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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Socotra Archipelago [Yemen]

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.

Blanford, W.T. 1881. On the lizards collected in Socotra by Prof. J. B. Balfour. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 464-469.

Boggs, R. 2009. The Lost World of Socotra: Yemen's Island of Bliss. Stacey International, London. 160 pages

Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Descriptions of new species of reptiles collected by Dr. H.O. Forbes and Mr. W.R. Ogilvie-Grant in the Islands of Abd-el-Kuri and Socotra. Bull. Liverp. Mus. 2: 4-7.

Boulenger, G.A. 1903. The reptiles of Socotra. pp. 75-96. In: Forbes, H.O. The natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums (Special Bulletin), Liverpool. 598 pp.

Boulenger, G.A. 1915. A list of the snakes of North-east Africa, from the Tropic to the Soudan and Somaliland, including Socotra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915: 641-658.

Corkill, N.L.; Cochrane, J.A. 1965. The snakes of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 62: 475-506.

García-Porta, J.; Morales, H.E.; Gómez-Díaz, E.; Sindaco, R.; Carranza, S. 2016. Patterns of diversification in islands: a comparative study across three gecko genera in the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 288-299.

García-Porta, J.; Smíd, J.; Sol, D.; Fasola, M.; Carranza, S. 2016. Testing the island effect on phenotypic diversification: insights from the Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Scientific Reports 6: 23729.

Gómez-Díaz, E.; Sindaco, R.; Pupin, F.; Fasola, M.; Carranza, S. 2012. Origin and in situ diversification in Hemidactylus geckos of the Socotra Archipelago. Molecular Ecology 21(16): 4074-4092.

Günther, A. 1881. Descriptions of the amphisbaenians and ophidians collected by Prof. J. B. Balfour in the island of Socotra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 461-463.

Kornilios, P.; Giokas, S.; Lymberakis, P.; Sindaco, R. 2013. Phylogenetic position, origin and biogeography of Palearctic and Socotran blind-snakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 35-41.

Nagy, Z.T.; Joger, U.; Wink, M.; Glaw, F.; Vences, M. 2003. Multiple colonization of Madagascar and Socotra by colubrid snakes: Evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene phylogenies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 270(1533): 2613-2621.

Parker, H.W. 1949. The snakes of Somaliland and the Sokotra Islands. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 6: 1-115.

Peters, W.C.H. 1882. Über die von Herrn Dr. E. Riebeck auf Socotra gesammelten Reptilien. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1882(3): 42-46.

Razzetti, E.; Sindaco, R.; Grieco, C.; Pella, F.; Ziliani, U.; Pupin, F.; Riservato, E.; Pellitteri-Rosa, D.; Butikofer, L.; Suleiman, A.S.; Al-Aseily, B.A.; Carugatti, C.; Boncompagni, E.; Fasola, M. 2011. Annotated checklist and distribution of the Socotran Archipelago herpetofauna (Reptilia). Zootaxa 2826: 1-44.

Rösler, H. 1998. Liste der während eines Aufenthalts vom 03.11.1997 bis 12.11.1997 auf Sokotra nachgewiesenen Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 1: 33-35.

Rösler, H. 1998. Liste der während eines Aufenthalts vom 03.11.1997 bis 12.11.1997 auf Sokotra nachgewiesenen Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 1: 33-35.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 1998. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen. 3. Geckos des südlichen Jemen und der Insel Sokotra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 113-132.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 1999. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen. 5. Drei neue Gecko-Arten vom Sokotra-Archipel (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Zoologische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 50(2): 249-265.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2000. Beiträge zur Herpetologie der Republik Jemen. 6. Erste Übersicht zur Herpetofauna der Insel Darsa (Sokotra-Archipel). (Reptilia: Sauria et Serpentes). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 22(1): 85-94.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2000. Die Geckofauna des Sokotra-Archipels (Sauria: Gekkonidae). Gekkota 2: 20-27.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2004. A key and annotated checklist to the reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia 20: 505-534.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2005. Die "Gecko-Inseln". 1. Teil: Die nachtaktiven Geckos der Gattungen Haemodracon Bauer, Good, Branch, 1997 und Hemidactylus Gray, 1825 vom Sokotra Archipel, Jemen (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria (Berlin) 27(4): 15-26.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2006. Die "Gecko-Inseln". 2. Teil: Die tagaktiven Geckos der Gattung Pristurus Rüppell, 1835, vom Sokotra Archipel, Jemen (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae). Sauria (Berlin) 28(4): 17-25.

Rösler, H.; Wranik, W. 2006. The reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago with special remarks on the slender Blind Snakes (Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops). pp. 125-128. In: Vences, M.; Köhler, J.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (eds.). Herpetologia Bonnensis II. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 27 September - 2 October 2005, Bonn, Germany. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Bonn. 262 pp.

Schätti, B.; Desvoignes, A. 1999. The herpetofauna of southern Yemen and the Sokotra Archipelago. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve. 179 pp.

Showler, D.A. 1994. Reptiles on the island of Socotra, Republic of Yemen. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 48: 7-12.

Showler, D.A. 1995. Reptile observations in Yemen, March-May 1993. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 53: 13-23.

Showler, D.A. 1995. Reptiles and conservation on the island of Socotra, Republic of Yemen. Herpetofauna News 2(8): 6-7.

Showler, D.A. 1996. Reptile observations in Socotra, spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 185-187.

Steindachner, F. 1903. Batrachier und Reptilien aus Südarabien und Sokotra. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 112: 7-14.

Taschenberg, O. 1883. Beiträge zur Fauna der Insel Sokotra, vorzüglich nach dem von Herrn Dr. Emil Riebeck aus Halle-a-S. gesammelten Materiale zusammengestellt. Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. 4(2): 157-218.

Vasconcelos, R.; Montero-Mendieta, S.; Simo-Riudalbas, M.; Sindaco, R.; Santos, X.; Fasola, M.; Llorente, G.; Razzetti, E.; Carranza, S. 2016. Unexpectedly high levels of cryptic diversity uncovered by a complete DNA barcoding of reptiles of the Socotra Archipelago. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0149985.

Wranik, W. 1998. Contributions to the herpetology of the Republic of Yemen. 4. Socotra Island and southern Yemen mainland (Amphibia; Reptilia). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 163-179.

Wranik, W. 2003. Fauna of the Socotra Archipelago. Field Guide. Universität Rostock, Rostock. 549 pp.