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Taxonomy of the genus Rhinophis Biodiversity of the family Uropeltidae

Bibliography of the genus
Rhinophis (Sharp-nosed Shieldtails)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae)

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.


Rhinophis in general

Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 413-429.

Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.

Rhinophis dorsimaculatus

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1941. A new fossorial snake (Rhinophis dorsimaculatus) from Ceylon. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 42(4): 800-802.

Gower, D.J.; Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2016. Recharacterization of Rhinophis dorsimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1941 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), including description of new material. Zootaxa 4158(2): 203-212.

Rhinophis erangaviraji

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Vidanapathirana, D.R.; Wickramasinghe, N.; Ranwella, P.N. 2009. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Rakwana massif, Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2044: 1-22.

Rhinophis fergusonianus

Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Description of a new earth-snake from Travancore (Rhinophis fergusonianus). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 10: 236.

Rhinophis goweri

Aengals, R.; Ganesh, S.R. 2013. Rhinophis goweri - a new species of shieldtail snake from the southern Eastern Ghats, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(1): 61-65.

Ganesh, S.R.; Arumugam, M. 2016. Species richness of montane herpetofauna of southern Eastern Ghats, India: a historical resume and a descriptive checklist. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(1): 7-24.

Rhinophis homolepis

Baumeister, L. 1910. Über ein Ei von Rhinophis trevelyanus. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere) (Jena) 28: 603-610.

Rhinophis lineatus

Gower, D.J.; Maduwage, K. 2011. Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2881: 51-68.

Rhinophis melanogaster

Silva, A. de; Goonewardene, S.; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Drake, J.; Silva, P. de 2005. Notes on the snakes inhabiting the Knuckles Massif with special reference to Uropeltis melanogaster (Gray, 1858) and Uropeltis phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929). Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 149-159.

Rhinophis oxyrynchus

Priyadashana, T.S.; Jayasooriya, A.; Wijewardana, I.H. 2016. Natural history notes: Cylindrophis maculata (Pipesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(1): 145-146.

Rhinophis philippinus

Douglas, D.A.; Gower, D.J. 2010. Snake mitochondrial genomes: phylogenetic relationships and implications of extended taxon sampling for interpretations of mitogenomic evolution. BMC Genomics 11(14): 1-16.

Rhinophis phillipsi

Nicholls, L. 1929. A new species of earth snake of the genus Silybura. Ceylon Journal of Science (B) 15(2): 153-155.

Silva, A. de; Goonewardene, S.; Bauer, A.M.; Austin, C.C.; Drake, J.; Silva, P. de 2005. Notes on the snakes inhabiting the Knuckles Massif with special reference to Uropeltis melanogaster (Gray, 1858) and Uropeltis phillipsi (Nicholls, 1929). Lyriocephalus 6(1-2): 149-159.

Rhinophis porrectus

Gower, D.J.; Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2016. Recharacterization of Rhinophis dorsimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1941 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), including description of new material. Zootaxa 4158(2): 203-212.

Rhinophis roshanpererai

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M.; Vidanapathirana, D.R.; Rajeev, M.D.G.; Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4263(1): 153–164.

Rhinophis saffragamus

Günther, A. 1868. Sixth account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 413-429.

Rhinophis travancoricus

Mahendra, B.C. 1938. The taxonomic description of Rhinophis travancoricus. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 40: 388-390.

Rhinophis tricoloratus

Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1975. A new fossorial snake of the genus Rhinophis Hemprich. Spolia Zeylanica 33(1-2): 535-536.

Rhinophis zigzag

Gower, D.J.; Maduwage, K. 2011. Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 2881: 51-68.