Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Lamprophiidae Africa Taxonomy of the genus Gracililima Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae Bibliography of the genus Gracililima (Black File Snake) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) 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. Gracililima nyassae Bourquin, O. 1964. The occurrence of the northern file snake Mehelya nyassae (Gunth) in Natal. South African Journal of Science 60: 241. Branch, W.R.; Kyle, S. 2005. Mehelya nyassae (Günther, 1888). Black File Snake. Diet. African Herp News 38: 24-25. Broadley, D.G.; Tolley, K.A.; Conradie, W.; Wishart, S.; Trape, J.F.; Burger, M.; Kusamba, C.; Zassi-Boulou, A.G.; Greenbaum, E. 2018. A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). African Journal of Herpetology 67(1): 43-60. Maritz, B. 2007. Natural history notes: Mehelya nyassae (Black File Snake). Feeding. Herpetological Review 38(3): 341. Maritz, B.; Blackburn, J.L.; Huang, P. 2014. Gonionotophis nyassae (Günther, 1888). Black File Snake. Diet. African Herp News 61: 25-26. Pietersen, E.W.; Pietersen, D.W. 2002. Mehelya nyassae. Black File Snake. African Herp News 35: 13-14. Shine, R.; Branch, W.R.; Harlow, P.S.; Webb, J.K. 1996. Sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology, and food habits of two species of African filesnakes (Mehelya, Colubridae). Journal of Zoology (London) 240(2): 327-340. Visser, J. 2012. Geographical distribution: Gonionotophis nyassae Gunther, 1888. Black File Snake. Namibia. African Herp News 56: 32.