Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Viperidae North America Taxonomy of the genus Sistrurus Biodiversity of the family Viperidae Bibliography of the genus Sistrurus (Pygmy Rattlesnakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae) 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. Sistrurus in general Adler, K.K. 1960. On a brood of Sistrurus from northern Indiana. Herpetologica 16: 38. Aldridge, R.D.; Duvall, D. 2002. Evolution of the mating season in the pitvipers of North America. Herpetological Monographs 16: 1-25. Armstrong, B.L.; Murphy, J.B. 1979. The natural history of Mexican rattlesnakes. University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 5: 1-88. Beaupre, S.J.; Duvall, D.J. 1998. Integrative biology of rattlesnakes. Contributions to biology and evolution. Bioscience 48(7): 531-538. Blair, C.; Sanchez-Ramirez, S. 2016. Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout western Mexico: evolutionary biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97: 145-154. Bushar, L.M.; Maliga, M.; Reinert, H.K. 2001. Cross-species amplification of Crotalus horridus microsatellites and their application in phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Herpetology 35(3): 532-537. Caras, R.A. 1978. Dangerous to man: the definitive story of wildlife's reputed dangers. Barrie & Jenkins, London. 327 pp. Dobie, J.F. 1982. Rattlesnakes. University of Texas Press, Austin. 207 pp. Dowling, H.G. 1959. Rattles and hisses and rasping scales. Animal Kingdom 62: 140-142. Dreslik, M.J.; Hayes, W.K.; Beaupre, S.J.; Mackessy, S.P. 2017. The Biology of Rattlesnakes II. Ecouniverse Herpetological Publishing. 264 pp. Ethan, E. 1995. Rattlesnakes. Gareth Stevens Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 24 pp. Garman, S. 1888. The rattle of the rattlesnake. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 13: 259-268. Garman, S. 1889. On the evolution of the rattlesnake. Proceedings Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 24: 170-182. Garman, S. 1892. The reptilian rattle. Science 20: 16-17. Gloyd, H.K. 1940. The rattlesnakes, genera Sistrurus and Crotalus. A study in zoogeography and evolution. Chicago Acad. Sci. Spec. Publ. no. 4. 266 pp. Hahn, D.E. 1959. Sistrurus in Lucas County. Ohio Herpetological Society Trimonthly Report 2(1): Unpaginated. Harris, H.S.; Simmons, R.S. 1978. A preliminary account of the rattlesnakes with the descriptions of four new subspecies. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 14(3): 105-211. Hayes, W.K.; Beaman, K.R.; Cardwell, M.D.; Bush, S.P. 2008. The biology of rattlesnakes. Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California. 606 pp. Hoser, R.T. 2012. A reclassification of the rattlesnakes; species formerly exclusively referred to the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus and a division of the elapid genus Micrurus. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 11: 2-24. Hubbs, B.; O'Connor, B. 2009. A guide to the rattlesnakes of the United States. Tricolor Books, Tempe. 89 pp. Kardong, K.V.; Smith, T.L. 2002. Proximate factors involved in rattlesnake predatory behavior: a review. pp. 253-266. In: Schuett, G.W.; Höggren, M.; Douglas, M.E.; Greene, H.W. (eds.). Biology of the vipers. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain. 580 pp. Kemnitzer, J.W. 2006. Rattlesnake Adventures - Hunting with the Oldtimers. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 224 pp. Kemnitzer, J.W. 2011. Rattlesnake Adventures: North, South, East and West. Serpent's Tale, Lanesboro, Minnesota. 184 pp. Klauber, L.M. 1952. Taxonomic studies of the rattlesnakes of mainland Mexico. Bulletin of the Zoological Society of San Diego 26: 1-143. Klauber, L.M. 1956. Rattlesnakes. Their habits, life histories and influence on Mankind. Vol. 1-2. Univ. Calif. Press, Berkeley & Los Angeles. Unpaginated. Klauber, L.M. 1971. Classification, distribution, and biology of the venomous snakes of northern Mexico, the United States, and Canada: Crotalus and Sistrurus. pp. 115-156. In: Bücherl, W. & Buckley, E.E. (eds.): Venomous animals and their venoms. Vol. 2. Venomous vertebrates (snakes, saurians, batrachians, fishes). Academic Press, New York. 687 pp. Klauber, L.M. 1972. Rattlesnakes: their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind (2nd rev. ed.). Vol. 1-2. UCLA Press, Los Angeles. 1533 pp. Klauber, L.M. 1982. Rattlesnakes: their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind. Abridged ed. UCLA Press, Los Angeles. Klauber, L.M. 1984. Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Abridged 2nd ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 372 pp. Klauber, L.M. 1997. Rattlesnakes: their habits, life histories and influence on mankind. Vol. 2. 2nd ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London. pp. 741-1533. Klauber, L.M. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Vol. 1-2. (Reprint of 2nd ed.). University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 1533 pp. Kubatko, L.S.; Gibbs, H.L.; Bloomquist, E.W. 2011. Inferring species-level phylogenies and taxonomic distinctiveness using multilocus data in Sistrurus rattlesnakes. Systematic Biology 60(4): 393-409. Mattison, C. 1996. Rattler! A natural history of rattlesnakes. Blandford, London. 144 pp. McDonald, M.A. 1996. Rattlesnakes. Capstone Press, Minneapolis. 48 pp. Meik, J.M.; Pires-da Silva, A. 2009. Evolutionary morphology of the rattlesnake style. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9(35): 1-9. Mertens, R. 1942. Die Bedeutung des Rasselns der Klapperschlangen. Natur und Volk 72(7-8): 156-163. Moon, B.R. 2001. Muscle physiology and the evolution of the rattling system in rattlesnakes. Journal of Herpetology 35(3): 497-500. Munro, D.F. 1947. Effect of a bite by Sistrurus on Crotalus. Herpetologica 4(2): 57. Murphy, J.B. 2017. Rattlesnakes and zoos. Herpetological Review 48(4): 887-898. Murphy, R.W.; Fu, J.; Lathrop, A.; Feltham, J.V.; Kovac, V. 2002. Phylogeny of the rattlesnakes (Crotalus and Sistrurus) inferred from sequences of five mitochondrial DNA genes. pp. 69-92. In: Schuett, G.W.; Höggren, M.; Douglas, M.E.; Greene, H.W. (eds.). Biology of the vipers. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain. 580 pp. Peterson, K.H. 2011. Snake cloacal gland secretions, tail moving behavior, the predator attraction hypothesis, and their proposed role in the evolution of the rattle in rattlesnakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 46(3): 25-29. Place, A.J.; Abramson, C.I. 2004. A quantitative analysis of the ancestral area of rattlesnakes. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 152-156. Place, A.J.; Abramson, C.I.; Ramirez, V. 2005. The rattlebox: An apparatus for studying learning in rattlesnakes. Herpetological Review 36(4): 425-427. Quelch, J.J. 1891. The rattlesnake - the growth of the rattle. Timehri 2(5): 1-11. Rannala, B.; Yang, Z. 2017. Efficient Bayesian species tree inference under the multispecies coalescent. Systematic Biology 66(5): 823-842 Roberts, A.R.; Quarters, J. 1947. Sistrurus in Michigan. Herpetologica 4(1): 6. Rubio, M. 1998. Rattlesnake: portrait of a predator. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington & London. 240 pp. Rubio, M. 2010. Rattlesnakes of the United States & Canada. ECO Herpetological Publishing, Rodeo, New Mexico. 307 pp. Scheidt, V. 1990. Small rattlesnakes. Vivarium (Lakeside) 2(4): 15-18. Spinner, L. 2017. Die Klapperschlangen der USA in Natur und Terrarium. Reptilia (D) 22(124): 18-33. Stille, B. 1987. Dorsal scale microdermatoglyphics and rattlesnake (Crotalus and Sistrurus) phylogeny (Reptilia: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Herpetologica 43(1): 98-104. Tiebout, H.M. 1997. Caudal luring by a temperate colubrid snake, Elaphe obsoleta, and its implications for the evolution of the rattle among rattlesnakes. Journal of Herpetology 31(2): 290-292. Wheeler, D.C. 2001. Tales from the Golden Age of Rattlesnake Hunting. E.C.O., Seymour Lansing. 169 pp. Wittner, D. 1978. A discussion of venomous snakes of North America. Distribution and occurrence of North American snakes of the genera Crotalus, Sistrurus, and Agkistrodon. Herp 14(1): 12-17. Wooten, J.A.; Gibbs, H.L. 2012. Niche divergence and lineage diversification among closely related Sistrurus rattlesnakes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25(2): 317-328. Sistrurus catenatus Anonymous. 1978. Pennsylvania protects the eastern massasauga, Sistrurus catenatus catenatus. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 26: 39. 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