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Taxonomy of the genus Lamprophis Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Lamprophis (SubSaharan House Snakes)

(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.


Lamprophis in general

Branch, W.R. 1984. The house snakes of southern Africa (genus Lamprophis). Litteratura Serpentium 4(3-4): 106-120.

Dennison, R. 2018. Farbmorphen bei Hausschlangen. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Hörold, R. 2018. Hausschlangen – versteckte Vielfalt. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.

Kunz, K. 2012. [It has been refined: new systematics for house snakes and file snakes]. Elaphe 1(1): 8-12.

Kunz, K. 2018. Schlangen für's Haus: Hausschlangen. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Über neue Säugethiere (Colobus, Rhinolophus, Vesperus) und neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien (Hemidactylus, Herpetodryas, Spilotes, Elaphis, Lamprophis, Erythrolamprus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868(December): 637-642.

Ruf, M.; Barts, M. 2007. Doppelpaarung bei Lamprophis cf. lineatus Dumeril & Bibron, 1854. Sauria (Berlin) 29(2): 53-54.

Schaefer, N. 1970. A new species of house snake from Swaziland, with notes on the status of the two genera Lamphrophis and Boaedon. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums 8: 205-208.

Scheidt, V. 1996. An introduction to the snakes of the genus Lamprophis: the House Snakes. Vivarium (Lakeside) 8(3): 26-31, 48.

Smith, M.A. 1928. The status of some recently described genera and species of snakes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 1: 494-497.

Spawls, S. 1987. Keeping African house snakes in captivity. Snake Keeper 1(11): 5-7.

Switak, K.H. 1987. Hausschlange und Eierfresser. Typische Schlangen aus Südafrika. Aquarium (Minden) 217: 372-374.

Lamprophis aurora

Bates, M.F.; Douglas, R.M. 1993. Lamprophis aurora aurora House Snake. Diet. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 38-39.

Dyer, B. 1979. Some reptile breeding records. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 20(1): 6.

Hall, R.J.; Haagner, G.V. 1993. Lamprophis aurora aurora house-snake. Captive reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 42: 38.

Hermann, R. 1989. Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus 1754), eine selten gehaltene Hausschlange. Sauria (Berlin) 11(3): 25-30.

Kunz, K. 2018. Götterdämmerung! Haltung und Nachzucht der Aurora-Hausschlange. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Lamprophis fiskii

Baard, E.H.W. 1987. New herpetological distribution records in the western Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33(1): 29-31.

Baard, E.H.W. 2000. Lamprophis fiskii (Boulenger, 1887). Fisk's House Snake. African Herp News 31: 17-18.

Barts, M.; Schneider, C.; Boone, J.; Marais, J.; Branch, W.R.; Haacke, W.D. 2012. Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger, 1887 (Ophidia, Colubroidea, Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae), eine selten gefundene Hausschlange aus Südafrika. Sauria (Berlin) 34(2): 41-51.

Bates, M.F. 2018. Natural history notes: Lamprophis fiskii (Fisk's Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(1): 132-133.

Branch, W.R.; Haagner, G.V. 1992. New reptile records from three southern national parks. Koedoe 35(2): 59-60.

Marais, J. 1981. New records of Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger 1887 (Reptilia, Colubridae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25: 9-11.

Visser, J.D. 1978. Notes on two rare house snakes - 1. Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger (1887) and L. swazicus Schaefer (1970). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 19: 10-13.

Visser, J.D. 1979. Notes on two rare house snakes. Part 2. The generic status of Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger (1887) and Lamprophis swazicus Schaefer (1970). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 21: 31-37.

Lamprophis fuscus

Hermann, R. 1991. Seltene Hausschlangen Südafrikas. Teil 1 Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger 1893 und Lamprophis guttatus (Smith 1843). Sauria (Berlin) 13(2): 25-30.

Witberg, M.; Zyl, R. van 2008. Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger, 1893. Yellow-bellied House Snake. African Herp News 46: 16-19.