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

Bibliography of the genus
Vermicella (Bandy-bandys)

(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.


Vermicella 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.

Couper, P.J.; Covacevich, J.A.; McDonald, K.R. 1996. A bandy bandy with a difference. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 242.

Keogh, J.S.; Smith, S.A. 1996. Taxonomy and natural history of the Australian bandy-bandy snakes (Elapidae: Vermicella) with a description of two new species. Journal of Zoology (London) 240(4): 677-701.

McDowell, S.B. 1970. On the status and relationships of the Solomon Island elapid snakes. Journal of Zoology (London) 161: 145-190.

Storr, G.M. 1967. The genus Vermicella (Serpentes, Elapidae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Journal Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 50: 80-92.

Storr, G.M. 1979. Revisionary notes on the genus Vermicella (Serpentes, Elapidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 8(1): 75-79.

Vermicella annulata

Bustard, R. 1969. Defensive display behaviour in the bandy-bandy, Vermicella annulata (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetologica 25: 319-320.

Greenlees, M.J.; Webb, J.K.; Shine, R. 2005. Led by the blind: bandy-bandy snakes Vermicella annulata (Elapidae) follow Blindsnake chemical trails. Copeia 2005(1): 184-187.

Reilly, V.M. 1957. The bandy-bandy snake. North Queensland Naturalist 27(119): 4.

Shine, R. 1980. Reproduction, feeding and growth in the Australian burrowing snake Vermicella annulata. Journal of Herpetology 14(1): 71-77.

Simpson, K.N.G. 1973. Amphibians, reptiles and mammals of the Murray River region between Mildura and Renmark, Australia. Mitteilungen Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg 34: 275-279.

Swan, G.; Wilson, S. 2009. How specialised is the diet of the bandy-bandy, Vermicella annulata? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 39(2): 103-106.

Webb, J.K.; Du, W.G.; Pike, D.A.; Shine, R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and nondangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behaviour 77(6): 1471-1478.

Worrell, E. 1961. Herpetological name changes. Western Australian Naturalist 8: 18-27.

Vermicella parscauda

Derez, C.M.; Arbuckle, K.; Ruan, Z.; Xie, B.; Huang, Y.; Dibben, L.; Shi, Q.; Vonk, F.J.; Fry, B.G. 2018. A new species of bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa region, Cape York, Australia. Zootaxa 4446(1): 1–12.

Derez, C.M.; Arbuckle, K.; Ruan, Z.; Xie, B.; Huang, Y.; Dibben, L.; Shi, Q.; Vonk, F.J.; Fry, B.G. 2018. Erratum: Chantelle M. Derez, Kevin Arbuckle, Zhiqiang Ruan, Bing Xie, Yu Huang, Lauren Dibben, Qiong Shi, Freek J. Vonk & Bryan G. Fry (2018) A new species of bandy-bandy (Vermicella: Serpentes: Elapidae) from the Weipa region, Cape York, Australia. Zoota Zootaxa 4461(4): 600.

Vermicella vermiformis

McDonald, P.J.; Luck, G.W. 2014. Preliminary insights into the habitat preferences of the Centralian Bandy Bandy (Vermicella vermiformis) (Squamata: Elapidae) in Central Australia. Asian Herpetological Research 5(1): 49-53.