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Taxonomy of the genus Trimorphodon Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Trimorphodon (Lyre 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.


Trimorphodon in general

Devitt, T.J.; Laduc, T.J.; McGuire, J.A. 2008. The Trimorphodon biscutatus (Squamata: Colubridae) species complex revisited: a multivariate statistical analysis of geographic variation. Copeia 2008(2): 370-387.

Klauber, L.M. 1928. The Trimorphodon (Lyre snake) of California, with notes on the species of the adjacent areas. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(11): 183-194.

Klauber, L.M. 1940. The lyre snakes (genus Trimorphodon) of the United States. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9(1): 163-194.

Murphy, J.C. 1980. The lyre snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 15(1): 24-28.

Scott, N.J.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1984. Trimorphodon. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 352: 1-2.

Smith, H.M. 1941. Notes on the snake genus Trimorphodon. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91: 149-158.

Taylor, E.H. 1938. On Mexican snakes of the genera Trimorphodon and Hypsiglena. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 25: 357-383.

Trimorphodon biscutatus

Amarello, M.A.; Goode, M. 2004. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Western Lyresnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 35(2): 182.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Devitt, T.J. 2006. Phylogeography of the Western Lyresnake (Trimorphodon biscutatus): testing aridland biogeographical hypotheses across the Nearctic-Neotropical transition. Molecular Ecology 15(14): 4387-4407.

Gehlbach, F.R. 1971. Lyre snakes of the Trimorphodon biscutatus complex: a taxonomic resume. Herpetologica 27: 200-211.

Goldberg, S.R. 1995. Reproduction in the Lyre Snake, Trimorphodon biscutatus (Colubridae), from Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 40(3): 334-335.

Grismer, L.L.; McGuire, J.A.; Hollingsworth, B.D. 1994. A report on the herpetofauna of the Vizcaino Peninsula, Baja California, Mexico, with a discussion of its biogeographic and taxonomic implications. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 93(2): 45-80.

Hill, R.E.; Mackessy, S.P. 1997. Venom yields from several species of colubrid snakes and differential effects of ketamine. Toxicon 35(5): 671-678.

Hollingsworth, B.D.; Galina-Tessaro, P.; Castellanos-Vera, A.; Cota, A. 2000. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake, Cordorniz). México: Baja California Sur. Herpetological Review 31(1): 58.

Klemens, J.A. 2007. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Western Lyresnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 38(3): 346-347.

Laduc, T.J.; Johnson, J.D. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Trimorphodon biscutatus vilkinsonii (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 59(3): 364-374.

Lara-Lopez, R.; Martinez, A.C.; Franco, R.C.; Flores, A.G.; Sanchez, S.D.B. 2005. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 36(3): 329.

Lara-Resendiz, R.A.; Beltrán, I.; Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, A.H. 2016. Nature notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus. Diet, prey size and accidental mortality (Ctenosaura pectinata). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(3): 749-751.

Madrid Sotelo, C.A. 2007. Eleccion de refugio y sitio de forrajeo de la serpiente Trimorphodon biscutatus. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 18: 94-95.

Mahrdt, C.R.; Grismer, L.L. 1995. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 26(3): 157.

Pérez-Higareda, G.; Smith, H.M. 1986. Trimorphodon biscutatus (Reptilia: Serpentes) on the Atlantic versant in southern Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 22(4): 179-186.

Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Uribe-Peña, Z. 1992. Life history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake) predation fatality. Herpetological Review 23(3): 82.

Sanchez-Hernandez, C.; Ramirez-Bautista, A. 1992. Life history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake). Prey. Herpetological Review 23(4): 121.

Scott, N.J.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1984. Trimorphodon biscutatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 353: 1-4.

Sias, D.S.; Brand, E.M. 2002. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon biscutatus (Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 33(1): 69.

Werler, J.E. 1951. Miscellaneous notes on the eggs and young of Texan and Mexican reptiles. Zoologica (New York) 36: 37-48.

Trimorphodon lambda

Beaman, K.R.; Terry, B.R. 2011. Natural history notes: Coluber (=Masticophis) flagellum (Coachwhip). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(3): 437.

Brown, N.L. 2003. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda (Sonoran Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 34(2): 170-171.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1957. Notes on Mexican snakes (Ophidia). Southwestern Naturalist 2(1): 19-27.

Fouquette, M.J.; Rossman, D.A. 1963. Noteworthy records of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Florida State Museum and the Texas Natural History Collection. Herpetologica 19: 185-201.

Gehlbach, F.R. 1958. A first record for Trimorphodon lambda in New Mexico. Copeia 1958: 222.

Grant, C.; Woodin, W.H. 1946. Trimorphodon lambda, range extension east. Herpetologica 3: 80.

Harris, A.H. 1959. Second record of the Arizona Lyre snake in New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 4: 42-43.

Hensley, M.M. 1950. Results of a herpetological reconnaissance in extreme southwestern Arizona and adjacent Sonora, with a description of a new subspecies of the Sonoran whipsnake, Masticophis bilineatus. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 53: 270-288.

Jones, K.B. 1988. Influence of prey on the feeding behavior of Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda (Colubridae). Southwestern Naturalist 33(4): 488-490.

Laduc, T.J.; Johnson, J.D. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Trimorphodon biscutatus vilkinsonii (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 59(3): 364-374.

Leavitt, D.J. 2015. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon lambda (Sonoran Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 46(2): 222.

O'Connor, B.; Forest, B.T. la; Malawy, M.; Holycross, A.T. 2011. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon lambda (Sonoran Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 42(4): 574-575.

Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Perez Ramos, E.; Uribe-Pena, Z. 1989. New herpetological records from islands of the Gulf of California's Mexico. Herpetological Review 20(3): 76.

Repp, R. 1998. Wintertime observations on five species of reptiles in the Tucson area: sheltersite selections/fidelity to sheltersites/notes on behavior. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 33(3): 49-56.

Repp, R.A. 2017. A little about a lot: Lyresnakes, my way! Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 52(7): 123-127.

Smith, P.W.; Hensley, M.M. 1959. Notes on a small collection of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of the Pinacate lava cap in north-western Sonora, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 61: 64-76.

Williamson, M.A. 1972. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon biscutatus lambda. USA: New Mexico: Hidalgo Co. Herpetological Review 4(5): 171.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.

Trimorphodon lyrophanes

Cowles, R.B.; Bogert, C.M. 1935. Observations on the Californian lyre snake, Trimorphodon vandenburghi Klauber, with notes on the effectiveness of its venom. Copeia 1935: 80-85.

Pequegnat, W.E. 1951. The biota of the Santa Ana Mountains. Journal Ent. Zool. 42: 1-84.

Peterson, E.L.; Wood, S.F. 1955. A Sonoran lyre snake, Trimorphodon, under a ground cloth. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 54(3): 166.

Powers, A. 1974. The systematic status of Trimorphodon lyrophanes Cope on Cerralvo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 10(2): 53-55.

Rodman, G.B. 1939. Habits of Trimorphodon vandenburghi in captivity. Copeia 1939: 50.

Welsh, H.H.; Bury, R.B. 1984. Additions to the herpetofauna of the southern Colorado Desert, Baja California, with comments on the relationships of Lichanura trivirgata. Herpetological Review 15(2): 53-56.

Trimorphodon paucimaculatus

Bañuelos-Alamillo, J.A.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; Moreno-Ochoa, G. 2015. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon paucimaculatus (Sinaloan Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 46(3): 387.

Carbajal-Márquez, R.A.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; González-Saucedo, Z.Y. 2014. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon paucimaculatus (Sinaloan Lyresnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 45(3): 521.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1957. Notes on Mexican snakes (Ophidia). Southwestern Naturalist 2(1): 19-27.

Fouquette, M.J.; Rossman, D.A. 1963. Noteworthy records of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Florida State Museum and the Texas Natural History Collection. Herpetologica 19: 185-201.

Hensley, M.M.; Lannom, J.R. 1966. Noteworthy snake records for the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. Herpetologica 22: 231-235.

Loc-Barragán, J.A.; Ramírez-Silva, J.P.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A. 2016. Nature notes: Trimorphodon paucimaculatus. Diet and reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 160-161.

Trimorphodon quadruplex

Campbell, H.W.; Howell, T.R. 1965. Herpetological records from Nicaragua. Herpetologica 21: 130-140.

Jadin, R.C.; Smith, E.N. 2010. The hemipenis of Trimorphodon quadruplex. Herpetological Review 41(2): 157-159.

McCranie, J.R. 2014. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon quadruplex (Central American Lyresnake; Colcuate). Herpetological Review 45(2): 286.

Reed, R.N. 1997. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus quadruplex (Lyre Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 28(4): 206.

Villa, J.D. 1993. Life history notes: Trimorphodon biscutatus quadruplex (Zorcuata). Size. Herpetological Review 24(3): 106-107.

Trimorphodon tau

Blody, D.A.; Brown, R.; Hammack, S.; Heckard, D. 1987. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon tau tau (Mexican Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 18(1): 21.

Camarillo-Rangel, J.L.; Aguilar-Cortes, R.; Gonzalez-Ruiz, A. 1985. Distributional records of amphibians and reptiles from the State of Mexico. Herpetological Review 16(3): 85.

Campos-Rodriguez, J.I.; Perez-Valera, B.; Evaristo-Aguilar, L.E.; Hernandez-Arciga, R. 2009. Extensiones de distribucion de reptiles para el estado de Guanajuato, Mexico. Vertebrata Mexicana 22: 13-16.

Contreras-Lozano, J.A.; Lazcano, D.; Contreras-Balderas, A.J. 2007. Natural history notes: Sceloporus cyanogenys (Blue Spiny Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 38(1): 82-83.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1957. Notes on Mexican snakes (Ophidia). Southwestern Naturalist 2(1): 19-27.

Davis, W.B.; Dixon, J.R. 1959. Snakes of the Chilpancingo region, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 79-92.

Dundee, H.A.; Liner, E.A. 1997. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon tau tau (Mexican Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 28(4): 211.

Fouquette, M.J.; Rossman, D.A. 1963. Noteworthy records of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Florida State Museum and the Texas Natural History Collection. Herpetologica 19: 185-201.

Goldberg, S.R. 2005. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon tau (Mexican Lyre Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 36(3): 329-330.

McDiarmid, R.W.; Scott, N.J. 1970. Geographic variation and systematic status of Mexican lyre snakes of the Trimorphodon tau group (Colubridae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 179: 1-43.

Nevarez, M. 1999. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon tau tau (Mexican Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 30(2): 114.

Ottley, J.R. 1982. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon upsilon (Broad-banded Lyre Snake). Herpetological Review 13(3): 82.

Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A. 2017. Nature notes: Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1870. Maximum elevation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(1): 183-184.

Rorabaugh, J.C. 2013. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon tau (Mexican Lyresnake). Mexico: Sonora. Herpetological Review 44(1): 111.

Scott, N.J.; McDiarmid, R.W. 1984. Trimorphodon tau. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 354: 1-2.

Taylor, E.H. 1940. Some Mexican serpents. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 26(14): 445-487.

Zweifel, R.G. 1959. The provenance of reptiles and amphibians collected in western Mexico by J.J. Major. American Museum Novitates 1949: 1-9.

Zweifel, R.G.; Norris, K.S. 1955. Contribution to the herpetology of Sonora, Mexico: descriptions of new subspecies of snakes (Micruroides euryxanthus and Lampropeltis getulus) and miscellaneous collecting notes. American Midland Naturalist 54: 230-249.

Trimorphodon vilkinsonii

Baeza-Tarin, F.; Hernandez, T.; Giovanetto, L.; Espinosa-Treviño, A.; Lazcano, D.; Graham, S.P. 2018. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Texas Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 49(3): 508.

Banicki, L.H.; Webb, R.G. 1982. Morphological variation of the Texas lyre snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus vilkinsoni) from the Franklin Mountains, west Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 27(3): 321-324.

Crimmins, M.L. 1925. An addition to the herpetological fauna of the United States. Copeia 1925(138): 7.

Davis, D.R.; Box, B.; Hibbitts, T.J. 2008. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Chihuahuan Lyre Snake). Arboreal behavior. Herpetological Review 39(1): 102.

Degenhardt, W.G.; Steele, G.E. 1957. Additional specimens of Trimorphodon vilkinsoni from Texas. Copeia 1957: 309-310.

Gatica-Colima, A.; Macías-Rodríguez, E.F.; Santiesteban-Martínez, A.; García-Elguera, G. 2012. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Chihuahuan Lyresnake). México: Chihuahua. Herpetological Review 43(4): 623.

Jones, C.; Findley, J.S. 1963. Second record of the lyre snake Trimorphodon vilkinsoni in New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 8: 175-177.

Laduc, T.J.; Johnson, J.D. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Trimorphodon biscutatus vilkinsonii (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 59(3): 364-374.

Medica, P.A. 1962. The Texas lyre snake, Trimorphodon vilkinsoni in New Mexico. Herpetologica 18: 65.

Murray, I.W.; Newsom, C. 2011. Natural history notes: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Texas Lyresnake). Mating. Herpetological Review 42(3): 446.

Price, M.S. 2015. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Texas Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 46(4): 578.

Vargas, K. 2015. Geographic distribution: Trimorphodon vilkinsonii (Texas Lyresnake). Herpetological Review 46(4): 578.