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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Benin

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.


Bauer, A.M.; Tchibozo, S.; Pauwels, O.S.G.; Lenglet, G. 2006. A review of the gekkotan lizards of Benin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20.

Chabanaud, P. 1919. Enumeration des reptiles recueillis au Dahomey par M. Ch. Primol et recus au Museum en 1914. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 1919: 567-568.

Diagne, T.; Ndiaga, B.; Bodjrenou, J.D. 2014. TSA Africa pioneers chelonian conservation in Senegal and Benin. Turtle Survival 2014: 57.

Dossa, J.S.; Sinsin, B.A.; Mensah, G.A. 2007. Conflicts and social dilemmas associated with the incidental capture of Marine Turtles by artisanal fishers in Benin. Marine Turtle Newsletter 116: 10-12.

Dossa, S.J.; Diez, M.; Hornick, J.; Poncin, P.; Christian, M. 2009. Croyances, pratiques et utilisations des tortues marines en medecine traditionnelle sur la cote ouest africaine: Benin et Senegal. Cheloniens 14: 26-37.

Dossou-Bodjrenou, J.S.; Sagbo, P.; Montcho, J.; Mama, A.; Tchibozo, S.; Boko, J.M. 2006. Sea Turtle conservation program in Benin: local communities participation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 536: 43-45.

Dossou-Bodjrenou, J.S.; Tehou, A. 2002. The status of efforts to protect Atlantic Sea Turtles in Benin (West Africa). NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 477: 108-110.

Hughes, B. 2013. Snakes of Benin, West Africa. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 144: 101-159.

Loveridge, A. 1952. Mission A. Villiers au Togo et au Dahomey (1950). XII. Tortoises and Lizards. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental D'Afrique Noire (Dakar) 14(1): 229-242.

Maran, J. 2009. Nouvelles observations sur la distribution des tortues de la Republique du Benin, de la Cote d 'Ivoire et du Togo (Chelonii: Pelomedusidae, Trionychidae, Testudinidae). Cheloniens 15: 12-25.

Piquet, A.; Toudonou, C.; Konetche, L.; Sinsin, B.; Chippaux, J.P. 2012. Étude préliminaire de la faune ophidienne de la forêt classée de la Lama, Sud Bénin. Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 105(3): 166-170.

Segniagbeto, G.H.; Frétey, J.; Bowessidjaou, J.E.; Dossou-Bodjrenou, J.; Glitho, I.A.; Sagbo, P.; Ketoh, G.K.; Kpatcha, T.K. 2013. Suivi des populations de tortues marines pendant la saison 2002–2003 entre le Togo et le Bénin. Bulletin de la Societe Herpetologique de France 147: 299-308.

Trape, J.F.; Baldé, C. 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900(3): 301-338.

Ullenbruch, K.; Grell, O.; Böhme, W. 2010. Reptiles from southern Benin, West Africa, with the description of a new Hemidactylus (Gekkonidae), and a country-wide checklist. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(1): 31-54.

Villiers, A. 1951. Mission A. Villiers au Togo et au Dahomey (1950). II. Ophidiens. Etudes Dahomeennes 5: 17-43.

World Resources Institute. 2003. Biodiversity and protected - Benin. World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. 7 pp.