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Taxonomy of the genus Drysdalia Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]

Bibliography of the genus
Drysdalia (Australian Crowned Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)

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.


Drysdalia in general

Coventry, A.J.; Rawlinson, P.A. 1980. Taxonomic revision of the elapid snake genus Drysdalia Worrell 1961. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 41: 65-78.

Dubey, S.; Keogh, J.S.; Shine, R. 2010. Plio-pleistocene diversification and connectivity between mainland and Tasmanian populations of Australian snakes (Drysdalia, Elapidae, Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56(3): 1119-1125.

Hoser, R.T. 2013. Revisiting the Australian 'White-lipped Snakes' of the genus Drysdalia Worrell, 1961, (sensu lato) including two new subgenera and two new subspecies (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 20: 47-51.

Scanlon, J.D. 1998. Prey-scaring by visual pursuit predators: a new use for tail-waving in snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(2): 5-10.

Shine, R. 1981. Venomous snakes in cold climates: ecology of the Australian genus Drysdalia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Copeia 1981(1): 14-25.

Drysdalia coronoides

Downes, S.; Hoefer, A.M. 2004. Antipredatory behaviour in lizards: interactions between group size and predation risk. Animal Behaviour 67(3): 485-492.

Fry, D.B. 1915. Herpetological Notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 27: 60-95.

Green, R.H. 1977. The vertebrate fauna of Maggs Mountain, Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Launceston) 58: 1-40.

Green, R.H. 1979. A survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Sumac Forest and the Dempster Plains, north-west Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 65: 1-9.

Green, R.H. 1984. The Vegetation, Fauna and Archaeology of Ordnance Point, North-Western Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 84: 1-67.

Head, M.L.; Keogh, J.S.; Doughty, P. 2002. Experimental evidence of an age-specific shift in chemical detection of predators in a lizard. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28(3): 541-554.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1926. Note on Pseudelaps minutus Fry. Records of the Australian Museum 15(1): 65.

Linton, E.H. 1929. Notes on the whip snake. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 45(9): 227-8.

McGowan, L.; Pielage, P. 1996. Common venomous animals in Tasmania: a guide to their identification, habitat, venom effects and first aid. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania. 54 pp.

Scott, E.O.G. 1934. A note on the so-called minute snake of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1933: 54-55.

Serventy, D.L. 1977. Seabird islands. Fisher Island, Tasmania. Corella 1(3): 60-62.

Skira, I.J.; Brothers, N.P. 1988. Seabird islands No. 182. Billy Goat Reefs, Furneaux Group, Tasmania. Corella 12(3): 78-79.

Stapley, J. 2004. Do mountain log skinks (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii) modify their behaviour in the presence of two predators? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56(2): 185-189.

Templeton, M.T. 1972. Reptiles of King Island. Tasmanian Naturalist 31: 1-2.

White, B.S.; Keogh, J.S.; Shine, R. 1995. Reproductive output in two species of small elapid snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 20-22.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.

Drysdalia mastersi

Cronch, C.R. 1970. Rare snake. Wildlife in Australia 7: 15.

Krefft, G. 1866. Descriptions of three species of snakes of the genus Hoplocephalus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 370-371.