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Boaedon (Afro-Arabian House Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

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Boaedon in general

Broadley, D.G. 1969. The African house snakes - how many genera? Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 5(1): 6-8.

Dennison, R. 2018. Farbmorphen bei Hausschlangen. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Hörold, R. 2018. Hausschlangen – versteckte Vielfalt. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Kunz, K. 2012. [It has been refined: new systematics for house snakes and file snakes]. Elaphe 1(1): 8-12.

Kunz, K. 2018. Schlangen für's Haus: Hausschlangen. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Roux-Estève, R.; Guibé, J. 1965. Contribution a l'étude du genre Boaedon (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) (Ser. 2) 36 [1964]: 761-774.

Schaefer, N. 1970. A new species of house snake from Swaziland, with notes on the status of the two genera Lamphrophis and Boaedon. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8: 205-208.

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.

Spawls, S. 1987. Keeping African house snakes in captivity. Snake Keeper 1(11): 5-7.

Switak, K.H. 1987. Hausschlange und Eierfresser. Typische Schlangen aus Südafrika. Aquarium (Minden) 217: 372-374.

Boaedon arabicus

Parker, H.W. 1930. Three new reptiles from southern Arabia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 6: 594-598.

Boaedon bedriagae

Capocaccia, L. 1961. Contributo allo studio deiserpenti delle isole del Golfo di Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 72: 285-309.

Boaedon capensis

Farquharson, F. 2006. Lamprophis capensis Dumeril & Bibron, 1854. Brown House Snake. Feeding/mortality. African Herp News 40: 21.

Phillips, M.A.; Waterman, J.M. 2014. Anti-snake behaviour in a facultative cooperative breeder, the Cape Ground Squirrel. Behaviour 151(12-13): 1735-1758.

Wyk, J.H. van; Rautenbach, I.L. 2005. Lamprophis capensis (Dumeril & Bibron, 1854). Brown House Snake. Diet. African Herp News 38: 25-26.

Boaedon fuliginosus

Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.; Eniang, E.A.; Rugiero, L. 2008. Life in the tropical suburbs: food type partitioning among sympatric African house snakes of the genus Lamprophis (Colubridae). Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 75(4): 395-399.

Barnestein, J.A.M.; García-Cardenete, L.; Jiménez-Cazalla, F.; Valdeon, A.; Escoriza, E.; Martínez, G.; Benavides, J.; Esteban, J.L.; Fuentes, J.; Ramirez, A.; Alvarez, J.; Jaen-Velazquez, I. 2012. [New localities of Myriopholis algeriensis and Lamprophis fuliginosus and other herpetological records in Morocco]. (In Spanish). Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 23(2): 63-68.

Bayliss, P.S. 2001. Natural history notes: Lamprophis fuliginosus (Brown House Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 32(1): 48-49.

Boback, S.M.; Dichter, E.K.; Mistry, H.L. 2012. A developmental staging series for the African house snake, Boaedon (Lamprophis) fuliginosus. Zoology (Jena) 115(1): 38-46.

Boomker, J.D.F. 1970. Notes on the breeding of Boaedon f. fuliginosus in captivity. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 6(1): 17-18.

Boughey, A.J. 1961. Another successful hatching of snake eggs. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 16(1): 14-15.

Broadley, D.G. 1958. Snakes of Southern Rhodesia. 7. The common house snake (Boaedon fuliginosus fuliginosus Boie). African Wild Life 12: 197-199.

Byars, D.J.; Ford, N.B.; Sparkman, A.M.; Bronikowski, A.M. 2010. Influences of diet and family on age of maturation in Brown House Snakes, Lamprophis fuliginosus. Herpetologica 66(4): 456-463.

Cimatti, E. 2004. The Brown House Snake Lamprophis fuliginosus. Reptilia (GB) 34: 52-56.

Coe, M.J. 1960. A snake's meal. Journal East Africa & Uganda Natural History Society 23(5): 188.

Cunningham, P.L. 2002. Lamprophis fuliginosus. Brown House-snake. Foraging. African Herp News 34: 28-29.

Dimit, B. 1997. Brown House Snakes as pets. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 17(2): 36-39.

Durso, A.M.; Heinz, H.M.; Lockwood, D.; Durson, S. 2014. Boaedon (Lamprophis) fuliginosus (African house snake). Longevity. Herpetological Review 45(3): 455.

Dyer, B. 1979. Some reptile breeding records. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 20(1): 6.

Elzen, P. van den 1983. Zur herpetofauna des Brandberges, Südwest-Afrika. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 34(1-3): 293-309.

Ford, N.B. 2001. Reproduction in the Brown House Snake, Lamprophis fuliginosus, from Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 50(1): 31-34.

Ford, N.B.; Seigel, R.A. 2006. Intra-individual variation in clutch and offspring size in an oviparous snake. Journal of Zoology (London) 268(2): 171-176.

Freedman, A.H.; Buermann, W.; LeBreton, M.; Chirio, L.; Smith, T.B. 2009. Modeling the effects of anthropogenic habitat change on savanna snake invasions into African rainforest. Conservation Biology 23(1): 81-92.

Gras, U. 1988. Neuer Beleg für Lamprophis fuliginosus fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) in Südmarokko (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 24(1): 69-71.

Gruenewald, D.L.; Wilmes, A.J.; Aldridge, R.D. 2015. Pheromone trailing behavior of captive juvenile African House Snakes, Boaedon fuliginosus. Bios (Florence) 86(2): 53-57.

Haagner, G.V. 1987. Reproductive data on the brown house snake (Lamprophis fulginosus) (Boie 1827). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33: 9-12.

Haagner, G.V.; Rhyn, J. van 1991. Dicephalism in two southern African colubrid snakes. Naturalist (Port Elizabeth) 35(3): 3-5.

Hartmann, P.; Steiner, B. 1984. Boaedon fuliginosus. Litteratura Serpentium 4(2): 79.

Hermann, R. 1989. Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie 1827). - Die africanische Hausschlange. Sauria (Berlin) 11(1): 3-8.

Hingley, K.J. 1989. Captive reproduction of the African brown house snake, Lamprophis fuliginosus. A case of multiple egg clutches. Herptile 14(3): 113-118.

Hnizdo, J. 1995. Bemerkungen zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der braunen Hausschlange, Lamprophis (früher Boaedon) fuliginosus (Boie, 1827). Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 17(96): 6-10.

Hughes, B. 1997. Dasypeltis scabra and Lamprophis fuliginosus - two pan-African snakes in the Horn of Africa: a tribute to Don Broadley. African Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 68-77.

Huisman, A. 1995. Breeding results. Lamphrophis [Lamprophis] fuliginosus - brown House Snake. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 15(5): 133.

Huisman, A. 1995. Breeding results. Lamphrophis [Lamprophis] fuliginosus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 15(5): 134.

Huisman, B. 1995. Breeding results. Lamprophis fuliginosus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 15(3): 78.

Lang, D.; Branch, W.R. 1990. Varanus niloticus niloticus. Nile monitor. Diet. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 50.

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.

Lietsch, P. 1989. The care and breeding of the African house snake Lamprophis (Boaedon) fuliginosus. Snake Keeper 3(6): 14-16, 18.

Lutterschmidt, D.I.; Lutterschmidt, W.I.; Ford, N.B.; Hutchison, V.H. 2002. Behavioral thermoregulation and the role of melatonin in a nocturnal snake. Hormones and Behavior 41(1): 41-50.

Marais, H.; Wyk, J.H. van 2004. Lamprophis fuliginosus. Brown House Snake. Hibernation. African Herp News 37: 24.

Nägele, V. 1984. Boaedon fuliginosus fuliginosus (3x). Litteratura Serpentium 4(3-4): 122.

Nägele, V. 1985. Lamprophis fuliginosus Boie, 1827, the brown housesnake. Litteratura Serpentium 5(3): 88-95.

Nägele, V. 1985. Lamprophis fuliginosus, die Afrikanische Hausschlange. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 7(34): 31-34.

Nägele, V. 1987. Lamprophis fulginosus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 7(4): 159.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chirio, L.; Neil, E.J.; Berry, S.; Texier, N.; Rosin, C. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VIII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(3): 41-46.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; David, P. 2008. Miscellanea herpetologica Gabonica I. Hamadryad 32(1): 13-18.

Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuchâtel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.

Riches, R.J. 1979. Notes on Boaedon fuliginosus (African house snake). Herptile 4(1): 13-14.

Roux-Estève, R.; Guibé, J. 1965. Étude comparee de Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie) et B. lineatus D. et B. (Ophidiens). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire 1: 397-409.

Schnurrenberger, H. 1962. Neuer Fund der afrikanischen Hausschlange Boaedon fuliginosum fuliginosum (Boie) in Südmarokko. Vjschr. naturf. Ges. Zurich 107: 211-212.

Smith, L. 1995. A case of ophiophagy in the African brown House Snake, Lamprophis fulignosus. Herptile 20(2): 80-81.

Soorae, P.S. 1985. Brown house snake - a hearty appetite. E.A.N.H.S. (East Africa Natural History Society) Bulletin 1985(November-December): 92.

Switak, K.H. 1981. Zwei Südafrikaner fürs Terrarium. Die Braune Hausnatter und die Eierschlange. Aquarien Magazin 15(8): 505-507.

Switak, K.H. 1989. House snakes and egg eaters - typical snakes from South Africa. Snake Keeper 3(9): 11-15.

Switak, K.H. 1992. Braune Hausschlange und Afrikanische Eierschlange. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 45(3): 162-164.

Thorpe, R.S.; McCarthy, C.J. 1978. A preliminary study using multivariate analysis, of a species complex of African house snakes (Boaedon fuliginosus). Journal of Zoology (London) 184(4): 489-506.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Walker, S.E.; Ford, N.B. 1996. Courtship and mating behavior in the brown House Snake Lamprophis fulginosus. Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 416-418.

Werb, K. 1981. Additional notes on breeding the African house snake in captivity (Boaedon fuliginosus). Herptile 6(4): 22-23.

Willuhn, J.; Hetzel, U.; Preuss, D.; Zebisch, K. 2003. Seminom bei einer Braunen Hausschlange (Lamprophis fuliginosus fuliginosus). Tieraerztliche Praxis Ausgabe K Kleintiere Heimtiere 31(3): 176-179.

Wilmes, A.J.; Rheubert, J.L.; Grünewald, D.L.; Kotaru, T.; Aldridge, R.D. 2012. Conspecific pheromone trailing and pheromone trail longevity in the African colubrid Boaedon fuliginosus. African Journal of Herpetology 61(2): 159-168.

Wilmes, A.J.; Siegel, D.S.; Aldridge, R.D. 2011. Premature sperm ejaculation in captive African brown house snake Lamprophis fuliginosus. African Journal of Herpetology 60(2): 177-180.

Wright, A. 1991. Multiple clutch production in the brown House Snake, Lamprophis fuliginosus (Boie) from a single mating period. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 11(2): 32-34.

Wyk, J.H. van; Kearney, T. 2002. Lamprophis fuliginosus. Brown House Snake. African Herp News 35: 11-12.

Boaedon geometricus

Kopeczky, R.; Gemel, R. 2016. First record of Lamprophis geometricus (Schlegel, 1837), on the Seychelles Island of La Digue (Indian Ocean). Herpetozoa 28(3/4): 178-180.

Pawlowski, S. 2016. Bemerkungen zur Seychellen-Hausschlange Lamprophis geometricus (SCHLEGEL, 1837) und zur Seychellen-Wolfsschlange Lycognathophis seychellensis (SCHLEGEL, 1837) auf den zentralen Seychelleninseln. Sauria (Berlin) 38(2): 26-34.

Boaedon lineatus

Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.; Eniang, E.A.; Rugiero, L. 2008. Life in the tropical suburbs: food type partitioning among sympatric African house snakes of the genus Lamprophis (Colubridae). Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 75(4): 395-399.

Blackwell, K. 1954. Some notes on the egg laying, and retention of the spermatozoa by the African snake, Boaedon lineatus Brit. British Journal of Herpetology 1: 189-190.

Bourgeois, M. 1964. Les reptiles de la Kasapa (Elisábethville). Publ. Univ. Elisábethville 7: 65-89.

Chabanaud, P. 1917. Considerations sur la biologie, en captivité, du Boaedon lineatus D.B. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 23: 139-140.

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.

Kunz, K. 2007. Die Hausschlange - Lamprophis lineatus. Natur und Tier-Verlag, Münster. 64 pp.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chirio, L.; Neil, E.J.; Berry, S.; Texier, N.; Rosin, C. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VIII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(3): 41-46.

Perret, J.L. 1961. Études herpétologiques Africaines. III. Bulletin Soc. Neuchâtel. Sci. Nat. (3) 84: 133-138.

Roux-Estève, R.; Guibé, J. 1965. Étude comparee de Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie) et B. lineatus D. et B. (Ophidiens). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire 1: 397-409.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Boaedon littoralis

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chirio, L.; Neil, E.J.; Berry, S.; Texier, N.; Rosin, C. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VIII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(3): 41-46.

Trape, J.F.; Mediannikov, O. 2016. Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 159: 61-111.

Boaedon longilineatus

Trape, J.F.; Mediannikov, O. 2016. Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 159: 61-111.

Boaedon maculatus

Lanza, B. 1978. On some new or interesting east African amphibians and reptiles. Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 10(14): 229-297.

Boaedon olivaceus

Boaedon paralineatus

Boaedon perisilvestris

Greenbaum, E.; Kusamba, C.; Muninga, W.M.; Aristote, M.M. 2017. Geographic distribution: Boaedon perisilvestris (Near-forest House Snake). Herpetological Review 48(1): 127.

Pauwels, O.S.G.; Chirio, L.; Neil, E.J.; Berry, S.; Texier, N.; Rosin, C. 2017. Miscellanea Herpetologica Gabonica VIII. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(3): 41-46.

Trape, J.F.; Mediannikov, O. 2016. Cinq serpents nouveaux du genre Boaedon Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) en Afrique centrale. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France 159: 61-111.

Boaedon radfordi

Greenbaum, E.; Portillo, F.; Jackson, K.; Kusamba, C. 2015. A phylogeny of Central African Boaedon (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with the description of a new cryptic species from the Albertine Rift. African Journal of Herpetology 64(1): 18–38.

Boaedon subflavus

Boaedon virgatus