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Taxonomy of the genus Urotheca Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Urotheca (Glass-tailed 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.


Urotheca in general

Myers, C.W. 1974. The systematics of Rhadinaea (Colubridae), a genus of New World snakes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 153(1): 1-262.

Procter, J.B. 1923. On a new genus and species of colubrine snake from S.E. Brazil. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 9) 11: 227-230.

Roze, J.A. 1964. The snakes of the Leimadophis-Urotheca-Liophis complex from Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Rancho Grande), Venezuela, with a description of a new genus and species (Reptilia, Golabridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 45: 533-542.

Savage, J.M.; Crother, B.I. 1989. The status of Pliocercus and Urotheca (Serpentes: Colubridae), with a review of included species of coral snake mimics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 95(4): 335-362.

Urotheca decipiens

Amaral, A. do 1924. New genus and species of South American snakes contained in the United States National Museum. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 14: 200-202.

Arias-Monsalve, H.F.; Rojas-Morales, J.A. 2013. Urotheca decipiens (Serpentes: Colubridae): first record for the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. Boletin Cientifico Museo de Historia Natural Universidad de Caldas 17(1): 144-146.

Castro-Herrera, F.; Vargas-Salinas, F. 2007. Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae, Urotheca decipiens: distribution extension. Check List 3(3): 185-189.

Dunn, E.R. 1942. New or noteworthy snakes from Panama. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) 108: 1-8.

Dunn, E.R. 1947. Snakes of the Lérida Farm (Chiriqui Volcano, western Panamá). Copeia 1947: 153-157.

McCranie, J.R.; Townsend, J.H.; Wilson, L.D. 2003. Three snakes new to the herpetofauna of Honduras. Herpetological Review 34(4): 391-392.

Montgomery, C.E.; Griffith Rodriguez, E.J.; Ross, H.L.; Jaramillo, C.A.; Lips, K.R. 2006. Natural history notes: Urotheca decipiens (Collared Glass-tailed Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 37(2): 236.

Salazar-Saavedra, M.; Barquero, M.D. 2012. First country records for Urotheca decipiens and Urotheca pachyura and range extensions of Urotheca guentheri in Nicaragua. Herpetological Bulletin 121: 33-35.

Urotheca dumerilii

Vera-Pérez, L.E.; Zúñiga-Baos, J.A. 2015. First record of Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Cauca state, Colombia and notes on natural history. Check List 11(6)(Article 1794): 1-5.

Urotheca fulviceps

Dunn, E.R. 1931. Some Central American snake genera. Copeia 1931: 163.

Knight, J.L. 1988. Notes on Rhadinaea fulviceps Cope (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 22(3): 344-345.

Manzanilla, J.; Mijares-Urrutia, A.; Rivero, R. 1998. Geographic distribution: Rhadinaea fulviceps. Herpetological Review 29(2): 115.

Peters, J.A. 1963. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian snakes. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 3(1): 57-67.

Ray, J.M.; Santana, P. 2014. Geographic distribution: Urotheca fulviceps (Red-headed Glasstail). Herpetological Review 45(1): 97.

Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M.; Natera-Mumaw, M.; Infante-Rivero, E.E. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Urotheca fulviceps: distribution extension. Check List 4(4): 431-433.

Smith, H.M.; Grant, C. 1958. New and noteworthy snakes from Panama. Herpetologica 14: 207-215.

Sosa-Bartuano, A. 2017. Distribution notes: Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 965-966.

Urotheca guentheri

Bartuano, A.S.; Roberto, I.D.; Guerrel, J. 2012. Geographic distribution: Urotheca guentheri (Striped Glass-tailed Snake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 310.

Cossel, J.O. 2014. Natural history notes: Urotheca guentheri (Striped Glasstail). Antipredator defense. Herpetological Review 45(3): 521-522.

Dunn, E.R. 1938. A new Rhadinaea from Central America. Copeia 1938: 197-198.

Elizondo, L. 2016. Urotheca guentheri in Darién, Panama, at the northern extreme of the Chocó Biogeographic Region. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(2): 536-539.

McCranie, J.R.; Wilson, L.D.; Gotte, S.W. 2001. Three new country records for Honduran snakes. Herpetological Review 32(1): 62-63.

Urotheca lateristriga

Andersson, L.G. 1901. Some new species of snakes from Cameroon and South America, belonging to the collections of the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Stockholm) 27(4)(5): 26 pp.

Averill-Murray, R.C.; Averill-Murray, A. 2017. Natural history notes: Urotheca lateristriga (Ribboned Brittle-snake). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 48(3): 687.

Rojas-Rivera, A.; Castillo, K.; Gutiérrez-Cardenas, P.D.A. 2013. Natural history notes: Bothrocophias campbelli (Campbell's Toad-headed Pitviper, Vibora Boca de Sapo de Campbell). Diet/ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 44(3): 518.

Werner, F. 1910. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Hamburg Jahrb. wiss. Anst. 26 [1908-1909]: 205-247.

Urotheca multilineata

Rivas-Fuenmayor, G.A.; Manzanilla, J.; Rivero, R. 2001. Notas taxonomicas y distribucion geografica del genero Rhadinaea, Cope, 1863 (Serpentes: Colubridae) en Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundacion la Salle de Ciencias Naturales 60(153): 135-140.

Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1934: 1-14.

Urotheca myersi

Savage, J.M.; Lahanas, P.N. 1989. A new species of colubrid snake (genus Urotheca) from the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica. Copeia 1989(4): 892-896.

Urotheca pachyura

Dunn, E.R. 1931. Some Central American snake genera. Copeia 1931: 163.

Dunn, E.R. 1938. A new Rhadinaea from Central America. Copeia 1938: 197-198.

Salazar-Saavedra, M.; Barquero, M.D. 2012. First country records for Urotheca decipiens and Urotheca pachyura and range extensions of Urotheca guentheri in Nicaragua. Herpetological Bulletin 121: 33-35.