis. Description de Coluber algirus villiersi subsp. nov. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 42(1-2): 61-86.

Dyadichko, V.G. 2014. Keeping and breeding the Algerian Whipsnake Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863) in captivity. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 21(2): 80–82.

Lanfranco, G. 1974. Notes on Coluber florulentus algirus (Jan). Maltese Nat. 1 [1970]: 13-15.

Lang, M. 1993. Coluber algirus - Algerische Zornnatter. pp. 75-82. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp.

Schätti, B. 1986. Morphologie und Systematik von Coluber algirus und C. hippocrepis (Reptilia: Colubridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 37(4): 281-293.

Schlüter, U. 2004. Mögliche Lebensräume der Algerischen Zornnatter, Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863) auf Malta. Elaphe 12(2): 68-71.

Wagner, P.; Wilms, T. 2013. Hemorrhois algirus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T183197A1733182. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T183197A1733182.en.

Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Atzeni, A.; Zambianchi, L.; Cherchi, F. 2013. Présence de Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758) dans le Parc Naturel Régional "Molentargius-Saline" (Sardaigne, Italie). Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 145-146: 219-224.

Barnestein, J.A.M.; Gonzalez de la Vega, J.P. 2007. Depredacion de culebra de herradura, Hemorrhois hippocrepis, sobre sapillo pintojo iberico, Discoglossus galganoi y sapillo pintojo meridional Discoglossus jeanneae. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 18: 82-83.

Bombi, P.; Capula, M.; D'Amen, M.; Luiselli, L.M. 2011. Climate change threatens the survival of highly endangered Sardinian populations of the snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis. Animal Biology (Leiden) 61(3): 239-248.

Bons, J. 1962. Notes sur trois couleuvres africaines: Coluber algirus, Coluber florulentus et Coluber hippocrepis. Description de Coluber algirus villiersi subsp. nov. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc 42(1-2): 61-86.

Bruno, S.; Hotz, H. 1976. Coluber hippocrepis auf der Insel Sardinien. Salamandra 12(2): 69-86.

Cabana, M.; Leon, M. 2012. [Attempted predation of Hemorrhois hippocrepis on Tarentola mauritanica]. (In Spanish). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 23(2): 36-38.

Cano, J.M.; Martínez-Silvestre, A.; Soler, J. 2013. Patrón de coloración atípico en Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 24(2): 5-6.

Capula, M.; Luiselli, L.; Rugiero, L.; Evangelisti, F.; Anibaldi, C.; Trujillo-Jesus, V. 1997. Notes on the food habits of Coluber hippocrepis nigrescens from Pantelleria Island: a snake that feeds on both carrion and living prey. Herpetological Journal 7(2): 67-70.

Carranza, S.; Arnold, E.N.; Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2006. Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of two Mediterranean snakes, Malpolon monspessulanus and Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Squamata, Colubridae), using mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(2): 532-546.

Cattaneo, A. 1986. Il colubro ferro di cavallo dell'Isola di Pantelleria: Coluber hippocrepis nigrescens subsp. nova (Reptilia Squamata Colubridae). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 126(3-4): 165-184.

Cattaneo, A. 2001. Fecondazione ritardata e descrizione di un nuovo fenotipo di Coluber hippocrepis L. dell'Isola di Pantelleria (Reptilia Colubridae). Naturalista Siciliano 25(3-4): 381-385.

Chemlik, P.; Korinek, M. 1996. Haltung und Nachzucht der Hufeisennatter Hierophis hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758). Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(102): 19-22.

Cimatti, E.; Grano, M.; Grano, P. 2006. Hemorrhois hippocrepis the Horseshoe Whip Snake. Reptilia (GB) 49: 54-59.

Corti, C.; Luiselli, L.; Filippi, E.; Capula, M. 2000. Distribution, natural history and morphometrics of the critically endangered Coluber hippocrepis populations of Sardinia: A review, with additional data and conservation implications. Amphibia-Reptilia 21(3): 279-287.

Feriche, M.; Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Cerro, A. 1993. Sexual dimorphism and sexing of Mediterranean colubrids based on external characteristics. Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 357-362.

Garrido-García, J.A.; Schreur, G.; Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2013. Occasional bat predation by the horseshoe whip snake (Reptilia, Colubridae). Galemys 25: 59-61.

Garzon, J. 1975. Coluber hippocrepis acechando Hirundo rustica y capturando Passer domesticus. Doñana Acta Vertebrata 1(1): 51.

Genovart, M.; Oro, D.; Gonzalez-Solis, J.; Pedrocchi, V. 1997. Natural history notes: Mediterranean reptiles. Predation. Herpetological Review 28(1): 43-44.

Hammer, M.; Arlettaz, R. 1998. A case of snake predation upon bats in northern Morocco: some implications for designing bat grilles. Journal of Zoology (London) 245(2): 211-212.

Luiselli, L.M.; Capula, M.; Rugiero, L.; Salvi, D.; Akani, G.C. 2012. Does interspecific competition with a stronger competitor explain the rarity of an endangered snake on a Mediterranean island. Ecological Research 27(3): 649-655.

Marco, A. 2002. Natural history notes: Coluber hippocrepis (Horseshoe Whip Snake). Caudal autotomy. Herpetological Review 33(3): 210.

Mateo Miras, J.A.; Cheylan, M.; Nouira, M.S.; Joger, U.; Sá-Sousa, P.; Pérez-Mellado, V.; Martínez-Solano, I.; Sindaco, R.; Romano, A. 2009. Hemorrhois hippocrepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61509A12495496. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61509A12495496.en.

Mattison, C. 1977. The ladder-snake. Aquarist and Pondkeeper 42(1): 26.

Migens, E.; Quetglas, J.; Ibanez, C. 2002. Predacion de culebra de herradura sobre murcielago ratonero mediano en tarifa (Cadiz, Andalucia). Almoraima 28: 69-71.

Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Alaminos, E.; Feriche, M. 2018. Exploring body injuries in the Horseshoe Whip Snake, Hemorrhois hippocrepis. Acta Herpetologica 13(1): 65-73.

Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Fahd, S. 2004. Body size, diet and reproductive ecology of Coluber hippocrepis in the Rif (Northern Morocco). Amphibia-Reptilia 25(3): 287-302.

Pleguezuelos, J.M.; Feriche, M. 1999. Reproductive ecology of the horseshoe whip snake (Coluber hippocrepis) in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Herpetology 33(2): 202-207.

Schätti, B. 1986. Morphologie und Systematik von Coluber algirus und C. hippocrepis (Reptilia: Colubridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 37(4): 281-293.

Schätti, B. 1993. Coluber hippocrepis - Hufeisennatter. pp. 115-130. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp.

Serrano-Eizaguerri, F.J. 2003. La culebra de herradura (Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758) en Aragon. Contribucion al conocimiento de su estatus en nuestra Comunidad. Naturaleza Aragonesa 11: 70-74.

Silva-Rocha, I.; Salvi, D.; Sillero, N.; Mateo, J.A.; Carretero, M.A. 2015. Snakes on the Balearic Islands: an invasion tale with implications for native biodiversity conservation. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0121026.

Soler Massana, J.; Amill Franch, I.; Martinez-Silvestre, A.; Barrull Ventura, J.; Mate Alonso, I. 2006. Nuevos datos de distribucion para 9 especies de reptiles en la Comarca del Priorat (sudoeste de Cataluna). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 17(2): 66-73.

Zamora-Camacho, F.J.; Moreno-Rueda, G.; Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2010. Long- and short-term impact of temperature on snake detection in the wild: further evidence from the snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis. Acta Herpetologica 5(2): 143-150.

Hemorrhois nummifer

Aghasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; Lymberakis, P.; Andrén, C.; Cogalniceanu, D.; Wilkinson, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Üzüm, N.; Orlov, N.L.; Podloucky, R.; Tuniyev, S.; Kaya, U.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R. & al. 2017. Hemorrhois nummifer. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157270A746934. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157270A746934.en.

Anton, T.G. 1987. General observations on three Soviet snakes, with notes on the Transcaucasian-Transcaspian Vipera. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(3): 53-57.

Cattaneo, A. 2007. Osservazioni sull'ofiofauna dell'isola egea di Symi (Sporadi meridionali). Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 58: 257-267.

Durmus, C.; Tok, C.V. 2014. Herpetofauna of the vicinity of Aksehir and Eber (Konya, Afyon), Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 38(2): 234-241.

Esterbauer, H. 1989. Vorkommen, Verhalten und Pflege der Münzflecken-Zornnatter Coluber ravergieri nummifer. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 42(1): 43-45.

Goldberg, S.R.; Schwarz, R.; Maza, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Hemorrhois nummifer (Asian Racer). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(3): 673.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2011. Opinion 2282. (Case 3502) Coluber nummifer Reuss, 1834 (currently Hemorrhois nummifer; Reptilia, Serpentes): specific name conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68(3): 228-229.

Sayed, N.H.M. 2012. Genetic diversity among eight Egyptian snakes (Squamata-Serpents: Colubridae) using RAPD-PCR. Life Science Journal Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition 9(1): 423-430.

Schätti, B.; Agasian, A. 1985. Ein neues Konzept für den Coluber ravergieri-C. nummifer-Komplex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zoologische Abhandlungen 40(9): 109-123.

Schätti, B.; Tillack, F. 2010. Case 3502: Coluber nummifer Reuss, 1834 (currently Hemorrhois nummifer; Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(1): 44-52.

Schätti, B.; Tillack, F.; Kucharzewski, C. 2009. Identität und Status dreier aus Ägypten beschriebener Schlangenarten: Coluber tyria Linnaeus, 1758, Coluber cahirinus Gmelin, 1789 und Coluber geoffroyii Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 22(1-2): 43-54.

Speybroeck, J.; Boble, D.; Razzetti, E.; Dimaki, M.; Kirchner, M.K.; Beukema, W. 2014. The distribution of amphibians and reptiles on Samos Island (Greece) (Amphibia: Reptilia). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 39-63.

Strachinis, I.; Lymberakis, P. 2013. New records of Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) from two Greek islands, Chios and Samothrace and consequent biogeographic implications. Herpetology Notes 6: 513-514.

Tuniyev, B.S.; Atayev, C.A.; Shammakov, S.M. 1997. On the distribution of Coluber ravergieri and Coluber nummifer in Turkmenistan and the possible evolutionary reasons for their polymorphism. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 131-136.

Hemorrhois ravergieri

Afsar, M.; Cicek, K.; Dincaslan, Y.E.; Ayaz, D.; Tok, C.V. 2013. New record localities of five snake species in Turkey. Herpetozoa 25(3-4): 179-183.

Berezovikov, N.N. 2008. [New findings of Hemorrhois ravergieri in Balkhash-Alakol depression]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2007: 168.

Böhme, W. 1993. Coluber ravergieri - Ravergiers Zornnatter. pp. 145-154. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp.

Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Werner, Y.L.; Böhme, W.; Lymberakis, P.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Crochet, P.A.; Li, P.; Lau, M.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K.D.; Golynsky, E.; Rustamov, A.; Munkhbayar, K. & al. 2017. Hemorrhois ravergieri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157285A749241. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157285A749241.en.

Khabibullov, M.R. 1987. [Spreading of Kugitangtau Crest Reptilia and some their adaptation to the conditions of highland]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1987(5): 36-41.

Khan, M.S. 1997. Taxonomic notes on Pakistani snakes of the Coluber karelini-rhodorachis-ventromaculatus species complex: a new approach to the problem. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 51-60.

Khomustenko, Y.D. 1981. [New data on the herpetofauna on central Kopet Dagh]. pp. 142. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Lotze, H.U. 1974. Eine Vierstreifennatter (Elaphe quatuorlineata) von der Sporadeninsel Kos. Salamandra 10(1): 27-30.

Lotze, H.U. 1977. Eine Berichtigung: Coluber ravergieri non Elaphe quatuorlineata von der Sporadeninsel Kos (Reptilia Serpentes, Colubridae). Salamandra 13(2): 117.

Mamonov, G. 1977. Case report of envenomation by the mountain racer Coluber ravergieri in USSR. The Snake 9(1): 27-28.

Radzhabov, B. 1975. [The feeding of Coluber ravergieri Menetries in Uzbekistan]. pp. 79-82. (In Russian). In: Khairutdinov, K.S. & Devletshina, A.G. (eds.): [Ecology and biology of the animals of Uzbekistan. 2. Vertebrates]. Fan, Tashkent. 191 pp.

Schätti, B.; Agasian, A. 1985. Ein neues Konzept für den Coluber ravergieri-C. nummifer-Komplex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zoologische Abhandlungen 40(9): 109-123.

Schmidtler, J.F.; Eiselt, J.; Sigg, H. 1990. Die subalpine Herpetofauna des Bolkar-Gebirges (Mittlerer Taurus, Südtürkei). Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 12(64): 11-20.

Schweiger, M. 1991. Coluber ravergieri Menetries, 1832 - eine ungewöhnliche Zornnatter. Teil 1: Beschreibung, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Giftwirkung. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(70): 30-34.

Schweiger, M. 1991. Coluber ravergieri Menetries, 1832 - eine ungewöhnliche Zornnatter. Teil 2: Fortpflanzung und Terrarienhaltung. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(71): 22-26.

Tsellarius, A.Y.; Cherlin, V.A.; Lukin, Y.A. 1983. [Reptile population of Eroilanduz drainless depression (Badkhyz, Turkmenia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1983(6): 63-66.

Tuniyev, B.S.; Atayev, C.A.; Shammakov, S.M. 1997. On the distribution of Coluber ravergieri and Coluber nummifer in Turkmenistan and the possible evolutionary reasons for their polymorphism. Asiatic Herpetological Research 7: 131-136.