Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Muhtarophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Muhtarophis (Turkish Black-headed Snake) (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. Muhtarophis barani Avci, A.; Ilgaz, C.; Rajabizadeh, M.; Yilmaz, C.; Üzüm, N.; Adriaens, D.; Kumlutas, Y.; Olgun, K. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and micro CT-scanning revealed extreme cryptic biodiversity in Kukri Snake, Muhtarophis gen. nov., a new genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 159-174. Avci, A.; Uzum, N.; Ilgaz, C.; Olgun, K. 2009. A new finding of Rhynchocalamus barani, Baran's black-headed dwarf snake (Reptilia, Colubridae), in the Mediterranean region of Turkey widens its distribution range. Acta Herpetologica 4(2): 177-182. Kaska, Y.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Üzüm, N.; Yeniyurt, C.; Akarsu, F. 2009. Rhynchocalamus barani. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164762A5924289. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164762A5924289.en. Olgun, K.; Avci, A.; Ilgaz, C.; Uezuem, N.; Yilmaz, C. 2007. A new species of Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from Turkey. Zootaxa 1399: 57-68.