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Taxonomy of the genus Cerberus Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae

Bibliography of the genus
Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Homalopsidae)

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.


Cerberus in general

Alfaro, M.E.; Karns, D.R.; Voris, H.K.; Abernathy, E.; Sellins, S.L. 2004. Phylogeny of Cerberus (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) and phylogeography of Cerberus rynchops: diversification of a coastal marine snake in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 31(8): 1277-1292.

Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K. 1994. A key to the homalopsine snakes. The Snake 26(2): 123-133.

Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K.; Karns, D.R. 2012. The Dog-faced Water Snakes, a revision of the genus Cerberus Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3484: 1-34.

Cerberus australis

Murphy, J.; Read, M.; Guinea, M. 2010. Cerberus australis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176703A7286585. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176703A7286585.en.

Cerberus dunsoni

Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K.; Karns, D.R. 2012. The Dog-faced Water Snakes, a revision of the genus Cerberus Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3484: 1-34.

Cerberus microlepis

Karns, D.R.; O'Bannon, A.; Voris, H.K.; Weigt, L.A. 2000. Biogeographical implications of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Bockadam snake (Cerberus rynchops, Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 391-402.

Ledesma, M.; Rico, E.L.; Gonzalez, J.C.; Brown, R.; Murphy, J.; Voris, H.; Karns, D. 2010. Cerberus microlepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T169827A6679261. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T169827A6679261.en.

Cerberus rynchops

Annandale, N. 1916. Preliminary report on the fauna of the Talé Sap or inland sea of Singgora. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 2(2): 90-102.

Dunson, W.A.; Dunson, M.K. 1979. A possible new salt gland in a marine homalopsid snake (Cerberus rhynchops). Copeia 1979(4): 661-672.

Durgadevi, R.; Aravind, K.M.; Ammu, K.; Devakumar, S. 2013. A preliminary study on surfacing-diving dynamics of three aquatic reptiles (Cerberus rynchops, Melanochelys trijuga, Lissemys punctata) in captivity. Cobra (Chennai) 7(2): 17-22.

Dutta, S.K. 1989. On the mass killing of the dog-faced water snake (Cerberus rhynchops) in the Chilka Lake, Orissa. Hamadryad 14(2): 27-28.

Even, E. 2009. Neuer Nachweis für drei Schlangenarten für die Togian-Inseln, Sulawesi. Elaphe 17(1): 56-59.

Gadhvi, I.R.; Vyas, R. 2002. First record of the dog-faced Water Snake (Cerberus rynchops) from Saurashtra sea coast of Gujarat State. Cobra (Chennai) 49: 13-14.

Giesen, W. 1993. Mass feeding by dog-faced water snakes (Cerberus rhynchops) on Sumatran mudflats. Malayan Nature Journal 46(3-4): 265-266.

Gorman, G.C.; Licht, P.; McCollum, F. 1981. Annual reproductive patterns in three species of marine snakes from the central Phillippines. Journal of Herpetology 15(3): 335-354.

Heatwole, H. 1977. Voluntary submergence time and breathing rhythm in the homalopsine snake, Cerberus rhynchops. Australian Zoologist 19(2): 155-167.

Heatwole, H.; Seymour, R.S. 1978. Cutaneous oxygen uptake in three groups of aquatic snakes. Australian Journal of Zoology 26(3): 481-486.

Jayne, B.C. 1986. Kinematics of terrestrial snake locomotion. Copeia 1986(4): 915-927.

Jayne, B.C.; Voris, H.K.; Kiew, B.H. 1988. Diet, feeding behavior, growth, and numbers of a population of Cerberus rynchops (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Malaysia. Fieldiana Zoology 50: 1-15.

Karns, D.R.; O'Bannon, A.; Voris, H.K.; Weigt, L.A. 2000. Biogeographical implications of mitochondrial DNA variation in the Bockadam snake (Cerberus rynchops, Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 391-402.

Kopstein, F. 1931. Fordonia leucobalia Schlegel und Cerberus rhynchops Schneider. Treubia 13: 1-4.

Laurent, R.F. 1948. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musée royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. II. Formes asiatiques et néoguinéennes. Bulletin Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique (Bruxelles) 24(17): 1-12.

Liong, A.L.G. 1953. Cerberus rhynchops (Schneider, 1799). De Tropische Natuur 33: 127-131.

Murphy, J. 2010. Cerberus rynchops. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176680A7282653. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176680A7282653.en.

Murthy, T.S.N. 1970. The occurrence of the dog-faced water-snake, Cerberus rhynchops (Schneider) (Serpentes: Colubridae) around Madras. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 67: 574-575.

Rahman, S.C.; Reza, A.A. 2013. Algal fouling on dog-faced water snake (Cerberus rynchops, Serpentes: Homalopsidae). Herpetology Notes 6: 373-374.

Rahman, S.C.; Reza, A.A.; Datta, R.; Jenkins, C.L.; Luiselli, L.M. 2014. Niche partitioning and population structure of sympatric mud snakes (Homalopsidae) from Bangladesh. Herpetological Journal 24(2): 123-128.

Rameshwaran, M. 2011. On the colouration of Dog-faced Water Snake Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799) in Tuiticorin, Tamil Nadu, India. Cobra (Chennai) 5(1): 6-8.

Venkateswarlu, T.; Pattanayak, J.G.; Nahar, S.C.; Mohapatra, A. 1995. On the collection of snakes from Mahanadi Estuary (Orissa, India). The Snake 27(1): 49-52.

Vyas, R.V.; Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K. 2013. The Dog-faced Water Snake (Cerberus rynchops) and Gerard's Mud Snake (Gerarda prevostiana) at the western edge of their distribution. Herpetological Review 44(1): 34-36.

Whitaker, R. 1969. The dog-faced watersnake (Cerberus rhyncops) in the Bombay area and notes on its habits. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 66: 386.

Woerkom, A.B. van 1980. Atretium schistosum or Cerberus rhynchops? Litteratura Serpentium 1(1): 14-18.

Cerberus schneiderii

Chim, C.K.; Diong, C.H. 2013. A mark-recapture study of a Dog-faced Water Snake Cerberus schneiderii (Colubridae: Homalopsidae) population in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61(2): 811-825.