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Bibliography of the reptiles of
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]

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Anonymous. 1969. Crocodile research in Papua. Oryx 10: 148.

Anonymous. 1969. Papua: crocodile conservation. Bull. int. Un. Conserv. Nat. 2: 97.

Allison, A. 1982. Distribution and ecology of New Guinea lizards. Monographiae Biologicae 42(2): 803-813.

Allison, A. 2007. Herpetofauna of Papua. pp. 564-616. In: Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Part 1. Periplus Editions, Singapore. pp. 1-749.

Allison, A.; Kraus, F. 2006. Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Papuan region. www.bishopmuseum.org/research/pbs/papuanherps/taxa.html

Barrett, C. 1954. Wild life in Australia and New Guinea. William Heinemann, London. 229 pp.

Boettger, O. 1896. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Deutsch Neu Guinea. Abh. Mus. Dresden 1896: 3 pp.

Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 6: 449-452.

Boulenger, G.A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Dr. L. Loria in British New Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 18: 694-710.

Brass, L.J. 1964. Results of the Archbold Expeditions, No. 86. Summary of the sixth Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1959). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 127: 145-215.

Brongersma, L.D. 1952. Zoologisch onderzoek in Nieuw-Guinea door Dr. L.D. Brongersma. Meded. civ. Acad. Leiden 2: 25-28.

Brongersma, L.D. 1953. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. II. Proceedings Acad. Sci, Amst 56C(3): 317-325.

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. IV. Proceedings ned. Akad. Wet. 59C(4): 447-453.

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. V. Proceedings ned. Akad. Wet. 59C(5): 599-610.

Brongersma, L.D. 1958. The animal world of Netherlands New Guinea. Groningen (J.B.Wolten). 71 pp.

Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Zoological exploration of Netherlands New Guinea. Proceedings 9th Pacif. Sci. Congr. (1957) 19: 68-71.

Brongersma, L.G. 1953. Notes on New Guinean reptiles and amphibians. I. Proceedings Acad. Sci. Amst. 56C(2): 137-142.

Buhner, R. 1968. The strategies of hunting in New Guinea. Oceania 38: 302-318.

Cogger, H.G. 1964. A reptile-collecting expedition to New Guinea. Australian Natural History 14: 363-368.

Cogger, H.G. 1965. A mecca for naturalists. Some characteristics of the reptiles and amphibia of New Guinea. Wildlife in Australia 2(4): 5-7.

Douglas-Ogilby, J. 1890. Report on a zoological collection from British New Guinea. Reptiles and batrachians. Rec. Austral. Mus. 1: 89-101.

Downes, M.C. 1971. Regional situation report - Papua and New Guinea. pp. 41-43. In: Crocodiles. Proceedings of the first working meeting of crocodile specialists sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and organized by the Survival Service Commission, lUCN, at the Bronx Zoo, New York 15-17 March 1971. lUCN, Switzerland. 191 pp.

Fitter, R. (ed.) 1969. Crocodiles in Papua. Kingfisher 5: 12.

Forcart, L. 1953. Amphibien und Reptilien von Neuguinea, mit der Beschreibung eines neuen Laubfrosches, Nyctimystes flavomaculata n.sp. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 64(1): 58-68.

Georges, A.; Guarino, F.; Bito, B. 2006. Freshwater turtles of the TransFly region of Papua New Guinea - notes on diversity, distribution, reproduction, harvest and trade. Wildlife Research 33(5): 373-384.

Goode, J. 1967. Freshwater tortoises of Australia and New Guinea. Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. 154 pp.

Heads, M. 2002. Regional patterns of biodiversity in New Guinea animals. Journal of Biogeography 29(2): 285-294.

Iskandar, D.T. 2000. Checklist of New Guinea and its Satellite Islands Herpetofauna. Handout at the Rapid Biodiversity Planning Workshop for Papua Province within the Context of Ecoregions-based Consertation of [the] Papuan Region. WWF, Jayapura.

Iskandar, D.T. 2000. Turtles and crocodiles of insular Southeast Asia and New Guinea. Institute of Technology, Bandung. 191 pp.

Iskandar, D.T.; Colijn, E. 2001. A checklist of Southeast Asian and New Guinean reptiles. Part 1: Serpentes. Biodiversity Conservation Project and the Gibbon Foundation, Jakarta, and Institute of Technology, Bandung. 195 pp.

Jong, J.K. de 1930. List of reptiles collected by Prof. Dr. W. Docters van Leeuwen during the north New-Guinea Expedition 1926. Nova Guinea N.S. (Leiden) 15(4): 405-408.

Jordan, P.W.; Goodman, A.E.; Donnellan, S. 2002. Microsatellite primers for Australian and New Guinean pythons isolated with an efficient marker development method for related species. Molecular Ecology 2(1): 78-82.

Karlsson, L.G. 1981. [Are New Guinea's crocodiles in danger?]. (In Swedish). Fauna Och Flora (Stockholm) 76(3): 135-140.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1928. Notes on some reptiles and batrachians from the northern division of Papua, with descriptions of new species of Apisthocalamus and Lygosoma. Records of the Australian Museum 16: 289-293.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1943. Some New Guinea reptiles. Australian Museum Magazine 8(4): 112-117.

Kopstein, F. 1926. Reptilien von den Molukken und den Benachbarten Inseln. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 71-112.

Krefft, G. 1876. Notes on Australian animals in New Guinea with description of a new species of fresh water tortoise belonging to the genus Euchelymys (Gray). Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 1: 390-394.

Kunz, K. 2017. Die Pythons Neuguineas. Von altbekannt bis geheimnisumwittert. Reptilia (D) 22(127): 16-21.

Lidth de Jeude, T.W. van 1897. Reptiles and batrachians from New Guinea. Notes Leyden Museum 18: 249-257.

Lidth de Jeude, T.W. van 1911. Reptilien (Schlangen). pp. 265-287. In: Nova Guinea. 9. Resultats de l'expedition scientifique neerlandaise a la Nouvelle Guinee en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices de Dr. H. A. Lorenz 9.

Lidth de Jeude, T.W. van 1911. Reptilien (Schlangen). pp. 519-530. In: Nova Guinea. 5. Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. E.J. Brill, Leiden.

Longman, H.A. 1918. Notes on some Queensland and Papuan reptiles. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 37-44.

Loveridge, A. 1948. New Guinean reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and United States National Museum. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 101: 302-430.

Lucas, A.H.S. 1898. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fauna of British New Guinea. I. Lacertilia and Batrachia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 357-359.

Lyons, J.A.; Natusch, D.J.D.; Shepherd, C.R. 2013. The harvest of freshwater turtles (Chelidae) from Papua, Indonesia, for the international pet trade. Oryx 47(2): 298-302.

Mack, A.L.; Alonso, L.E. (eds.). 2000. A biological assessment of the Wapoga River area of northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14: 1-129.

Mackay, R.D. 1976. New Guinea. Time Life Books, Amsterdam.

Macleay, W. 1877. The Ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Journal Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 2: 33-41.

Marshall, A.J.; Beehler, B.M. (eds.). 2007. The ecology of Papua. Part 1. Periplus Editions, Singapore. 749 pp.

Marshall, A.J.; Beehler, B.M. (eds.). 2007. The ecology of Papua. Part 2. Periplus Editions, Singapore. pp. 715 pp.

McDowell, S.B. 1974. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 1. Scolecophidia. Journal of Herpetology 8(1): 1-57.

McDowell, S.B. 1975. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 2. Anilioidea and Pythoninae. Journal of Herpetology 9(1): 1-80.

McDowell, S.B. 1979. A catalogue of the snakes of New Guinea and the Solomons, with special reference to those in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 3. Boinae and Acrochordoidea (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 13(1): 105-111.

Mehely, L.V. von 1895. Beiträge zur Herpetologie von Neu-Guinea. Termes. Fuzetek 18: 128-136.

Mehely, L.V. von 1897. Further contributions to the herpetology of New Guinea. Termes. Fuzetek 20: 398-419.

Mehely, L.V. von 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. Lewis Biro in New Guinea. Termes. Fuzetek 21: 165-178.

Menzies, J.I.; Pernetta, J.C. 1987. An annotated bibliography of keys to the genera and species of vertebrates in New Guinea. Science in New Guinea 13(1): 37-44.

Mys, B. 1987. On the zoogeography of the scincid lizards from North Papua New Guinea (Lacertilia, Scincidae). Ph.D. thesis (unpublished), University of Antwerp.

Ogilby, J.D. 1898. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fauna of British New Guinea. II. Ophidia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 359-363.

Ogilby, J.D. 1905. Catalogue of the emydosaurian and testudinian reptiles of New Guinea. Proceedings Soc. Queensland 19: 1-31.

Parker, F.W. 1970. Collecting reptiles and amphibians in New Guinea. Australian Natural History 16(9): 309-314.

Philipp, K.M.; Philipp, D.P. 2007. The monitor lizards of Papua. pp. 617-636. In: Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Part 1. Periplus Editions, Singapore. pp. 1-749.

Rhodin, A.G.J.; Spring, S.; Pritchard, P.C.H. 1980. Glossary of turtle vernacular names used in the New Guinea region. Journal of the Polynesian Society 89(1): 105-117.

Richards, S.; Iskandar, D.T.; Allison, A. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of the Wapoga River area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14: 54-57, 113-115.

Rooij, N. de 1909. Reptilien (Eidechsen, Schildkröten und Krokodile). pp. 375-383. In: Nova Guinea. 5. Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann. E.J. Brill, Leiden.

Rooij, N. de 1919. Reptilien aus Nord-Neu-Guinea gesammelt von Dr. P. N. van Kampen und Dr. H. Gjellerup. Amsterdam Bydr. Dierk. 21: 81-95.

Rooij, N. de 1919. Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise a la Nouvelle Guinée on 1912 et 1913 sous les auspices de A. Franssen Herderschez. Nova Guinea N.S. (Leiden) 13: 133-153.

Rösler, H.; Glaw, F.; Günther, R. 2005. Aktualisierte Liste der Geckos von Neuguinea (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekkoninae) mit vorläufiger Charakterisierung von neun Formen aus den Gattungen Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, Gehyra Gray, 1834 und Nactus Kluge, 1983. Gekkota 5: 33-64.

Roux, J. 1927. Addition a la faune erpetologique de la Nouvelle-Guinee. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 34: 119-125.

Sauvage, H.E. 1878. Essai sur la faune herpetologique de la Nouvelle-Guinee, suivi de la description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Bulletin Soc. Philomath. Paris (Ser. 7) 7(2): 25-44.

Schmidt, K.P. 1932. Notes on New Guinean Crocodiles. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 18: 167-172.

Schultze-Westrum, T. 1961. Wasser- und Baumreptilien auf Neuguinea. Kosmos (Stuttgart) 57: 247-252.

Schultze-Westrum, T. 1972. Neuguinea. Kummelly & Frey, Bern.

Shaw, D.E.S. 1969. Conservational ordinances in Papua and New Guinea. Biological Conservation 2: 50-53.

Shaw, G. 1794. The Zoology of new Holland. Illustrated by J. Sowerby. London. 33 pp.

Slater, K.R. 1968. A guide to the poisonous snakes of Papua. 2nd. ed. Government Printer, Port Moresby.

Steel, T. 1898. Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of British New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(1): 357-369.

Sternfeld, R. 1913. Beiträge zur Schlangenfauna Neuguineas und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913: 384-389.

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Tanner, V.M. 1952. Pacific islands herpetology. 6. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Great Basin Naturalist 12: 1-12.

Tjaturadi, B.; Richards, S.; Krey, K. 2007. Exotic herpetofauna: a new threat to New Guinea's biodiversity? pp. 1365-1368. In: Marshall, A.J. & Beehler, B.M. (eds.). The ecology of Papua. Part 2. Periplus Editions, Singapore. pp. 753-1467.

Tyler, M.J. 1961. A preliminary note on herpetological data obtained from natives in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. British Journal of Herpetology 2(12): 219-220.

Ulaiwi, W. 1997. Marine turtle research and management in Papua New Guinea. pp. 111-120. In: Noor, Y.R.; Lubis, I.R.; Ounsted, R.; Troeng, S. & Abdullah, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Marine Turtle Research and Management in Indonesia. Jember, East Java - Indonesia, November 1996. Wetlands International, Bogor. 197 pp.

Vis, C.W. de 1890. Reptiles from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(5): 497-500.

Vis, C.W. de 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. 1. Vertebrata. Annals Queensland Museum (Brisbane) 1(2): 1-12.

Vis, C.W. de 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea. Part I. Vertebrata. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1(2): 3-12.

Vogt, T. 1911. Reptilien und Amphibien aus Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 410-420.

Werner, F. 1899. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch Neu-Guinea, grosstentheils aus dem Kgl. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 49: 132-157.

Werner, F. 1901. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Ecuador und Neu-Guinea. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 593-614.

Whitaker, R.; Whitaker, Z. 1998. Crocodile Fever - Wildlife Adventures in New Guinea. Sangam, London. 152 pp.

White, J. 1995. Clinical toxicology of snakebite in Australia and New Guinea. pp. 595-617. In: Meier, J. & White, J. (eds.). Handbook of clinical toxicology of animal venoms and poisons. CRC Press, Boca Raton, New York, etc. 752 pp.

Worrell, E. 1969. Dangerous snakes of Australia and New Guinea. A handbook for bushmen, bushwalkers, mission workers, servicemen, boy scouts, migrants, medical practitioners, and naturalists on the identification and venoms of Australian snakes, with directions for first-a Angus & Robertson, Sydney & London. 65 pp. (First published under the title "Dangerous snakes of Australia", 1953).

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