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Taxonomy of the genus Lycodonomorphus Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Lycodonomorphus (Southern African Water 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.


Lycodonomorphus in general

Broadley, D.G. 1967. A review of the genus Lycodonomorphus Fitzinger (Serpentes: Colubridae) in southeastern Africa, with a key to the genus. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 3(16): 1 9.

Loveridge, A. 1958. Revision of five African snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 119: 1-198.

Whittington, P.; Brett, G. 2008. Hadedas eating snakes. Bee-Eater and BirdLife Eastern Cape News 59(1): 17.

Lycodonomorphus bicolor

Laurent, R.F. 1947. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musee Royale d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 1. Formes Africaines. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique 23(16): 1-12.

Madsen, T.; Osterkamp, M. 1982. Notes on the biology of the fish-eating snake Lycodonomorphus bicolor in Lake Tanganyika. Journal of Herpetology 16(2): 185-188.

Newby, J.E. 1961. Lycodonomorphus bicolor - further notes. Nat. Soc. Cent. Afr. J. 2: 57-58.

Newby, J.E. 1961. Snake catching at Lake Tanganyika. Nat. Soc. Cent. Afr. J. 2: 11-12.

Newby, J.E. 1961. Some notes on the Lake Tanganyika water snake (Lycodonomorphus bicolor). Nat. Soc. Cent. Afr. J. 2: 33-37.

Vesey-Fitzgerald, D. 1958. The water snakes of Lake Tanganyika. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 3: 6-7.

Lycodonomorphus laevissimus

Haagner, G.V.; Branch, W.R. 1994. A taxonomic revision of the dusky-bellied water snake, Lycodonomorphus laevissimus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Journal of African Zoology 108(3): 237-250.

Haagner, G.V.; Branch, W.R. 1994. Notes on the biology of the dusky-bellied watersnake (Lycodonomorphus laevissimus). Naturalist (Port Elizabeth) 38(1): 15-17.

Raw, L.R.G. 1973. A review of the dusky-bellied water snake, Lycodonomorphus laevissimus (Gunther), with descriptions of two new subspecies. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 21(3): 713-718.

Wager, V.A. 1964. Snakes and frogs. African Wild Life 18: 293-295.

Werner, F. 1923. Neue Schlangen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Ann. Nat.-Hist. Hofraus. Wien 36: 160-166.

Lycodonomorphus leleupi

Laurent, R.F. 1950. Reptiles nouveaux des Kundelungu. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 43(4): 349-352.

Lycodonomorphus mlanjensis

Newman, A.C. 1965. Further observations from Umtali snake park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 23/24: 55-57.

Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris

FitzSimons, V. 1964. A new subspecies of water snake from Kruger National Park. Koedoe 7: 26-29.

Lycodonomorphus rufulus

Broadley, D.G. 1962. The herpetofauna of the Inyanga National Park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 17/18: 8-10.

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

FitzSimons, V. 1956. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. Fauna and Flora (Pretoria) 7: 89-106.

McConnachie, S.; Greene, S.N.; Perrin, M.R. 2009. A novel aquatic thermal mosaic for assessing preferred body temperature in semi-aquatic snakes. Herpetological Review 40(1): 41-43.

Pickersgill, M.; Watson, C.A. 1998. Report on the reptiles observed on a field trip to eastern Africa, October 1996 - August 1997. Part three. Herptile 23(4): 145-149.

Schmidt, W.R. 2011. Natural history notes: Lycodonomorphus rufulus (Lichtenstein, 1823). Common/Brown Water Snake. Diet. African Herp News 54: 15-17.

Taylor, P. 1970. An observation on the feeding habits of Lycodonomorphus rufulus. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 6(1): 19-20.

Wager, V.A. 1964. Snakes and frogs. African Wild Life 18: 293-295.

Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

Lycodonomorphus whytii

Rasmussen, J.B. 2004. A review of Whyte's Water-snake, Lycodonomorphus whytii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Lamprophiinae). African Journal of Herpetology 53(2): 155-162.