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Taxonomy of the genus Lytorhynchus Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Lytorhynchus (Awl-headed 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.


Lytorhynchus in general

Andrushko, A.M.; Mikkau, N.E. 1964. Distribution and life history of Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 with ecological and geographical review of genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1862. Vestn. leningr. Univ. (Biol. Ser.) 1964(9): 5-19.

Shafiei, S.; Fahimi, H.; Sehhatisabet, M.E.; Moradi, N. 2015. Rediscovery of Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi, with the geographic distribution of the genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1863 in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 61(1): 32-37.

Soskovsky, P.P.; Vinogradov, V.V. 1963. The Afghanian Lytorhynchus. Priroda (Moscow) 1963(10): 96.

Lytorhynchus diadema

Al-Sadoon, M.K.; Paray, B.A.; Al-Otaibi, H. 2017. Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. VI. The snake fauna of Turaif region. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences 24(4): 925-928

Alshammari, A.M.; Busais, S.M.; Ibrahim, A.A. 2017. Snakes in the Province of Ha'il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including two new records. Herpetozoa 30(1-2): 59-63.

Busack, S.D.; Sivan, J.; Geniez, P.; Pleguezuelos, J.M. 2015. Natural history notes: Lytorhynchus diadema (Awl-headed Snake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 46(4): 647.

Goldberg, S.R.; Maza, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Lytorhynchus diadema (Crowned Leaf-nosed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(3): 677.

Haas, G. 1952. Two collections of reptiles from Iraq, with descriptions of two new forms. Copeia 1952: 20-22.

Haas, G. 1957. Some amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 29(4): 47-86.

Hussein, H.K. 1998. The ecological significance of daily and seasonal shifts in thermoregulation by the sand snake, Lytorhynchus diadema. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology (A) 27: 361-378.

Jablonski, D.; Frynta, D.; Marmol Marin, G.M. del 2014. New records of the Awl-headed Snake (Lytorhynchus diadema) from northeastern Morocco. Herpetology Notes 7: 295-297.

Martens, H. 1993. Three species of snake new for Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 9: 49-58.

Mediani, M.; Soumia, F.; Chevalier, F.; Brito, J.C. 2015. Another record of Lytorhychus diadema (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) from Moroccan Atlantic Sahara. Herpetozoa 27(3/4): 197-200.

Meinig, H.; Kessler, H. 1998. Herpetologische Beobachtungen im Rahmen einer Nationalparkplanung: Barr al Hikman und Masirah Island, Sultanat von Oman (Amphibia; Reptilia). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 21(Supplement): 89-97.

Moradi, N.; Shafiei, S.; Sehhatisabet, M.E. 2013. The snake fauna of Khabr National Park, southeast of Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 9(1): 41-55.

Moravec, J. 1995. On a small collection of reptiles from Agedabia, Libya. Casopis Narodniho Muzea Rada Prirodovedna 164(1-4): 51-54.

Nouira, S.; Blanc, C.P. 1986. Le peuplement en reptiles au sud du Chott El Djerid. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Tunis 63(4): 553-566.

Sayed, N.H.M. 2011. Genetic diversity among five Egyptian non-poisonous snakes using protein and isoenzymes electrophoresis. Life Science Journal Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition 8(4): 1034-1042.

Sayed, N.H.M. 2012. Genetic diversity among eight Egyptian snakes (Squamata-Serpents: Colubridae) using RAPD-PCR. Life Science Journal Acta Zhengzhou University Overseas Edition 9(1): 423-430.

Sivan, J.; Kam, M.; Hadad, S.; Degen, A.A.; Rosenstrauch, A. 2015. Body size and seasonal body condition in two small coexisting desert snake species, the Saharan Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) and the Crowned Leafnose (Lytorhynchus diadema). Journal of Arid Environments 114: 8-13.

Sivan, J.; Kam, M.; Hadad, S.; Degen, A.A.; Rozenboim, I.; Rosenstrauch, A. 2013. Temporal activity and dietary selection in two coexisting desert snakes, the Saharan Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera) and the crowned leafnose (Lytorhynchus diadema). Zoology (Jena) 116(2): 113-117.

Smid, J. 2010. New remarkable snake records from Oman. Herpetology Notes 3: 329-332.

Lytorhynchus gasperetti

Leviton, A.E. 1977. A new lytorhynchid snake. Journal of the Saudi Arabian Natural History Society 19: 16-25.

Lytorhynchus kennedyi

Afrasiab, S.R.; Ail, H.A. 1989. A new record of the snake Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt (Reptilia, Colubridae) from Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum (University of Baghdad) 8(2): 157-159.

Haas, G. 1952. Two collections of reptiles from Iraq, with descriptions of two new forms. Copeia 1952: 20-22.

Lytorhynchus maynardi

Baloutch, M. 1976. Premiere recolte de Lytorhynchus maynardi (Alcock et Finn, 1896) en Iran (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Zoologie) (Paris) 294: 1377-1378.

Clark, R.J. 1990. A report on herpetological observations in Afghanistan. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 33: 20-42.

Salemi, A.; Heidari, N.; Mahin, M.J. 2018. A new distribution record for the rare Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1896 from Nikshahr, southeastern Iran. Herpetology Notes 11: 617-619.

Shafiei, S.; Fahimi, H.; Sehhatisabet, M.E.; Moradi, N. 2015. Rediscovery of Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi, with the geographic distribution of the genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1863 in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 61(1): 32-37.

Tillack, F.; Barts, M. 2007. Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn. Sauria (Berlin) 29(3): 2.

Lytorhynchus paradoxus

Agarwal, I.; Srikanthan, A.N. 2013. Further records of the Sindh Awl-headed Snake, Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther, 1875), from India with notes on its habitat and natural history. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(3): 165-170.

Bhide, K.S.; Captain, A.; Khandal, D. 2004. First record of Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Gunther, 1875) (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Republic of India, with notes on its distribution. Hamadryad 28(1-2): 123-127.

Werner, F. 1926. Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Wiener naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum. 3. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 135: 243-257.

Lytorhynchus ridgewayi

Andrushko, A.M.; Mikkau, N.E. 1964. Distribution and life history of Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 with ecological and geographical review of genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1862. Vestn. leningr. Univ. (Biol. Ser.) 1964(9): 5-19.

Bogdanov, O.P. 1962. On the distribution and ecology of the Afghan Lytorhynch (Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 145: 430-431.

Tsellarius, A.Y.; Cherlin, V.A.; Lukin, Y.A. 1983. [Reptile population of Eroilanduz drainless depression (Badkhyz, Turkmenia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1983(6): 63-66.

Tuck, R.G. 1974. Geographic distribution: Lytorhynchus ridgewayi. Iran: Semnan Governorate. Herpetological Review 5(4): 108.

Yousefkhani, S.S.H.; Yousefi, M.; Khani, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2014. Snake fauna of Shirahmad Wildlife Refuge and Parvand Protected Area, Khorasan Razavi province, Iran. Herpetology Notes 7: 75-82.