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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Myanmar (=Burma)

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.


Anderson, J. 1889. Report on the mammals, reptiles an batrachians, chiefly from the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the trustees of the Indian Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) (London) 21: 331-350.

Annandale, N. 1912. Notes on the distribution of some Indian and Burmese lizards. Records of the Indian Museum 7(1): 90-91.

Annandale, N. 1918. Chelonia and Batrachia of the Inle Lake. Calcutta Rec. Ind. Mus. 14: 67-69.

Aye, M.M. 1990. Venomous snakes of medical importance in Burma. pp. 211-242. In: Gopalakrishnakone, P. & Chou, L.M. (eds.). Snakes of medical importance (Asia-Pacific region). Venom and Toxin Group, National University of Singapore & International Society on Toxinology. 676 pp.

Barton, C.G. 1929. The occurrence of the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 33: 450-451.

Bhupathy, S.; Choudhury, B.C.; Hanfee, F.; Kalyar; Khan, S.M.M.H.; Platt, S.G.; Rashid, S.M.A. 2000. Turtle trade in south Asia: regional summary (Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar). Chelonian Research Monographs 2: 101-105.

Blanford, W.T. 1901. The distribution of vertebrate animals in India, Ceylon, and Burma. Phil. Trans. 194: 335-436.

Blower, J. 1985. Conservation priorities in Burma. Oryx 19(2): 79-85.

Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Tenasserim by M. L. Fea, of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova 5: 474-486.

Boulenger, G.A. 1887. An account of the scincoid lizards collected in Burma, for the Genoa Civic Museum, by Messrs. G. B. Comotto & L. Fea. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 4: 618-624.

Boulenger, G.A. 1888. An account of the Reptilia obtained in Burma, north of Tenasserim, by M. L. Fea, of the Genoa Civic Museum. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 6: 593-604.

Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Concluding report on the reptiles and batrachians obtained in Burma by Signor L. Fea, dealing with the collection made in Pegu and the Karin Hills in 1887-88. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 13: 305-347.

Cox, M.J.; Hoover, M.F.; Chanhome, L.; Thirakhupt, K.; Pongcharoen, C. 2018. A Field Guide to the Venomous Snakes of Mainland ASEAN Nations. Parbpim Limited Partnership, Nonthaburi. 83 pp.

Das, I. 2012. A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia - Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. John Beaufoy Books, Oxford. 176 pp.

Dowling, H.G.; Jenner, J.V. 1988. Snakes of Burma. Checklist of reported species and bibliography. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 76: 1-19.

Evans, G.H. 1904. Notes on Burmese reptiles. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 169-171.

Fea, L. 1897. Viaggio in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXVI. Riassunto generale dei risultati zoologici. Annali del Museo Civico de Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 2) 17: 385-661.

Frazier, J.G.; Das, I. 1994. Some notable records of Testudines from the Indian and Burmese subregions. Hamadryad 19: 47-66.

Hallermann, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Tillack, F. 2002. Leonardo Fea's historical collection of amphibia and reptilia from Burma deposited at the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 99: 139-153.

Hundley, H.G. 1964. Check list of reptiles of Burma. Burmese Forestry Department internal document (mimeograph). 28 pp.

Hundley, H.G. 1965?. Check list of reptiles of Burma. Supplement 1. Burmese Forestry Department internal document (mimeograph). 7 pp.

Kuchling, G. 1995. Turtles at a market in western Yunnan: possible range extensions for some southern Asiatic chelonians in China and Myanmar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1(3): 223-226.

Kuchling, G.; Win, K.K.; Tint, L.; Sein, A.M.; Myo Myo Khin; Thin, T.K.; Win Win Mar; Thin, T.K. 2004. The softshell turtles and their exploitation at the upper Chindwin River, Myanmar: range extensions for Amyda cartilaginea, Chitra vandijki, and Nilssonia formosa. Salamandra 40(3-4): 281-296.

Leviton, A.E.; Wogan, G.O.U.; Koo, M.S.; Zug, G.R.; Lucas, R.S.; Vindum, J.V. 2003. The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar: Illustrated checklist with keys. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54(22-27): 407-462.

Leviton, A.E.; Zug, G.R.; Vindum, J.V.; Wogan, G.O.U. 2008. Handbook to the dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 121 pp. (revised and updated adaption of earlier work: Leviton & al. 2003. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54(22-27): 407-462).

Mahendra, B.C. 1984. Handbook of the snakes of India, Ceylon, Burma, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Annals of Zoology (Agra) 22(B): 1-412.

McMahan, C.D.; Zug, G.R. 2007. Burmese Hemidactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae): geographic variation in the morphology of Hemidactylus bowringii in Myanmar and Yunnan, China. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(23-30): 485-509.

Mulcahy, D.G.; Lee, J.L.; Miller, A.H.; Chand, M.; Thura, M.K.; Zug, G.R. 2018. Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data. ZooKeys 757: 85–152.

Oo Sai Sein Lin; Bates, P.J.J. 2016. The rediscovery of the Common Water Monitor Lizard Varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) in northern Myanmar. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(5): 8827-8828.

Platt, K.; Platt, S.G.; Soe, M.M.; Win, K.K.; Myo, K.M.; Kyaw, M. 2013. TSA and WSC join forces to save Myanmar's imperiled turtles. Turtle Survival Alliance 2013: 39-42.

Platt, S.G.; Kalyar; Rainwater, T.R. 2004. Inle Lake turtles, Myanmar with notes on Intha and Pa-O ethnoherpetology. Hamadryad 29(1): 5-14.

Platt, S.G.; Kalyar; Win, K.K. 2000. Exploitation and conservation status of tortoises and freshwater turtles in Myanmar. Chelonian Research Monographs 2: 95-100.

Platt, S.G.; Kalyar; Win, K.K.; Myo Myo Khin; Khaing, L.L.; Rainwater, T.R. 2007. Notes on the occurrence, natural history and conservation status of turtles in central Rakhine (Arakan) State, Myanmar. Hamadryad 31(2): 202-211.

Platt, S.G.; Khaing, S.T.; Win, K.K.; Kalyar 2001. 19. Distributional notes on the turtles of western Myanmar. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 98(1): 117-120.

Platt, S.G.; Khaing, S.T.; Win, K.K.; Kalyar 2001. A tortoise survey of Shwe Settaw Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar, with notes on the ecology of Geochelone platynota and Indotestudo elongata. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 172-177.

Platt, S.G.; Lwin, T.; Win, N.; Aung, H.L.; Platt, K.; Rainwater, T.R. 2017. An interview-based survey to determine the conservation status ot Softshell Turtles (Reptilia: Trionychidae) in the Irrawaddy Dolphin Protected Area, Myanmar. Journal of Threatened Taxa 9(12): 10998–11008.

Platt, S.G.; Platt, K.; Me Me Soe; Khin Myo Myo; Holmes, K.E.; Rainwater, T.R. 2015. Marine turtles and estuarine crocodiles in Lampi Marind National Park, Myanmar: a conservation and threat assessment with recommendations. Herpetological Review 46(3): 319-327.

Platt, S.G.; Platt, K.; Myo, K.M.; Moe, K.; Soe, M.M.; Naing, T.Z.; Lin, N.; Rainwater, T.R. 2013. Noteworthy records of chelonians from the Chindwin River Basin and Naga Hills of western Myanmar. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8(2): 335-350.

Platt, S.G.; Platt, K.; Soe, M.M.; Win, K.K.; Myo, K.M.; Tint Lwin; Kyaw, M. 2014. TSA/WCS team strives to save Myanmar's critically endangered turtles. Turtle Survival 2014: 45-48.

Platt, S.G.; Win, K.K.; Khaing, L.L.; Myo Myo Khin; Tint, L.; Thanda, S.; Kalyar; Rainwater, T.R. 2005. Noteworthy records and exploitation of chelonians from the Ayeyarwady, Chindwin, and Dokhtawady Rivers, Myanmar. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 942-948.

Platt, S.G.; Zug, G.R.; Platt, K.; Ko, W.K.; Myo, K.M.; Soe, M.M.; Lwin, T.; Win, M.M.; Aung, S.H.N.; Kyaw, N.W.; Thu, H.; Wint, K.T.Z.; Dijk, P.P. van; Horne, B.D.; Rainwater, T.R. 2018. Field records of turtles, snakes and lizards in Myanmar (2009–2017) with natural history observations and notes on folk herpetological knowledge. Nat. Hist. Bull. siam soc. 63(1): 67–114.

Praschag, R. 2002. Schildkröten und Panzerechsen in Myanmar. 1. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 55(7): 16-21.

Praschag, R. 2002. Schildkröten und Panzerechsen in Myanmar. 2. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 55(8): 60-64.

Rendahl, H. 1937. Beiträge zur Herpetologie von Birma. Arkiv för Zoologi (Stockholm) 29A(10): 1-29.

Shepherd, C.R.; Nijman, V. 2007. An assessment of wildlife trade at Mong La market on the Myanmar-China border. Traffic Bulletin 21(2): 85-88.

Smith, H.C. 1931. Monitor lizards of Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 34: 365-373.

Smith, M.A. 1929. On a collection of amphibians and reptiles from the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra. Records of the Indian Museum 31: 77-80.

Smith, M.A. 1929. The survival of the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 33: 995-998.

Smith, M.A. 1932. In Kingdon Ward's "Explorations on the Burma-Tibet Frontier": Appendix. Reptiles and amphibians. Geogr. J. London 80: 479.

Smith, M.A. 1935. The amphibians and reptiles obtained by Capt. Kingdon Ward in Upper Burma, Assam and S.W. Tibet. Records of the Indian Museum 37: 237-240.

Smith, M.A. 1940. The amphibians and reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in Upper Burma. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) 42: 465-486.

Symns, J.A.M. 1942. The crocodile in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 48: 107.

Theobald, W. 1868. Catalogue of the reptiles of British Birma, embracing the provinces of Pegu, Martaban, and Tenasserim, with descriptions of new or little-known species. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) (London) 10: 4-68.

Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Platt, S.G.; Khaing, S.T. 2001. Conservation status of freshwater turtles in Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary and vicinity, Myanmar. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 48(2): 185-191.

Thorbjarnarson, J.B.; Platt, S.G.; Myo Myo Khin; Win, K.K.; Khaing, L.L.; Kalyar 2006. Crocodiles in Myanmar: species diversity, historic accounts, and current population status and conservation. Herpetological Natural History 10(1): 77-89.

Wall, F. 1925. Notes on snakes collected in Burma in 1924. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(4): 805-821.

Wall, F. 1926. Snakes collected in Burma in 1925. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 31: 558-566.

Wogan, G.O.U.; Vindum, J.V.; Wilkinson, J.A.; Koo, M.S.; Slowinski, J.B.; Win, H.; Thin, T.; Kyi, S.W.; Oo, S.L.; Lwin, K.S.; Shein, A.K. 2008. New country records and range extensions for Myanmar amphibians and reptiles. Hamadryad 33: 83-96.

Zug, G.R.; Leviton, A.E.; Vindum, J.V.; Wogan, G.O.U.; Koo, M.S. 2010. Checklist of the Myanmar herpetofauna from the Myanmar Herpetological Survey Project. http://www.calacademy.org/research/herpetology/myanmar/ (viewed September 27, 2012).

Zug, G.R.; Sai, W.K.; Htun, W. 2004. Turtles in Shwesettaw Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter 8: 4.

Zug, G.R.; Vindum, J.V.; Koo, M.S. 2007. Burmese Hemidactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae): taxonomic notes on tropical Asian Hemidactylus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(13-22): 387-405.

Zug, G.R.; Win, H.; Thin, T.; Min, T.Z.; Lhon, W.Z.; Kyaw, K. 1998. Herpetofauna of the Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, north-central Myanmar with preliminary observations on their natural history. Hamadryad 23(2): 111-120.