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Taxonomy of the genus Meizodon Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Meizodon (African Smooth 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.


Meizodon in general

Schätti, B. 1985. Systematics of east African species of Meizodon Fischer, 1856 (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Monitore Zoologico Italiano Supplemento 20: 149-175.

Meizodon coronatus

Hoevers, L.G. 1981. Geographic distribution: Meizodon coronatus. Herpetological Review 12(2): 65.

Laurent, R.F. 1956. Notes herpétologiques africaines. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 53(3-4): 229-256.

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

Luiselli, L.; Akani, G.C.; Angelici, F.M. 2001. Diet and foraging behaviour of three ecologically little-known African forest snakes: Meizodon coronatus, Dipsadoboa duchesnei and Hapsidophrys lineatus. Folia Zoologica 50(2): 151-158.

Roux-Estève, R. 1969. Étude comparée de Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel) et de Meizodon regularis Fischer (Colubridés - Serpentes). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 41(2): 395-409.

Villiers, A. 1956. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba, Reptiles. Memoires de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire 48: 143-162.

Meizodon plumbiceps

Scortecci, G. 1932. Descrizione preliminare di un nouvo ofidio ed un aniibio della Somalia Italiana. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 71(1): 58-60.

Wettstein, O. von 1932. Eine neue Eidechse aus Senegambien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 99: 303-305.

Meizodon regularis

Roux-Estève, R. 1969. Étude comparée de Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel) et de Meizodon regularis Fischer (Colubridés - Serpentes). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 41(2): 395-409.

Meizodon semiornatus

Broadley, D.G. 1988. Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus semiornate snake. Habitat, diet and distribution. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 34: 44.

Haagner, G.V. 1990. New distribution records for the southern semiornate snake, Meizodon s. semiornatus (Peters, 1854), with a first record from the Kruger National Park and Transvaal. Koedoe 33(2): 23-25.

Lanza, B. 1963. II genere Coluber in Somalia e descrizione di una nuova specie (Reptilia, Serpentes). Alti. Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 102: 379-396.

Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.

Swanepoel, S.M. 2010. Geographical distribution: Meizodon semiornatus semiornatus (Peters, 1854). Semiornate Snake. South Africa: Limpopo. African Herp News 50: 40-41.