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Bibliography of the genus
Pseudechis (Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)
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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.
Pseudechis in general
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Bush, B. 1995. Captive reproduction in Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia, and notes on other Pseudechis species. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 30-32.
Eipper, S.C. 2000. Observations on the Black Snake genus (Pseudechis) in captivity. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 11(1): 25-31.
Hackay, R.D. 1955. A revision of the genus Pseudechis. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1953-54: 15-23.
Hoser, R.T. 2001. A current assessment of the status of the snakes of the genera Cannia and Pailsus, including descriptions of three new subspecies from the Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia. Boydii 2001 (unnumbered): 26-29, 32-60.
Hoser, R.T. 2012. The description of a new genus of West Australian snake and eight new taxa in the genera Pseudonaja Gunther, 1858, Oxyuranus Kinghorn, 1923 and Panacedechis Wells and Wellington, 1985 (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 11: 32-50.
Hoser, R.T. 2013. The description of new snake subgenera, species and subspecies from Australia (Squamata: Serpentes). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 16: 39-52.
Maddock, S.T.; Childerstone, A.; Frye, B.G.; Williams, D.J.; Barlow, A.; Wüster, W. 2017. Short Communication Multi-locus phylogeny and species delimitation of Australo-Papuan blacksnakes (Pseudechis Wagler, 1830: Elapidae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107: 48–55.
McDowell, S.B. 1970. On the status and relationships of the Solomon Island elapid snakes. Journal of Zoology (London) 161: 145-190.
Mengden, G.A.; Shine, R.; Moritz, C. 1986. Phylogenetic relationships within the Australasian venomous snakes of the genus Pseudechis. Herpetologica 42(2): 215-229.
Shine, R. 1987. Reproductive mode may determine geographic distributions in Australian venomous snakes (Pseudechis, Elapidae). Oecologia (Berlin) 71(4): 608-612.
Shine, R. 1987. The evolution of viviparity: ecological correlates of reproductive mode within a genus of Australian snakes (Pseudechis: Elapidae). Copeia 1987(3): 551-563.
Stone, C. 1998. Snake for dinner. Bird Observer 781: 11.
Thomson, D.F. 1933. Notes on Australian snakes of the genera Pseudechis and Oxyuranus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 103(4): 855-860.
Waite, E.R.; Longman, H.A. 1920. Descriptions of little-known Australian snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum 1: 173-180.
Wüster, W.; Dumbrell, A.J.; Hay, C.; Pook, C.E.; Williams, D.J.; Fry, B.G. 2005. Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1-14.
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Pseudechis australis
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Bedford, G. 1991. Two records of road kill predation by mulga snakes (Pseudechis australis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 39-40.
Bedford, G.; Comber, P.; Lea, J. 1999. Ophiophagy in a king Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis) from central Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 56.
Bush, B. 1995. Captive reproduction in Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia, and notes on other Pseudechis species. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 30-32.
Campbell, C.H. 1969. Fatal case of mulga (Pseudechis australis) snakebite. Medical J. Aust. 1: 426.
Deufel, A.; Cundall, D. 2010. Functional morphology of the palato-maxillary apparatus in 'palatine dragging' snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus). Journal of Morphology 271(1): 73-85.
Fitzgerald, M.; Pollitt, C. 1981. Oviparity and captive breeding in the mulga or king brown snake Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(2): 57-60.
Flachsenberger, W.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Digestive properties of snake venoms. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 28-31.
Fyfe, G. 1991. Captive breeding of mulga snakes (Pseudechis australis) from central Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 21(2): 36-37.
Glauert, L. 1950. Thomson's mulga snake. Western Australian Naturalist 2(7): 162-164.
Hoser, R.T. 2001. A current assessment of the status of the snakes of the genera Cannia and Pailsus, including descriptions of three new subspecies from the Northern Territory and Western Australia, Australia. Boydii 2001 (unnumbered): 26-29, 32-60.
Lloyd, R.; Trembath, D. 2010. Male combat in the mulga snakes Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae): a series of observations from northern Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(1): 16-22.
Loveridge, A. 1927. On Pseudechis australis (Gray). Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1(2): 58.
Macleay, W. 1878. Notes on a collection of snakes from Port Darwin. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 219-222.
Maryan, B. 1997. Is "king Brown Snake" an appropriate common name for Pseudechis australis?. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(2): 20-22.
Mostyn, J. 2010. Egg predation by a male mulga snake (Pseudechis australis) in captivity. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 40(2): 123-124.
Nicolson, L.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Predation by a mulga snake Pseudechis australis on a western Brown Snake Pseudonaja nuchalis. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(1): 47-48.
Oakwood, M.; Miles, G.L. 1998. Predation of a marsupial carnivore by an Olive Python (Liasis olivaceus) and a king Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 28(1): 19-21.
Orange, P. 2009. A specialised generalist? Notes on the diet and behaviour of the mulga snake Pseudechis australis (Elapidae) in the Kambalda region of Western Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(1): 7-13.
Razavi, S.; Weinstein, S.A.; Bates, D.J.; Sam, A.; White, J. 2014. The Australian mulga snake (Pseudechis australis: Elapidae): report of a large case series of bites and review of current knowledge. Toxicon 85: 17-26.
Read, J.L.; Johnston, G.R.; Morley, T.P. 2011. Predation by snakes thwarts trial reintroduction of the endangered Woma Python Aspidites ramsayi. Oryx 45(4): 505-512.
Reijden, J. van der; Nunn, P. 2009. Clutch data and a record of double clutching in mulga snakes (Pseudechis australis) from Central Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 66-68.
Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279.
Smith, L.A. 1982. Variation in Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia and description of a new species of Pseudechis. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 35-45.
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Pseudechis butleri
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Bush, B. 1985. On a common name for the snake, Pseudechis butleri with a description of a colour variant from the Eastern Goldfields. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 16(2): 43-44.
Fitzgerald, M.; Mengden, G.A. 1987. Captive breeding and oviparity in Pseudechis butleri (Serpentes: Elapidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 8(2): 165-169.
Smith, L.A. 1982. Variation in Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia and description of a new species of Pseudechis. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(1): 35-45.
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Pseudechis colletti
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Charles, N. 1984. Further notes on captive breeding of the collett's snake (Pseudechis colletti). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15(1) [1983]: 7-10.
Charles, N.; Watts, A.; Shine, R. 1983. Captive reproduction in an Australian elapid snake Pseudechis colletti. Herpetological Review 14(1): 16-18.
Cisterne, A.; Vanderduys, E.P.; Pike, D.A.; Schwarzkopf, L. 2014. Wary invaders and clever natives: sympatric house geckos show disparate responses to predator scent. Behavioral Ecology 25(3): 604-611.
Edwards, E. 1993. Pseudechis colletti. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 13(4): 113-119.
Eipper, S.C. 2002. Male combat in venomous snakes. Crocodilian 4(1): 34-35.
Kinkaid, J.F. 1996. Natural history notes: Pseudechis colletti (Collett's Blacksnake). Twinning. Herpetological Review 27(1): 26.
McFadden, M.; Bolan, T.; Kozlowski, S.; Purcell, D. 2009. Courtship behaviour in a solitary Collett's snake (Pseudechis colletti). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(1): 58-59.
Shea, G. 1995. The holotype and additional records of Pogona henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 574.
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Pseudechis guttatus
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Brazenor, C.W. 1957. An apology for snakes. Australian Museum Magazine 12: 143-144.
Charles, N.; Whitaker, P.; Shine, R. 1979. Oviparity and captive breeding in the spotted blacksnake, Pseudechis guttatus (Serpentes, Elapidae). Australian Zoologist 20(2): 361-364.
Eipper, S.C. 2002. Male combat in venomous snakes. Crocodilian 4(1): 34-35.
Portas, T.J.; Montali, R.J. 2007. Spotted black snake (Pseudechis guttatus) envenomation in a maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 38(3): 483-487.
Waite, E.R.; Longman, H.A. 1920. Descriptions of little-known Australian snakes. Records of the South Australian Museum 1: 173-180.
Williams, D. 1992. Observations on the blue-bellied black snake, Pseudechis guttatus (De Vis, 1905) (Serpentes: Elapidae). Sydney Basin Naturalist 1: 39-49.
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Pseudechis pailsi
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Hoser, R. 1998. A new snake from Queensland, Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 10(1): 5-9, 31.
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Pseudechis papuanus
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Campbell, C.H. 1967. The Papuan black snake (Pseudechis papuanus) and the effect of its bite. Papua New Guinea Medical Journal 10: 117-121.
O'Shea, M.T. 1986. Catching the elusive Papuan blacksnake (Pseudechis papuanus). Herptile 11(4): 129-133.
Wilson, S.K. 1997. New information on Pseudechis papuanus (the Papuan black snake), a medically significant addition to Australia's reptiles. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 232.
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Pseudechis porphyriacus
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Andrews, G.J. 1972. Red-bellied black snake. Wildlife in Australia 9(4): 104.
Banks, C.B. 1987. Notes on birth and early development in three species of common Victorian reptiles. Victorian Naturalist 104(6): 178-182.
Caudell, J.N.; James, B.; Lawie, P. 2000. Natural history notes: Boiga irregularis (Brown Tree Snake). Predation. Herpetological Review 31(4): 245.
Cutten, D.; Goodyear, G.; Tarrant, T.; Fitzsimons, J.; Palmer, G. 2013. Rails following snakes: predator-response behaviour, potential prey, prey-flushing or curiosity. Australian Field Ornithology 30(2): 97-102.
Daly, G. 1992. Prey items of the red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 22(2): 48-49.
Fearn, S. 2003. Natural history notes: Pseudechis porphyriacus (Red-bellied Black Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 34(3): 253-254.
Flachsenberger, W.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Digestive properties of snake venoms. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 28-31.
Fleay, D. 1937. Black snakes in combat. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1936-37: 40-42.
Fleay, D. 1951. The scarlet wrestlers of the Australian bush. Animal Kingdom 54: 84-88.
Gilbert, P.A. 1935. The black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus, Shaw). Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1934-1935: 35-37.
Hamon, B. 2000. Observations of a black snake swallowing prey. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(2): 51.
Head, M.L.; Keogh, J.S.; Doughty, P. 2002. Experimental evidence of an age-specific shift in chemical detection of predators in a lizard. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28(3): 541-554.
Heard, G.W. 2003. Notes on the use of tail displays as an anti-predator tactic of the Red-bellied Black Snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(2): 78-81.
Heatwole, H.; Johnson, C.R. 1979. Thermoregulation in the red-bellied blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Elapidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 65(1): 83-101.
Hoser, R.T. 2003. A re-assessment of the taxonomy of the Red-bellied Black Snakes (genus Pseudechis) with the description of two new subspecies. Boydii 2003 (Autumn): 15-18.
Longman, H.A. 1939. A bicephalous snake. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 11: 288.
Minton, S.A.; Minton, M.R. 1981. Toxicity of some Australian snake venoms for potential prey species of reptiles and amphibians. Toxicon 19(6): 749-755.
Ormsby, A.I. 1952. Notes on snake hibernation in New South Wales. Proceedings K. zool. Soc. N.S.W. 1950-51: 25-27.
Penman, T.; Lemckert, F.; Mahony, M. 2007. Natural history notes: Heleioporus australiacus (Giant Burrowing Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(2): 185-186.
Phillips, B.L.; Shine, R. 2004. Adapting to an invasive species: toxic Cane Toads induce morphological change in Australian snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101(49): 17150-17155.
Phillips, B.L.; Shine, R. 2006. An invasive species induces rapid adaptive change in a native predator: Cane Toads and black snakes in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 273(1593): 1545-1550.
Puschendorf, R.; Voyles, J. 2017. Natural history notes: Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled Snake) and Pseudechis porphyriacus (Red-bellied Black Snake). Predation / diet. Herpetological Review 48(1): 220-221.
Rankin, P.R. 1976. Mating of wild red bellied black snakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 8(1): 10-15.
Reilly, V.M. 1960. Three poisonous brown snakes. North Queensland Naturalist 28(125): 9-10.
Roberts, B. 1983. An observation of the red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) utilizing water as a refuge. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 14(1-2): 95.
Sass, S. 2008. A case of predation by an adult Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) on an adult Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 38(2): 78-80.
Sault, T. 1977. Snakes galore. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 94(3): 131-132.
Schembri, B.; Kavazos, C. 2004. Attempted predation of a Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) by a Centipede (Ethmostigmus rubripes). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(2): 126.
Schwaner, T.D. 1984. The identity of red-bellied black snakes of Kangaroo Island. Transactions Royal Society of South Australia 108(1-2): 137.
Schwarzkopf, L.; Shine, R. 1992. Costs of reproduction in lizards: escape tactics and susceptibility to predation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 31(1): 17-25.
Shine, R. 1978. Growth rates and sexual maturation in six species of Australian elapid snakes. Herpetologica 34(1): 73-79.
Shine, R. 1983. Radio-telemetry of free-ranging blacksnakes. Newsletter of the Australian Society of Herpetologists 23: 26.
Shine, R. 1987. Intraspecific variation in thermoregulation, movements and habitat use by Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 21(3): 165-177.
Shine, R.; Grigg, G.C.; Shine, T.G.; Harlow, P. 1981. Mating and male combat in Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus. Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 101-107.
Shine, R.; Lambeck, R. 1990. Seasonal shifts in the thermoregulatory behaviour of Australian blacksnakes, Pseudechis porphyriacus (Serpentes: Elapidae). Journal of Thermal Biology 15(3-4): 301-305.
Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279.
Sochurek, E. 1955. Über einige Schlangen aus Australien. Aquarien und Terrarien (Leipzig) 2: 53-56.
Torr, G.A. 1993. Ophiophagy in the common blacksnake Pseudechis porphyriacus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(1): 39-40.
Towerton, A.; Lemckert, F. 2001. A note on two predation events of the Giant Burrowing Frog, Heleioporus australicus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 34-36.
Traill, A. 2001. Observations of black snake feeding. Victorian Naturalist (Blackburn) 118(2): 59.
Webb, G.A. 1981. Observations on the diving ability of a red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus). Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(2): 54.
Webb, G.A. 1987. Stomach contents of some reptiles killed on roads in the Bombala area, New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 17(1-2): 7-8.
White, A.W. 2001. Eel and tadpole predation by Red-bellied Black Snakes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(2): 119-122.
Williams, K.A.W. 1967. Scrub turkey versus black snake. Queensland Naturalist 18: 73.
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Pseudechis rossignolii
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Hoser, R.T. 2000. A new species of snake from Irian Jaya (Serpentes: Elapidae). Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 20(6): 178-186.
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Pseudechis weigeli
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Wells, R.W.; Wellington, C.R. 1988. A new species of proteroglyphous snake (Ophidia: Oxyuranidae) from Australia. Australian Herpetologist 503: 1-8.
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