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Reptiles
 Snakes
 Lamprophiidae
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Bibliography of the genus
Amblyodipsas (Purple-glossed Snakes and Quill-snouted Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)
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Amblyodipsas in general
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Anonymous. 1958. Species of the genera Xenocalamus and Chilorhinophis occurring in Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 2(1): 3-5.
Broadley, D.G. 1958. Feeding habits of Calamelaps and Aparallactus. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 3: 7.
Broadley, D.G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genera Amblyodipsas and Xenocalamus (Colubridae). Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Series B Natural Sciences 4(33B): 629-697.
Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 413-429.
Loveridge, A. 1944. Further revisions of African snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 95: 121-247.
Methuen, P.A. 1919. Descriptions of a new snake from the Transvaal, together with a new diagnosis and key of the genus Xenocalamus, and of some Batrachia from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1919: 349-355.
Portillo, F.; Branch, W.R.; Conradie, W.; Rödel, M.O.; Penner, J.; Barej, M.F.; Kusamba, C.; Muninga, W.M.; Aristote, M.M.; Bauer, A.M.; Trape, J.F.; Nagy, Z.T.; Carlino, P.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Menegon, M.; Burger, M.; Mazuch, T.; Jackson, K.; Hughes, D.F.; 2018. Phylogeny and biogeography of the African burrowing snake subfamily Aparallactinae (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 288-303.
Witte, G.F. de; Laurent, R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae Africains. Genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus et formes affines. Mem. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Brussels 1947: 29 pp.
Witte, G.F. de; Laurent, R.F. 1947. Revision d'une groupe de Colubridae Africains. Genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus et formes affines. Mem Mus Roy Hist Nat Belge (Ser. 2) 29: 1-134.
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Amblyodipsas bicolor
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Bates, M.F. 1988. Serpentes Atractaspinae Xenocalamus bicolor bicolor (Gunther, 1868). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 50.
Bates, M.F. 1991. A re-evaluation of the taxonomic status of Xenocalamus bicolor concavorostralis Hoffman, 1940 (Serpentes: Atractaspidinae). South African Journal of Zoology 26(2): 78-81.
Branch, W.R.; Patterson, R.W. 1976. Notes on eggs and hatchlings of Xenocalamus bicolor lineatus Roux from South Africa. Herpetological Review 7(3): 116-117.
FitzSimons, V. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of new forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 35-40.
FltzSimons, V. 1946. Notes on some South African snakes, including a description of a new subspecies of Xenocalamus. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(4): 379-393.
Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 413-429.
Hoffman, A.C. 1940. A new subspecies of Xenocalamus from Bloemfontein. Soölogiese Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum (Bloemfontein) 1: 111-113.
Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.
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Amblyodipsas concolor
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Bourquin, O. 1970. The Natal purple-glossed snake (Choristocalamus concolor A. Smith) - a new locality record. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 6(1): 10-11.
Boycott, R.C. 1995. Notes on the distribution and ecology of Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith, 1849) in Swaziland (Serpentes: Colubridae). African Journal of Ecology 33(4): 417-419.
Boycott, R.C. 2009. Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith 1849). Natal Purple-glossed Snake. African Herp News 48: 19-21.
Douglas, R.M. 1982. A new size record and notes on feeding in captivity of Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 28(1): 14-16.
Haacke, W.D. 1982. Further notes on reproduction and distribution of the Natal purple gloss snake Amblyodipsas concolor (A. Smith). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 28: 24-25.
Pietersen, D.W.; Pietersen, E.W. 2006. Notes on the biology of the Natal Purple-glossed Snake, Amblyodipsas concolor A. Smith, 1849, in captivity. African Herp News 41: 2-6.
Raw, L.R.G. 1971. Another new locality for Choristocalamus concolor in Natal. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 7(1): 41-42.
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Amblyodipsas dimidiata
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Loveridge, A. 1959. A rare Tanganyika snake. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 23: 148.
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Amblyodipsas mechowii
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Broadley, D.G. 1961. Xenocalamus mechowii, a new snake for Southern Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 14(1): 14.
Laurent, R.F. 1952. Batraciens et reptiles recemment acquis par le Musee du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 198-203.
Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.
Witte, G.F. de; Laurent, R.F. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae Africains. Genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus et formes affines. Mem. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Brussels 1947: 29 pp.
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Amblyodipsas microphthalma
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Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1986. A new subspecies of Amblyodipsas microphthalma (Bianconi, 1850) (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 34(5): 123-127.
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Amblyodipsas polylepis
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Bates, M.F.; Anderson, W.M.; Bourquin, S.L. 2009. Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis (Bocage, 1873). Common Purple-glossed Snake. African Herp News 47: 41-42.
Broadley, D.G. 1959. Snakes of Southern Rhodesia. 9. The purple-glossed snake (Galamelaps unicolor miolepis Gunther). African Wild Life 13: 201-203.
Broadley, D.G. 1975. A record purple-glossed snake - Amblyodipsas polylepis polylepis (Bocage) from Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 13: 25-26.
Maritz, B.; Blackburn, J.L.; Huang, P. 2014. Amblyodipsas polylepis (Bocage, 1873). Common Purple-glossed Snake. Mimicry. African Herp News 61: 23-24.
Pietersen, E.W.; Pietersen, D.W. 2002. Amblyodipsas polylepis. Common Purple-glossed Snake. African Herp News 35: 14-15.
Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.
Tornier, G. 1900. Über Atractaspis hildebrandti Ptrs. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 14: 85-86.
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Amblyodipsas rodhaini
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Witte, G.F. de 1930. Un serpent nouveau du Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rodhaini, sp.n.). Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 19: 1-3.
Witte, G.F. de 1951. Description d'un serpent nouveau du Katanga Calamelaps ventrimaculatus katangensis. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 17-18.
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Amblyodipsas transvaalensis
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Broadley, D.G. 1963. Two rare fossorial reptiles in southeastern Rhodesia - predator and prey. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 20: 7-8.
Kyle, R. 1997. Reptiles as prey of the brownhooded kingfisher Halcyon albiventris at Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ostrich 68(2-4): 122.
Methuen, P.A. 1919. Descriptions of a new snake from the Transvaal, together with a new diagnosis and key of the genus Xenocalamus, and of some Batrachia from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1919: 349-355.
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Amblyodipsas unicolor
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Ineich, I.; Chirio, L. 1992. Geographic distribution: Amblyodipsas unicolor (NCN). Central African Republic: Bangui. Herpetological Review 23(1): 26.
Laurent, R.F. 1952. Batraciens et reptiles recemment acquis par le Musee du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 198-203.
Pauwels, O.S.G.; Meirte, D. 1996. Contribution to the knowledge of the Gambian herpetofauna. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 56: 27-34.
Rasmussen, J.B.; Hughes, B. 1997. Description of some new snake species. 1. Th. Reinhardt. Vid. Sel. naturvid. og mathem. Afh. (1843) 10 Part: 233-279. Steenstrupia 22 [1996]: 13-39.
Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.
Ullenbruch, K.; Böhme, W. 2017. Six new records of Afrotropical lizard and snake species (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Republic of South Sudan. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 66(2): 139-144.
Ullenbruch, K.; Grell, O.; Böhme, W. 2010. Reptiles from southern Benin, West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), and a country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(1): 31-54.
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Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata
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Broadley, D.G.; Wilson, V.J. 2005. Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907). Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake. African Herp News 38: 33-34.
Egan, V.T. 2006. Amblyodipsas ventrimaculata (Roux, 1907). Kalahari Purple-glossed Snake. African Herp News 41: 26.
Finkeldey, H. 1969. Drei Schlangen-Neunachweise in Südwest-Afrika. Special Publ. S.W.A. scient. Soc. 1969(10): 2-12.
FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. Serpentes, Colubridae: Calamelaps ventrimaculatus websteri n. subsp. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3: 202-203.
Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.
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