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Taxonomy of the genus Hypnale Biodiversity of the family Viperidae

Bibliography of the genus
Hypnale (Hump-nosed Pitvipers)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae)

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.


Hypnale in general

Ernst, C.H. 1982. A study of the fangs of snakes belonging to the Agkistrodon-complex. Journal of Herpetology 16(1): 72-80.

Gumprecht, A.; Tillack, F.; Orlov, N.L.; Captain, A.; Ryabov, S. 2004. Asian Pitvipers. GeitjeBooks, Berlin. 368 pp.

Kularatne, K.; Budagoda, S.; Maduwage, K.; Naser, K.; Kumarasiri, R.; Kularatne, S. 2011. Parallels between Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) and hump-nosed viper (Hypnale species) bites in the central hills of Sri Lanka amidst the heavy burden of unidentified snake bites. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 4(7): 564-567.

Maduwage, K.; Silva, A.; Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale). Zootaxa 2232: 1-28.

Somanader, S.V.O. 1957. Hump-nosed viper (Kuna-Katuwa). Loris 7(5): 422-423.

Hypnale hypnale

Dattatri, S. 1984. An instance of the hump nosed viper Hypnale (=Ancistrodon) hypnale breeding in captivity. Hamadryad 9(3): 2-3.

Ganesh, S.R.; Asokan, S.; Kannan, P. 2010. Patterns of resource use, overlap and partitioning among three sympatric species of south Indian pitvipers. Herpetological Bulletin 113: 14-19.

Henry, G.M. 1925. Notes on Ancistrodon hypnale, the hump-nosed Viper. Ceylon Journal of Science (B) 13(2): 257-258.

Kannan, P.; Rajarathinam, R.; Kalaiarasan, V. 2006. Husbandry of some pit vipers at Chennai snake park. Cobra (Chennai) 63: 1-3.

Moriguchi, H.; Toriba, M.; Miyata, H.; Sakai, A.; Sugano, H. 1982. Notes on reproductions of captive snakes observed in the Japan Snake Institute during the years 1980-1981. The Snake 14(1): 57-60.

Nanayakkara, G.L.A. 1989. Variation of the rostral appendage of Hypnale hypnale of Sri Lanka. The Snake 21(1): 41-43.

Neill, W.T. 1960. The caudal lure of various juvenile snakes. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 23: 173-200.

Sawant, N.S.; Jadhav, T.D.; Shyama, S.K. 2010. Distribution and abundance of pit vipers (Reptilia: Viperidae) along the Western Ghats of Goa, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(10): 1199-1204.

Sawant, N.S.; Jadhav, T.D.; Shyama, S.K. 2010. Habitat suitability, threats and conservation strategies of Hump-nosed Pit Viper Hypnale hypnale Merrem (Reptilia: Viperidae) found in Western Ghats, Goa, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(11): 1261-1267.

Silva, A. de 1988. Further notes on the reproductive habits of Hypnale hypnale (Merrem). The Snake 20(1): 64-66.

Silva, A. de 1990. 'Rostral appendage' of Hypnale hypnale of Sri Lanka. The Snake 22(2): 136-137.

Silva, A. de; Toriba, M. 1984. Reproductive habits of Hypnale hypnale (Merrem) in Sri Lanka. The Snake 16(2): 135-138.

Timms, J. 2005. Hypnale hypnale: the Indian humpnose viper. Reptilia (GB) 38: 64-70.

Wall, F. 1908. A new pit viper of the genus Ancistrodon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 18: 792-793.

Warrell, D.A. 2007. First authenticated cases of life-threatening envenoming by the hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) in India. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101(1): 85-90.

Hypnale nepa

Gloyd, H.K. 1977. Descriptions of new taxa of crotalid snakes from China and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(4): 1002-1015.

Smith, M.A. 1937. The names of two Indian vipers. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 39: 730-731.