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Taxonomy of the genus Conophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Conophis (Road Guarders)

(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.


Conophis in general

Amaral, A. do 1923. New genera and species of snakes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 85-105.

Auth, D.L.; Mariaux, J.; Clary, J.; Chiszar, D.; Breukelen, F. van; Smith, H.M. 1998. The report of the snake genus Conophis in South America is erroneous. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 34(4): 107-112.

Cadle, J.E. 1984. Molecular systematics of Neotropical xenodontine snakes. 3. Overview of xenodontine phylogeny and the history of New World snakes. Copeia 1984(3): 641-652.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. A division of Central American snake genera, Coniophanes Hallowell in Cope, 1860 into six subgenera and Conophis Peters, 1860 into two genera (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 13: 55-60.

Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.

Smith, H.M. 1941. Notes on snakes of the genus Conophis. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31(3): 117-124.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Wellman, J. 1963. A revision of snakes of the genus Conophis (family Colubridae, from Middle America). University of Kansas Publications of the Museum of Natural History 15(6): 251-295.

Zaher, H. 1999. Hemipenial morphology of the South American xenodontine snakes, with a proposal for a monophyletic Xenodontinae and a reappraisal of colubroid hemipenes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 240: 1-168.

Conophis lineatus

Barragan Vazquez, R.; Castillo-Sanchez, I.M.; Frias-Aguilar, J.R. 2004. Geographic distribution: Conophis lineatus (Road Guarder). Herpetological Review 35(1): 82-83.

Conant, R. 1965. Miscellaneous notes and comments on toads, lizards, and snakes from Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2205: 1-38.

Dunn, E.R. 1937. New or unnamed snakes from Costa Rica. Copeia 1937: 213-215.

Flores-Villela, O.; Köhler, G.; Sunyer, J.; Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. 2013. Conophis lineatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63758A3128953. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63758A3128953.en.

Goldberg, S.R. 2004. Natural history notes: Conophis lineatus (Road Guarder). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 35(4): 399.

Gómez-Deregil, G.M.; Escalante-Pasos, J.A. 2017. Nature notes: Conophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854). Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 180-181.

Greding, E.J. 1972. Mordedura y alimentacion de la culebra centroamericana Conophis lineatus dunni Smith. Revista de Biologia Tropical 20(1): 29-30.

Henderson, R.W.; Binder, M.H. 1981. Excavating behavior in Conophis lineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetological Review 12(4): 103-104.

Hernández-Gallegos, O.; Rodriguez-Romero, F.J.; Granados-Gonzalez, G.; Mendez, F.R. 2008. Natural history notes: Conophis lineatus (Road Guarder). Diet. Herpetological Review 39(4): 467.

Mays, J.D. 2010. Natural history notes: Conophis lineatus (Road Guarder). Diet. Herpetological Review 41(4): 500.

Mittleman, M.B. 1944. Feeding habits of a Central American opisthoglyph snake. Copeia 1944: 122.

Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J. 1980. Geographic distribution: Conophis lineatus. Herpetological Review 11(4): 116.

Savage, J.M. 1949. Notes on a Central American snake, Conophis lineatus dunni Smith, with a record from Honduras. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 52(4): 483-486.

Shannon, F.A.; Smith, H.M. 1949. Herpetological results of the University of Illinois Field Expedition, Spring 1949. I. Introduction, Testudines, Serpentes. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 52(4): 494-509.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Solórzano, A.; Artavia, B.M. 2015. Nature notes: Conophis lineatus. Arboreal behavior. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(1): 119–121.

Stafford, P.J.; Henderson, R.W. 2006. Ecological traits of the colubrid snake Conophis lineatus concolor (Guarda Camino) in the Yucatan Peninsula. South American Journal of Herpetology 1(3): 210-217.

Ubeda-Olivas, M.F.; Sunyer, J. 2015. Distribution notes: Conophis lineatus (Duméril, Bibron, and Duméril, 1854). Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 548.

Wilson, L.D. 1979. New departmental records for reptiles and amphibians from Honduras. Herpetological Review 10(1): 25.

Wilson, L.D.; Myton, B.; Cruz, G. 1976. New distributional records for reptiles from Honduras. Herpetological Review 7(4): 179.

Conophis morai

López-Luna, M.A. 2007. Conophis morai. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63759A12713959. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63759A12713959.en.

Perez-Higareda, G.; Lopez-Luna, M.A.; Smith, H.M. 2002. A new species of Conophis (Reptilia: Serpentes) from Los Tuxtlas, an area of high endemism in southern Veracruz, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 27-32.

Conophis vittatus

Acevedo, M.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Aguayo, A.G. 2013. Conophis vittatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T63760A3129057. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63760A3129057.en.

Acevedo, M.; Sunyer, J.; Veselý, M.; Dwyer, Q. 2011. Geographic distribution: Conophis vittatus (Striped Road Guarder). Herpetological Review 42(4): 571.

Ahumada-Carrillo, I.T. 2013. Natural history notes: Conophis vittatus (Striped Road Guarder). Defensive behavior / death feigning. Herpetological Review 44(1): 152.

Camarillo-Rangel, J.L. 1995. Distribution records for some amphibians and reptiles from Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(4): 195-197.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Güizado-Rodríguez, M.A.; Casas-Andreu, G.; Barrios-Quiroz, G. 2006. Natural history notes: Aspidoscelis lineatissima (Twelve-lined Whiptail). Diet. Herpetological Review 37(3): 345.

Hernández-Gallegos, O.; Carmen-Cristóbal, J.M.; Malvaez-Estrada, J.R.; Rangel-Patiño, C.A.; Granados-González, G.; Ruiz-Gómez, M.L. 2014. Geographic distribution: Conophis vittatus (Striped Road Guarder). Herpetological Review 45(4): 663.

Madrid, C.; Cifuentes, P. 2012. Diet and mortality of the snake Conophis vittatus in Western Mexico. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 23(2): 34-36.

Matias Ferrer, N.; Murillo, S. 2004. Geographic distribution: Conophis vittatus (Striped Road Guarder). Herpetological Review 35(2): 190.

Ramirez Bautista, A.; Balderas Valdivia, C. 1998. Natural history notes: Conophis vittatus vittatus (Road Guarder, Guardo Camino). Clutch size. Herpetological Review 29(2): 102.

Smith, H.M.; Flores-Villela, O.; Chiszar, D. 1993. New variational extremes for Tantilla calamarina and a locality record correction for Conophis vittatus viduus (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 29(1): 1-3.

Webb, R.G. 2001. Proposed deletion of two colubrid snakes from the Mexican State of Durango herpetofauna. Herpetological Review 32(3): 159-160.

Zweifel, R.G. 1959. The provenance of reptiles and amphibians collected in western Mexico by J.J. Major. American Museum Novitates 1949: 1-9.