Return to Bibliography index

Congo bibliography: Reptilia

1. Angel, Fernand. 1944. Contribution a l'etude de la faune herpetologique du Sahara central. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. XVI, no. 6: p. 418-19.
2. ———. 1933. Les serpents de l'Afrique occidentale française. Paris: Larose.
3. ———. 1936. Sur quelques formes nouvelles de reptiles et de batraciens du Sahara central. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. LXI: p. 273-7.
4. Angel, Fernand, and H. Lhote. 1938. Reptiles et amphibiens du Sahara central et du Soudan. Bull. Com. A. O. F. XXI: p. 345-84.
5. Aoki, R. Fossil crocodilians from the late Tertiary strata in the Sinda basin, eastern Zaire: African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue No. 17 1992: 67-85, Illustr.
6. Barbosa du Bocage, J. V. 1895. Herpétologie d'Angola et du Congo. Lisbonne: Impr. nationale.
7. Behra, O. Sex ratio of African dwarf crocodiles (Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1861) exploited for food in Congo: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 10th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of Iucn - the World Conservation Union Convened at Gainesville, Florida, U.s.a., 23 to 27 April 1990. Volume 1. Iucn - the World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland. 1990: I-Xvi, 1-354. Chapter Pagination: 3-5.
8. Bogert, Charles M. Charles Mitchell. Herpetological results of the Vernay Angola Expedition : with notes on African reptiles in other collections : pt. I., Snakes, including an arrangement of African Colubridae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77, no. article 1: 107 p., 1 leaf of plates : ill.
9. Boulenger, George Albert. 1909. Pisces, batrachia, and reptilia. Ruwenzori Expedition, 1905-06. Reports, 15. London: Zoological Society of London.
10. Boulenger, George Albert, and Oldfield Thomas. 1901. Batraciens et reptiles nouveaux. Annales Du Musée Du Congo. Zoologie--: Annales Du Musée Du Congo, t. 2, fasc. 1. Bruxelles.
11. Bourzat, D., and J. P. Gouteux. Donnees preliminaires sur le contact glossines-petits ruminants dans le massif forestier du Mayombe, Congo: Revue D'elevage Et De Medecine Veterinaire Des Pays Tropicaux 43(2) 1990[1991]: 199-206, Illustr.
12. Branch, W. R, and G. Haagner V. The skink Mabuya ivensii: new records from Zambia and Zaire, and the status of the subspecies septemlineata Laurent 1964 and the genus Lubuya Horton 1972: Amphibia-Reptilia 14(2), May 1993: 105-115, Illustr.
13. Brieger, A, F W Huchzermeyer, and J Riley. Dwarf crocodiles of Congo.: Reptilia (D) 2(5) Nr 7, Oktober, 1997: 33-38, Illustr.
14. Broadley, D. G. A review of the genus Pelusios Wagler in southern Africa (Pleurodira: Pelomedusidae): Occasional Papers of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia Series B Natural Sciences 6(9) 1981: 633-686, Illustr.
15. Brygoo, E. R, and R. Roux Esteve. Un genre de lezards scincines d'Afrique: Melanoseps: Bulletin Du Museum National D'histoire Naturelle Section a Zoologie Biologie Et Ecologie Animales 3(4) 1981[1982]: 1169-1191, Illustr.
16. Caubere, P., F. Noireau, and J. L. Frezil. Mise en evidence de trypanosomes de reptiles chez Chrysops silacea et C. dimidiata (Diptera: Tabanidae) au Sud-Congo: Annales De Parasitologie Humaine Et Comparee 65(3) 1990: 149.
17. Chifundera, K. Le regime alimentaire du lezard tropical Africain Agama cyanogaster Ruppell, 1835 dans la region de Lwiro, est du Zaire: African Study Monographs 8(3) 1988: 165-172, Illustr.
18. ———. Snakes of Zaire and their bites: African Study Monographs 10(3) 1990: 137-157, Illustr.
19. Chifundera, K., and N. Malasi. La connaissance des ophidiens dans le Bulega (Kivu, est du Zaire): African Study Monographs 10(1) 1989: 39-48, Illustr.
20. Curry-Lindahl, Kai. Thermal ecology of the tree agama (Agama atricollis) in Zaire with a review of heat tolerance in reptiles: Journal of Zoology (London) 188(2) 1979: 185-220, Illustr.
21. Dollo, Louis, émile Vincent, and Musée du Congo belge. série III, t. 1. Podocnemis congolensis tortue fluviatile nouvelle du montien (Paléocène inférieur) du Congo, et l'évolution des chéloniens fluviatiles. La Fauna PaléOc1ene De Landana : p. [50]-65, [2] leaves of plates.
22. Dowsett, R. Les lois gerant la conservation de la nature au Congo: critiques et recommandations: Tauraco Research Report No. 4 1991: 323-334, Illustr.
23. Gouteux, J. P, F. Noireau, and C. Staak. The host preferences of Chrysops silacea and C. dimidiata (Diptera: Tabanidae) in an endemic area of Loa loa in the Congo: Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 82(3) 1988: 167-172, Illustr.
24. Graber, M. Parasites internes des vertebres domestiques et sauvages, autres que les primates de la Republique Populaire du Congo (d'apres la collection Cassard-Chambron, 1956-1960). Role pathogene - prophylaxie: Revue D'elevage Et De Medecine Veterinaire Des Pays Tropicaux 34(2) 1981: 155-167.
25. Hart, J, M Katembo, and K Punga. Diet, prey selection and ecological relations of leopard and golden cat in the Ituri Forest, Zaire: African Journal of Ecology 34(4), December, 1996: 364-379, Illustr.
26. Heymans, J. C. Contribution a la phylogenese des ophidiens de l'Afrique Centrale: Annales De La Societe Royale Zoologique De Belgique 112(1) 1982: 79-87, Illustr.
27. ———. Sur la structure de l'appareil de morsure des Psammophinae de la region du Shaba (Rep. du Zaire) (Serpentes, Colubroidae): Revue De Zoologie Africaine 95(1) 1981: 45-68, Illustr.
28. Hirayama, R. Fossil turtles from the Neogene strata in the Sinda basin, eastern Zaire: African Study Monographs Supplementary Issue No. 17 1992: 49-65, Illustr.
29. Hirschmann, W. Gangsystematik der Parasitiformes Teil 512. Weltweite Revision der Gattung Uroactinia Hirschmann v. Zirngiebl-Nicol 1964 (Uroactiniini, Uroactiniinae): Acarologie (Nuremberg) 37 1990: 1-65, Illustr.
30. Husvar, L. Professor Roy P. Mackal's dinosaurus discovery in the Congo: Allattani Kozlemenyek 74 1988: 49-54.
31. Ineich, Ivan. Chamaelycus fasciatus (NCN) diet: Herpetological Review 29(2), June, 1998: 102.
32. Isemonger, R. M. 1982. Snakes of Africa. Mask reprint edition ed. Cape Town: Books of Africa.
33. ———. 1962. Snakes of Africa southern, central and east. New York: Nelson.
34. Kasoma, P., and V. Kisembo. Is the crocodile making a comeback?: Eanhs Bulletin 17(1) 1987: 2-3, Illustr.
35. Kat, P. Wildlife trade on the Zaire River: Swara 14(2) 1991: 24-27, Illustr.
36. Largen, M. Lizards, turtles and tortoises (Reptilia: Sauria & Cryptodira) from the Kouilou River Basin, Republique du Congo: Tauraco Research Report No. 4 1991: 169-173.
37. Laurent, R. F. 1956. Contribution a l'herpetologie de la region des Grnds Lacs de l'Afrique centrale. Publ. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. Tervuren. Tervuren: Musee Royale d'Afrique Centrale.
    Abstract: I: Generalites.
    II: Cheloniens
    III: Ophidiens du Congo oriental
38. Laurent, R. F. Description de deux Hyperolius nouveaux du Sankuru (Zaire) (Amphibia, Hyperoliidae): Revue De Zoologie Africaine 93(4) 1979: 779-791, Illustr.
39. ———. Deux lezards interessants de la cuvette centrale zairoise: Revue De Zoologie Africaine 96(2) 1982: 439-444, Illustr.
40. ———. Essai de caracterisation morphometrique des deux especes du genre Nectophryne Buchholz et Peters (Anura, Bufonidae): Revue Suisse De Zoologie 94(4) 1987: 647-653, Illustr.
41. Laurent, R. F. Le genre Afrixalus Laurent (Hyperoliidae) en Afrique Centrale: Koninklijk Museum Voor Midden-Afrika Tervuren Belgie Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen No. 235 1982: 1-58, Illustr.
42. ———. 1943. Les Hyperolius de Musee du Congo. Publ. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. Tervuren. Tervuren: Musee Royale d'Afrique Centrale.
43. ———. 1960. Notes complementaires sur les Cheloniens et les Ophidiens du COngo oriental. Publ. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. Tervuren. Tervuren: Musee Royale d'Afrique Centrale.
    Abstract: I: Generalites.
    II: Cheloniens
    III: Ophidiens du Congo oriental
44. ———. Les rainettes du genre Hyperolius. Mem. Inst. Franc. Afr. Noire, 53.
45. Lawson, D. P. 1999. A New Species of Arboreal Viper (Serpentes : Viperidae : Atheris) From Cameroon, Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112, no. 4: 793-803.
    Abstract: A distinctive new species of the arboreal viper genus Atheris (A. broadleyi) is described from Cameroon, Africa. The new taxon inhabits moist evergreen and semideciduous transition forest in southern Cameroon, Congo, Central African Republic and Gabon. The new species previously has been confused with the widespread A. squamigera, but is distinguished from this species and other congeners by a combination of scale characteristics and a unique color pattern.
46. Lenglet, G. Cheloniens recoltes dans le Parc National des Virunga (Zaire) par G.F. de Witte (1952-1957): Bulletin De L'institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique Biologie 56 1986: 13-19, Illustr.
47. Lenglet, G. L, and M. Colyn. Note on the maximum length of Kinixys erosa (Schweigger, 1812) (Chelonia, Testudinidae): Bulletin De L'institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique Biologie 59 1989: 159-162, Illustr.
48. Lingham Soliar, T. First record of mosasaurs from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Zaire: Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 68(1-2), Marz 1994: 259-265, Illustr.
49. Mackal, R. P. A living dinosaur? In search of Mokele-mbembe: E.j. Brill, Leiden, New York Etc. 1987: I-Xviii, 1-340, Illustr.
50. ———. Nessie's African cousin: Animal Kingdom 83(6) 1980-1981[1980]: 4-10, Illustr.
51. Meylan, P. Fossil turtles from the Upper Semliki, Zaire: Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir No. 1 1990: 163-170, Illustr.
52. Moravec, F. Review of capillariid nematodes (Capillariinae) parasitic in amphibians and reptiles. Part 3. Genus Paracapillaria: Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Zoologicke 50(4) 1986: 273-289, Illustr.
53. Musée du Congo, ed. 1898. Annales Du Musée Du Congo. Bruxelles: Impr. Charles vande Weghe.
54. Musée du Congo belge, ed. 1933. Annales Du Musée Du Congo Belge. Tervueren: Le Musée.
55. ———. 1912. Annales Du Musée Du Congo Belge Matériaux Pour La Faune Du Congo. Tervuren: Le Musée.
56. Noble, Gladwyn Kingsley. 1924. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo based on the collections of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part 3, Amphibia.James Paul Chapin, Herbert Lang, and American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 49, art. 2. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
57. Noireau, F., A. Toudic, J. P. Gouteux, N. Bissadidi, J. L. Frezil, and J. Duteurtre. Les glossines de l'agglomeration brazzavilloise. 3. Role vecteur dans les trypanosomoses animales et humaine: Revue D'elevage Et De Medecine Veterinaire Des Pays Tropicaux 40(1) 1987: 67-69, Illustr.
58. Norton, R. L. Alsophis portoricensis richardi (ground snake). Feeding: Herpetological Review 24(1), March 1993: 34.
59. Punga Kumanenge. Contribution a l'etude de la variabilite biologique de Mabuya maculilabris Gray (Reptilia, Scincidae): Revue De Zoologie Africaine 94(3) 1980: 972-983.
60. Rasmussen, J. B. Snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the Kouilou River Basin, including a tentative key to the snakes of Republique du Congo: Tauraco Research Report No. 4 1991: 175-188, Illustr.
61. Riley, J, G F Hill, and F W Huchzermeyer. A description of Agema, a new monotypic pentastomid genus from the lungs of the African dwarf and slender-snouted crocodiles: Systematic Parasitology 37(3), July, 1997: 207-217, Illustr.
62. Riley, J., and F. W. Huchzermeyer. 1999. African Dwarf Crocodiles in the Likouala Swamp Forests of the Congo Basin: Habitat, Density, and Nesting. Copeia , no. 2: 313-20.
    Abstract: Strip-transect methods were used to assess distribution and density of the dwarf crocodile, Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni, in a pristine region of the Likouala swamp forest, east of the Batanga River, northern Congo Republic, during the 1995 and 1996 dry seasons. Surveys by day were undertaken to locate the presumably solitary animals that occupied the few remaining permanent pools. The cumulative percentage of inhabited pools (n = 34) was a function of the perpendicular distance of the center of the pool from the transect line. The effective distance was 19.5 m (strip width = 39 m). Strip surveys covered a linear distance of 28.36 km and yielded a total of 57 "permanent" pools, subjectively deemed suitable for crocodiles. Eight pools were associated with nests guarded by an attendant female. Crocodiles were not found in the interior of swamp forests but were limited to a peripheral zone, approximately 2.5 km wide, adjacent to terra firma forest. Within this zone minimum population density was calculated at one per 3.62 ha (0.28 crocodiles per ha).
63. Riley, J., and F. Huchzermeyer W. Pentastomid parasites of the family Sebekidae Fain, 1961 in West African dwarf crocodiles Osteolaemus tetraspis Cope, 1851 from the Congo, with a description of Alofia parva n. sp: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 62(3), September 1995: 151-162, Illustr.
64. Schmidt, Karl Patterson. 1923. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part 2, Snakes: with field notes by Herbert Lang and James P. Chapin.Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin, and American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 49, article 1. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
65. ———. 1919. Contributions to the herpetology of the Belgian Congo, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Part 1, Turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chameleons .Herbert Lang, James Paul Chapin, and American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 39, article 2. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
    Abstract: Testudinata
    Loricata (Crocodilia)
    Squamata
    Appendix A: Lists of the turtles, crocodiles, lizards, and chameleons of the rain forest and of the Sudanese subprovince
    Appendix B: Notes on the types of Hallowell's West African species in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
66. Sprent, J. F. A., E. A. Mckeown, and M. Cremin. 1998. Dujardinascaris Spp. (Nematoda : Ascaridoidea) in Old World Crocodilians. Systematic Parasitology 39, no. 3: 209-22.
    Abstract: Five new species of the genus Dujardinascaris Baylis, 1947 are described from Old World crocodilians: D. petterae n. sp. in Osteolaemus tetraspis from the Congo, Central Africa; D. blairi n. sp in Crocodylus johnstoni from Northern Australia; D. harrisae n. sp., D. angusae n. sp., and D. westonae n. sp. in C. porosus from Papua New Guinea. The species are differentiated by the relative length of the spicules, the shape of the gubernaculum and the form of the male tail. Females of the species cannot be readily distinguished morphologically.
67. Tappen, M., and J. Harris W K. Comment on possible cut marks and taphonomic history of Senga 5A in the Western Rift Valley, Zaire: Journal of Human Evolution 29(5), November 1995: 482-486.
68. Trape, J. F. Les serpents de la region de Dimonika (Mayombe, Republique Populaire du Congo): Revue De Zoologie Africaine 99(2) 1985: 135-140, Illustr.
69. Trape, J. F, and R. Roux Esteve. Note sur une collection de serpents du Congo avec description d'une espece nouvelle: Journal of African Zoology 104(5) 1990: 375-383, Illustr.
70. ———. Les serpents du Congo: liste commentee et cle de determination: Journal of African Zoology 109(1), 30 May 1995: 31-50, Illustr.
71. Travassos Santos Dias, J. A. Descoberta de uma nova especie de carraca do genero Aponomma Neumann, 1899 (Acarina, Ixodoidea) da Africa central: Boletim Da Sociedade Portuguesa De Entomologia No. 105 1989: 29-45, Illustr.
72. van Neer, W. Analyse de la faune trouvee dans les tombes de l'Age du Fer dans la depression de l'Upemba, Zaire: Revue De Zoologie Africaine 92(3) 1978: 703-710, Illustr.
73. ———. Faunal remains from Matupi Cave, an Iron Age and Late Stone Age site in northeastern Zaire: Mededelingen Van De Koninklijke Academie Voor Wetenschappen Letteren En Schone Kunsten Van Belgie Klasse Der Wetenschappen 46(2) 1984: 57-76, Illustr.
74. ———. Presence of black rhinoceros in the Holocene of the People's Republic of Congo: Revue De Zoologie Africaine 101(2) 1987: 295-299, Illustr.
75. Verschuren, J., M. ma Mbaelele, and L. Kitsidikiti. L'apparition des crocodiles au lac ex-Edouard, Parc National des Virunga, Zaire: Revue D'ecologie La Terre Et La Vie 44(4) 1989: 387-397, Illustr.
76. Wilson, V. J, and B. Wilson L P. La chasse traditionelle et commerciale dans le sud-ouest du Congo: Tauraco Research Report No. 4 1991: 279-289, Illustr.
77. Witte, Gaston-François de. 1962. Genera des serpents du Congo et du Ruanda-Urundi. Annales - Musée Royal De L'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgique : Sér. in 8 : Sciences Zoologiques. Tervuren: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale.
78. ———. 1937. Introduction. Bruxelles: s.n.
79. ———. 1964. A new chameleon from the Congo. American Museum Novitates, no. 2192. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
80. ———. 1953. Reptiles. Bruxelles.
81. ———. 1966. Reptiles. Bruxelles: s.n.
82. Witte, Gaston-François de, and R. F. Laurent. 1947. Revision d'un groupe de Colubridae. africains genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus et forme affinee. Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. 29, no. 2: p. 131.
83. Witte, Gaston-François de, and Henri Schouteden. 1933. Reptiles récoltés au Congo Belge par le Dr H. Schouteden et par M. G.-F. de Witte. Annales Du Musée Du Congo Belge. C. Zoologie, Sér. 1. Tervueren (Belgique): Musée du Congo belge.
84. Witte, Gaston-François de, and Victor Émile van Straelen. 1941. Batraciens et reptiles. Institut Des Parcs Nationaux Du Congo Belge. Exploration Du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. De Witte (1933-1935). Bruxelles: Impr. M. Hayez.