Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Colubridae Europe Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Zamenis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Zamenis (Western Palearctic Rat Snakes) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) 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. Zamenis in general Chen, X.; Lemmon, A.R.; Lemmon, E.M.; Pyron, R.A.; Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206-218. Helfenberger, N.; Schulz, K.D. 2013. A checklist of the extinct taxa allied to the Old World ratsnakes, with remarks on the phylogeny and radiation of Elaphe, Rhinechis and Zamenis. pp. 423-427. In: Schulz, K.D. (ed.). Old World ratsnakes: a collection of papers. Bushmaster Publications, Berg. 432 pp. Hoser, R.T. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the Colubrinae genera Zamenis and Orthriophis with the creation of two new genera (Serpentes: Colubridae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 11: 59-64. Utiger, U.; Helfenberger, N.; Schätti, B.; Schmidt, C.; Ruf, M.; Ziswiler, V. 2002. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of Old and New World ratsnakes, Elaphe auct., and related genera (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2): 105-124. Zamenis hohenackeri Afrasiab, S.R.; Mohamad, S.I. 2011. First record of the rat snake, Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873), from north-eastern Iraq with notes on other colubrid snakes. Zoology in the Middle East 54: 19-22. Akhmedov, S.B. 1989. [A new find of Elaphe hohenackeri hohenackeri in Azerbaidjan]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1989(6): 84. Baran, I. 1978. Some rare species of snakes from Turkey. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 81 [1977]: 261-265. Bischoff, W. 1993. Elaphe hohenackeri - Transkaukasische Kletternatter. pp. 317-329. 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. Bosch, H.A.J. in den; Bischoff, W.; Schmidtler, J.F. 1998. Bemerkenswerter Reptilienfunde im Libanon. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 20(117): 19-32. Bussmann, M.; Kostyra, S. 1996. Erganzende Mitteilungen zur Herpetofauna des Koycegiz-Beckens (Prov. Mugla, Türkei) mit Hinweis auf ein neues Vorkommen von Elaphe hohenackeri. Salamandra 32(1): 59-62. Hingley, K.J. 1987. Snakes of the genus Elaphe. Their care and breeding in captivity. Part 3. Snake Keeper 1(3): 6-10. Hofmann, S.; Mebert, K.; Schulz, K.D.; Helfenberger, N.; Göçmen, B.; Böhme, W. 2018. A new subspecies of Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) (Serpentes: Colubridae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 4471(1): 137–153. Hoofien, J.H. 1973. Contributions to the herpetofauna of Mount Hermon. 4. Elaphe hohenackeri (Ophidia: Colubridae). Israel Journal of Zoology 22(2-4): 67-73. Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Werner, Y.L.; Sterijovski, B.; Nilson, G.; Tuniyev, B.; Akarsu, F. 2009. Zamenis hohenackeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157251A5060528. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157251A5060528.en. Jandzik, D.; Avci, A.; Gvozdik, V. 2013. Incongruence between taxonomy and genetics: three divergent lineages within two subspecies of the rare Transcaucasian rat snake (Zamenis hohenackeri). Amphibia-Reptilia 34(4): 579-584. Nilson, G.; Andrén, C. 1984. A taxonomic account of the Iranian ratsnakes of the Elaphe longissima species-group. Amphibia-Reptilia 5(2): 157-171. Schätti, B.; Baran, I. 1988. Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Elaphe hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873) und Vipera xanthina (Gray, 1849) in Süd-Anatolien (Serpentes: Colubridae, Viperidae). Salamandra 24(4): 306-309. Schreiber, R. 2015. Haltung und Zucht der Transkaukasischen Kletternatter Zamenis hohenackeri (Strauch, 1873), sowie einige Anmerkungen zur Unterart Z. hohenackeri taurica (Werner, 1898). Sauria (Berlin) 37(3): 29-34. Sikmashvili, N.M. 1975. [A study of the batracho and herpetofauna of the Little Caucasus (Meskhet-Dzhabakheti).] (In Russian). Vestnik Gosudarstvennogo Muzeya Gruzii (A) 28: 368-402. Zamenis lineatus Balli, A. 1944. Sulla presenza di Coluber longissimus var. lineata in provincia di Parma. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 33(2): 77-95. Capula, M.; Luiselli, L.; Valenti, S.; Ceccarelli, A.; Rugiero, L.; Aloise, G. 2006. Are endemic snakes with a narrow distribution more specialist than their wide-ranging counterparts? Evidence from the prey composition and morphometric correlates of the diet in Zamenis lineatus, a rat snake endemic to southern Italy. Amphibia-Reptilia 27(4): 531-537. Capula, M.; Luiselli, L.M. 2013. Natural history, morphology and ecology of the Italian Aesculapian snake, Zamenis lineatus. pp. 291-304. In: Schulz, K.D. (ed.). Old World ratsnakes: a collection of papers. Bushmaster Publications, Berg. 432 pp. Corsetti, L.; Romano, A. 2008. On the occurrence of the Italian aesculapian snake, Zamenis lineatus (Camerano, 1891), in Latium (central Italy). Acta Herpetologica 3(2): 179-183. Corti, C.; Sindaco, R.; Romano, A. 2009. Zamenis lineatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61595A12505636. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61595A12505636.en. Esposito, C.; Romano, A. 2011. 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