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Bibliography of the genus
Thelotornis (African Vine Snakes)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)
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Thelotornis in general
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Broadley, D.G. 1957. Fatalities from bites of Dispholidus and Thelotornis and a personal case history. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 1: 5.
Broadley, D.G. 1979. Problems presented by geographical variation in the African vine snakes, genus Thelotornis. South African Journal of Zoology 14(3): 125-131.
Broadley, D.G. 2001. A review of the genus Thelotornis A. Smith in eastern Africa, with the description of a new species from the Usambara Mountains (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispholidini). African Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 53-70.
Broadley, D.G.; Wallach, V. 2002. Review of the Dispholidini, with the description of a new genus and species from Tanzania (Serpentes, Colubridae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Zoology Series 68(2): 57-74.
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1989. The vine snakes. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 29: 9-10.
Derleyn, P.P. 1978. Notes sur les serpents du Burundi (2me partie). Les genres Geodipsas et Thelotornis. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 92(1): 208-218.
Eimermacher, T.G. 2012. Phylogenetic systematics of Dispholidine colubrids (Serpentes: Colubridae). Ph.D. thesis (unpubl.), University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA. 109 pp.
Henderson, R.W.; Binder, M.H. 1980. The ecology and behaviour of vine snakes (Ahaetulla, Oxybelis, Thelotornis, Uromacer): a review. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 37: 1-38.
Loveridge, A. 1944. Further revisions of African snake genera. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 95: 121-247.
Rasmussen, J.B. 1997. Tanzanian records for vine snakes of the genus Thelotornis, with special reference to the Udzungwa Mountains. African Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 137-142.
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Thelotornis capensis
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Atkinson, P.M.; Bradlow, B.A.; White, J.A.M.; Greig, H.B.W.; Gaillard, M.C. 1980. Clinical features of twig snake (Thelotornis capensis) envenomation. South African Medical Journal 58(25): 1007-1010.
Bouillon, A. 1965. Serpentes danger! Zooleo 2: 1-76.
Bourgeois, M. 1964. Les reptiles de la Kasapa (Elisábethville). Publ. Univ. Elisábethville 7: 65-89.
Broadley, D.G. 1957. Snakes of Southern Rhodesia. 4. The southeastern vine or twig snake (Thelotornis kirtlandii capensis). African Wild Life 11: 297-300.
Dyer, B. 1979. Some reptile breeding records. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 20(1): 6.
Finkeldey, H. 1969. Bemerkenswerte Verletzung bei einer grauen Baumnatter (Thelotornis kirtlandii capensis). Salamandra 5: 144-146.
Fitzsimons, D.C.; Smith, H.M. 1958. Another rear-fanged South African snake lethal to humans. Herpetologica 14: 198-202.
Foley, S.C. 1998. Notes on the captive maintenance and reproduction of Oates' twig snake (Thelotornis capensis oatesii). Herpetological Review 29(3): 160-161.
Haagner, G.V. 1987. Thelotornis capensis capensis (southern vine snake): reproduction. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 33: 35.
Haagner, G.V. 1990. Thelotornis capensis capensis. Southern vine snake combat. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 37: 47.
Mertens, R. 1965. Eine eigenartige Körperhaltung mancher Nattern. Salamandra 1: 53-56.
Reissig, J. 2013. Natural history notes: Thelotornis capensis capensis (A. Smith, 1849). Diet/Activity. African Herp News 59: 37-39.
Shine, R.; Harlow, P.S.; Branch, W.R.; Webb, J.K. 1996. Life of the lowest branch: sexual dimorphism, diet and reproductive biology of an African twig snake, Thelotornis capensis (Serpentes, Colubridae). Copeia 1996(2): 290-299.
Spawls, S.; Graff, J. de 1989. New snake records for Botswana, southern Africa. Herpetological Review 20(1): 14-15.
Wahlgren, R. 2006. Oates' Vine Snake, Thelotornis capensis oatesii, described by Albert Günther in 1881. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 6(1): 4-5.
Wahlgren, R. 2006. About the cover: Oate's vine snake, Thelotornis capensis oatesii, described by Albert Günther in 1881. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 6(1): 4-5.
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Thelotornis kirtlandii
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Anonymous. 1958. Distribution of the races of Thelotornis kirtlandii. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 2(1): 2-3.
Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.; Angelici, F.M. 2002. Diet of Thelotornis kirtlandii (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispholidini) from southern Nigeria. Herpetological Journal 12(4): 179-182.
Anderson, B. 2000. Thelotornis kirtlandi. Forest Vine Snake. African Herp News 31: 18.
Auliya, M.; Wagner, P.; Böhme, W. 2012. The herpetofauna of the Bijagos archipelago, Guinea-Bissau (West Africa) and a first country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 61(2): 255-281.
Beiran, D.; Currie, G. 1967. Snake bite due to Thelotornis kirtlandii (vine snake, bird snake or twig snake). Cent. Afr. J. Med. 16: 137-139.
Blaylock, R.S. 1960. A bite from a vine snake in Bulawayo. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Rhodesia 12: 8-9.
Bouillon, A. 1965. Serpentes danger! Zooleo 2: 1-76.
Campbell, S. 1977. Sharp-eyed snakes. Zoonooz 50(2): 4-6.
Capocaccia, L. 1961. Contributo allo studio deiserpenti delle isole del Golfo di Guinea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 72: 285-309.
FitzSimons, D.C.; Smith, H.M. 1958. Another rear-fanged South African snake lethal to humans. Herpetologica 14(4): 198-202.
Goodman, J.D.; Goodman, J.M. 1976. Possible mimetic behaviour of the twig snake, Thelotornis kirtlandi kirtlandi (Hallowell). Herpetologica 32(2): 148-150.
Meier, J. 1981. The fangs of Dispholidus typus Smith and Thelotornis kirtlandii Smith (Serpentes: Colubridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 88(4): 897-902.
Mertens, R. 1965. Eine eigenartige Körperhaltung mancher Nattern. Salamandra 1: 53-56.
Nagtegaal, J.A. 1955. Thelotornis kirtlandi. Lacerta 14: 4-5.
Nagy, Z.T.; Dekoninck, W.; Block, F. de; Yeo, K.; Silue, K.S.; Delsinne, T. 2017. Oviposition of the snake Thelotornis kirtlandii in a parabiotic ant nest. Salamandra 53(1): 167-170.
Owen, J.S. 1956. Torit snakes. Sudan Notes 37: 92-93.
Parker, R.H. 1963. Chameleon versus boomslang. Natal Wild Life 4(1): 2-3.
Rahm, U. 1953. Einige Schlangen des westafrikanischen Urwaldes. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 6: 292-294.
Riquier, M.; Böhme, W. 1996. Bemerkungen zu Verbreitung und geographischer Variation sowie zu Freileben und Haltung der Lianennatter, Thelotornis kirtlandii (Hallowell, 1844). Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 18(100): 27-34.
Schaefer, N. 1975. Fang replacements in the snakes Dispholidus typus and Thelotornis kirtlandii. Herpetologica 31(1): 102-104.
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Thelotornis mossambicanus
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Bennefield, B.L. 1982. Combat and mating in the vine snake Thelotornis capensis mossambicana. Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 28: 13-14.
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Thelotornis usambaricus
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Broadley, D.G. 2001. A review of the genus Thelotornis A. Smith in eastern Africa, with the description of a new species from the Usambara Mountains (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dispholidini). African Journal of Herpetology 50(2): 53-70.
Broadley, D.G.; Farooq, H.O.M. 2013. Geographical distribution: Thelotornis usambaricus (Broadley, 2001). Mozambique. African Herp News 59: 48-50
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