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

Bibliography of the genus
Toxicocalamus (Papuan Worm-eating Snakes)

(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.


Toxicocalamus in general

Bogert, C.M.; Matalas, B.L. 1945. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. 53. A review of the elapid genus Ultrocalamus of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 1284: 1-8.

McDowell, S.B. 1969. Toxicocalamus, a New Guinea genus of snakes of the family Elapidae. Journal of Zoology (London) 159: 443-511.

O'Shea, M.; Allison, A.; Kaiser, H. 2018. The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key. Amphibia-Reptilia 39(4): 403–433.

O'Shea, M.; Parker, F.; Kaiser, H. 2015. A new species of New Guinea worm-eating snake, genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), from the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with a revised dichotomous key to the genus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(6): 241-264.

Shine, R.; Keogh, J.S. 1996. Food habits and reproductive biology of the endemic Melanesian elapids: are tropical snakes really different? Journal of Herpetology 30(2): 238-247.

Strickland, J.L.; Carter, S.; Kraus, F.; Parkinson, C.L. 2016. Snake evolution in Melanesia: origin of the Hydrophiinae (Serpentes, Elapidae), and the evolutionary history of the enigmatic New Guinean elapid Toxicocalamus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 663–678.

Toxicocalamus cratermontanus

Kraus, F. 2017. Two new species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 51(4): 574-581.

Toxicocalamus ernstmayri

O'Shea, M.; Herlihy, B.; Paivu, B.; Parker, F.; Richards, S.J.; Kaiser, H. 2018. Rediscovery of the rare Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake, Toxicocalamus ernstmayri O’Shea et al., 2015 (Serpentes: Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) with the description of its coloration in life. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(1) [General Section]: 27–34 (e154).

O'Shea, M.; Parker, F.; Kaiser, H. 2015. A new species of New Guinea worm-eating snake, genus Toxicocalamus (Serpentes: Elapidae), from the Star Mountains of Western Province, Papua New Guinea, with a revised dichotomous key to the genus. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(6): 241-264.

Toxicocalamus grandis

O'Shea, M. 2013. Sandy Wollaston and the Setakwa River Snake. Herptile 38(4): 130-140.

Toxicocalamus longissimus

Ingram, G.J. 1989. Vanapina lineata de Vis 1905 is a junior synonym of the New Guinean snake Toxicocalamus longissimus Boulenger, 1896. Copeia 1989(3): 753-755.

O'Shea, M.; Kaiser, H. 2018. Erroneous environs or aberrant activities? Reconciling unexpected collection localities for three New Guinea worm-eating snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) using historical accounts. Herpetological Review 49(2): 189-207.

Toxicocalamus loriae

Koerber, S. 2009. From sponges to primates: emendation of 30 species nomina dedicated to the Swedish zoologist Einar Lonnberg. Zootaxa 2201: 63-68.

Lönnberg, E. 1900. Reptiles and batrachians collected in German New Guinea by the late Dr. Erik Nyman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 6: 574-582.

Toxicocalamus mintoni

Kraus, F. 2009. New Species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetologica 65(4): 460-467.

Toxicocalamus misimae

O'Shea, M.; Kaiser, H. 2018. Erroneous environs or aberrant activities? Reconciling unexpected collection localities for three New Guinea worm-eating snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) using historical accounts. Herpetological Review 49(2): 189-207.

Toxicocalamus nigrescens

Kraus, F. 2017. Two new species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Herpetology 51(4): 574-581.

Toxicocalamus pachysomus

Kraus, F. 2009. New Species of Toxicocalamus (Squamata: Elapidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetologica 65(4): 460-467.

Toxicocalamus preussi

O'Shea, M.; Kaiser, H. 2018. Erroneous environs or aberrant activities? Reconciling unexpected collection localities for three New Guinea worm-eating snakes (Toxicocalamus, Serpentes, Elapidae) using historical accounts. Herpetological Review 49(2): 189-207.

Toxicocalamus pumehanae

O'Shea, M.; Allison, A.; Kaiser, H. 2018. The taxonomic history of the enigmatic Papuan snake genus Toxicocalamus (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae), with the description of a new species from the Managalas Plateau of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea, and a revised dichotomous key. Amphibia-Reptilia 39(4): 403–433.

Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Goodman, B.A. 2010. Natural history notes: Toxicocalamus stanleyanus (Stanley's Forest Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 41(1): 100.