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Taxonomy of the genus Tricheilostoma Biodiversity of the family Leptotyphlopidae

Bibliography of the genus
Tricheilostoma (West African Forest Thread Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

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.


Tricheilostoma in general

Hedges, S.B. 2011. The type species of the threadsnake genus Tricheilostoma Jan revisited (Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae). Zootaxa 3027: 63-64.

Tricheilostoma bicolor

Branch, W.R. 1979. Dicephalism in the African worm snake Leptotyphlops bicolor. Herpetological Review 10(1): 7-8.

Broadley, D.G. 2004. A specimen of Leptotyphlops bicolor (Jan) from Ghana with a "subocular" (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with a note on the skull of this species. African Journal of Herpetology 53(1): 87-89.

Chabanaud, P. 1917. Enumeration des ophidiens non encore etudies de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux collections du Museum, avec la description des espèces et des varietes nouvelles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1916: 362-383.

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Wallach, V.; Boundy, J. 2005. Leptotyphylops [Leptotyphlops] greenwelli a new wormsnake of the L. bicolor species group from Nigeria (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(1): 39-44.

Tricheilostoma broadleyi

Wallach, V.; Hahn, D.E. 1997. Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Cote d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). African Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 103-109.

Tricheilostoma greenwelli

Boundy, J. 2014. Comments on some taxa of African leptotyphlopid snakes. Occasional Papers Museum of Natural Science Louisiana State University 84: 1-7.

Wallach, V.; Boundy, J. 2005. Leptotyphylops [Leptotyphlops] greenwelli a new wormsnake of the L. bicolor species group from Nigeria (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Annals of Carnegie Museum 74(1): 39-44.

Tricheilostoma sundewalli

Hahn, D.E.; Wallach, V. 1998. Comments on the systematics of Old World Leptotyphlops (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 23: 50-62.

Herrmann, H.W.; Herrmann, P.A.; Wallach, V. 2004. Geographic distribution: Leptotyphlops sundewalli gestri (Sundevalls Worm Snake). Herpetological Review 35(4): 411.

Petrozzi, F.; Eniang, E.A.; Nioking, A.; Akani, G.C.; Luiselli, L.M. 2014. Temporal and spatial segregation in an assemblage of Afrotropical subterranean snakes. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(3): 345-353.