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Anonymous. 1925. Am Tendaguru. Bericht der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Frankfurt) 55(7): 272-273.

Anonymous. 2001. Reptile sightings. CCA Ecological Journal 3: 204.

Aafinnsen, M.T. 1966. The snakes of Kibaha. Publisher unknown. 26 pp.

Anfinnsen, M.T. 1977. Snakes: how to catch, handle and preserve them. Tanzania Notes and Records 77-78: 73-88.

Baldus, R.D.; Michel, S. 2011. What does CITES mean for an African or Central Asian village? Some experiences from Tanzania and Tajikistan. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 46: 52-58.

Barbour, T.; Loveridge, A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara Mountains, Tanganyika Territory, with descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 50: 87-265.

Barker, R. de la B. 1953. Crocodiles. Tanganyika Notes and Records 34: 76-78.

Barker, R. de la B. 1956. Rufiji. Robert Hale, London. 158 pp.

Bennett, H.; Brown, E.; Coomes, T.J.; Morton, D.; Raymonds, W.D. 1950. Crocodile oil from Tanganyika. Colon. Pl. Anim. Prod. 1(4): 315-318.

Bogert, C.M. 1942. Snakes secured by the Snyder East African Expedition in Kenya Colony and Tanganyika Territory. American Museum Novitates 1178: 1-5.

Böhme, W. 1987. Seltene Reptilien aus dem Uzungwe-Gebirge, Süd-Tansania. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 9(48): 27-34.

Broadley, D.G.; Howell, K. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1-70.

Caro, T.; Evans, O.; Fitzherbert, E.; Gardner, T.A.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C.; Shaffer, H.B. 2011. Reptiles of Katavi National Park, western Tanzania, are from different biomes. African Journal of Ecology 49(3): 377-382.

Dollo, L. 1886. Notice sur les reptiles et Batraciens recueillis par M. le Capitaine Em. Storms dans la region du Tanganyika. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique 4: 151-160.

Drews, C. 1995. Road kills of animals by public traffic in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, with notes on baboon mortality. African Journal of Ecology 33(2): 89-100.

Ebbels, D.L. 1973. An introduction to the natural history of Mwanza Gulf, Smith Sound, and adjacent areas, Tanzania. 2. Animal life. Bulletin E. Afr. nat. Hist. Soc. 1973(June): 78-81.

Emmrich, D. 1994. Herpetological results of some expeditions to the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 70(2): 281-300.

Evans, T.; Anderson, G.; Akker, S.; Cordeiro, N.; Highstead, R.; Moody, A. 1992. A wildlife survey of the east Usambara and Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. The birds, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, fishes and mammals recorded by the Cambridge Tanzania Rainforest survey 1990. ICBP (International Council of Bird Preservation) Study Report 53: 1-106.

Flemming, A.F.; Bates, M.F. 1999. Reptiles of Mkomazi. pp. 411-428. In: Coe, M.; McWilliam, N.; Stone, G. & Packer, M. (eds.). Mkomazi: the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savanna. Royal Geographical Society, London. 608 pp.

Frazier, J.G. 1977. Sea Turtles in Tanzania. Tanzania Notes and Records 77-78: 11-20.

Freyvogel, T.A. 1960. A collection of snakes from Ifakara, eastern Province. Tanganyika Notes and Records 54: 89-90.

Fukada, H. 1975. A list of Tanzanian snakes collected by Dr. Masakazu Kawabata. Kyota Univ. Afr. Stud. 9: 33-44.

Gromier, E. 1948. La vie des animaux sauvages du Kilimandjaro. Durel Editeur, Paris. 239 pp.

Günther, A. 1893. Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 628-632.

Hanby, J. 1987. Kilimanjaro National Park. Tanzania National Parks in cooperation with the African Wildlife Foundation, Arusha. 59 pp.

Hellmich, W. 1956. Die von Dr. Christa Lindemann und Nina Pavlitzki in Tanganjika gesammelten Chamäleons. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 4: 117-124.

Howell, K. (ed.) 1993. A review of the conservation status of Sea Turtles in Tanzania. Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam. 49 pp.

Ionides, C.J.P. 1950. Snakes of the southern Province. Tanganyika Notes and Records 29: 98-108.

Khatib, A.A. 1998. Sea Turtles nest recording program: Unguja Island. Ambio 27(8): 763-764.

Klitscher, T. 2014. Herpetologische Beobachtungen in Sambia, Simbabwe, Malawi und Tansania. Sauria (Berlin) 36(1): 3-8.

Krause, P. 2006. Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and zoogeographical studies on the herpetofaunas Mts. Hanang and Kwaraha in Tanzania with special reference to the Chamaeleonidae (Reptilia: Sauria). Ph.D. thesis, University of Bonn. 267 pp.

Kreulen, D.A. 1979. Factors affecting reptile biomass in African grasslands. American Naturalist 114(1): 157-165.

Lambert, M.R.K. 1985. A-herping in Tanzania but hardly in Loveridge's footsteps. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 12: 19-27.

Lambert, M.R.K. 1987. More of the herpetofauna in the Commonwealth (Ethiopian zone). British Herpetological Society Bulletin 21-22: 13-22.

Lantermann, W.; Lantermann, Y. 2006. Chamäleons in den Ost-Usambara-Bergen im Norden Tansanias. Draco 7(3) (27): 45-48.

Lantermann, W.; Lantermann, Y. 2008. Skinke in den Usambara-Bergen im Nordosten Tansanias. Reptilia (D) 13(71): 75-77.

Lantermann, W.; Lantermann, Y. 2009. Herpetologische Reiseeindrücke aus den Ost-Usambara-Bergen in Tanzania. Elaphe 17(2): 53-61.

Laurent, R.F. 1952. Reptiles et Batraciens nouveaux de la region des Grands Lacs africains. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 46: 269-279.

Leader Williams, N.; Kayera, J.A.; Overton, G.L. (eds.) 1996. Tourist hunting in Tanzania. Proceedings of a Workshop held in July 1993. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 14: 1-138.

Lettow-Vorbeck, N. von 2017. Tansanias Süden. Ein Paradies für Reptilien- und Wirbellosenfans. Reptilia (D) 22(123): 74-?

Loader, S.P.; Poynton, J.C.; Mariaux, J. 2004. Herpetofauna of Mahenge Mountain, Tanzania: a window on African biogeography. African Zoology 39(1): 71-76.

Lönnberg, E. 1907. Reptilia and Batrachia. In: Sjöstedt, Y. (ed.): Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Yngve Sjöstedt herausg. von der K. Schwedischen Akademie der Wissenschaften [in Stockholm]. Upsala. No. 4. 28 pp.

Loveridge, A. 1923. A List of the Lizards of British Territories in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya Colony, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar), with Keys for the diagnosis of the Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(4): 841-863.

Loveridge, A. 1923. The Lizards of Tanganyika Territory. Journal of the Tanganyika Civil Service Association 1923: 10-28.

Loveridge, A. 1932. New reptiles and Amphibians from Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72(10): 375-387.

Loveridge, A. 1933. Reports on the Scientific Results of an Expedition to the Southwestern Highlands of Tanganyika Territory. VII. Herpetology. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 74(7): 197-416.

Loveridge, A. 1940. The crocodiles of Tanganyika Territory. Tanganyika Notes and Records 10: 41-46.

Loveridge, A. 1941. Some geckos of Tanganyika Territory. Tanganyika Notes and Records 12: 32-37.

Loveridge, A. 1942. Comments on the reptiles and amphibians of Lindi. Tanganyika Notes and Records 14: 38-51.

Loveridge, A. 1951. On reptiles and Amphibians from Tanganyika Territory, Collected by C. J. P. Ionides. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 106(4): 175-204.

Loveridge, A. 1955. On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika Territory by C.J.P. Ionides, Esq. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(5): 168-198.

Loveridge, A. 1956. On a third collection of reptiles taken in Tanganyika by C.J.P. Ionides, Esq. Tanganyika Notes 43: 1-19.

Loveridge, A. 1959. On a fourth collection of reptiles, mostly taken in Tanganyika territory by Mr C.J.P. Ionides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 133: 24-44.

Matschie, P. 1892. Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu B 1892: 101-110.

Menegon, M.; Bracebridge, C.; Owen, N.; Loader, S.P. 2011. Herpetofauna of montane areas of Tanzania. 4. Amphibians and reptiles of Mahenge Mountains, with comments on biogeography, diversity, and conservation. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 4: 103-111.

Menegon, M.; Davenport, T.R.B.; Howell, K.M. 2011. Description of a new and critically endangered species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the southern highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country's tree viper fauna. Zootaxa 3120: 43-54.

Menegon, M.; Doggart, N.; Owen, N. 2008. The Nguru mountains of Tanzania, an outstanding hotspot of herpetofaunal diversity. Acta Herpetologica 3(2): 107-127.

Menegon, M.; Salvidio, S. 2005. Amphibian and reptile diversity in the southern Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, south-eastern Tanzania. pp. 205-212. In: Huber, B.A.; Sinclair, B.J. & Lampe, K.H. (eds.). African biodiversity. Molecules, organisms, ecosystems. Springer, New York. 443 pp.

Menegon, M.; Salvidio, S.; Moyer, D. 2003. Reptiles and amphibians of Nguu North Forest Reserve, Tanzania: a first contribution. African Herp News 36: 2-8.

Menegon, M.; Salvidio, S.; Moyer, D. 2006. Reptiles and amphibians from a montane grassland: Gendawaki Valley, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania. African Herp News 40: 8-14.

Meng, H.; Carr, J.; Beraducci, J.; Bowles, P.; Branch, W.R.; Capitani, C.; Chenga, J.; Cox, N.; Howell, K.; Malonza, P.; Marchant, R.; Mbilinyi, B.; Mukama, K.; Msuya, C.; Platts, P.J.; Safari, I.; Spawls, S.; Shennan-Farpon, Y.; Wagner, P.; Burgess, N.D. 2016. Tanzania's reptile biodiversity: distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability. Biological Conservation 204(A): 72-82.

Moreaux, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1941. The land vertebrates of Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia: a zoogeographical study. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (A) 110 [1940]: 97-128.

Müller, L. 1938. Über die von den Herren W. Uthmöller und L. Bohmann im britischen Mandatsgebiet "Tanganyika Territory" gesammelten Chamäleons. Zoologischer Anzeiger 122: 20-23.

Nasseri, N.A.; McBrayer, L.D.; Schulte, B.A. 2011. The impact of tree modification by African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on herpetofaunal species richness in northern Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology 49(2): 133-140.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Rasmussen, J.B. 1981. The snakes from the rainforest of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania: a checklist and key. Salamandra 17(3-4): 173-188.

Razzetti, E.; Msuya, C.A. 2002. Field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Arusha National Park (Tanzania). Pubblinova Edizioni Negri & Istituto OIKOS, Varese. 84 pp.

Robertson, I.A.D.; Chapman, B.M.; Chapman, R.F. 1963. Notes on some reptiles collected in the Rukwa Valley, S.W. Tanganyika. American Museum Novitates 5(55) [1962]: 421-432.

Rodgers, W.A.; Homeward, K.M. 1982. Species richness and endemism in the Usambara Mountain forests, Tanzania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 18(3): 197-242.

Rovero, F.; Menegon, M.; Fjeldså, J.; Collett, L.; Doggart, N.; Leonard, C.; Norton, G.; Owen, N.; Perkin, A.; Spitale, D.; Ahrends, A.; Burgess, N.D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions 20(12): 1438-1449.

Snelson, D. (ed.) 1986. Serengeti National Park. Tanzania National Parks in cooperation with the African Wildlife Foundation, Arusha. 69 pp.

Snelson, D. (ed.) 1986. Tarangire National Park. Tanzania National Parks in cooperation with the African Wildlife Foundation, Arusha. 55 pp.

Snelson, D. (ed.) 1987. Mikumi National Park. Tanzania National Parks in cooperation with the African Wildlife Foundation, Arusha. 43 pp.

Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C.; Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Academic Press, London & California. 543 pp.

Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C.; Ashe, J. 2004. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. (Reprint with corrections). Academic Press, London & California. 543 pp.

Stanley, W.T. (ed.). 2011. Studies of montane vertebrates of Tanzania. Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 4: 1-116.

Tolley, K.A.; Tilbury, C.R.; Measey, G.J.; Menegon, M.; Branch, W.R.; Matthee, C.A. 2011. Ancient forest fragmentation or recent radiation? Testing refugial speciation models in chameleons within an African biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Biogeography 38(9): 1748-1760.

Uthmöller, W. 1937. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna des Kilimandscharo (Tanganyika-Territory, ehemaliges Deutsch-Ostafrica). Temminckia (Leiden) 2: 97-134.

Uthmöller, W. 1938. Über eine kleine Sammlung von Schlangen vom Kilimandjaro. Ergebnisse der Ostafrikareise Uthmöller-Bohmann. II. Zoologischer Anzeiger 124: 41-48.

Uthmöller, W. 1941. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna Nordost-Ostafrikas (Tanganyika-Territory). Ergebnisse der Ostafrika-Expedition Uthmöller-Bohmann. V. A. Schlangen 1. Zoologischer Anzeiger 135: 225-242.

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Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. 1958. The snakes of Northern Rhodesia and the Tanganyika borderlands. Proceedings Rhod. sci. Ass. 46: 17-102.

Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. 1977. A guide to the snakes of the Tanzania and Kenya borderlands. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 149: 1-26.

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Walsh, M.T. 1996. Swahili ethnoherpetology: notes from central Unguja. EANHS (East African Natural History Society) Bulletin 26(2): 18-22.

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Werner, F. 1895. Über einige Reptilien aus Usambara (Deutsch-Ostafrika). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 45: 190-194.

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