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Taxonomy of the genus Rhynchocalamus Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Rhynchocalamus (Middle East Black-headed Snakes)

(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.


Rhynchocalamus in general

Avci, A.; Ilgaz, C.; Rajabizadeh, M.; Yilmaz, C.; Üzüm, N.; Adriaens, D.; Kumlutas, Y.; Olgun, K. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and micro CT-scanning revealed extreme cryptic biodiversity in Kukri Snake, Muhtarophis gen. nov., a new genus for Rhynchocalamus barani (Serpentes: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 159-174.

Smíd, J.; Martínez, G.; Gebhart, J.; Aznar, J.; Gállego, J.; Göçmen, B.; Pous, P. de; Tamar, K.; Carranza, S. 2015. Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman. Zootaxa 4033(3): 380-392.

Rhynchocalamus arabicus

Schmidt, K.P. 1933. A new snake from Arabia. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 20: 9-10.

Rhynchocalamus dayanae

Tamar, K.; Smíd, J.; Göçmen, B.; Meiri, S.; Carranza, S. 2016. An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel. PeerJ 4: e2769.

Rhynchocalamus levitoni

Fathinia, B.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Darvishnia, H. 2017. A new species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Ilam province in western Iran. Zootaxa 4282(3): 473–486.

Torki, F. 2017. Description of a new species of Lytorhynchus (Squamata: Colubridae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 63(2): 1-8.

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

Avci, A.; Dincaslan, Y.E.; Ilgaz, C.; Uzum, N. 2008. Contributions to the distribution and morphology of Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus melanocephalus (Jan 1862) (Reptilia, Colubridae) in Turkey. North-Western Journal of Zoology 4(1): 161-166.

Esterbauer, H. 1999. Beobachtungen zur Ökologie und Terrarienhaltung der Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter Rhynchocalamus m. melanocephalus (Jan, 1862). Reptilia (D) 4(15): 64-68.

Goldberg, S.R.; Maza, E. 2017. Natural history notes: Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Palestine Kukri Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 48(3): 682-683.

Ilani, G.; Shalmon, B. 1984. Black headed snake. Israel - Land and Nature 9(2) [1983-1984]: 80.

Werner, F. 1904. Einige für Kleinasien neue Reptilien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 411-413.

Rhynchocalamus satunini

Agasyan, A.L.; Tuniev, B.S. 1985. [The rarest snake in the USSR]. (In Russian). Priroda (Moscow) 1985(5): 42-43.

Avci, A.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Olgun, K.; Baran, I. 2007. Morphology and distribution of Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini (Nikolsky, 1899) in Turkey. Herpetozoa 20(1-2): 82-86.

Darevsky, I.S. 1970. Systematic status of Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini Nik. (Serpentes, Colubridae) previously included in the genus Oligodon. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49: 1685-1690.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1899. [Contia satunini, n. sp. and Agama ruderata Oliv., from Transcaucasia]. (In Russian). Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg 4: 449-451.

Werner, F. 1904. Einige für Kleinasien neue Reptilien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 411-413.