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Taxonomy of the genus Hemiaspis Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]

Bibliography of the genus
Hemiaspis (Australian Swamp Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)

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.


Hemiaspis in general

Shine, R. 1987. Food habits and reproductive biology of Australian snakes of the genus Hemiaspis (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 21(1): 71-74.

Worrell, E. 1961. A new generic name for a nominal species of Denisonia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1958-59: 54-55.

Hemiaspis damelii

Günther, A. 1880. Descriptions of new species of reptiles and batrachians from Australia, collected by Hr. Damel for the Godeffroy Museum. Journal Mus. Godeffr. 12 [1876]: 45-47.

Johnson, C.R. 1970. Defensive displays in some Australian Denisonia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetologica 26: 516-520.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1942. Herpetological notes. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 118-121.

Shine, R. 1978. Growth rates and sexual maturation in six species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetologica 34(1): 73-79.

Worrell, E. 1963. A new elapine generic name (with skull diagrams of type species recently separated from the Australian genus Denisonia). Australian Reptile Park Records 1: 1-8.

Hemiaspis signata

Daly, G. 2000. Island populations: reptiles and amphibians of the Jervis Bay region on the south coast of New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(1): 11-17.

Garman, S. 1901. Some reptiles and batrachians from Australasia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 39: 1-14.

Holmes, A. 1955. Juvenile behaviour of Denisonia signata. British Journal of Herpetology 1: 244-248.

Llewelyn, J.S.; Shine, R.; Webb, J.K. 2005. Thermal regimes and diel activity patterns of four species of small elapid snakes from south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 53(1): 1-8.

Murphy, M.J.; Daly, G. 1997. Records of the marsh snake Hemiaspis signata near Nowra, NSW: a southern extension of the known range of the species. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(2): 33-34.

Ormsby, A.I. 1950. The Marsh snake (Denisonia signata). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1948-49 [1950]: 29-31.

Ormsby, A.I. 1952. Notes on snake hibernation in New South Wales. Proceedings K. zool. Soc. N.S.W. 1950-51: 25-27.

Scanlon, J.D. 2000. Notes on herpetofauna of Bendalong (south coast of NSW), with reproductive data on elapid snakes and a range extension for Hemiaspis signata. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(2): 36-41.

Shine, R. 1978. Growth rates and sexual maturation in six species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetologica 34(1): 73-79.

Sochurek, E. 1955. Über einige Schlangen aus Australien. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 2: 53-56.

White, B.S.; Keogh, J.S.; Shine, R. 1995. Reproductive output in two species of small elapid snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 20-22.