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Taxonomy of the genus Simoselaps Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species]

Bibliography of the genus
Simoselaps (Australian Coral Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)

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.


Simoselaps in general

Clarke, V.L.R.; How, R.A. 1995. Body dimensions in Simoselaps and Vermicella (Elapidae): a method for determining sex in natural populations. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(1): 69-72.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1931. Herpetological notes. 3. Records of the Australian Museum 18: 267-269.

Scanlon, J.D.; Shine, R. 1988. Dentition and diet in snakes: adaptations to oophagy in the Australian elapid genus Simoselaps. Journal of Zoology (London) 216(3): 519-528.

Shine, R. 1984. Ecology of small fossorial Australian snakes of the genera Neelaps and Simoselaps (Serpentes, Elapidae). University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 10: 173-183.

Strahan, N.R.; How, R.A.; Dell, J. 1998. Reproduction and diet in four species of burrowing snakes (Simoselaps spp.) from southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(1): 57-63.

Simoselaps anomalus

Goodyear, S.E.; Pianka, E.R. 2008. Sympatric ecology of five species of fossorial snakes (Elapidae) in Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 42(2): 279-285.

Schwaner, T.D.; Miller, B. 1984. Reptiles new to the fauna of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 108(3-4): 217-218.

Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Frank-furt. a. M. Mitt. Sanckenb, Ges. 1: 76-83.

Simoselaps bertholdi

Browne-Cooper, R.; Maryan, B. 1988. Record of diurnal feeding in Vermicella bertholdi (Jan, 1859) (Seroebtes, Elapidae). Herpetofauna (Sydney) 18(2): 25.

Goodyear, S.E.; Pianka, E.R. 2008. Sympatric ecology of five species of fossorial snakes (Elapidae) in Western Australia. Journal of Herpetology 42(2): 279-285.

Haacke, W.D. 2005. Konstriktionsverhalten bei einer australischen Elapide. Ein persönliches Erlebnis. Sauria (Berlin) 27(3): 19-22.

How, R.A.; Shine, R. 1999. Ecological traits and conservation biology of five fossorial 'sand-swimming' snake species (Simoselaps: Elapidae) in south-western Australia. Journal of Zoology (London) 249(3): 269-282.

Simoselaps minimus

Worrell, E. 1960. A new elapine snake from Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 7: 132-134.