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Taxonomy of the genus Gonionotophis Biodiversity of the family Lamprophiidae

Bibliography of the genus
Gonionotophis (Lesser File Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

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.


Gonionotophis in general

Broadley, D.G. 1961. Snakes of Southern Rhodesia. 10. The file snakes (genus Mehelya). African Wild Life 15: 72-74.

Broadley, D.G.; Tolley, K.A.; Conradie, W.; Wishart, S.; Trape, J.F.; Burger, M.; Kusamba, C.; Zassi-Boulou, A.G.; Greenbaum, E. 2018. A phylogeny and genus-level revision of the African file snakes Gonionotophis Boulenger (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). African Journal of Herpetology 67(1): 43-60.

Csiki, E. 1904. Über einige Gattungsnamen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 28: 266-267.

Haacke, W.D. 1981. The file-snakes of the genus Mehelya in southern Africa with special reference to south west Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 12(4): 217-224.

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

Kunz, K. 2012. [It has been refined: new systematics for house snakes and file snakes]. Elaphe 1(1): 8-12.

Lanza, B.; Broadley, D.G. 2014. A review of the genus Gonionotophis in north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Lamprophiidae). Acta Herpetologica 9(1): 89-97.

Loveridge, A. 1939. Revision of the African snakes of the genera Mehelya and Gonionotophis. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86(3): 131-162.

Poche, F. 1903. Einige nothwendige Änderungen in der herpetologischen Nomenclatur. Zoologischer Anzeiger 26: 698-703.

Poche, F. 1904. Richtigstellung eines Gattungsnamens unter den Colubriden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 28: 37-38.

Savitzky, A.H. 1981. Hinged teeth in snakes: an adaptation for swallowing hard-bodied prey. Science (Washington, D.C.) 212(4492): 346-349.

Spawls, S. 1990. Keeping African file snakes, Mehelya ssp. Herptile 15(3): 93, 98-101.

Gonionotophis brussauxi

Ineich, I.; Frétey, T.; Colyn, M.; Barriere, P. 2007. Geographic distribution: Gonionotophis brussauxi (Mocquard's Lesser File Snake). Herpetological Review 38(1): 104.

Laurent, R.F. 1958. Notes herpetologiques africaines 2. Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaine (Bruxelles) 58: 115-128.

Mocquard, F. 1889. Sur une collection de reptiles du Congo. Bulletin Soc. Philomath. Paris (Ser. 8) 1: 145-148.

Trape, J.F. 1985. Les serpents de la region de Dimonika (Mayombe, Republique Populaire du Congo). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 99(2): 135-140.

Gonionotophis grantii

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.

Gonionotophis klingi

Chippindale, P. 1989. Geographic distribution: Gonionotophis klingi (Dwarf File Snake). Herpetological Review 20(3): 75.