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Taxonomy of the genus Notechis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]

Bibliography of the genus
Notechis (Australian Tiger Snake)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)

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.


Notechis scutatus

Abbott, I. 1978. Ecological notes on Carnac Island tiger snakes. Western Australian Naturalist 14(3): 78-80.

Abbott, I. 1978. Seabird islands. Mistaken Island, King George Sound, Western Australia. Corella 2(2): 32-33.

Aubret, F. 2004. Aquatic locomotion and behaviour in two disjunct populations of Western Australian Tiger Snakes, Notechis ater occidentalis. Australian Journal of Zoology 52(4): 357-368.

Aubret, F. 2007. Natural history notes: Notechis scutatus (Australian Tiger Snake). Cannibalism. Herpetological Review 38(3): 341.

Aubret, F. 2012. Body-size evolution on islands: are adult size variations in Tiger snakes a nonadaptive consequence of selection on birth size. American Naturalist 179(3): 756-767.

Aubret, F. 2015. Island colonisation and the evolutionary rates of body size in insular neonate snakes. Heredity 115(4): 349-356.

Aubret, F. 2016. Effect of sudden loss of vision on foraging behavior in captive born Tiger Snakes, Notechis scutatus (Serpentes: Elapidae). Phyllomedusa 15(1): 75-78.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X. 2005. Influence of body reserves and eye opacity on foraging behaviours of tiger snakes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology 303A(12): 1075-1084.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X.; Bradshaw, D. 2007. Food versus risk: foraging decision in young Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 28(2): 304-308.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X.; Maumelat, S. 2005. Tail loss, body condition and swimming performances in tiger snakes, Notechis ater occidentalis. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Comparative Experimental Biology 303A(10): 894-903.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X.; Pearson, D.; Shine, R. 2005. How can blind tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) forage successfully? Australian Journal of Zoology 53(5): 283-288.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X.; Shine, R. 2007. The role of adaptive plasticity in a major evolutionary transition: early aquatic experience affects locomotor performance of terrestrial snakes. Functional Ecology 21(6): 1154-1161.

Aubret, F.; Bonnet, X.; Shine, R.; Maumelat, S. 2005. Swimming and pregnancy in Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 26(3): 396-400.

Aubret, F.; Burghardt, G.M.; Maumelat, S.; Bonnet, X.; Bradshaw, D. 2006. Feeding preferences in 2 disjunct populations of tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus (Elapidae). Behavioral Ecology 17(5): 716-725.

Aubret, F.; Michniewicz, R.J. 2010. Warming up for cold water: influence of habitat type on thermoregulatory tactics in a semi-aquatic snake. Amphibia-Reptilia 31(4): 525-531.

Aubret, F.; Michniewicz, R.J.; Shine, R. 2011. Correlated geographic variation in predation risk and antipredator behaviour within a wide-ranging snake species (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae). Austral Ecology 36(4): 446-452.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2007. Rapid prey-induced shift in body size in an isolated snake population (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae). Austral Ecology 32(8): 889-899.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2008. Early experience influences both habitat choice and locomotor performance in tiger snakes. American Naturalist 171(4): 524-531.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2008. The origin of evolutionary innovations: locomotor consequences of tail shape in aquatic snakes. Functional Ecology 22(2): 317-322.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2009. Causes and consequences of aggregation by neonatal tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus, Elapidae). Austral Ecology 34(2): 210-217.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2009. Genetic assimilation and the postcolonization erosion of phenotypic plasticity in island tiger snakes. Current Biology 19(22): 1932-1936.

Aubret, F.; Shine, R. 2010. Thermal plasticity in young snakes: how will climate change affect the thermoregulatory tactics of ectotherms? Journal of Experimental Biology 213(2): 242-248.

Aubret, F.; Thomas, J. 2009. Natural history notes: Notechis scutatus (Australian Tiger Snake). Injuries. Herpetological Review 40(1): 100-101.

Barnett, B.; Schwaner, T.D. 1984. Growth in a brood of captive tiger snakes (Notechis ater serventyi) from Chappell Island. Newsletter of the Australian Society of Herpetologists 25: 57.

Barnett, B.; Schwaner, T.D. 1985. Growth in captive born tiger snakes (Notechis ater serventyi) from Chappell Island: implications for field and laboratory studies. Transactions Royal Society of South Australia 109(2): 31-36.

Bonnet, X.; Aubret, F.; Lourdais, O.; Ladyman, M.; Bradshaw, D.; Maumelat, S. 2005. Do 'quiet' places make animals placid? Island vs. mainland tiger snakes. Ethology 111(6): 573-592.

Bonnet, X.; Bradshaw, D.; Shine, R.; Pearson, D. 1999. Why do snakes have eyes? The (non-)effect of blindness in island tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46(4): 267-272.

Bonnet, X.; Lorioux, S.; Pearson, D.; Aubret, F.; Bradshaw, D.; Delmas, V.; Fauvel, T. 2011. Which proximate factor determines sexual size dimorphism in tiger snakes? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(3): 668-680.

Bonnet, X.; Pearson, D.; Ladyman, M.; Lourdais, O.; Bradshaw, D. 2002. 'Heaven' for serpents? A mark-recapture study of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) on Carnac Island, Western Australia. Austral Ecology 27(4): 442-450.

Bowker, G.M. 1980. Seabird islands. No. 99. Griffiths Island, Victoria. Corella 4(4): 104-106.

Brereton, R.N.; Peacock, R.J. 1992. A tiger snake goes trout fishing. Tasmanian Naturalist 110: 7-8.

Brown, G.W.; Nelson, J.L. 1993. Influence of successional stage of Eucalyptus regnans (mountain ash) on habitat use by reptiles in the Central Highlands, Victoria. Australian Journal of Ecology 18(4): 405-417.

Bush, B. 1983. Notes on reproductive behaviour in the tiger snake (Notechis scutatus). Western Australian Naturalist 15(5): 112.

Bush, B. 1994. Natural history of the western tiger snake: captive reproductive potential and longevity. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24(2): 19-21.

Butler, H.; Malone, B.; Clemann, N. 2005. Activity patterns and habitat preferences of translocated and resident tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) in a suburban landscape. Wildlife Research 32(2): 157-163.

Butler, H.; Malone, B.; Clemann, N. 2005. The effects of translocation on the spatial ecology of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) in a suburban landscape. Wildlife Research 32(2): 165-171.

Campbell, C.H. 1977. The tiger snake: a review of the toxicology of the venom and the effect of the bite. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 9(1): 7-17.

Cermak, M. 1984. The island of black tiger snakes. Herptile 9(2): 53-55.

Cermak, M. 1986. Tiger snakes of Chappell Island. Australian Natural History 21(6): 260-262.

Clear, R.C. 2011. Natural history notes: Notechis scutatus (Tiger Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 442.

Clemann, N.; Butler, H. 2005. Venom 'spitting' during handling in an Australian elapid snake. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 35(2): 83-84.

Clemann, N.; Butler, H. 2006. Carrion scavenging by the tiger snake (Notechis scutatus). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 36(1): 2-4.

Cochran, D.M. 1944. Dangerous reptiles (popular). Rep. Smithson. Instn. 1943: 275-325.

Cogger, H. 2010. Notechis scutatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T169687A6666605. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T169687A6666605.en.

Corbett, K. 2013. Observations of a fishing Tiger Snake and a mass death of beetles in Tasmania. Tasmanian Naturalist 135: 98-101.

Dudley, A.P. 1992. Reptiles and frogs observed in the Mount Ronald Cross area, Tasmania, 27 January 1989. Sydney Basin Naturalist 1: 83.

Fabien, A.; Bonnet, X.; Maumelat, S.; Bradshaw, D.; Schwaner, T. 2004. Diet divergence, jaw size and scale counts in two neighbouring populations of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus). Amphibia-Reptilia 25(1): 9-17.

Feam, S. 1988. Predation on introduced animals by the Tasmanian tiger snake. Tasmanian Naturalist 94: 3-4.

Fearn, S. 1993. The tiger snake Notechis scutatus (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Tasmania. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(2): 17-29.

Fearn, S. 1995. Tiger snakes in Tasmania. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 15(4): 118-122.

Fearn, S. 2011. A rich and varied canvas: scale variations and scarring on Tasmanian tiger snakes Notechis scutatus (Serpentes: Elapidae). Tasmanian Naturalist 133: 8-14.

Fearn, S. 2014. When giants roamed the land: did rabbit plagues produce a shift in maximal size of Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus) in Tasmania. Tasmanian Naturalist 136: 2-18.

Fearn, S.; Dowde, J.; Trembath, D. 2012. Body size and trophic divergence of two large sympatric elapid snakes (Notechis scutatus and Austrelaps superbus) (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 60(3): 159-165.

Fearn, S.; Spencer, C.P. 1995. New prey records and relationships for the tiger snake Notechis scutatus (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Tasmania. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 23-27.

Fearn, S.; Staubmann, M. 2001. A record of intraspecific combat in free ranging Tasmanian tiger snakes Notechis scutatus (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 69-71.

Fearn, S.; Tierney, E. 2014. A second observation of predation on Ringtail Possums (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) by Tasmanian Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus). Tasmanian Naturalist 136: 43-44.

Firmage, M.; Shine, R. 1996. Battles for mates and food: intraspecific combat in island tigersnakes (Notechis ater) from southern Australia. Amphibia-Reptilia 17(1): 55-65.

Flachsenberger, W.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Digestive properties of snake venoms. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 28-31.

Fletcher, T. 1981. Brown falcon carrying tiger snake. Bird Observer 589: 11.

Fulton, G.R.; Smith, M. 2003. Black swan and western tiger snake: a conflict avoidance encounter. Corella 27(4): 121-122.

Glauert, L. 1948. The western tiger snake, Notechis scutatus occidentalis, subsp. nov. Western Australian Naturalist 1(7): 139-141.

Green, R.H. 1977. The vertebrate fauna of Maggs Mountain, Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Launceston) 58: 1-40.

Green, R.H. 1979. A survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Sumac Forest and the Dempster Plains, north-west Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 65: 1-9.

Green, R.H. 1984. The Vegetation, Fauna and Archaeology of Ordnance Point, North-Western Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 84: 1-67.

Harris, K. 2014. Kerfuffle in the tree tops. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 131(2): 54-55.

Hoser, R.T. 2005. Australian death adders in drag. Why being a he/she may help in the race to reproduce. Herptile 30(4): 139-143.

Hoser, R.T. 2008. Wild snakes with problems of captive snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 43(8): 132-133.

Jenkin, C.P.H. 1953. An extension of range of the western tiger snake. Western Australian Naturalist 4(3): 71.

John, T.R.; Kaiser, I.I. 1990. Comparison of venom constituents from four tiger snake (Notechis) subspecies. Toxicon 28(9): 1117-1122.

Keogh, J.S.; Scott, I.A.W.; Hayes, C. 2005. Rapid and repeated origin of insular gigantism and dwarfism in Australian Tiger Snakes. Evolution 59(1): 226-233.

Krefft, G. 1866. Descriptions of three species of snakes of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 370-371.

Ladyman, M.; Bradshaw, D. 2003. The influence of dehydration on the thermal preferences of the Western tiger snake, Notechis scutatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 173(3): 239-246.

Ladyman, M.; Bradshaw, D.; Bradshaw, F. 2006. Physiological and hormonal control of thermal depression in the tiger snake, Notechis scutatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology B Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 176(6): 547-557.

Linton, E.H. 1928. A friendly Tiger snake. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 45: 172.

Lowery, A. 1998. Notes on Tiger Snake (Notechis) and Death Adders (genus Acanthophis) in captivity. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 48.

Maguire, G.S. 2006. Territory quality, survival and reproductive success in southern emu-wrens Stipiturus malachurus. Journal of Avian Biology 37(6): 579-593.

McGowan, L.; Pielage, P. 1996. Common venomous animals in Tasmania: a guide to their identification, habitat, venom effects and first aid. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania. 54 pp.

Minton, S.A.; Minton, M.R. 1981. Toxicity of some Australian snake venoms for potential prey species of reptiles and amphibians. Toxicon 19(6): 749-755.

Mirtschin, P.; Bailey, N. 1990. A study of the Kreffts black tiger snake Notechis ater ater (Reptilia: Elapidae). South Australian Naturalist 64(3-4): 52-61.

Mirtschin, P.J.; Shine, R.; Nias, T.J.; Dunstan, N.L.; Hough, B.J.; Mirtschin, M. 2002. Influences on venom yield in Australian tigersnakes (Notechis scutatus) and brownsnakes (Pseudonaja textilis: Elapidae, Serpentes). Toxicon 40(11): 1581-1592.

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Orange, P. 2007. Fossorial frog foraging by the western tiger snake, Notechis scutatus (Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 37(1): 16-21.

Penman, T.; Lemckert, F.; Mahony, M. 2007. Natural history notes: Heleioporus australiacus (Giant Burrowing Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(2): 185-186.

Porter, G.; Gordon, G. 1985. Northerly range extension of the tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) in Queensland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 102(1): 37-39.

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