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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Botswana

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.


Anonymous. 2002. Interesting reptile observations at Nxabega. CCA Ecological Journal 4: 259.

Auerbach, R.D. 1985. The reptiles of Gaborone. A guide to the reptiles of the south-eastern hardveld of Botswana. Botswana Book Centre, Gaborone. 48 pp.

Auerbach, R.D. 1986. First steps in Setswana herpetology. Botswana Notes and Records 18: 71-90.

Auerbach, R.D. 1987. The amphibians and reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Gaborone. 295 pp.

Barts, M.; Haacke, W.D. 1997. Zur Reptilienfauna der Tsodilo-Berge und angrenzender Gebiete in NW-Botswana - Teil 1: Testudines: Testudinidae; Sauria 1. Sauria (Berlin) 19(1): 3-12.

Barts, M.; Haacke, W.D. 1997. Zur Reptilienfauna der Tsodilo-Berge und angrenzender Gebiete in NW-Botswana - Teil 2: Sauria 2; Serpentes. Sauria (Berlin) 19(4): 15-21.

Bauer, A.M.; Kennedy, A.M.; Lewis, P.J.; Thies, M.L.; Gabadirwe, M. 2009. The herpetofauna of Koanaka South and adjacent regions, Ngamiland, Botswana. Herpetological Bulletin 107: 16-26.

Blomberg, G.E.D. 1975. Crocodile research on the Okavango River. Botswana Notes and Records 7: 196-197.

Branch, W.R. 1998. Field guide to snakes and other reptiles of southern Africa. 3rd revised edition. Struik, Cape Town. 399 pp.

Broadley, D.G. 1966. The herpetology of South-east Africa. Ph.D. thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. 680 pp.

Broadley, D.G. 1967. An expedition to the south-western Kalahari, January-March 1967. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 3: 19-31.

Broadley, D.G.; Blaylock, R. 2012. Snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 380 pp.

Broadley, D.G.; Blaylock, R. 2013. The snakes of Zimbabwe and Botswana. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 387 pp.

Clauss, B.; Clauss, R. 2002. Common Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana. Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek. 114 pp.

FitzSimons, V. 1935. Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, March to September, 1930, Reptilia and Amphibia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 16(2): 295-397.

Forchhammer, P. 1993. New records of snakes and insects from Serowe. Botswana Notes and Records 25: 161-166.

Huey, R.B.; Pianka, E.R. 1977. Seasonal variation in thermoregulatory behavior and body temperature of diurnal Kalahari lizards. Ecology 58(5): 1066-1075.

Jaarsveldt, K. van 1987. Status of African Crocodylus niloticus populations (Botswana, Malawi and Mozambique). IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 7: 372-375.

Kennedy, A.M.; Marais, J.; Bauer, A.M.; Lewis, P.J.; Thies, M.L. 2012. Effect of fire on the herpetofauna of the Koanaka Hills, Ngamiland, Botswana. Check List 8(4): 666-674.

Kober, I. 2018. Heia Safari – Echsen am Wegesrand auf einer Reise durch Südafrika, Simbabwe und Botswana. Reptilia (D) 131: ?

Morgan, D. 1980. A trip to the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Herptile 5(3): 25-28.

Mrosovsky, N. 1983. Report from Botswana. Marine Turtle Newsletter 25: 6-9.

Pianka, E.R. 1971. Lizard species density in the Kalahari Desert. Ecology 52: 1024-1029.

Power, J.H. 1927. On the Herpetological Fauna of the Lobatsi-Linokana Area. 1. Lobatsi. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 14(4): 405-422.

Power, J.H. 1931. On the Herpetological Fauna of the Lobatsi-Linokana Area. Part II. Linokana. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 20(1): 39-49.

Richter, W. von; Butynski, T.M. 1974. Wildlife utilization in Botswana: a review and evaluation of hunter returns as a source of administrative and biological data. Journal Sth. Afr. Wildl. Mgmt Ass. 4(3): 167-176.

Simbotwe, M.P. 1987. Conservation. pp. 21-22. In: Auerbach, R.D. The amphibians and reptiles of Botswana. Mokwepa Consultants, Gaborone. 295 pp.

Simbotwe, M.P. 1990. Country report by Botswana: crocodile management and conservation. pp. 157-190. In: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 9th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN - the World Conservation Union Convened at Lae, Papua New Guinea, 19 to 21 October 1988. Vol. 2. IUCN, Gland. 380 pp.

Simbotwe, M.P.; Guillette, L.J. 1990. Zoogeography of the herpetofauna of Botswana and its management implications. African Journal of Ecology 28(2): 103-110.

Simbotwe, M.P.; Spawls, S. 1987. Herpetology in Botswana. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 21-22: 23-25.

Tejado-Lanseros, C.; Potes Gordo, M.E. 2001. Observaciones herpetologicas en Africa austral. Estudios del Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava 16: 217-220.

Winemiller, K.O.; Pianka, E.R. 1990. Organization in natural assemblages of desert lizards and tropical fishes. Ecological Monographs 60(1): 27-55.