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Taxonomy of the genus Xenoxybelis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Xenoxybelis (South American Bush Racers)

(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.


Xenoxybelis in general

Amaral, A. do 1923. New genera and species of snakes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 85-105.

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 1. South American xenodontines. Herpetologica 40(1): 8-20.

Dowling, H.G. 1969. The hemipenis of Philodryas Gunther: a correction (Serpentes, Colubridae). American Museum Novitates 2375: 1-6.

Fowler, I.R.; Salomao, M. da G. 1994. A study of sexual dimorphism in six species from the colubrid snake genus Philodryas. The Snake 26(2): 117-122.

Fowler, I.R.; Salomao, M. da G. 1994. Activity patterns in the colubrid snake genus Philodryas and their relationship to reproduction and snakebite. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 29(10): 229-232.

Fowler, I.R.; Salomao, M. da G. 1995. A new technique to distinguish between immature and adult snakes and between males and females in six species of the Neotropical colubrid snakes Philodryas. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 30(3): 149-157.

Fowler, I.R.; Salomao, M. da G.; Santos-Jordao, R. dos 1998. A description of the female reproductive cycle in four species from the Neotropical colubrid snake Philodryas (Colubridae, Xenodontinae). The Snake 28(1-2): 71-78.

Grazziotin, F.G.; Zaher, H.; Murphy, R.W.; Scrocchi, G.J.; Benavides, M.A.; Zhang, Y.P.; Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437-459.

Hohmeister, A. 1999. Bemerkungen zur Biologie und Pflege südamerikanischer Strauchnattern der Gattung Philodryas Wagler, 1830 im Terrarium. Sauria (Berlin) 21(2): 9-21.

Junqueira, L.C.U. 1944. Nota sobre a morfologia das adrenais dos ofdios. Revista Brasileira de Biologia 4(1): 63-67.

Lobo, F.; Scrocchi, G. 1994. Osteologia craneal del genero Philodryas (Serpentes: Colubridae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia 8(1): 104-111.

Machado, S.R. 1993. A new genus of Amazonian vine snake. Acta Biologica Leopoldensia 15(2): 99-108.

Orejas-Miranda, B.R. 1961. El genero Philodryas en el Uruguay. Actas y Trabajos del Primer Congreso Sudamericano de Zoologia (La Plata, 12.-24.10.1959) 4: 103-112.

Smith, M.A. 1928. The status of some recently described genera and species of snakes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 1: 494-497.

Thomas, R.A. 1976. A revision of the South American colubrid snake genus Philodryas Wagler, 1930. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 324 pp.

Thomas, R.A. 1977. A new generic arrangement for Incaspis and mainland South American Alsophis and the status of two additional Peruvian species. Copeia 1977(4): 648-652.

Vitt, L.J. 1980. Ecological observations on sympatric Philodryas (Colubridae) in northeastern Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (Sao Paulo) 34(5): 87-98.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Xenoxybelis argenteus

Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Touzet, J.M. 2007. Ecuadorian distribution of snakes of the genera Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 and Xenoxybelis Machado, 1993. Herpetozoa 19(3-4): 188-189.

Menin, M. 2005. Natural history notes: Bufo proboscideus (NCN). Predation. Herpetological Review 36(3): 299.

Procter, J.B. 1924. Unrecorded characters seen in living snakes and description of a new tree-frog. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 1125-1129.

Rodrigues, G.M.; Maschio, G.F.; Prudente, A.L.C. 2016. Snake assemblages of Marajo Island, Para state, Brazil. Zoologia 33(1): e20150020.

Xenoxybelis boulengeri

Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68.

Prudente, A.L.C.; Silva, M.A.A. da; Rocha, W.A. da; Franco, F.L. 2008. Morphological variation in Xenoxybelis boulengeri (Procter, 1923) (Serpentes, Xenodontinae, Philodryadini). Zootaxa 1743: 53-61.

Grazziotin, F.G.; Zaher, H.; Murphy, R.W.; Scrocchi, G.J.; Benavides, M.A.; Zhang, Y.P.; Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437-459.

Keiser, E.D. 1989. Oxybelis boulengeri Procter, a valid species of vine snake from South America. Copeia 1989(3): 764-768.