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Taxonomy of the genus Oxybelis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Oxybelis (Neotropical Vine 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.


Oxybelis in general

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1989. The vine snakes. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 29: 9-10.

Crimmins, M.L. 1937. A case of Oxybelis poisoning in man. Copeia 1937: 233.

Gasc, J.P. 1971. Les serpents-lianes. Science et Nature (Paris) 105: 29-34.

Henderson, R.W. 1982. Trophic relationships and foraging strategies of some New World tree snakes (Leptophis, Oxybelis, Uromacer). Amphibia-Reptilia 3(1): 71-80.

Henderson, R.W.; Binder, M.H. 1980. The ecology and behaviour of vine snakes (Ahaetulla, Oxybelis, Thelotornis, Uromacer): a review. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 37: 1-38.

Keiser, E.D. 1975. Observations on tongue extension of vine snakes (genus Oxybelis) with suggested behavioral hypotheses. Herpetologica 31(1): 131-133.

Keiser, E.D. 1991. Bibliography of the genus Oxybelis Wagler (Serpentes: Colubridae). Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 86: 1-45.

Prado, A. 1939. Notas ofiologicas. 2. Observações sobre os ofidios da fauna amazonica, com a descrição de um novo genero e especie. 3. Mais um caso de albinismo em serpente. 4. Cinco especies novas de serpentes colombianas do genero Atractus Wagler. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 13: 1-24.

Oxybelis aeneus

Abarca, J.G.; Knapp, C.R. 2009. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Narrow-headed Brown Vine Snake). Behavior. Herpetological Review 40(1): 101.

Alcazar, C.A.N.; Rodríguez-Romero, F. 2012. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(1): 150.

Alemán, C. 1953. Contribution al estudio de los reptiles y batracios de la Sierra de Perija. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 13(35): Unpaginated.

Almeida, G.V.L. de; Silva, G.L. da; Campos, T.F.; Muniz, S.L.S.; Santos, E.M. dos 2009. Predaçao do lagarto Tropidurus cocorobensis pela serpente Oxybelis aeneus. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitao 25: 83-86.

Barbour, T.; Amaral, A. do 1926. A new North American snake. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 79-81.

Boback, S.M.; Montgomery, C.E.; Reed, R.N.; Green, S. 2006. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Herpetological Review 37(2): 242.

Camarillo-Rangel, J.L.; Aguilar-Cortes, R.; Gonzalez-Ruiz, A. 1985. Distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from the State of Mexico. Herpetological Review 16(3): 85.

Campos-Rodríguez, J.I.; Pérez-Valera, B.; Evaristo-Aguilar, L.E.; Elizalde-Arellano, C.; López-Vidal, J.C.; Hernández-Arciga, R. 2010. Registros notables de reptiles para Guanajuato, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81(1): 203-204.

Censky, E.J.; McCoy, C.J. 1988. Female reproductive cycles of five species of snakes (Reptilia: Colubridae) from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Biotropica 20(4): 326-333.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Touzet, J.M. 2007. Ecuadorian distribution of snakes of the genera Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 and Xenoxybelis Machado, 1993. Herpetozoa 19(3-4): 188-189.

Cowles, J. 2018. Natural history notes: Masticophis bilineatus (Sonoran Whipsnake) and Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Diet and Predation. Herpetological Review 49(2): 345-346.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Devender, T.R. van; Lowe, C.H.; Lawler, H.E. 1994. Factors influencing the distribution of the Neotropical vine snake (Oxybelis aeneus) in Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 25-42.

Diener, E. 2007. Die Erdspitznatter Oxybelis aeneus und die Lianennatter Leptophis mexicanus als Prädatoren der Schwarzleguane Ctenosaura similis und C. bakeri. Elaphe 15(3): 59-62.

Dourado de Mesquita, P.C.M.; Borges-Leite, M.J.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Cunha Passos, D. 2010. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 41(3): 369.

Dourado de Mesquita, P.C.M.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M. 2009. Philodryas nattereri (Paraguay Green Racer): ophiophagy. Herpetological Bulletin 108: 36-37.

Dourado de Mesquita, P.C.M.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Holanda Bezerra, C. 2010. Dimorfi smo sexual na “cobra-cipó” Oxybelis aeneus (Serpentes, Colubridae) no estado do Ceará, Brasil. Biotemas 23(4): 65-69.

Dourado de Mesquita, P.C.M.; Borges-Nojosa, D.M.; Passos, D.C.; Bezerra, C.H. 2012. Activity patterns of the Brown Vine snake Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) (Serpentes, Colubridae) in the Brazilian semiarid. Animal Biology (Leiden) 62(3): 289-299.

Dunn, E.R. 1947. Snakes of the Lérida Farm (Chiriqui Volcano, western Panamá). Copeia 1947: 153-157.

Fleishman, L.J. 1985. Cryptic movements in the vine snake Oxybelis aeneus. Copeia 1985(1): 242-245.

Franzen, M. 1996. Ökologische und morphologische Aspekte einer costaricanischen Population von Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 9(3-4): 121-131.

Goldberg, S.R. 1998. Reproduction in the Mexican Vine Snake Oxybelis aeneus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Texas Journal of Science 50(1): 51-56.

Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vine Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 36(1): 70.

Grant, P.B.C.; Lewis, T.R. 2010. Predation attempt by Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler) (Mexican vine-snake) on Basiliscus plumifrons (Cope). Acta Herpetologica 5(1): 19-22.

Groschupf, K.; Lower, S. 1988. Life history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vine Snake). Behavior. Herpetological Review 19(4): 85.

Henderson, R.W. 1974. Aspects of the ecology of the neotropical vine snake, Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). Herpetologica 30(1): 19-24.

Henderson, R.W.; Nickerson, M.A. 1977. Observations on the feeding behavior and movements of the snakes Oxybelis aeneus and O. fulgidus. British Journal of Herpetology 5(9): 663-667.

Hernandez, R.A. 2004. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Narrow-headed Vine Snake, Bejuquilla). Herpetological Review 35(1): 84.

Hetherington, T.E. 2006. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 37(1): 94-95.

Keiser, E.D. 1968. A monographic study of the neotropical vine snake, Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). Dissertation Abstracts 24B: 3104.

Keiser, E.D. 1968. An unusually brevirostrine vine snake of the species Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 16: 17-19.

Keiser, E.D. 1969. An unusual specimen of the neotropical vine snake, Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler), from Zacatecas, Mexico. British Journal of Herpetology 4: 116-117.

Keiser, E.D. 1974. A systematic study of the Neotropical vine snake Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler). Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 22: 1-51.

Keiser, E.D. 1982. Oxybelis aeneus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 305: 1-4.

Kennedy, J.P. 1965. Notes on the habitat and behaviour of a snake Oxybelis aeneus Wagler, in Veracruz. Southwestern Naturalist 10: 138-139.

Lall, S.A.; Hayes, F.E. 2000. Observations on the reptiles and mammals of Chacachacare, Bocas Islands, notes on five species new to the island. Living World 1999-2000: 46-48.

Lehr, E.; Aguilar, C. 2000. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican Vine Snake). Peru: Departamento Ancash. Herpetological Review 31(1): 56.

López-de la Cruz, J.; Burnett-Pérez, C.S.; Escobedo-Galván, A.H. 2016. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(2): 314.

Madrid-Sotelo, C.A. 2005. Contribución a la historia natural de Oxybelis aeneus y su aplicaciónen centros de divulgación científica. Boletin de la Sociedad Herpetologica Mexicana 13(1): 45.

Madrid-Sotelo, C.A.; García-Aguayo, A. 2011. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Movements and foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 42(2): 298-299.

McConnell, G.J. 2008. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vine Snake). Envenomation. Herpetological Review 39(3): 356.

Platt, S.G.; Meerman, J.C.; Rainwater, T.R.; Finger, A.G. 2002. Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler): an addition to the herpetofauna of Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Herpetological Bulletin 82: 30-31.

Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J. 1980. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus. Herpetological Review 11(4): 116.

Prado, A.; Hoge, A.R. 1947. Observações sobre serpentes do Peru, com a descrição de uma nova especie. Ciencia (Mexico) 8(6-9): 180.

Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A. 2017. Nature notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824). Maximum elevation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 181-182.

Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1934: 1-14.

Santos, R.A.; Santos Caldas, F.L.; Faria, R.G. 2012. Natural history notes: Tropidurus hygomi (Reinhardt's Lava Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 43(3): 490-491.

Scott, N.J. 1983. Oxybelis aeneus (bejuquillo, vine snake). pp. 410-411. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp.

Silva, C.F. da; Alcantara, E.P. de; Oliveira, H.F. de; Oliveira, M.A.S. do; Ávila, R.W. 2015. Natural history notes: Oxybelis aeneus (Brown Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(4): 648.

Smith, H.M.; Grant, C. 1958. New and noteworthy snakes from Panama. Herpetologica 14: 207-215.

Sosa-Bartuano, A.; Trani, J. di 2016. Nature notes: Gonatodes albogularis. Predation by a Brown Vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(3): 721-823.

Sotelo, C.A.M. 2009. Mexican Vine Snake (Oxybelis aeneus) - Ecdysis. Sonoran Herpetologist 22(8): 86-87.

Taylor, E.H. 1941. Herpetological miscellany. II. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 27(1): 105-139.

Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. Herpetofauna of Isla de La Plata, Ecuador. Herpetological Review 35(1): 85.

Vazquez Diaz, J.; Quintero-Diaz, G.; Ramirez Bautista, A. 1998. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican Vine Snake). Herpetological Review 29(2): 115.

Vazquez Diaz, J.; Quintero-Diaz, G.; Ramirez Bautista, A. 1998. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican Vine Snake). Herpetological Review 29(3): 178.

Vite-Silva, V.D.; Ramirez-Pérez, A.; González-Solis, O.; Castillo, J.M.; Goyenechea, I. 2010. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis aeneus (Mexican Vine Snake). Herpetological Review 41(4): 517.

Vitt, L.J.; Vangilder, L.D. 1984. Ecology of a snake community in northeastern Brazil. Amphibia-Reptilia 4(2-4) [1983]: 273-296.

Vorhies, C.T. 1926. A new ophidian record for Arizona. Copeia 1926(157): 156-157.

Wilson, L.D. 1979. New departmental records for reptiles and amphibians from Honduras. Herpetological Review 10(1): 25.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.

Oxybelis brevirostris

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Touzet, J.M. 2007. Ecuadorian distribution of snakes of the genera Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 and Xenoxybelis Machado, 1993. Herpetozoa 19(3-4): 188-189.

Cruz Diaz, G.A.; Wilson, L.D. 1986. Oxybelis brevirostris (Cope): an addition to the snake fauna of Honduras. Herpetological Review 17(1): 7-8.

Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Natural history notes: Oxybelis brevirostris (Cope's Vine Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 36(1): 70.

Montgomery, C.E.; Lips, K.R.; Ray, J.M. 2011. Ontogenetic shift in height of sleeping perches of Cope's Vine Snake, Oxybelis brevirostris. Southwestern Naturalist 56(3): 358-362.

Ray, J.M. 2012. Bridging the gap: interspecific differences in cantilevering ability in a neotropical arboreal snake assemblage. South American Journal of Herpetology 7(2): 35-40.

Oxybelis fulgidus

Barros, T.; Pirela, R. 2000. Geographic distribution: Oxybelis fulgidus. Venezuela: Zulia. Herpetological Review 31(1): 57.

Bringsøe, H. 2002. Herpetologi i Fransk Guyana. 5. Grøn spidssnog, Oxybelis fulgidus, æder en rikse. [Herpetology in French Guiana. 5. Green Vine Snake, Oxybelis fulgidus, feeding on water rail]. (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 45(3): 95-96.

Capurucho, J.M.G.; Costa, H.C. 2012. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(3): 495.

Cherry, D.L.; Sunyer, J.; Martínez-Fonseca, J.G. 2017. Nature notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803). Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 650-652.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Touzet, J.M. 2007. Ecuadorian distribution of snakes of the genera Oxybelis Wagler, 1830 and Xenoxybelis Machado, 1993. Herpetozoa 19(3-4): 188-189.

Conners, J.S. 1989. Life history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 20(3): 73.

Díaz-Gamboa, L.F.; Rodríguez-Lima, M.; Salinas-Peba, L. 2017. Nature notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803). Predation on an Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 437-438.

Dort, J. van 2011. Oxybelis fulgidus: Diet. Herpetological Bulletin 117: 37-38.

Endo, W.; Amend, M.; Fleck, L.C. 2007. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Prey. Herpetological Review 38(2): 209.

Figueroa, A.; Lewis, T.R.; Mooney, P. 2013. Notes on reproduction in Oxybelis fulgidus from Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes 6: 29-31.

Figueroa, A.; Rojas, V.E. 2011. Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake): Diet. Herpetological Bulletin 118: 41-42.

Fischer, W.A.; Gascon, C. 1996. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 27(4): 204.

Fraga, R. de; Carvalho, V.T. de; Vogt, R.C. 2012. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 43(3): 495-496.

Gama, C.S.; Pedroso-Santos, F.; Sanches, P.R.; Costa-Campos, C.E. 2018. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(4): 759.

García-Grajales, J.; Buenrostro-Silva, A. 2011. Ampliación del área de distribución gepgráfica de Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) y Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae) en la planicie costera central de Oaxaca, México [Geographic distribution enlargment of Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) and Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the costal central plain of Oaxaca, Mexico]. (In Spanish). Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie 27(2): 491-495.

Golder, F. 1983. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fortpflanzung von Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 19(1-2): 55-60.

Hahn, D.E.; Wilson, L.D. 1976. New records for amphibians and reptiles for the Department of Colon, Honduras. Herpetological Review 7(4): 179.

Henderson, R.W.; Nickerson, M.A. 1977. Observations on the feeding behavior and movements of the snakes Oxybelis aeneus and O. fulgidus. British Journal of Herpetology 5(9): 663-667.

Jorge, R.; Vaz-Silva, W. 2016. Natural history notes: Iguana iguana (Green Iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(4): 670-671.

Keiser, E.D. 1969. Evidence of a dichromatic population of the vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin) on the Mas de la Bahia of Honduras. Caribbean Journal of Science 9: 31-32.

Leenders, T.; Watkins-Colwell, G.J. 2003. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Prey. Herpetological Review 34(2): 152.

Lizano, W.P. 2010. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 41(3): 369-370.

Martinez-Cortes, V.; Rodriguez, A. 2005. Datos preliminares sobre los anfibios y reptiles de Bahia Honda e Isla Canales de Tierra (Veraguas, Panama). pp. 571-626. In: Castroviejo, S.; Ibanez, A. (eds.). Estudios sobre la biodiversidad de la region de Bahia Honda (Veraguas, Panama). [Biblioteca de ciencias 20]. Departamento de Publicaciones del CSIC, Madrid. 835 pp.

May, R. von; Grundler, M.C.; Pariona, M. 2018. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(4): 758-759.

Miranda, J.P.; Lopes Costa, J.C.; Scarpa, F.M.; Rocha, C.F.D. 2013. Predation on Columbina squammata (Aves: Columbidae) by the Green Vine Snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) at the Lencois Maranhenses National Park, Maranhao, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 6: 187-188.

Norris, J.L.; Burtt, E.H. 1998. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake or Bejucillo). Feeding. Herpetological Review 29(4): 243.

Pena, A.S.; Nascimento, W.S.; Sousa, J.C.; Costa-Campos, C.E. 2017. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(1): 216-217.

Pérez-Higareda, G. 1987. A relic population of the 'bejuquilla verde', Oxybelis fulgidus, in southern Veracruz, Mexico (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 23(2): 56-57.

Rainwater, T.R.; England, M.C.; Platt, S.G.; McMurry, S.T. 2001. Predation of yellow-winged tanager Thraupis abbas by an arboreal snake in Belize. Cotinga 15: 8-9.

Rodrigues, D.J.; Lima, M.M.; Pinto, V.A.B.; Martins, C.S. 2005. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 36(3): 325-326.

Santos, A.P.; Carneiro, B.H.A.; Sarmento, P.R.; Ribeiro, S. 2011. First record of the House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes, 1818) in the diet of the vine snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803). Herpetology Notes 4: 429-430.

Scartozzoni, R.R.; Almeida-Santos, S.M. de; Salomao, M. da G. 2005. Aspectos da reproducao da cobra bicuda Oxymis fulcidus [Oxybelis fulgidus] (Serpentes: Colubridae). Publicacoes Avulsas do Instituto Pau Brasil de Historia Natural 08-09: 85-90.

Scartozzoni, R.R.; Salomao, M. da G.; Almeida-Santos, S.M. de 2009. Natural history of the Vine Snake Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 4(1): 81-89.

Smith, R.H.; Lopez, C.; Barão-Nóbrega, J.A.L. 2018. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vinesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(4): 759-760.

Solórzano, A.; Simms, F. 2015. Nature notes: Oxybelis fulgidus. Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(2): 201–202.

Sosa-Bartuano, A.; Rodríguez-Beitía, B. 2015. Nature notes: Oxybelis fulgidus. Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 527-528.

Strüssmann, C.; Carvalho, M.A. de 1998. New herpetological records for the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil. Herpetological Review 29(3): 183-185.

Viana, P.F.; Mendes, D.M.M.; Vogt, R.C. 2014. Natural history notes: Oxybelis fulgidus (Green Vine Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 45(3): 518-519.

Wermuth, H. 1957. Baumschlangen. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 4: 4.

Whittaker, A. 1996. Observations of a group of red necked aracaris (Pteroglossus bitorquatus) attacking a vine snake (Oxybelis fulgidus) in Rondonia, Brazil. Ornitologia Neotropical 7(1): 67-68.

Oxybelis wilsoni

Groves, J.D. 1995. Reproduction and feeding behavior of Oxybelis wilsoni, a new species of vine snake (Serpentes: Colubridae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 43(1-3): 307-309.

McCranie, J.R. 1999. Notes on the type series of Oxybelis wilsoni Villa and McCranie. Herpetological Review 30(1): 11-12.

McCranie, J.R.; Valdés-Orellana, L. 2012. Natural history notes: Oxybelis wilsoni (Yellow Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 43(4): 661.

Villa, J.D.; McCranie, J.R. 1995. Oxybelis wilsoni, a new species of vine snake from Isla de Roatan, Honduras (Serpentes: Colubridae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 43(1-3): 297-305.