Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Europe Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Hierophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Hierophis (Eurasian Whip Snakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) 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. Hierophis in general Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27. Schätti, B. 1986. Morphological evidence for a partition of the genus Coluber (Reptilia, Serpentes). pp. 235-238. In: Rocek, Z. (ed.). Studies in herpetology. Proceedings of the European herpetological meeting (3rd ordinary general meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica), Prague 1985. Charles University, Prague. 754 pp. Schätti, B. 1987. The phylogenetic significance of morphological characters in the Holarctic racers of the genus Coluber Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia, Serpentes). Amphibia-Reptilia 8(4): 401-415. Schätti, B. 1988. Systematik und Evolution der Schlangengattung Hierophis Fitzinger, 1843. Dissertation, Zürich. 50 pp. Schätti, B.; Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(2): 239-256. Schätti, B.; Wilson, L.D. 1986. Coluber. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 399: 1-4. Hierophis andreanus Anderson, S.C.; Papenfuss, T.J.; Sharifi, M. 2009. Coluber andreanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164675A5917281. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164675A5917281.en. Anderson, S.C.; Papenfuss, T.J.; Sharifi, M. 2009. Coluber andreanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164675A5917281. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164675A5917281.en. Auer, M.; Khudur, F.A.; Araratm, A.; Hussein, R.H.; Auer, S.; Zönnchen, F. 2016. Erstnachweis von Hierophis andreanus aus dem Irak. Sauria (Berlin) 38(4): 49-51. Chefaoui, R.M.; Hosseinzadeh, M.S.; Mashayekhi, M.; Safaei-Mahroo, B.; Kazemi, S.M. 2018. Identifying suitable habitats and current conservation status of a rare and elusive reptile in Iran. Amphibia-Reptilia 39(3): 355–362. Rajabizadeh, M.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2006. Additional information on the distribution and morphology of Coluber (s.l.) andreanus (Werner, 1917) (Reptilia: Colubridae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 39: 69-74. Rajabizadeh, M.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2009. Two new records of reptiles (Reptilia: Squamata) from southeastern Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology 33(1): 103-104. Schätti, B. 2001. Morphologie und Verbreitung von Coluber (sensu lato) andreanus (Werner, 1917) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108(3): 487-493. Schätti, B.; Monsch, P. 2004. Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of whip snakes (Hierophis Fitzinger) and Zamenis andreana Werner, 1917 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubrinae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 111(2): 239-256. Torki, F. 2010. Die Andreas-Zornnatter Hierophis andreanus (Werner, 1917) im Westen des Iran. Sauria (Berlin) 32(4): 27-32. Hierophis carbonarius Avella, I.; Castiglia, R.; Senczuk, G. 2017. Who are you? The genetic identity of some insular populations of Hierophis viridiflavus s.l. from the Tyrrhenian Sea. Acta Herpetologica 12(2): 209-214. Böhme, W. 1993. Coluber gyarosensis - Gyaros-Pfeilnatter. pp. 111-114. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp. Capolongo, D. 1984. Note sull'erpetofauna pugliese. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 125(3-4): 189-200. Fornasiero, S.; Bonnet, X.; Dendi, F.; Zuffi, M.A.L. 2016. Growth, longevity and age at maturity in the European whip snakes, Hierophis viridiflavus and H. carbonarius. Acta Herpetologica 11(2): 135-149. Froesch-Franzon, P. 1981. Zornnattern, Coluber viridiflavus und Coluber viridiflavus carbonarius. Aquarium (Minden) 15(140): 94-98. Heimes, P. 1993. Coluber viridiflavus - Gelbgrüne Zornnatter. pp. 177-198. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp. Jagar, T.; Ostanek, E. 2011. Occurrences of the brown colour form of Western Whip (Hierophis viridiflavus carbonarius (Bonaparte, 1833)) in Slovenia. Natura Sloveniae 13(2): 51-55. Kramer, E. 1958. 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