Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Lamprophiidae Africa Europe Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Malpolon Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae Bibliography of the genus Malpolon (Montpellier 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. Malpolon in general Bailon, S. 1991. Le genre Malpolon (Serpentes; Colubridae) dans les gisements francais. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 58: 1-10. Bakhouche, B.; Escoriza, D. 2017. Genus Malpolon: New distribution area in Algeria. Herpetological Bulletin 140: 35-36. Haan, C. de 1999. Malpolon monspessulanus - Eidechsennatter. pp. 661-756. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/II: Schlangen (Serpentes) II (Colubridae 2: Boiginae, Natricinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. pp. 481-815. Haan, C.C. de 2006. Comments on maximum length in the moila snake (Malpolon moilensis) and length dimorphism in the Montpellier Snake (M. monspessulanus). Herpetological Review 37(4): 405-406. Hartkopf, D.; Berger, H.; Engelmann, W.E. 1974. Beobachtungen an der Eidechsennatter. Aquarien Terrarien Monatschrift für Ornithologie und Vivarienkunde 21(9): 298-301. Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96. Mangiacotti, M.; Limongi, L.; Sannolo, M.; Sacchi, R.; Zuffi, M.A.L.; Scali, S. 2014. Head shape variation in Eastern and Western Montpellier snakes. Acta Herpetologica 9(2): 167-177. Mertens, R.; Müller, L. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 84: 295-302. Sayers, R.J. 1963. Note on the venom toxicity of the Montpellier snake to lizards. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 11(3-4): 41. Sochurek, E. 1957. Einiges über die Eidechsennatter. Aquaristik 3(5): 58-59. Werner, F. 1907. Die Eidechsennatter. Natur und Haus (Stuttgart) 16: 34-36. Woerkom, A.B. van 1982. The snakes of the genus Malpolon. Litteratura Serpentium 2(4): 162-179. Malpolon insignitus Afrasiab, S.R.; Mohamad, S.I. 2011. First record of the rat snake, Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873), from north-eastern Iraq with notes on other colubrid snakes. Zoology in the Middle East 54: 19-22. Al-Sadoon, M.K.; Abdo, N.M. 1998. Comparative metabolic rate-temperature curves of five species of snakes of the families Viperidae, Colubridae, and Leptotyphlopidae. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(2): 39-53. Arikan, H.; Göcmen, B.; Mermer, A.; Bahar, H. 2005. An electrophoretic comparison of the venoms of a colubrid and various viperid snakes from Turkey and Cyprus, with some taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Zootaxa 1038: 1-10. Buchholz, K.F.; Schultze-Westrum, T. 1964. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna der nördlichen Sporaden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 173: 127-136. Buresch, I. 1929. Zwei für die Fauna Bulgariens neue Schlangen. Spis. blg. Akad. Sofia 40: 119-139. Domozetski, L. 2013. New localities of Eastern Montpellier Snake - Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) from southwestern Bulgaria. ZooNotes 41: 1-4. Esterbauer, H. 2003. Beobachtungen zur Ökologie und Terrarienhaltung der Östlichen Eidechsennatter. Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus Geoffroy, 1827. Reptilia (D) 7(38): 68-72. Gius, O. 2018. Die Östliche Eidechsennatter, Malpolon insignitus. Reptilia (D) 131: ? Goldberg, S.R.; Maza, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Malpolon insignitus (Eastern Montpellier Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(2): 453. Ibrahim, A.A. 2001. Geographic distribution: Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Montpellier Snake). Herpetological Review 32(2): 123. Martino, K.V. 1962. Quantitative census of the snakes Malpolon monspessulanus Hermann in the western part of the Pricaspian lowland. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 41: 145-147. Pafilis, P.; Skella, A. 2012. Southernmost European island record of Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy de St.-Hilaire, 1809). Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 66-67. Safaei-Mahroo, B.; Ghaffari, H.; Salmabadi, S.; Kamangar, A.; Almasi, S.; Kazemi, S.M.; Ghafoor, A. 2017. Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus fuscus) ophiophagy behavior from Zagros Mountains. Russian Journal of Herpetology 24(1): 69-72. Strachinis, I.; Roussos, S.A. 2016. Terrestrial herpetofauna of Limnos and Agios Efstratios (Northern Aegean, Greece), including new species records for Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) and Pelobates syriacus Boettger, 1889. Herpetology Notes 9: 237-248. Werner, Y.L. 1988. Snakes die to prove manhood of commando girls. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 24: 34. Malpolon moilensis Al-Behbehani, B.E.; Ibrahim, H.M. 2007. Animal's behavior in the "KISR" protected area in the state of Kuwait. World Journal of Zoology 2(2): 29-35. 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. Böhme, W.; Pury, S. de 2011. A note on the generic allocation of Coluber moilensis Reuss, 1834 (Serpentes: Psammophiidae). Salamandra 47(2): 120-123. Branch, W.R. 1980. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey, 1977 (Dhofar). Chromosome morphology of some reptiles from Oman and adjacent territories. Journal of Oman Studies Special Report 2: 333-345. Haas, G. 1957. Some amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 29(4): 47-86. Haas, G.; Battersby, J.C. 1959. Amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. 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