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

Bibliography of the genus
Elapognathus (Western Crowned Snake and Large-eyed Sedge Snake)

(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.


Elapognathus in general

Hoser, R.T. 2013. Revisiting the Australian 'White-lipped Snakes' of the genus Drysdalia Worrell, 1961, (sensu lato) including two new subgenera and two new subspecies (Serpentes: Elapidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 20: 47-51.

Shine, R. 1986. Natural history of two monotypic snake genera of southwestern Australia, Elapognathus and Rhinoplocephalus (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 20(3): 436-439.

Elapognathus coronatus

Fleay, D. 1952. The crowned or coronated snake. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 68(9): 146-150.

Johnstone, R.E.; Smith, L.A.; Klomp, N.I. 1990. Seabird islands. No. 204. Gulch Island, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia. Corella 14(4): 133-134.

Keogh, J.S.; Scott, I.A.W.; Scanlon, J.D. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of viviparous Australian elapid snakes: affinities of Echiopsis atriceps (Storr, 1980) and Drysdalia coronata (Schlegel, 1837), with description of a new genus. Journal of Zoology (London) 252(3): 317-326.

Maryan, B.; Algaba, D. 2011. A record of a Crowned Snake, Elapognathus coronatus on the Darling Range, Perth, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 28(1): 21-23.

McGovern, J. 1984. Population of Notechis coronatus (crown snake) at Poison Creek. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15(2): 49.

Pearson, D.; Shine, R.; Bonnet, X.; Williams, A.; Jennings, B.; Lourdais, O. 2001. Ecological notes on crowned snakes Elapognathus coronatus from the Archipelago of the Recherche in southwestern Australia. Australian Zoologist 31(4): 610-617.

Elapognathus minor

Browne-Cooper, R. 1999. Notes on captive care and reproduction of the short nosed snake (Elapognathus minor) Elapidae: Serpentes. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 25-31.