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

Bibliography of the genus
Elapsoidea (African Garter 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.


Elapsoidea in general

Bouillon, A. 1965. Serpentes danger! Zooleo 2: 1-76.

Broadley, D.G. 1971. A revision of the African snake genus Elapsoidea Bocage (Elapidae). Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Rhodesia (Series B) 4(32): 577-626.

Broadley, D.G. 1998. A review of the African Elapsoidea semiannulata complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). African Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 13-23.

Jakobsen, A. 1997. A review of some East African members of the genus Elapsoidea Bocage with the description of a new species from Somalia and a key for the genus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae). Steenstrupia 22 [1996]: 59-82.

Loveridge, A. 1944. Further revisions of African snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 95: 121-247.

Elapsoidea boulengeri

Bennefield, B.L. 1982. Case history of an Elapsoides semiannulata boulengeri bite. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 27(1): 15-16.

Boettger, O. 1895. Zwei neue Reptilien vom Zambesi. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 62-63.

Mercurio, V. 2007. Polemon christyi and Elapsoidea boulengeri: two new snake distribution records for Malawi. Salamandra 43(4): 253-255.

Saunders, C.R. 1973. Report on a garter snake bite in Rhodesia. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 11: 15-16.

Elapsoidea broadleyi

Jakobsen, A. 1997. A review of some East African members of the genus Elapsoidea Bocage with the description of a new species from Somalia and a key for the genus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae). Steenstrupia 22 [1996]: 59-82.

Elapsoidea chelazziorum

Lanza, B. 1979. Elapsoidea chelazzii, a new elapid snake from Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 12(12): 237-245.

Elapsoidea guentherii

Ashe, J. 1965. Observations on Gunther's garter or coral snake, Elapsoidea sundevalii guntheri Loveridge. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 25: 122-124.

Bennett, D.; Basuglo, B. 1998. Natural history notes: Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc's Monitor). Predation. Herpetological Review 29(4): 240-241.

Boettger, O. 1887. Diagnoses Reptilium novorum ab ill. viro Paul Hesse in finibus fluminis Congo repertorum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 10: 649-651.

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

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.

Elapsoidea loveridgei

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

Elapsoidea semiannulata

Gruschwitz, M.; Lenz, S.; Böhme, W. 1991. Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna von Gambia (Westafrika). 2. Schlangen (Reptilia, Serpentes), herpetofaunistische Bewertung. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(75): 27-34.

Haacke, W.D.; Finkeldey, H. 1967. The Angola garter snake. Journal S.W. Africa Scient. Soc. 21: 90-96.

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.

Elapsoidea sundevallii

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

Newbery, R. 1980. Bite by a Kalahari garter snake. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 23: 10.

Elapsoidea trapei

Mane, Y. 1999. Une espece nouvelle du genre Elapsoidea (Serpentes, Elapidae) au Senegal. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 91: 13-18.

Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Trape, J.F.; Ineich, I. 2006. Geographic distribution: Elapsoidea trapei (Trape's Garter Snake). Herpetological Review 37(3): 362.