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Taxonomy of the genus Liochlorophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Liochlorophis (Smooth Green 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.


Opheodrys vernalis

Adler, K.K. 1959. Opheodrys in Delaware County, Ohio. Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 2: 1.

Akre, T.S.B. 2003. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 34(4): 389.

Akre, T.S.B.; Robinson, T.F. 2003. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 34(4): 389.

Anton, T.G.; Graser, W.H. 2012. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). USA: Illinois: Kane Co. Herpetological Review 43(3): 449.

Bartley, G.R. 1994. General care of the Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis. Herptile 19(1): 43-46.

Beck, T.; Johnston, B.; Badje, A.F.; Staffen, R.A. 2015. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 46(1): 62-63.

Blahnik, J.F.; Cochran, P.A. 1994. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 25(2): 77.

Blanchard, F.N. 1933. Eggs and young of the smooth green snake, Liopeltis vernalis (Harlan). Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 17: 493-508.

Brown, L.E. 1994. Occurrence of Smooth Green Snakes in a highly polluted microenvironment in central Illinois prairie. Prairie Naturalist 26(2): 155-156.

Buff, C.R. le 1951. The habits of young smooth green snakes (Opheodrys vernalis) in captivity. Herpetologica 7: 80.

Casper, G.S. 1996. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 27(4): 214.

Casper, G.S.; Rutherford, R.D. 2016. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 47(3): 428.

Caven, A.J.; Salter, J.; Geluso, K. 2017. Natural history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (=Liochlorophis vernalis) (Smooth Greensnake). Fire mortality and phenology. Herpetological Review 48(4): 864-865.

Cochran, P.A. 1987. Life history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Behaviour. Herpetological Review 18(2): 36-37.

Cook, F.R. 1964. Communal egg laying in the smooth green snake. Herpetologica 20: 206.

Cook, F.R.; Nero, R.W. 1961. The green snake and red-bellied snake in Saskatchewan. Blue Jay 19: 134-135.

Corrado, J.L.; McDuffie, G.T. 1963. An additional buff-coloured Opheodrys vernalis vernalis (Harlan). Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 4(1/2): 22.

Cox, C.L.; Farrar, E.S.; Hey, J.D. 2005. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 36(3): 339.

Cox, C.L.; Farrar, E.S.; Hey, J.D.; Morrill, M.C. 2009. Cover object usage among an assemblage of Iowa snakes. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 4(1): 80-84.

Cundall, D. 1981. Cranial osteology of the colubrid snake genus Opheodrys. Copeia 1981(2): 353-371.

Cundall, D. 1986. Variations of the cephalic muscles in the colubrid snake genera Entechinus, Opheodrys, and Symphimus. Journal of Morphology 187(1): 1-21.

Davis, D.R.; Zimmer, M.B. 2017. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 48(1): 129-130.

Davis, J.G.; Letsche, W.J. 2009. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 40(4): 457.

Davis, W.B. 1949. The smooth green snake in Texas. Copeia 1949(3): 233.

Davis, W.B. 1954. Another record of the smooth green snake in Texas. Herpetologica 9 [1954]: 165.

DeFusco, R.P.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 1994. Geographic distribution: Liochlorophis vernalis blanchardi (Smooth Green Snake). USA: Colorado: Teller Co. Herpetological Review 25(2): 77.

Dexter, R.W. 1948. More records of reptiles from Portage County, Ohio. Copeia 1948(2): 139.

Dexter, R.W. 1963. Distribution of the smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis, in Ohio. Journal Ohio Herpetological Society 4(1/2): 63.

First, F.B. 2005. Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Catesbeiana 25(2): 83-84.

Fowler, J.A. 1966. A communal nesting site for the smooth green snake in Michigan. Herpetologica 22: 231.

Fritts, T.H. 1968. Intrabrood variation in Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan). Herpetologica 24: 79-82.

Froom, B. 1962. The smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis) in captivity. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(1): 11-13.

Froom, B. 1965. The habits of a captive smooth green snake. Ontario Field Biologist 19(15-17): Unpaginated.

Geluso, K.; Wright, G.D. 2009. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 40(4): 457.

Goodman, J.D. 1948. A report on the reptiles collected by J.M. Shaffer from the Keokuk Area, 1863-1895. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 55: 365-366.

Gordon, D.M.; Cook, F.R. 1980. An aggregation of gravid snakes in the Quebec Laurentians. Canadian Field-Naturalist 94(4): 456-457.

Gregory, P.T. 1975. Aggregations of gravid snakes in Manitoba, Canada. Copeia 1975(1): 185-186.

Gregory, P.T. 1977. Life history observations of three species of snakes in Manitoba. Canadian Field Naturalist 91(1): 19-27.

Grobman, A. 1991. Does the Smooth Green Snake occur in Missouri? Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science 25: 1-3.

Grobman, A. 1997. The contribution of in-state depositories to the natural history of their states. Collection Forum 13(1): 40-41.

Grobman, A.B. 1941. A contribution to the knowledge of variation in Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan), with the description of a new subspecies. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 50: 1-38.

Grobman, A.B. 1992. Metamerism in the snake Opheodrys vernalis, with a description of a new subspecies. Journal of Herpetology 26(2): 175-186.

Groves, J.D. 1976. A note on the eggs and young of the smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis in Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 12(4): 131-132.

Hoaglund, E.P.; Smith, C.E. 2010. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 41(2): 245.

Hollander, P.J.; Barnhart, M.C. 1976. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi (Western Smooth Green Snake). USA: Iowa: Story Co. Herpetological Review 7(3): 124.

Hoppe, D.M. 1978. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi. USA: North Dakota: Slope Co. Herpetological Review 9(1): 22.

Hughes, D.F.; Adams, J.M. 2015. Natural history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Nest site selection. Herpetological Review 46(3): 453.

Knoot, T.G.; Best, L.B. 2011. A multiscale approach to understanding snake use of conservation buffer strips in an agricultural landscape. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6(2): 191-201.

Latham, R. 1968. The eastern smooth green snake on eastern Long Island. Engelhardtia 1(2): 22.

Lawson, R. 1983. Life history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 14(1): 20.

Lethaby, M. 2011. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 42(1): 115.

Linzey, D.W. 1959. Further records of the smooth green snake in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. Herpetologica 15: 94.

Livo, L.J.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M. 1996. Geographic distribution: Liochlorophis (=Opheodrys) vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 27(3): 154.

Loeffler, C.W. 2001. Geographic distribution: Liochlorophis vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 32(1): 60.

Loveridge, A. 1927. On the seasonal incidence of three common species of Massachusetts snakes. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1(2): 54-58.

Manville, R.H. 1951. A small island community in Midsummer. Ecology 32: 608-617.

Mara, W.P. 1996. Green snakes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, N.J. 65 pp.

McClure, W.L. 1969. A new record of Opheodrys vernatis blanchardi in Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 14: 129.

Mifsud, D.A.; Stapleton, M.M.; Jackson, S.A. 2016. Natural history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 47(1): 150-151.

Mitchell, J.C. 2006. Status of the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) in North Carolina and Virginia. Banisteria 28: 37-43.

Oldham, J.C.; Smith, H.M. 1991. The generic status of the Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 27(4): 201-215.

Radaj, R.H. 1981. Life history notes: Opheodrys v. vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 12(3): 80.

Raimond, C.; Thomsen, E. 2016. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 47(4): 631.

Redmer, M. 1987. Notes on the eggs and hatchlings of the Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys vernalis, in Dupage County, Illinois. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 22(9): 149.

Roberts, A.; Tickle, J. 2004. Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Catesbeiana 24(2): 72-73.

Robins, C.R. 1952. Variation in the greensnake, Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan), from the Black Hills, South Dakota. Copeia 1952: 191-192.

Robinson, J.W.; Ray, J.W. 2008. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Herpetological Review 39(2): 242.

Sacerdote, A.B.; Glowacki, G.; Schmitz, T. 2012. Natural history notes: Opheodrys vernalis (Smooth Greensnake). Reproduction / communal nesting. Herpetological Review 43(4): 661.

Sacerdote-Velat, A.B.; Earnhardt, J.M.; Mulkerin, D.; B hm, D.; Glowacki, G. 2014. Evaluation of headstarting and release techniques for population augmentation and reintroduction of the Smooth Green Snake. Animal Conservation 17(Supplement 1): 65-73.

Schlauch, F.C. 1975. Agonistic behavior in a suburban Long Island population of the smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis. Engelhardtia 6(2): 25-26.

Schmidt, K.P.; Necker, W.L. 1936. The scientific name of the American smooth green snake. Herpetologica 1936(1): 63-64.

Schmidt, T. 2002. Grasnattern. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 78 pp.

Seibert, H.C.; Hagen, C.W. 1947. Studies on a population of snakes in Illinois. Copeia 1947: 6-22.

Sexton, O.J.; Claypool, L. 1978. Nest sites of a northern population of an oviparous snake, Opheodrys vernalis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Natural History 12(4): 365-370.

Shofner, R.M. 2011. Smooth Green Snakes (Liochlorophis vernalis) in Kansas: a history and rediscovery. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 40: 8-9.

Smith, H.M. 1964. The taxonomic status of the Black Hills population of smooth greensnakes. Herpetologica 19: 256-261.

Smith, H.M.; Hammerson, G.A.; Roth, J.J.; Chiszar, D. 1991. Distributional addenda for the Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis) in western Colorado, and the status of its subspecies. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 27(2): 99-106.

Smith, H.M.; Thompson, D. 1993. Four reptiles newly recorded from Ouray County, Colorado. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(4): 78-79.

Stille, W.T. 1954. Observations on the reproduction and distribution of the green snake, Opheodrys vernalis (Harlan). Natural History Miscellanea 127: 1-11.

Stuart, B.L.; Rosado, J.; Brinkman, P.D. 2014. Albert Rogers Crandall's Smooth Green Snake (Opheodrys vernalis) from North Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 13(4): N37-N42.

Stuart, J.N. 2002. Natural history notes: Liochlorophis (=Opheodrys) vernalis (Smooth Green Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 33(2): 140-141.

Stuart, J.N.; Degenhardt, W.G. 1990. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi (Western Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 21(1): 23.

Stuart, J.N.; Painter, C.W. 1993. Notes on hibernation of the Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis, in New Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 29(3): 140-142.

Tanner, W.W. 1958. Herpetological range extensions. Herpetologica 14: 195-196.

Walley, H.D. 2003. Liochlorophis, L. vernalis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 776: 1-13.

Williams, L.B.; Platt, S.G. 2004. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi (Smooth Green Snake). Herpetological Review 35(2): 192.

Witt, W.L. 1958. The smooth green snake in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. Herpetologica 14: 140.

Worthington, R.D. 1973. Remarks on the distribution of the smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi Grobman in Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 18(3): 344-346.

Young, R.A. 1973. Anthills as hibernating sites for Opheodrys vernalis blanchardi. Bulletin Chicago Herpetological Society 8(1-2): 7.