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Bibliography of the genus
Telescopus (Afro-Asian Cat Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)
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Telescopus in general
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Böhme, W.; Schmitz, G.; Messer, J. 1989. Erster Nachweis der Gattung Telescopus für die Schlangenfauna Marokkos. Salamandra 25: 73-76.
Crochet, P.A.; Rasmussen, J.B.; Wilms, T.; Geniez, P.; Trape, J.F.; Böhme, W. 2008. Systematic status and correct nomen of the western North African Cat Snake: Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with comments on the other taxa in the dhara-obtusus group. Zootaxa 1703: 25-46.
Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96.
Nilson, G.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2013. The occurence of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) in western Iran, with comments on the genus Telescopus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoology in the Middle East 59(2): 131-135.
Roman, B. 1977. Le genre Telescopus (colubrides opistoglyphes) Wagner, 1830 en Haute-Volta et dans l'ouest du Niger. Notes et Documents Voltaiques 10: 92-98.
Schmidt, D. 1989. The snakes of Transcaucasia. Part 3. Eirenis, Telescopus and Vipera. Snake Keeper 3(1): 13-18.
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Telescopus beetzii
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Baard, E.H.W. 1987. New herpetological distribution records in the western Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33(1): 29-31.
Barbour, T. 1922. A new Snake from Southwest Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 35: 229-230.
Dyer, B. 1982. Reproductive information on some snakes from the Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 27: 16-17.
Marais, J. 1981. Notes on clutch- and egg-sizes of some Squamata (Reptilia) observed in Transvaal Snake Park. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 26: 9-10.
Visser, J. 1981. Additional records and corrections for the Cape Province. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25: 6-8.
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Telescopus dhara
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Anonymous. 1987. 'Threatened' by a tropical cat snake. Israel - Land and Nature 12(4): 167.
Alshammari, A.M.; Busais, S.M.; Ibrahim, A.A. 2017. Snakes in the Province of Ha'il, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including two new records. Herpetozoa 30(1-2): 59-63.
Crochet, P.A.; Rasmussen, J.B.; Wilms, T.; Geniez, P.; Trape, J.F.; Böhme, W. 2008. Systematic status and correct nomen of the western North African Cat Snake: Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with comments on the other taxa in the dhara-obtusus group. Zootaxa 1703: 25-46.
Gardner, A.S.; Tovey, N.; Els, J. 2009. The Arabian Cat Snake (Telescopus dhara (Forskål, 1775)): a new species record for the United Arab Emirates, with notes on the species in Oman. Tribulus 18: 24-27.
Gravlund, P. 2000. Geographic distribution: Telescopus obtusus (Large-eyed Cat Snake). Tanzania: Arusha region. Herpetological Review 31(1): 58.
Haas, G.; Battersby, J.C. 1959. Amphibians and reptiles from Arabia. Copeia 1959: 196-202.
Schlüter, U. 2006. Die nordafrikanisch-arabische Katzennatter Telescopus dhara (Forsskål, 1775). Reptilia (D) 11(59): 71-75.
Villiers, A. 1950. Contribution a l'étude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Reptiles. Ophidiens et cheloniens. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 337-344.
Werner, Y.L. 1984. Behavioural triangulation of the head in three boigine snakes: possible cases of mimicry. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(4) [1983]: 205-228.
Zinner, H. 1985. On behavioral and sexual dimorphism of Telescopus dhara Forscal 1776 (Reptilia: Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 31: 5-6.
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Telescopus fallax
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Aghasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J.; Lymberakis, P.; Andrén, C.; Cogalniceanu, D.; Wilkinson, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Üzüm, N.; Orlov, N.L.; Podloucky, R.; Tuniyev, S.; Kaya, U.; Böhme, W.; Ajtic, R.; Tok, C.V. & al. 2009. Telescopus fallax. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157258A5062870. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157258A5062870.en.
Alberti, G.; Sauli, G. 1977. Il 'Telescopus fallax fallax' (Fleischmann 1831) e ancora un rettile della fauna italiana? Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste 30(1): 1-6.
Aliev, T.R. 1984. On finding cat snake (Telescopus fallax Fleischmann, 1831) in Nakhichevan ASSR. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Azerbaidzhanskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1984(1): 124.
Amaral, A. do 1927. On Tarbophis fallax cyprianus. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1(2): 58.
Baran, I.; Kumlutas, Y.; Ilgaz, C.; Iret, F. 2005. Geographical distributions and taxonomical states of Telescopus fallax (Fleischman, 1831) and Vipera barani Boehme-Joger, 1983. Turkish Journal of Zoology 29(3): 217-224.
Blackwell, K. 1955. Telescopus fallax feeding upon Anguis fragilis lizard being apparently immune to the poison. British Journal of Herpetology 1: 248-249.
Broggi, M.F. 2010. The herpetofauna of Alonissos (northern Sporades, Greece) (Amphibia, Reptilia). Herpetozoa 23(1-2): 71-78.
Broggi, M.F. 2014. The herpetofauna of Kimolos (Milos Archipelago, Greece). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 102-103.
Broggi, M.F. 2014. The herpetofauna of the isolated island of Gavdos (Greece). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 83-90.
Buchholz, K.F.; Schultze-Westrum, T. 1964. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna der nördlichen Sporaden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 173: 127-136.
Cattaneo, A. 2003. Note erpetologiche sulle isole egee di Lesvos, Chios e Samos. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 54: 95-116.
Cattaneo, A. 2009. L'ofidiofauna delle Isole Egee di Halki e Tilos (Dodecaneso) con segnalazione di un nuovo fenotipo di Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus) (Reptilia Serpentes). Naturalista Siciliano 33(1-2): 131-147.
Cattaneo, A. 2010. Note eco-morfologiche su alcune species ofidiche egee, con particolare riferimento alle popolazioni delle cicladi centro-orientali (Reptilia). Naturalista Siciliano 34(3-4): 319-350.
Dimaki, M. 2018. Geographic distribution: Telescopus fallax (Cat Snake). Herpetological Review 49(4): 719.
Dimaki, M.H. 2004. Geographic distribution: Telescopus fallax (Cat Snake). Herpetological Review 35(3): 294.
Ehrlich, K. 2010. Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) Europäische Katzennatter. Reptilia (D) 15(85): 47-50.
Esterbauer, H. 1985. Zur Ökologie der nachtaktiven Katzennatter Telescopus fallax syriacus (Boettger, 1889). Sauria (Berlin) 7(4): 23-27.
Goldberg, S.R. 2015. Natural history notes: Telescopus fallax (European Cat Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 46(1): 108-109.
Grillitsch, H.; Grillitsch, B. 1999. Telescopus fallax - Katzennatter. pp. 757-788. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/II: Schlangen (Serpentes) II (Colubridae 2: Boiginae, Natricinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. pp. 481-815.
Grillitsch, H.; Grillitsch, B. 2002. On the distribution of Telescopus fallax. Discussion of a record locality. Herpetozoa 14(3-4): 172-173.
Ilani, G.; Shalmon, B. 1984. European cat snake on Mount Hermon. Israel - Land and Nature 9(2) [1983]: 80.
Jandzik, D. 2007. Geographic distribution: Telescopus fallax syriacus (Common Cat Snake). Lebanon: Hermel. Herpetological Review 38(2): 222.
Kirchner, M. 2009. Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) found in the Aegean Island of Chios, Greece. Herpetozoa 21(3-4): 189-190.
Kock, D. 1979. Zwei Schlangen neu für Kephallinia, Ionische Inseln, Griechenland (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60(1-2): 7-11.
Kucharzewski, C. 2015. Das Porträt: Telescopus fallax fallax (Fleischmann, 1831). Sauria (Berlin) 37(3): 1-2.
Kyriazi, P.; Kornilios, P.; Nagy, Z.T.; Poulakakis, N.; Kumlutas, Y.; Ilgaz, C.; Avci, A.; Göcmen, B.; Lymberakis, P. 2013. Comparative phylogeography reveals distinct colonization patterns of Cretan snakes. Journal of Biogeography 40(6): 1143-1155.
Mawe, A.D. 2010. Iraq: the unknown frontier. Part 2. Herptile 35(4): 142-147.
Mertens, R. 1924. Herpetologische Mitteilungen. Senckenbergiana 6: 177-185.
Nilson, G.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2013. The occurence of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) in western Iran, with comments on the genus Telescopus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoology in the Middle East 59(2): 131-135.
Petrov, B.P.; Hristova, S.; Hristov, H. 2002. First record of the Cat Snake Telescopus fallax Fleischmann, 1831 (Reptilia: Serpentes) in the eastern Rhodopes Mt., Bulgaria. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica 15: 143-146.
Polovic, L.; Cadenovic, N. 2014. The herpetofauna of the Great Ulcinj Beach area including Ada Island (Montenegro). Turkish Journal of Zoology 38(1): 104-107.
Poulakakis, N.; Kapli, P.; Kardamaki, A.; Skourtanioti, E.; Göcmen, B.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Lymberakis, P. 2013. Comparative phylogeography of six herpetofauna species in Cyprus: late Miocene to Pleistocene colonization routes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(3): 619-635.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1990. The retina of Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) and Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) with a discussion of their phylogenetic significance (Colubroidea, Serpentes). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 28(4): 269-276.
Strelkov, D.G. 1981. [Some data on the reproduction of Tarbophis fallax]. pp. 127. (In Russian). In: Darevsky, I.S., Ananjeva, N.B., Barkagan, Z.S., Borkin, L.Y., Sokolova, T.M. & Shcherbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp.
Valakos, E.; Mylonas, M. 1992. Distribution and ecological aspects of the herpetofauna of Strofadhes Islands (Ionian Archipelago, Greece). Herpetozoa 5(1-2): 33-39.
Warnecke, H. 1988. Telescopus fallax (Fleischmann, 1831) auf den ozeanischen Strophaden-Inseln? (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 24(1): 16-19.
Werner, Y.L. 1984. Behavioural triangulation of the head in three boigine snakes: possible cases of mimicry. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(4) [1983]: 205-228.
Wettstein, O. von 1953. Dreizehn neue Reptilienrassen von den Ägäichsen Inseln. Anz. Ost. Akad. Wiss. 89: 251-256.
Wilson, M.J.; Grillitsch, H. 2009. The herpetofauna of Simi (Dodecanese, Greece) (Amphibia, Reptilia). Herpetozoa 22(3-4): 99-113.
Zhordaniya, R.G.; Bakradze, M.A.; Tartarashvili, R.V. 1975. New evidence on the arial distribution of the cat snake (Telescopus fallax) in the Caucasus. Soobshcheniya Akademii Nauk Gruzinskoi SSR 79(3): 717-719.
Zinner, H. 1977. The status of Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956 and the Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831 complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 207-212.
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Telescopus finkeldeyi
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Haacke, W.D. 2013. Description of a new tiger snake (Colubridae, Telescopus) from south-western Africa. Zootaxa 3737(3): 280-288.
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Telescopus gezirae
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Broadley, D.G. 1994. A collection of snakes from eastern Sudan, with the description of a new species of Telescopus Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Ophidia). Journal of African Zoology 108(2): 201-208.
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Telescopus hoogstraali
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Werner, Y.L. 1984. Behavioural triangulation of the head in three boigine snakes: possible cases of mimicry. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(4) [1983]: 205-228.
Zinner, H. 1977. The status of Telescopus hoogstraali Schmidt & Marx 1956 and the Telescopus fallax Fleischmann 1831 complex (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 207-212.
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Telescopus nigriceps
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Ahl, E. 1924. Neue Reptilien und Batrachier aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (Berlin) 90A: 246-254.
Beyhaghi, P. 2016. Geographic distribution: Telescopus nigriceps (Black-headed Cat Snake). Herpetological Review 47(1): 84.
Göcmen, B.; Nilson, G.; Yildiz, M.Z.; Arikan, H.; Yalcinkaya, D.; Akman, B. 2007. On the occurrence of the black Cat Snake, Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the southeastern Anatolia, Turkey with some taxonomical comments. North-Western Journal of Zoology 3(2): 81-95.
Ilgaz, C.; Avci, A.; Kumlutas, Y.; Baran, I.; Ozdemir, A. 2007. New locality records extended the distribution of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924), black headed Cat Snake, in southeastern Anatolia, Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 14(3): 207-210.
Ilgaz, C.; Baran, I.; Avci, A.; Kumlutas, Y. 2006. Occurrence of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) (Reptilia: Ophidia: Colubridae), the black-headed Cat Snake, in Turkey. Israel Journal of Zoology 51(3) 2005(2006): 238-239.
Martens, H. 1993. Three species of snake new for Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 9: 49-58.
Nilson, G.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2013. The occurence of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) in western Iran, with comments on the genus Telescopus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoology in the Middle East 59(2): 131-135.
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Telescopus pulcher
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Mazuch, T.; Smid, J.; Price, T.; Frydlova, P.; Awale, A.I.; Elmi, H.S.A.; Frynta, D. 2018. New records of one of the least known snakes, Telescopus pulcher (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Horn of Africa. Zootaxa 4462(4): 483–496.
Scortecci, G. 1937. Un nuova genere e una nuova specie di Colubridi Opistoglifi della Penisola dei Somali. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 59: 1-5.
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Telescopus rhinopoma
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Bogdanov, O.P.; Potopolski, V.D. 1956. [Tarbophis rhinopoma new species for the USSR fauna]. (In Russian). C. R. Acad. Sci. U.R.S.S. N.S. 109(4): 877-878.
Böhme, W. 1977. Further specimens of the rare cat snake, Telescopus rhinopoma lanford, 1874) (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 201-205.
Boulenger, G.A. 1895. An addition to the ophidian fauna of India (Tarbophis rhinopoma, Blanf.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9: 325.
Rai, M.M. 1978. Une nouvelle recolte de Telescopus rhinopoma Blanford 1874 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 56(1): 146-149.
Wall, F. 1914. A new snake from Baluchistan, Dipsadomorphus jollyi. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23: 167-168.
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Telescopus semiannulatus
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Ashe, J.; Ashe, S. 1982. Some notes on the biology of the African tiger snake Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus (Smith). Rephiberary 52: 1-2.
Balvers, M. 1982. Telescopus semiannulatus. Litteratura Serpentium 2(4): 195.
Cunningham, M. 1985. The tiger-snake and the bat. African Wild Life 39(5): 181, 183.
FitzSimons, V.; Brain, C.K. 1958. A short account of the reptiles of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park. Koedoe 1: 99-104.
Heck, L. 1954. Eine Rautenschlange (Tarbophis semiannulatus) im Tiergarten Osnabrück. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 7: 186.
Laurent, R.F. 1952. Batraciens et reptiles recemment acquis par le Musee du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 45: 198-203.
Liebenberg, A.G. 1981. Some observations and data on the breeding behaviour, including the possibility of sperm retention of a pair of African tiger snakes in captivity. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 25: 4-5.
Mertens, R. 1954. Neue Schlangenrassen aus Südwest- und Südafrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 152: 213-219.
Nicolay, H. 1991. Africa's eastern tiger snake, a vicious reputation undeserved? Tropical Fish Hobbyist 39(8): 102-105, 108.
Parker, H.W.; Moreau, R.E.; Pakenham, R.H.W. 1940. Notes on the herpetology of the East African islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 5: 309-314.
Patterson, M. 1987. Telescopus semiannulatus semiannulatus (tiger snake): reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33: 37-38.
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Telescopus tessellatus
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Nilson, G.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2013. The occurence of Telescopus nigriceps (Ahl, 1924) in western Iran, with comments on the genus Telescopus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoology in the Middle East 59(2): 131-135.
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Telescopus tripolitanus
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Crochet, P.A.; Rasmussen, J.B.; Wilms, T.; Geniez, P.; Trape, J.F.; Böhme, W. 2008. Systematic status and correct nomen of the western North African Cat Snake: Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with comments on the other taxa in the dhara-obtusus group. Zootaxa 1703: 25-46.
Domergue, C.A. 1955. Note sur un serpent nouveau: Pseudotarbophis gabesi nov. sp. Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. Tunis. 8(1-2): 119-130.
Domergue, C.A. 1956. Pseudotarbophis gabesi - Domergue 1955. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie 9-10 [1956-66]: 85-95.
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Telescopus variegatus
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Gruschwitz, M.; Lenz, S.; Böhme, W. 1991. Zur Kenntnis der Herpetofauna von Gambia (Westafrika). 2. Schlangen (Reptilia, Serpentes), herpetofaunistische Bewertung. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 13(75): 27-34.
Rasmussen, J.B.; Hughes, B. 1997. Description of some new snake species. 1. Th. Reinhardt. Vid. Sel. naturvid. og mathem. Afh. (1843) 10 Part: 233-279. Steenstrupia 22 [1996]: 13-39.
Villiers, A. 1950. Contribution a l'étude de l'Air (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Reptiles. Ophidiens et cheloniens. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire 10: 337-344.
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