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Adnagulov, E.V.; Oleinikov, A.Y. 2006. On the distribution and ecology of amphibians and reptiles in the south of the Russian Far East. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(2): 101-116.

Adnagulov, E.V.; Tarasov, I.G.; Gorobeiko, V.V. 2000. New data on amphibians and reptiles distribution in the Russian Far East. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(2): 139-154.

Alkhasov, M. 1981. [Aktivity and abundance of Typhlopidae and the collared dwarf snake in the foothills of Dagestan]. pp. 7. (In Russian). In: Darevsky, I.S., Ananjeva, N.B., Barkagan, Z.S., Borkin, L.Y., Sokolova, T.M. & Shcherbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp.

Bakiev, A.G. 2005. Helminths and trophic relations of colubrid snakes (Colubridae) in the Volga-Kama region. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 252-253. (Supplement).

Bakiev, A.G. 2008. On the reproduction of snakes of the Volga Basin. pp. 31-34. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Bakiev, A.G.; Ratnikov, V.Y.; Zinenko, A.I. 2007. [About forming of vipers' fauna of the Volga river basin]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 9(1)(19): 163-170.

Bannikov, A.G. 1954. [On the biology of amphibians and reptiles of South Dagestan]. (In Russian). Uchenye Zap. Mosk. Gorod. Pedogog. Inst. 28: 75-88.

Belimov, G.T. 1977. [Invertebrates in the diet of amphibians and reptiles of Yakutia.] pp. 32-33. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Bobrov, V.V. 1989. [Reptile distribution in the Moscow region]. pp. 164-176. (In Russian). In: Orlova, V.F. (ed.). Zemnovodnye i presmykayushchiesya Moskovskoi oblasti: (materialy soveshchaniya po gerpetofaune Moskvy i Moskovskoi oblasti, 9-10 noyabrya 1987g., Moskva) [The amphibians and reptiles of the Moscow region: a conference on the herpetofauna of Moscow and the Moscow Region, 9-10 November 1987, Moscow]. Nauka, Moskva. 179 pp.

Bobrov, V.V.; Kuzmin, S.L.; Semenov, D.V. 1995. [Gerpetological [Herpetological] researches in Moscow and Moscow region]. pp. 29-37. (In Russian). In: Sokolov, V.E. & Kulikov, V.F. (eds.). Ekologicheskie issledovaniya v Moskve i Moskovskoi oblasti: zhivotnyi mir. [Ecological investigation in Moscow and the Moscow Region (Animals)]. Institut problem ekologii i evolyutsii im. A.N. Severtsova, Moskva. 106 pp.

Boettger, O. 1884. Liste der von Herrn O. Retowski in Abchasien gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 1884: 144-145.

Bogachev, A.V. 1938. [Zoological observations on reptiles and Amphibia in the Milsk Steppe]. (In Russian). Bull. Azerbaidjan Filial Baku 4-5: 89-98.

Bogorobskii, Y.V.; Litvinov, N.I. 1988. [Rare and vanishing terrestrial vertebrates from Irkutsk region]. pp. 35-41. (In Russian). In: Shvetsov, Yu.G. (ed.). Redkie nazemnye pozvonochnye Sibiri. [Rare terrestrial vertebrates of Siberia.] Nauka, Novosibirsk. 300 pp.

Borisovich, O.B.; Tsybulin, S.M.; Toropov, K.V.; Fomin, B.N.; Grazhdan, K.V.; Bogomolova, I.N. 2002. [Amphibians and reptiles of plain and piedmont-low-mountainous landscapes of the upper reaches of the Ob River]. (In Russian, English summary). Sibirskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal 9(4): 425-440.

Borkin, L.Y.; Bassarukin, A.M. 1986. On occurrence of Sea Turtles it [in] the south of Soviet Far East. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 157: 196-200.

Borkin, L.Y.; Belimov, G.T.; Sedalishchev, V.T. 1984. [New data on distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Yakutia]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 89-101.

Borkin, L.Y.; Ilyashenko, V.Y. 1981. [Herpetofauna of Zej Reserve and the surrounds of Zeya Town (Amur region)]. pp. 21-22. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Borkin, L.Y.; Korotkov, Y.M. 1981. [On protection of amphibians and reptiles of Siberia and the Far East of the USSR. pp. 28-37]. (In Russian). In: Borkin, L.Ya. (ed.). Herpetological investigations in Siberia and the Far East. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad. 147 pp.

Borkin, L.Y.; Munkhbayar, K.; Semenov, D.V. 1983. [Amphibia and reptiles]. pp. 52-56. (In Russian). In: Sokolov, V.E. & Shakhdarsuren, O. (eds.). [Composite characteristics of desert ecosystems in Zaaltaj Gobi (e.g. desert station and Great Gobi Nature Reserve). Collected scientific papers.] Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Pushchino. 114 pp.

Borkin, L.Y.; Munkhbayar, K.; Semenov, D.V. 1983. [Amphibia and Reptilia]. pp. 52-56. (In Russian). In: Sokolov, V.E., Shakhdarsuren, O., Lavrenko, E.M., Gunin, P.D. Krinitskij, V.V. & Fedorova, I.T. (eds.). [Complex characters of desert ecosystems of the Trans-Altai Gobi (on the examples of the Desert Station and Great Gobi Reserve)]. Acad. Sci. USSR, Inst. of Evol. Morphology & Ecology of Animals. 114 pp.

Borkin, L.Y.; Orlov, N.L. 1977. [New data on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Far East]. pp. 45-47. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Borkin, L.Y.; Velizhanin, A.G.; Korotkova, E.B.; Korotkov, Y.M. 1981. [On the herpetofauna of islands in Gulf of Peter the Great. pp. 24-27]. (In Russian). In: Borkin, L.Ya. (ed.). Herpetological investigations in Siberia and the Far East. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Leningrad. 147 pp.

Boulenger, G.A. 1890. A list of the reptiles and batrachians of Amoorland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 6) 6(5): 137-144.

Bozhansky, A.T. 1977. [The distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the control taiga forests of the Arkhangilsk]. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Bozhansky, A.T. 2005. Conservation of resources of reptiles in Astrakhan' Oblast' (Russia). Astrakhan' Oblast' reptilian resources conservation (experience of regional realization). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 123-125. (Supplement).

Brauner, A. 1905. [Dritte Vorläufige Mittheilung über Reptilien und Amphibien der Gouvernements Suvalki, Minsk, Podolsk, Tschernigov, Bessarabien, Cherson, Ekaterinoslav und des Dnjepr-Kreises des Gouv. Taurien]. (In Russian). Mem. Soc. nat. Odessa 28: 201-217.

Brauner, A. 1905. Dritte Vorläufige Mittheilungen über Reptilien und Amphibien der Suwalik, Minsk, Podolsk, Tschernigow, Cherson, Ekaterinoslaw Gouvernements, Bessarabien und des Dnjepr-Kreises des Taurischen Gouvernements. Zapiski Novoross. Obshch. 28: 201-217.

Bromlei, G.F.; Vasiljev, N.G.; Kharkevich, S.S.; Nechaev, V.A. 1977. [Plant and animal life of the Ussurii reserve.] (In Russian). Nauka, Moscow. 174 pp.

Bykov, A.V. 1981. [The fauna and distribution of Amphibia and Reptilia in the neighbourhood of Dzhanybek settlement (Volga-Uzen zoogeographical region)]. pp. 26. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Chernichko, I.A. 1982. [Animal world. Amphibians and reptiles]. pp. 191-195, illustr. (In Russian). In: Vasilev, N.G. & Matyushkin, E.N. (eds.). [The vegetation and animal world of the Sikhote-Alin Reserve.] Nauka, Moscow. 304 pp.

Chernikin, I.A. 1981. [On the protection of reptiles in northern Sikhote-Alin]. pp. 125. (In Russian). In: Bromlej, G.F.; Kostenko, V.A.; Yudin, V.G. & Nechaev, V.A. (eds.). [Rare and endangered terrestrial animals of the Far East of the USSR. (Contributions to the conference).]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Vladivostok. 192 pp.

Chernov, S.A. 1953. Systematic review of of animals of the forest zone. III. Reptiles. Zhivotnui Mir U.S.S.R. 4: 204-219.

Chugunov, Y.D. 1980. A rare case of finding a sea snake Laticauda semifasciata (Serpentes, Hydrophidae) in waters of the USSR. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 59(3): 470-471.

Cugunov, S.M. 1911. [Notice sur les amphibiens et les reptiles recueillis dans les environs de la station Hlanskaia du chemin de fer Transsiberien en 1910]. (In Russian). St. Peterburg Ann. mus. zool. Ac. sc. 16: 319-241.

Cugunov, S.M. 1913. [Amphibiens et reptiles raccoltes en 1912 dans les districts de Minoussinsk (gouv. de Yenisseisk) et de Balagansk (gouv. d'Irkoutsk)]. (In Russian). St. Peterburg Ann. mus. zool. Ac. sc. 18: 249-259.

Cugunov, S.M. 1915. [Amphibiens et reptiles, collectionnes durant l'ete 1913 dans le district de Surgut, gouvernement de Tobolsk]. (In Russian). Petrograd Ann. mus. zool. Ac. sc. 19(14): 524-534.

Dinesman, L.G. 1950. The role of flood in ecology of Amphibia and Reptilia in Volgadelta. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow Biol. 55(5): 53-58.

Dunaev, A.; Orlova, V.F. 2012. Zemnovodnye i presmykayuschiesya Rossii. Atlas-opredelitel [Amphibians and reptiles of Russia - Identification atlas]. Publisher unknown, Moscow. 320 pp.

Dunaev, E.; Orlova, V. 2017. Amphibians and Reptiles of Russia – Atlas and Determination. Moscow. 324 pp.

Dunaev, E.; Orlova, V. 2018. Snakes – The Species of the Russian Fauna. Moscow. 119 pp.

Dunaev, E.A.; Kharitonov, N.P. 1989. [Ecological notes on the amphibian and reptilian fauna of Moscow region]. pp. 25-37. (In Russian). In: Orlova, V.F. (ed.). Zemnovodnye i presmykayushchiesya Moskovskoi oblasti: (materialy soveshchaniya po gerpetofaune Moskvy i Moskovskoi oblasti, 9-10 noyabrya 1987g., Moskva) [The amphibians and reptiles of the Moscow region: a conference on the herpetofauna of Moscow and the Moscow Region, 9-10 November 1987, Moscow]. Nauka, Moskva. 179 pp.

Dunayev, E.A. 1989. [A historical outline of the study of several species of amphibians and reptiles in the Moscow region]. pp. 5-10. (In Russian). In: Orlova, V.F. (ed.). Zemnovodnye i presmykayushchiesya Moskovskoi oblasti: (materialy soveshchaniya po gerpetofaune Moskvy i Moskovskoi oblasti, 9-10 noyabrya 1987g., Moskva) [The amphibians and reptiles of the Moscow region: a conference on the herpetofauna of Moscow and the Moscow Region, 9-10 November 1987, Moscow]. Nauka, Moskva. 179 pp.

Efremov, P.G.; Korneev, V.A.; Rusov, Y.N. 1984. [The animal world of Mariyskaya ASSR. Terrestrial vertebrates - Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia]. (In Russian). Mariiskoe Knizhnoe Izdatelstvo, Yoshkar-Ola. 127 pp.

Elpatjevsky, V. 1903. Amphibia and Reptilia of the shores and islands of the Sea of Aral. Scientific results of the Aral Expedition. Imp. Russ. Geogr. Soc. Tashkent. 30 pp.

Elpatjevsky, V. 1908. [The amphibians and reptiles of Trans-Baikal]. (In Russian). Trav. sect. Troick-Kiacht. Soc. russ. geogr., St. Peterburg 9(1) [1906]: 42-61.

Elpatjevsky, V.; Sabanejev, L.L. 1906. Ergänzungen zur herpetologischen Fauna des Russischen Reichs. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 24: Unpaginated.

Emel'ianov, A.A. 1929. [Snakes of the Far East (In Russian, English summary). Mem. Vladivostok Sect. Russian State Oeograph. Soc. 3(1): 1-208.

Fischer, J. von 1873. Die Reptilien und Amphibien des St. Petersburger Gouvernements. Zoologischer Garten 1873: 324.

Flint, V.E.; Golovkin, A.N. 1961. The role of the ridge Tannu-Ola as a zoogeographical barrier and some problems of the origin of the Tuva steppe-fauna. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 40: 556-567.

Garanin, V.I. 1983. [Amphibians and reptiles of the Volga-Kama Territory]. (In Russian). Nauka, Moscow. 174 pp.

Golubeva, N.A. 1923. [On lizards and snakes in the Zoological Museum of the Tomsk University belonging to the West-Siberian fauna]. (In Russian). Transactions Tomsk State Univ. 72: 1.

Grigorev, O.V. 1986. [Amphibians and reptiles of the Chana Lake shores]. pp. 197-199. (In Russian). In: Ioganzen, G.M. & Krivoshchekov, G.M. (eds.). [Ecology of Lake Chana.] Nauka, Novosibirsk. 269 pp.

Grigorjev, O.V. 1978. [Contacts of Amphibia and reptiles with birds and mammals in natural foci of infections in the area of M. Chany Lake (western Siberia). pp. 178-180]. (In Russian, English summary). In: Cherepanov, A.; Kharitonova, N.N.; Maksimov, A.A. & Yurlov, K.T. (eds.). Transcontinental connections of migratory birds and their role in the distribution of arboviruses: papers of symposium 1976, Novosibirsk. Nauka, Novosibirsk. 318 pp.

Herrmann, H.J.; Kabisch, K. 1990. Die Herpetofauna der Insel Sachalin. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 12(67): 6-10.

Ilyashenko, V.Y. 1984. [The influence of the Zeisk Reservoir on the herpetofauna]. pp. 20-21. (In Russian). In: Ishchenko, V.G. (ed.). [The species and its productivity within its distribution range. Part 5. Questions of herpetology. Material from the 4th All-Union Symposium 3-7 April 1984]. Urals Scientific Centre, Academy of Sciences USSR, Sverdlovsk. 54 pp.

Iogansen, G. 1923. [Along the Tchulym. Report on zoological excursions in January, 1914, summer and autumn, 1915, in the eastern part of Tomsk Province. (Amphibians & reptiles, pp. 22-31)]. (In Russian, species names in English). Transactions Tomsk State Univ. 72: Unpaginated.

Ishchenko, V.G.; Mitchell, J.C. 2008. Urban herpetology in Russia and adjacent territories. pp. 405-421. In: Mitchell, J.C.; Jung Brown, R.E.; Bartholomew, B. (eds.). Urban herpetology. SSAR (Society for the study of Amphibians and Reptiles), Utah. 586 pp.

Kascenko, N.T. 1909. [The venomous snakes of West Siberia and Turkestan]. (In Russian). Jestestv. i Geogr. Moskva 14: 38-44.

Kharin, V.E. 2008. [Reptilians]. (In Russian). Dalnauka, Vladivostok. 170 pp.

Kharitonov, N.P. 1989. [The status and problems of amphibian and reptilian protection in the Moscow region]. pp. 96-99. (In Russian). In: Orlova, V.F. (ed.). Zemnovodnye i presmykayushchiesya Moskovskoi oblasti: (materialy soveshchaniya po gerpetofaune Moskvy i Moskovskoi oblasti, 9-10 noyabrya 1987g., Moskva) [The amphibians and reptiles of the Moscow region: a conference on the herpetofauna of Moscow and the Moscow Region, 9-10 November 1987, Moscow]. Nauka, Moskva. 179 pp.

Khozatsky, L.I.; Nesov, L.A. 1979. [The distribution of far eastern turtles in Primor'e and Priamur'e and the problem of their conservation]. pp. 89-93. (In Russian). In: Darevsky, I.S., Garanin, V.I., Khozatsky, L.I., Zhukova, T.I. & Zinyakova, M.P. (eds.) Herpetologiya. Kuban State University, Krasnodar. 129 pp.

Krivosheev, V. 2005. The Red Data Book of Ulyanovsk Oblast: amphibians and reptiles. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 164-166. (Supplement).

Krivosheev, V.A. 2008. [Influence of especially protected natural territories in preserving biological diversity of amphibians and reptiles]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 10(2)(24): 325-332.

Kubykin, R.A. 1988. Tortoise population density in some districts of Alma-Atinsky and Taldy-Kurgansky regions. Ekologiya (Sverdlovsk) 1988(1): 80-83.

Kuranova, V.N.; Simonov, E.P.; Yartsev, V.V.; Shamgunova, R.R.; Starikov, V.P. 2010. [Diversity, distribution and conservation status of reptiles of West Siberia]. (In Russian). pp. 118-149. In: Duisebayeva, T.N.; Zima, I.A. & Chirikova, M.A. (eds.). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya v Kazakhstane i sopredelnykh stranakh [Herpetological researches in Kazakhstan and adjacent countries]. ASBK & SOPKI, Almaty. 255 pp. (In Russian).

Kuzikov, I.V. 1981. [Amphibia and Reptilia fauna between Amur-Buren Rivers]. pp. 76-77. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Kuzmin, S.L. 1989. [Amphibia and reptiles of northwest Moscow]. pp. 48-60. (In Russian). In: Orlova, V.F. (ed.). Zemnovodnye i presmykayushchiesya Moskovskoi oblasti: (materialy soveshchaniya po gerpetofaune Moskvy i Moskovskoi oblasti, 9-10 noyabrya 1987g., Moskva) [The amphibians and reptiles of the Moscow region: a conference on the herpetofauna of Moscow and the Moscow Region, 9-10 November 1987, Moscow]. Nauka, Moskva. 179 pp.

Kuzmin, S.L. 2002. The turtles of Russia and other ex-Soviet Republics. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main. 159 pp.

Leontyeva, O.; Guseyn-Zade, D.; Kostenko, A. 2013. Herpetofauna at the Abrau Peninsula (north-western Caucasus): status and problems of protection. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 145-146: 19-28.

Leontyeva, O.A.; Semenov, D.V. 1999. Status of herpetofauna in Moscow. pp. 269-275. In: Miaud, C. & Guyetant, R. (eds.). Current studies in herpetology: proceedings of the 9th Ordinardy General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica 25-29 August 1998, Le Bourget du Lac, France. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Le Bourget du Lac, 478 pp.

Leontyeva, O.A.; Semenov, D.V. 2000. On the status of amphibian and reptile fauna in Moscow City: preliminary results from the Spring - Summer Survey in 1997. Advances in Amphibian Research in the Former Soviet Union 5: 251-258.

Levcuk, V. 1906. [Notizen von einer Reise auf die Insel Celeken im Jahre 1902]. (In Russian). Mater. faun. flor. Ross., Moskva, Zool. 7: 302-324.

Lindholm, W.A. 1902. Beiträge zur Biologie einiger Reptilien des Europäischen Russlands. Zoologische Garten 43: 20-26, 41-56.

Litvinov, N.A. 1984. [On the question of the distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Perm region]. pp. 28-29. (In Russian). In: Ishchenko, V.G. (ed.). [The species and its productivity within its distribution range. Part 5. Questions of herpetology. Material from the 4th All-Union Symposium 3-7 April 1984]. Urals Scientific Centre, Academy of Sciences USSR, Sverdlovsk. 54 pp.

Litvinov, N.A. 2008. [The body temperature and microclimatic conditions of habitat for reptiles in the Volga River Basin]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 87(1): 62-74.

Litvinov, N.A.; Ganschuk, S.V.; Chetanov, N.A. 2014. On the laws of dynamics of the body temperature of Volga Basin reptiles. World Journal of Zoology 9(1): 19-20.

Litvinov, N.A.; Ganshchuk, S.V. 2005. Environment and body temperatures of reptiles in Volga-Ural region. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12: 179-182. (Supplement).

Litvinov, N.A.; Ganshchuk, S.V. 2008. Microclimatic conditions of habitat of Volga Basin reptiles. pp. 242-246. In: Ananjeva, N.B.; Danilov, I.G.; Dunayev, E.A.; Ischenko, V.G.; Lada, G.A.; Litvinchuk, S.N.; Orlova, V.F.; Smirina, E.M.; Tuniyev, B.S. & Khalikov, R.G. (eds.). The problems of herpetology. Proceedings of the 3rd meeting of the Nikolsky Herpetological Society, 9-13 October 2006, Putschino. Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. 467 pp.

Litvinov, N.A.; Ganshchuk, S.V. 2010. [Thermoadaptations of the reptiles of the Volga basin]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Samarskogo Nauchnogo Centra Rossiskaya Akademii Nauk 12(1)(33): 133-137.

Litvinov, N.I. 1993. [Reptiles] (In Russian). pp. 222-231. In: Sonin, V.D. (ed.). Redkie zhivotnye Irkutskoi oblasti: nazemnye pozvonochnye. [Rare animals of the Irkutsk region: terrestrial vertebrates.] Oblinformpechat, Irkutsk. 255 pp.

Logacheva, L.P.; Tertyshnikov, M.F. 1977. [The herpetofauna of the Stavropol' region and prospects for studying it.] pp. 136-137. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Lyalin, V.G.; Kuranova, V.N. 1991. [The animal world - its use and protection]. pp. 136-145. (In Russian). In: Gadzhiev, I.M. & Zemtsov, A.A. (eds.). Prirodnye resursy Tomskoi oblasti. [The natural resources of Tomsk Region.] Nauka, Novosibirsk. 176 pp.

Lyamkin, V.F. 1977. [The distribution of reptiles in habitats of the Barguzinsk gap.] pp. 138-139. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Makarova, O.A. 1981. [On the ecology of amphibians and reptiles of Lapland Reserves]. (In Russian). (Abstract). Doklady Moip Zoologiya i Botanika 1979: 12-15.

Marvin, N. 1994. Russian reptiles and the filming of "Realms of the Russian bear". Rephiberary 204: 2-6.

Mortiz, L.D. 1922. Contributions a la faune des reptiles de la Russie et des pays limitrophes. 1. Act. Inst. Agronom. Stavropolitani. 1: 35-47.

Nechaev, V.A.; Korotkov, Y.M. 1972. Tropical connections of birds with amphibians and reptiles in the Primorye and Amur River Territories. Vestnik Zoologii 1972(6): 49-53.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1905. Herpetologia rossica. Mem. Zool. Inst. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg 17(1): 1-517.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1907. [Bestimmungstabellen für die Reptilien und Amphibien des Russischen Reiches]. (In Russian). Charikov. 182 pp.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1915. Fauna of Russia and adjacent countries. Reptilia. Vol. 1. (English translation). Center for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1916. Fauna of Russia and adjacent countries. Reptiles. Vol. 2. Ophidia. Mus. Zool. Fauna Rossi. St. Petersburg, Acad. Imp. Sci. 247 pp.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1924. Faune de la Russie. Reptiles. Vol. 1. Petrograd "1915". 532 pp.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1924. Faune de la Russie. Reptiles. Vol. 2. Petrograd "1916". 349 pp.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1926. Notice sur la faune herpetologique de la Siberie Orientale. C. R. Acad. Sci. Russ. Leningrad A. 1925: 123-124.

Ognev, S.I. 1908. [Beiträge zur Fauna der Säugethiere, Vögel, Reptilien und Amphibien des süd-östlichen Theiles des Gouv. Orel]. (In Russian). Moskva, Dnevn. zool. otd. Obsc, Liub. jest. 3(9): 10-63.

Ognev, S.I.; Worobiev, K.A. 1928. The fauna of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Government of Woronesh. Moscow. 254 pp. [1923].

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