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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Sonora [Mexico]

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.

Bezy, R.L.; Rosen, P.C.; Devender, T.R. van; Enderson, E.F. 2017. Southern distributional limits of the Sonoran Desert herpetofauna along the mainland coast of northwestern Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 138-167.

Bogert, C.M.; Oliver, J.A. 1945. A preliminary analysis of the herpetofauna of Sonora. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 83(6): 303-425.

Burger, W.L.; Hensley, M.M. 1949. Notes on a collection of reptiles and amphibians from northwestern Sonora. Natural History Miscellanea (Chicago) 35: 1-6.

Cliff, P.S. 1953. Selected records of lizards from Sonora. Copeia 1953: 180-187.

Cope, E.D. 1866. On the Reptilia and Batrachia of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1866: 300-314.

Denburgh, J. van 1898. Reptiles from Sonora, Sinaloa and Jalisco, Mexico, with a description of a new species of Sceloporus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1897 [1898]: 460-464.

Dimmitt, M.A.; Wentworth Comus, P.; Brewer, L.M. (eds.). 2015. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. 2nd ed. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Press, Tucson, Arizona & University of California Press, Oakland, California. 575 pp.

Enderson, E.F.; Devender, T.R. van; Bezy, R.L. 2014. Amphibians and reptiles of Yécora, Sonora and the Madrean Tropical Zone of the Sierra Madre Occidental in northwestern Mexico. Check List 10(4): 913-926.

Enderson, E.F.; Quijada-Mascarenas, J.A.; Turner, D.S.; Rosen, P.C.; Bezy, R.L. 2009. The herpetofauna of Sonora, Mexico, with comparisons to adjoining states. Check List 5(3): 632-672.

Felger, R.S. 1967. Ecology of the Gulf Coast and Islands of Sonora, Mexico. Dissertation Abstracts (B) 27: 2542-2543.

Garcia, A.; Whalen, D.M. 2003. Lizard community response to a desert shrubland-intertidal transition zone on the Coast of Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 37(2): 378-382.

Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Alvarez-Cardenas, S. 1989. Herpetofauna de la region del Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico: un inventario. Southwestern Naturalist 34(4): 519-526.

Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Ortega, A.; Barbault, R. 1989. Habitat partitioning and spatial organization in a lizard community of the Sonoran Desert, Mexico. Amphibia-Reptilia 10(1): 1-11.

Hensley, M.M. 1950. Results of a herpetological reconnaissance in extreme southwestern Arizona and adjacent Sonora, with a description of a new subspecies of the Sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 53: 270-288.

Jones, L.L.C.; Lovich, R.E. (eds.). 2009. Lizards of the American southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona. 568 pp.

Langebartel, D.A.; Smith, H.M. 1954. Summary of the Norris collection of reptiles and amphibians from Sonora, Mexico. Herpetologica 10: 125-136.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2015. Amphibians and reptiles of the US-Mexico border states. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 614 pp.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Chiszar, D.; Smith, H.M.; Woolrich-Pina, G.A. 2004. Selected records of 2003 lizards from Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 39(9): 164-168.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D.; Woolrich-Pina, G.A. 2004. 2003 snakes from Chihuahua and adjacent states of Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 39(11): 206-213.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Dixon, J.R. 2016. Amphibians and reptiles of Sonora, Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico. Vol. 1-2. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), México, D.F. 668 + 714 pp.

Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Smith, H.M.; Hartman, D.; Chiszar, D. 2004. Selected year 2003 amphibians and turtles from Chihuahua and Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 39(6): 107-109.

Lowe, C.H. 1985. Amphibians and reptiles in southwest riparian ecosystems. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM 120: 339-341.

Lowe, C.H.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Analysis of the herpetofauna of Baja California, Mexico. III. new and revived reptilian subspecies of Isla de San Esteban, Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico, with notes on other satellite islands of Isla Tiburon. Herpetologica 11: 89-96.

Mares, M.A.; Hulse, A.C. 1977. Patterns of some vertebrate communities in creosote bush deserts. US IBP Synthesis Series 6: 209-226.

Nevárez-de los Reyes, M.; Lazcano, D.; Banda-Leal, J.; Recchio, I. 2014. Notes on Mexican herpetofauna 22: herpetofauna of the continental portion of the municipality of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 49(8): 105-115.

Ortega, A.; Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Barbault, R. 1986. Rythmes journaliers d'activite et partage des ressources dans une communaute de lézards du desert de sonora, Mexique. Revue d'Ecologie la Terre et la Vie 41(4): 355-360.

Ortega-Rubio, A.; Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Barbault, R. 1994. Structure and functioning of a desert lizard community at El Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico. Part 1. Herptile 19(3): 120-128.

Ortega-Rubio, A.; Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Barbault, R. 1995. Food analysis and resource partitioning in a lizard guild of the Sonoran Desert, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 29(3): 367-382.

Ortega-Rubio, A.; Gonzalez-Romero, A.; Barbault, R. 1995. Structure and functioning of a desert lizard community at El Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico. Part 2. Herptile 20(2): 68-79.

Quinones Leyva, G. 1980. Refugio de fauna silvestre y zona de reserva natural de la Isla del Tiburon. Reunion Iberoamericana de Zoologas de Vertebrades 1: 15-24.

Rorabaugh, J.C. 2008. An introduction to the herpetofauna of mainland Sonora, Mexico, with comments on conservation and management. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 40(1): 20-65.

Rorabaugh, J.C.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2016. A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sonora, Mexico. ECO Herpetological Publishing, Rodeo. 648 pp.

Schwalbe, C.R.; Lowe, C.H. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of the Sierra de Alamos. pp. 172-199. In: Robichaux, R.H.; Yetman, D.A. (eds.). The tropical deciduous forest of Alamos: biodiversity of a threatened ecosystem in Mexico. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 259 pp.

Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Chiszar, D. 2005. 2004 Amphibians and lizards from Sonora, Chihuahua and Coahuila. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 40(3): 45-51.

Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Chiszar, D. 2005. 2004 snakes from Sonora, Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 40(4): 66-70.

Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A.; Heimes, P. 2005. 2005 Amphibians and reptiles from northwestern Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 40(11): 206-212.

Smith, P.W.; Hensley, M.M. 1959. Notes on a small collection of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of the Pinacate lava cap in north-western Sonora, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 61: 64-76.

Stejneger, L.H. 1940. 'Sonora' as the locality of the Graham-Clark reptile collections of 1851. Copeia 1940: 204-205.

Taylor, E.H. 1936. Notes on the herpetological fauna of the Mexican state of Sonora. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 24: 475-503.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.