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Taxonomy of the genus Cylindrophis Biodiversity of the family Cylindrophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Cylindrophis (Oriental Pipe Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae)

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.


Cylindrophis in general

Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, Colubridae (aglyphae, part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. 448 pp.

Cundall, D. 1995. Feeding behaviour in Cylindrophis and its bearing on the evolution of alethinophidian snakes. Journal of Zoology (London) 237(3): 353-376.

Gower, D.J.; Ablett, J.D. 2006. Counting ventral scales in Asian anilioid snakes. Herpetological Journal 16(3): 259-263.

Gower, D.J.; Vidal, N.; Spinks, J.N.; McCarthy, C.J. 2005. The phylogenetic position of Anomochilidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): first evidence from DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(4): 315-320.

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.

Hoser, R.T. 2013. Divisions within the snake genera Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Cylindrophiidae Fitzinger, 1843) and Anomochilus Berg, 1901 (Anomochilidae Cundall, Wallach and Rossman, 1993). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 31-38.

Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.

Mahendra, B.C. 1936. On two collections of the ophidian genus Cylindrophis Wagler. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (B) 4: 230-238.

Mahendra, B.C. 1937. A note on the distinctive characters of the Indian species of Cylindrophis Wagler. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 5: 109.

Cylindrophis engkariensis

Stuebing, R.B. 1994. A new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Sarawak, western Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 42(4): 967-973.

Cylindrophis lineatus

Ahl, E. 1933. Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930-32. 1. Reptilien und Amphibien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 19: 577-583.

Cylindrophis maculatus

Bachman, E.S. 1985. Distribution and variability of the Sri Lankan pipe snake (Cylindrophis maculatus). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82(2): 322-327.

Moriguchi, H.; Toriba, M.; Miyata, H.; Sakai, A.; Sugano, H. 1982. Notes on reproductions of captive snakes observed in the Japan Snake Institute during the years 1980-1981. The Snake 14(1): 57-60.

Nanayakkara, G.L.A. 1988. An analysis of the defensive behaviour of the Sri Lankan pipe snake, Cylindrophis maculatus (Linne, 1758). The Snake 20(1): 81-83.

Priyadashana, T.S.; Jayasooriya, A.; Wijewardana, I.H. 2016. Natural history notes: Cylindrophis maculata (Pipesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(1): 145-146.

Wall, F. 1919. Notes: Viviparous habit of the snake Cylindrophis maculatus (Linne). Spolia Zeylanica 11(42): 314.

Cylindrophis melanotus

Ahl, E. 1933. Ergebnisse der Celebes und Halmahera Expedition Heinrich 1930-32. 1. Reptilien und Amphibien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 19: 577-583.

Kieckbusch, M.; Mader, F.; Kaiser, H.; Mecke, S. 2018. A new species of Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Boano Island, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4486(3): 236–250.

Cylindrophis osheai

Kieckbusch, M.; Mader, F.; Kaiser, H.; Mecke, S. 2018. A new species of Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae) from Boano Island, northern Maluku Province, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4486(3): 236–250.

Cylindrophis ruffus

Adler, K.; Zhao, E.; Darevsky, I.S. 1992. First records of the pipe snake (Cylindrophis) in China. Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 37-41.

Bezuijen, M.R. 2009. Field observation of a large prey item consumed by a small Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768) (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae). Hamadryad 34(1): 185-187.

Brooks, S.E.; Allison, E.H.; Reynolds, J.D. 2007. Vulnerability of Cambodian Water Snakes: initial assessment of the impact of hunting at Tonle Sap Lake. Biological Conservation 139(3-4): 401-414.

Cheke, A.S. 1973. Snakes at Chiang Mai University. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 24(3-4): 469-471.

Frank, W. 1969. Cylindrophis rufus - eine nur selten gehaltene ostasiatische Schlange aus der Überfamile Booidea. Salamandra 5: 105-112.

Frank, W. 1969. Cylindrophis rufus - eine nur selten gehaltene ostasiatische Schlange aus der Überfamilie Booidea. Salamandra 5(3-4): 105-112.

Hampton, P.M. 2018. Morphological indicators of gape size for Red-tailed Pipe Snakes (Cylindrophis ruffus). Journal of Herpetology 52(4): 426–430.

Honegger, R.E.; Schmidt, C.R. 1964. Herpetologisches aus dem Züricher Zoo. 2. Beobachtungen an einigen südostasiatischen Schlangen. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 17: 373-376.

Kieckbusch, M.; Mecke, S.; Hartmann, L.; Ehrmantraut, L.; O'Shea, M.; Kaiser, H. 2016. An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Zootaxa 4093(1): 1-25.

Knierim, T.; Barnes, C.H.; Hodges, C. 2017. Natural history notes: Bungarus fasciatus (Banded Krait). Diet / scavenging. Herpetological Review 48(1): 204-205.

Kupfer, A.; Gower, D.J.; Himstedt, W. 2003. Field observations on the predation of the caecilian amphibian, genus Ichthyophis (Fitzinger, 1826), by the Red-tailed Pipe Snake Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Amphibia-Reptilia 24(2): 212-215.

Mader, F.; Mecke, S. 2018. First record of a melanistic specimen of Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768) sensu lato (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae). Herpetology Notes 11: 417-420.

Murphy, J.C.; Voris, H.K.; Karns, D.R.; Chan-Ard, T.; Suvunrat, K. 1999. The ecology of the water snakes of Ban Tha Hin, Songkhla Province, Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 47(2): 129-147.

Nguyen, T.Q.; Phung, T.M.; Schneider, N.; Botov, A.; Tran, D.T.A.; Ziegler, T. 2014. New records of amphibians and reptiles from southern Vietnam. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 63(2): 148-156.

Toriba, M. 1992. Karyotype of red-tailed pipe snake, Cylindrophis rufus (Uropeltidae: Cylindrophiinae). The Snake 24(2): 143-146.

Zhao, E. 1997. [Notes on amphibians and reptiles of Hong Kong]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 16(2): 51-60.

Zhao, E.; Darevskii, I.S. 1990. Cylindrophis ruffus, a record new to Hainan Province. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 9(1): 5.

Ziegler, T.; Vo, B.P. 2005. Geographic distribution: Cylindrophis ruffus (Red-tailed Pipe Snake). Herpetological Review 36(1): 81.

Cylindrophis subocularis

Kieckbusch, M.; Mecke, S.; Hartmann, L.; Ehrmantraut, L.; O'Shea, M.; Kaiser, H. 2016. An inconspicuous, conspicuous new species of Asian pipesnake, genus Cylindrophis (Reptilia: Squamata: Cylindrophiidae), from the south coast of Jawa Tengah, Java, Indonesia, and an overview of the tangled taxonomic history of C. ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Zootaxa 4093(1): 1-25.

Cylindrophis yamdena

Smith, L.A.; Sidik, I. 1998. Description of a new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(2): 419-424.