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Taxonomy of the genus Macropisthodon Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Macropisthodon (Hooded Keelbacks)

(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.


Macropisthodon flaviceps

Gumprecht, A.; Trautmann, D. 2007. Rotkopf-Kielrückenwassernatter Macropisthodon flaviceps (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854). Reptilia (D) 12(64): 51-54.

Leong, T.M.; Lim, B.L. 2003. Noteworthy prey item records of two snakes (Chrysopelea ornata and Macropisthodon flaviceps) from Peninsular Malaysia. Hamadryad 27(2): 266-268.

Meewattana, P. 2010. Note on the variability of the orange-necked keelback Macropisthodon flaviceps (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril, 1854) in southern Thailand. Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 4(2): 97-99.

Macropisthodon plumbicolor

Bhutkar, R.; Mahabal, A. 2014. Cases of albinism in snakes from Maharashtra, India. Reptile Rap 16: 31-35.

Biswas, S.; Acharjyo, L.N. 1976. A snake-toad incident. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 72(3) [1975]: 862.

Ganesh, S.R.; Arumugam, M. 2016. Species richness of montane herpetofauna of southern Eastern Ghats, India: a historical resume and a descriptive checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 7-24.

Gay, T. 1978. Notes on the green keelback snake (Macropisthodon plumbicolor). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(3): 854-859.

Khaire, N. 1977. Snake collecting in Matheran. Newsletter of the Madras Snake Park Trust 2(1): 10-11.

Kumbar, S.M.; Ghadage, A.B.; Patil, S.S. 2017. Reptile Rap: Green Keelback - First record of albino Macropisthodon plumbicolor from Karnataka. Zoos' Print Magazine 32(1): 29-31.

Parmar, D.S. 2018. Captive husbandry of Green Keelbacks, Macropisthodon plumbicolor (Cantor 1839). IRCF (International Reptile Conservation Foundation) Journal 25(3): 223–231.

Upadhyay, V. 2004. The declining population of the green keelback Macropisthodon plumbicolor (Cantor) in Malwa-Plateau. Cobra (Chennai) 56: 12-13.

Macropisthodon rhodomelas

Ridley, H.N. 1895. On the habits of Macropisthodon rhodomelas. Zoologist 2(19): 112.

Macropisthodon rudis

Hotta, K. 1969. Raising juvenile snakes, in particular Macropishodon rudis and Elaphe quadrivirgata. The Snake 1: 48-49.

Hu, B.C.; Hwang, M.H.; Ho, S.S.; Wei, K.C. 1958. New records of snakes from Chekiang. Acta Zoologica Sinica 10(2): 113-122.

Li, D. & al. 1999. Report on ovoviviparity of Macropisthodon rudis. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 18(2): 76.

Shi, P.; Zheng, W.R. 1985. Studies on feeding habits of the snakes of Mount Wuyi. Acta Herpetologica Sinica 4(2): 149-152.

Takeuchi, H.; Mori, A. 2012. Antipredator displays and prey chemical preference of an Asian natricine snake, Macropisthodon rudis (Squamata: Colubridae). Current Herpetology 31(1): 47-53.

Wang, R.; Liu, W.Z.; He, W.; Wu, S.F. 1996. A study on the karyotype and Ag-NORs of Yunnan Macropisthodon rudis (Reptilia: Colubridae). Zoological Research 17(2): 169-172.