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Antunes, M.T. 1975. Sur quelques reptiles du Karroo de Maniamba, Mocambique. Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 218: 371-378.

Bayliss, J.; Timberlake, J.; Branch, W.R.; Bruessow, C.; Collins, S.; Congdon, C.; Curran, M.; Sousa, C. de; Dowsett, R.; Dowsett-Lemaire, F.; Lincoln, F.; Harris, T.; & al. 2014. The discovery, biodiversity and conservation of Mabu forest - the largest medium-altitude rainforest in southern Africa. Oryx 48(2): 177-185.

Bianconi, J.J. 1849. Specimina zoologica Mossambicana (De piscibus et reptilibus). Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna (ser. 2) 10: 106-109, 202-208.

Blake, D.K. 1964. The third Umtali Museum Expedition to Mozambique 1963. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 22: 20-24.

Blake, D.K. 1965. The fourth Umtali Museum expedition to Mozambique. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 23/24: 31-46.

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1896. Reptis de algumas possessoes portuguezas d'Afrique que existem no Museu de Lisboa. 1. Reptis do Archipelago de Cabo Verde.....4. Reptis de Mocambique. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes (Ser. 2) (Lisboa) 4: 65-104.

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

Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.O.; Marais, J. 2005. Herpetological survey of the Niassa Game Reserve, northern Mozambique - part I: reptiles. Salamandra 41(1): 195-214.

Broadley, D.G. 1962. An expedition to Inhaca Island and south Mozambique. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 19: 22-25.

Broadley, D.G. 1962. The Mozambique plain as a corridor for the southward penetration of tropical reptiles. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 19: 9-10.

Broadley, D.G. 1963. A report on the opportunity for zoological collecting afforded by the Beira-Feruka pipeline project. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia Newsletter 1: 1-3.

Broadley, D.G. 1963. An expedition to the Mozambique plain, November 1962. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 20: 14-18.

Broadley, D.G. 1964. The second Umtali Museum Expedition to Mozambique 1963-4. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 22: 13-16.

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

Broadley, D.G. 1990. The herpetofaunas of the islands off the coast of south Mocambique. Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9(35): 469-493.

Broadley, D.G. 1995. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals. pp. 318-330. In: Kalk, M. (ed.). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Third edition. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg.

Conradie, W.; Bittencourt-Silva, G.B.; Engelbrecht, H.M.; Loader, S.P.; Menegon, M.; Nanvonamuquitxo, C.; Scott, M.; Tolley, K.A. 2016. Exploration into the hidden world of Mozambique’s sky island forests: new discoveries of reptiles and amphibians. Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(2): 163–180.

Costa, A.; Motta, H.; Pereira, M.A.M.; Videira, E.J.S.; Louro, C.M.M.; Joao, J. 2007. Marine Turtles in Mozambique: Towards an effective conservation and management program. Marine Turtle Newsletter 117: 1-3.

Cott, H.B. 1935. The Zoological Society's Expedition to the Zambesi, 1927. No. 6. On a collection of snakes from Portuguese East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 193: 963-975.

Cunha, J. de B.E. 1935. Ofidios de Massangulo, Distrito do Niassa. Mem. Mus. Zool. Coimbra (1) 83: 1-16.

Cunha, J. de B.E. 1937. Ophidians from Massangulo (Portuguese Nyassa-land). C. R. XII Congrès International de Zoologie (Lisbonne) 1935(3): 1777-1786.

Frade, F.; Manacas, S. 1955. Serpentes do Ultramar portugues. Garcia de Orta Sér. Zool. (Lisboa) 3(4): 547-553.

Garnier, J.; Hill, N.; Almeida, G.; Silva, I.; Witt, M.; Godley, B. 2012. Status and community-based conservation of marine turtles in the northern Querimbas Islands (Mozambique). Oryx 46(3): 359-367.

Hughes, G. 1971. Preliminary report on the Sea Turtles and dugongs of Mocambique. Veterinaria Mocamb. 4(2): 45-62.

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.

Jacobsen, N.H.G.; Pietersen, E.W.; Pietersen, D.W. 2010. A preliminary herpetological survey of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary on the San Sebastian Peninsula, Vilankulo, Mozambique. Herpetology Notes 3: 181-193.

Lobão Tello, J.L.P. 1973. Reconhecimento ecológico da reserva dos elefantes do Maputo. Veterinária Mocamb. 6(1): 19-76.

Manacas, S. 1952. Saurios de Mocambique. Anais da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Zool.) 7(3): 129-159.

Manacas, S. 1957. Contribuição para o estuda dos repteis (saurios e leptotiflopideos) de Mocambique. Anais da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Zool.) 9(3): 165-172.

Manacas, S. 1959. Ofidios de Mocambique. Memorias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Ser. 2) (Lisboa) 8: 133-160.

Manacas, S. 1961. Alguns saurios e ofideos de Mocambique. Memorias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Ser. 2) (Lisboa) 23: 143-163.

Manacas, S. 1981. Ofídeos venenosus da Guiné, S. Tomé, Angola e Mocambique. Garcia de Orta Sér. Zool. (Lisboa) 10: 13-46.

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Appendix: Übersicht der Säugethiere und Amphibien des mittleren Ostafrika (Gebiet von Sansibar und Mosambik nebst Binnenland). pp. 137-140. In: Peters, W.C.H.; Cabanis, J.; Hilgendorf, F.; Martens, E. v. & Semper, C. (eds.). Baron Carl Claus von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859-1865. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig.

Peters, W.C.H. 1882. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt von Wilhelm C. H. Peters. Zoologie. III. Amphibien. G. Reimer, Berlin. 191 pp.

Pietersen, D.W. 2014. New distribution records of herpetofauna in Mozambique south of the Zambezi River, including additional records from Parque Nacional de Banhine. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 4: 174-180.

Pietersen, D.W.; Pietersen, E.W.; Haacke, W.D. 2013. First herpetological appraisal of the Parque Nacional de Banhine, Gaza Province, southern Mozambique. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 3: 153-163.

Portik, D.M.; Mulungu, E.A.; Sequeira, D.; McEntee, J.P. 2013. Herpetological surveys of the Serra Jeci and Namuli Massifs, Mozambique, and an annotated checklist of the southern Afromontane Archipelago. Herpetological Review 44(3): 394-406.

Portik, D.M.; Mulungu, E.A.; Sequeira, D.; McEntee, J.P. 2013. Herpetological surveys of the Serra Jeci and Namuli Massifs, Mozambique, and an annotated checklist of the southern Afromontane Archipelago. Herpetological Review 44(3): 394-406.

Santos Dias, J.A.T. 1952. Resultados de um reconhecimento zoologico no Alto Limpopo efectuado pelos Drs. F. Zumpt e J.A.T. Santos Dias. III. Heatozoarios dos repteis. Mocambique 71: 59-79.

Schneider, M.F., Buramuge, V.A., Aliasse, L., Serfontein, F. 2005. Checklist de Vertebrados de Moçambique / Checklist of Vertebrates of Mozambique. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Maputo. 227 pp.

Scortecci, G. 1930. Nuove Specie di Rettili ed Anfibi del Mozambico e della Somalia Italiana. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 69(3-4): 319-321.

Tello, J.L.P.L. 1972. Reconhecimento ecológico da reserva dos elefantes do Maputo. Veterinária Mocamb. 5(2): 99-122.