Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Africa Asia Europe Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Dolichophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Dolichophis (Greater Whip Snakes) (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. Dolichophis in general Grano, M.; Cattaneo, C.; Cattaneo, A. 2015. First observations on the herpetological and theriological fauna of Alimia Island (Rhodes Archipelago, Aegean Sea). Biodiversity Journal 6(1): 73-78. Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27. Rhadi, F.A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Ghaleb, M.R.; Karamiani, R. 2015. On the occurrence of the species group of Whip Snakes: Coluber jugularis Linnaeus, 1758, C. caspius Gmelin, 1789 and C. schmidti Nikolsky, 1909 (Serpentes: Colubridae) in southern Iraq. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences 5(30 5): 7355-7365. Schätti, B.; Wilson, L.D. 1986. Coluber. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 399: 1-4. Dolichophis caspius Aghasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J.; Lymberakis, P.; Andrén, C.; Cogalniceanu, D.; Wilkinson, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Üzüm, N.; Orlov, N.L.; Podloucky, R.; Tuniyev, S.; Kaya, U.; Böhme, W.; Ajtic, R.; Tok, C.V. & al. 2017. Dolichophis caspius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157267A746211. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157267A746211.en. Bellaagh, M.; Baldi, A.; Korsos, Z. 2007. Elohelypreferencia-vizsgalatok a magyarorszagi haragossiklo-allomanyokon. (In Hungarian, English summary). Termeszetvedelmi Kozlemenyek 13: 431-438. Bellaagh, M.; Korsos, Z.; Szelenyi, G. 2007. A fokozottan vedett haragos siklo (Hierophis caspius) uj, Duna menti lelohelyei Magyarorszagon [New occurrences of the Caspian whipsnake (Hierophis caspius) along the River Danube in Hungary]. (In Hungarian, English summary). Allattani Kozlemenyek 91(2) 2006(2007): 139-144. Bellaagh, M.; Korsos, Z.; Szelenyi, G. 2008. New occurrences of the Caspian whipsnake, Dolichophis caspius (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) along the river Danube in Hungary. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 60(2): 213-217. Bellaagh, M.; Lazanyi, E.; Korsos, Z. 2009. Calculation of fluctuating asymmetry of the biggest Caspian whipsnake population in Hungary compared to a common snake species. Biologia (Bratislava) 65(1): 140-144. Bruekers, J.; Uijtterschout, G.; Brouwer, A. 2009. De Kapische toornslang (Dolichophis caspius) en de Aziatische toornslang (Dolichophis jugularis) op het Griekse eiland Kos. Lacerta (Den Haag) 67: 10-15. Buchholz, K.F.; Schultze-Westrum, T. 1964. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna der nördlichen Sporaden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 173: 127-136. Cattaneo, A. 1989. Note espetologiche sulle isole greche di Serifos, Sifnos e Milos (Cicladi occidentali). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 130(2): 57-76. Cattaneo, A. 1999. Gli anfibi e i rettili delle isole greche di Skyros, Skopelos e Alonissos (Sporadi settentrionali). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 139(2): 127-149. Cattaneo, A. 2005. Osservazioni sull'erpetofauna dell'isola greca di Kos (Sporadi meridionali) con un inedito caso di simpatria microinsulare fra due specie affini di colubridi: Hierophiscaspius (Gmelin) e Hierophis jugularis (L.). Atti del Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma 21: 79-91. Cattaneo, A. 2006. Contributo alla conoscenza dell'erpetofauna dell'isola egea di Nisyros (Dodecaneso) (Reptilia). Naturalista Siciliano 30(3-4): 485-494. Cattaneo, A. 2010. Note eco-morfologiche su alcune species ofidiche egee, con particolare riferimento alle popolazioni delle cicladi centro-orientali (Reptilia). Naturalista Siciliano 34(3-4): 319-350. Cattaneo, A. 2012. Il colubrogola rossa dell'Arcipelagodi Rodi: Dolichophis jugularis zinneri subsp. nova (Reptilia Serpentes). Naturalista Siciliano 36(1): 77-103. Clark, R.J. 1989. Some notes on reptiles and amphibians from the N.W. Pindos Mountains, Greece. Herptile 14(3): 99-104. Clark, R.J. 1996. Some notes on the reptile fauna of Fournoi, Ikaria, and Schinoussa, Aegean Sea, Greece. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 56: 35-39. Covaciu-Marcov, S.D.; David, A. 2010. Dolichophis caspius (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Romania: new distribution records from the northern limit of its range. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34(1): 119-121. Covaciu-Marcov, S.D.; Ferenti, S.; Ghira, I.V.; Sas, I. 2012. High road mortality of Dolichophis caspius in southern Romania. Is this a problem? What can we do? North-Western Journal of Zoology 8(2): 370-373. Dely, O.G. 1997. A csikos vagy ugro siklo (Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789) magyarorszagi elofordulasarol. [On the occurrence of the Caspian or Balkan whip snake (Coluber caspius Gmelin, 1789) in Hungary.] (In Hungarian, English summary). Állattani Közlemenyek 82: 39-46. Dorward, L. 2014. Predation of Elaphe dione (Pallas, 1773) by Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789) (Squamata: Colubridae). Herpetology Notes 7: 165-166. Dumitrescu, M.; Orghidan, T.R.; Tanasachi, J.; Georgescu, M. 1965. Contributions a l'étude monographique de la Grotte de Limanu. Lucr. Inst. Speol. 'Emil Racavita' 4: 21-58. Ferenti, S.; Cupsa, D.; Telcean, I.C. 2011. Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789) is indeed continuously distributed in southern Romania: zoogeographical and conservational implications of identifying new populations. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences 6(1): 273-276. Frank, K. 2011. [Conservation attitudes of high school students in southern Transdanubia toward a strictly protected species, the Large Whip Snake (Dolichophis caspius Gmelin, 1789)]. (In Hungarian). Termeszetvedelmi Kozlemenyek 17: 65-75. Frank, K.; Dudás, G. 2018. Body size and seasonal condition of Caspian Whip Snakes, Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789), in southwestern Hungary (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 30(3-4): 131-138. Frank, K.; Dudas, G. 2018. Body size and seasonal condition of Caspian Whip Snakes, Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789), in southwestern Hungary (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 30(3-4): 131-138. Frank, K.; Majer, J. 2012. Capture-recapture data of large whip snakes Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789), in southern Transdanubia, Hungary. Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 68-71. Garancsy, M. 1975. Why do we protect all of our reptiles? Buvar 30(5): 217-221. Houba, J. 1958. Coluber jugularis caspius. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 11: 218-219. 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