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Taxonomy of the genus Xerotyphlops Biodiversity of the family Typhlopidae

Bibliography of the genus
Xerotyphlops (Desert Blind Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

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.


Xerotyphlops in general

Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. 2014. A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata). Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61.

Xerotyphlops etheridgei

Wallach, V. 2002. Typhlops etheridgei, a new species of African Blindsnake in the Typhlops vermicularis species group from Mauritania (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Hamadryad 27(1): 108-122.

Xerotyphlops luristanicus

Torki, F. 2017. A new species of blind snake, Xerotyphlops, from Iran. Herpetological Bulletin 140: 1-5.

Xerotyphlops socotranus

Hoser, R.T. 2014. Korniliostyphlops a new genus of blindsnake from the island of Socotra. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 23: 52-53.

Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Anonymous. 2014. First records of two insect orders (Embiidina et Isoptera) from Macedonia. Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 38: 41-46.

Afroosheh, M.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Ghoreishi, S.K.; Kami, H.G. 2013. Comparison of geographic variations in Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) (Ophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Iranian plateau with Turkey and Turkmenistan. Turkish Journal of Zoology 37(6): 685-692.

Afsar, M.; Cicek, K.; Dincaslan, Y.E.; Ayaz, D.; Tok, C.V. 2013. New record localities of five snake species in Turkey. Herpetozoa 25(3-4): 179-183.

Afsar, M.; Cicek, K.; Tayhan, Y.; Tok, C.V. 2016. New records of Eurasian Blind Snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820) from the Black Sea region of Turkey and its updated distribution. Biharean Biologist 10(2): 98-103.

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.; Ajtic, R.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M. & al. 2017. Xerotyphlops vermicularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T157274A747386. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157274A747386.en.

Amr, Z.S.; Al-Oran, R.M.; Al-Melhim, W.N. 1997. Aggregation behavior in two Jordanian snakes: Coluber rubriceps and Typhlops vermicularis. Herpetological Review 28(3): 130-131.

Buchholz, K.F.; Schultze-Westrum, T. 1964. Zur Kenntnis der Schlangenfauna der nördlichen Sporaden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 173: 127-136.

Dimovski, A.S. 1959. Beitrag zur Verbreitung und Lebensweise der Typhlops vermicularis Merr. in Mazedonien. Fragm. balcanica 3: 13-19.

Eser, O.; Cengiz, E.U. 2014. Research on the herpetofauna of Baskomutan Historical National Park, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Biharean Biologist 8(2): 98-101.

Grillitsch, B.; Grillitsch, H. 1993. Typhlops vermicularis - Wurmschlange oder Blödauge. pp. 15-32. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 3/I: Schlangen (Serpentes) 1 (Typhlopidae, Boidae, Colubridae 1: Colubrinae). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden. 480 pp.

Grillitsch, H.; Weish, P.; Tiedemann, F. 1999. Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 in the Dalmatian island of Dugi Otok (Croatia) (Squamata: Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 12(3-4): 161-162.

Gul, S.; Kumlutas, Y.; Ilgaz, C. 2015. Climatic preferences and distribution of 6 evolutionary lineages of Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 in Turkey using ecological niche modeling. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39(2): 235-243.

Hoofien, J.H. 1958. A record specimen of the European worm snake Typhlops vermicularis Merrem. British Journal of Herpetology 2: 132-133.

Ilani, G.; Shalmon, B. 1984. Blind snake menu. Israel - Land and Nature 10(1): 36.

Iordansky, N.N. 1997. Jaw apparatus and feeding mechanics of Typhlops (Ophidia: Typhlopidae): a reconsideration. Russian Journal of Herpetology 4(2): 120-127.

Jablonski, D.; Balej, P. 2015. Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820), in the west Bulgarian Rhodope Mountains: rediscovery after more than 100 years. Herpetozoa 27(3/4): 200-203.

Kharabadze, E. 1999. Trunk vertebra of the worm snake (Typhlops vermicularis) from Tsurtavi (south-eastern Georgia; Holocene). Bulletin of the Georgian Academy of Sciences 159(1): 153-156.

Kornilios, P. 2014. First report of piebaldism in scolecophidians: a case of Typhlops vermicularis (Squamata: Typhlopidae). Herpetology Notes 7: 401-403.

Kornilios, P. 2017. Polytomies, signal and noise: revisiting the mitochondrial phylogeny and phylogeography of the Eurasian blindsnake species complex (Typhlopidae, Squamata). Zoologica Scripta 46(6): 665–674.

Kornilios, P.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Giokas, S.; Fraguedakis-Tsolis, S.; Chondropoulos, B. 2011. The role of Anatolian refugia in herpetofaunal diversity: an mtDNA analysis of Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 (Squamata, Typhlopidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 32(3): 351-363.

Kornilios, P.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Lymberakis, P.; Moravec, J.; Sindaco, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Afroosheh, M.; Giokas, S.; Fraguedakis-Tsolis, S.; Chondropoulos, B. 2012. Neogene climatic oscillations shape the biogeography and evolutionary history of the Eurasian blindsnake. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(3): 856-873.

Kwet, A.; Schweizer, U. 2006. Die Europäische Wurmschlange, Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820, ein Nachweis von der griechischen Insel Thassos. Elaphe 14(3): 37-39.

Manteuffel, D. 1993. Bericht über Reptilienfunde in der Türkei. Salamandra 28(3-4): 223-230.

Mienis, H.K. 1982. A case of predation on Typhlops vermicularis by a blackbird in Israel (Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Salamandra 18(1-2): 116-117.

Paysant, F. 1999. Nouvelles donnees sur l'herpetofaune de Castellorizzo (sud-est de l'archipel Egeen, Grece). Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 91: 5-12.

Perry, G. 1985. Sexual dimorphism in Typhlops vermicularis (Reptilia: Ophidia). Israel Journal of Zoology 33(1-2): 11-13.

Radovanovic, M. 1960. Zur Kenntnis der Lebensweise des Typhlops vermicularis Merrem. Zoologischer Anzeiger 165: 276-279.

Richter, R. 1955. Aus dem Leben der Wurmschlangen. Natur und Volk 85: 360-363.

Rogner, M. 1995. Zur Herpetofauna der Insel Korfu. Teil 2 (Schluss): Eidechsen und Schlangen. Aquarium (Bornheim) 318: 41-43.

Schleich, H.H. 1979. Geographic distribution: Typhlops vermicularis (Vermiform Blind Snake). Iran: Tehran. Herpetological Review 10(2): 61.

Schleich, H.H. 1979. Geographic distribution: Typhlops vermicularis. Iran: Tehran. Herpetological Review 10(2): 61.

Strachinis, I.; Wilson, M. 2014. New record of Typhlops vermicularis Merrem, 1820 from Symi island, Greece. Herpetology Notes 7: 9-10.

Tsellarius, A.Y.; Cherlin, V.A.; Lukin, Y.A. 1983. [Reptile population of Eroilanduz drainless depression (Badkhyz, Turkmenia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1983(6): 63-66.

Wutschert, R. 1984. Neues über die Reptilienfauna der Insel Korfu. Salamandra 20(4): 221-228.

Yadgarov, T.Y. 1971. A contribution to the ecology and distribution of Typhlops vermicularis in the Surkhandarja basin. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 50: 598-599.