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Taxonomy of the genus Amastridium Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Amastridium (Rusty-headed 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.


Amastridium in general

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 2. Central American xenodontines. Herpetologica 40(1): 21-30.

Dunn, E.R. 1924. Amastridium, a neglected genus of snakes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 65: 1-3.

Smith, H.M. 1971. The snake genus Amastridium in Oaxaca, Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 31: 254-255.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Wilson, L.D. 1988. Amastridium, A. veliferum. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 449: 1-3.

Wilson, L.D.; Meyer, J.R. 1969. A review of the colubrid snake genus Amastridium. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 68: 146-160.

Amastridium sapperi

Calzada-Arciniega, R.A.; Toscano-Flores, C. 2014. First records for the states of San Luis Potosí and Querétaro, Mexico of Rusty-headed Snake Amastridium veliferum (Serpentes: Colubridae). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 50: 42-43.

Hansen, R.W.; Vermilya, D.W. 2015. Geographic distribution: Amastridium sapperi. Herpetological Review 46(4): 571.

Lara-Tufiño, J.D.; Hernández-Austria, R.; Wilson, L.D.; Berriozabal-Islas, C.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2014. New state record for the snake Amastridium sapperi (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from Hidalgo, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85(2): 654-657.

Werner, F. 1903. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Guatemala und China in der zoologischen Staats-Sammlung in München, nebst einem Anhang über seltene Formen aus anderen Gebieten. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 22(2): 343-384.

Amastridium veliferum

Blaney, R.M.; Blaney, P.K. 1978. Additional specimens of Amastridium veliferum Cope (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 23(4): 692.

Dunn, E.R. 1931. Some Central American snake genera. Copeia 1931: 163.

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V.; Rueda-Martinez, J.N. 2004. Primer registro de una serpiente del genero Amastridium Cope, (Serpentes: Colubridae), para Sudamerica. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas y Naturales 28(107): 291-293.

Wilson, L.D. 1971. Additional specimens of the colubrid snake Amastridium veliferum Cope from Costa Rica, with comments on a pseudohermaphrodite. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70: 53-54.