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Below is a list of clickable links to various
Acrochordus information available for Free on the internet. Many of the articles
are directly related to or about Acrochordus. However, there are a few that are
indirectly related to Acrochordus. There are also some links to Homalopsinae information.
Acrochordidae
Paul Vitrone. The
Javan File Snake. The Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society March 2005 Volume 25 Number 3, Pages 6-8
Ecophysiological Aspects of the Coastal-Estuarine Distribution of Acrochordid Snakes, H.Lilywhite and T.Ellis, Estuaries Vol. 17, No. IA, p. 53-61 March 1994
38. Family Acrochordidae, Richard Shine & Darryl Houston
R. Shine. P. Harlow, J. Keogh and Boeadi. Biology and Commelcial Utilization of Acrochordid Snakes, with Special Reference to KafiJr.g (Acrochordus javanicus). Journal of Herpetology Vol. 29 No. 3 pp. 352-360, 1995
Shine, R. 1986. Ecology of a low-energy specialist: food habits and reproductive biology of the arafura filesnake (Acrochordidae). Copeia 1986:424-437.
Vincent, S. E., R. Shine, and G. P. Brown. 2005. Does foraging mode influence sensory modalities for prey detection? A comparison between male and female filesnakes (Acrochordus arafurae, Acrochordidae). Animal Behaviour 70:715-721.
Houston, D. L., and R. Shine. 1993. Sexual dimorphism and niche divergence: feeding habits of the Arafura filesnake. Journal of Animal Ecology 62:737-749.
Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Low growth rates and delayed maturation in Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Copeia 1994:726-731.
Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Movements and activity patterns of Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Herpetologica 50:349-357.
Houston, D., and R. Shine. 1994. Population demography of Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes: Acrochordidae) in tropical Australia. Journal of Herpetology 28:273-280.
Houston, D. AND R. SHNE. Low Growth Rates and Delayed Maturation in
Arafura Filesnakes (Serpentes Acrochordidae) in Tropical Australia. Copeia 1994
(3) pp. 726-731
T. Madsen, and R. Shine. 1994. Rain, fish and snakes: climatically driven population dynamics of Arafura filesnakes in tropical Australia. Oecologia (2000) 124:208–215
Richard Shine. Ecology of a Low-energy Specialist: Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of the Arafura Filesnake (Acrochordidae), Copeia, 1986(2), pp. 424-437
Shine, R., and R. Lambeck. 1985. A radiotelemetric study of movements, thermoregulation and habitat utilization of Arafura filesnakes (Serpentes, Acrochordidae). Herpetologica 41:351-361.
Greer, A.E. 2006. Encyclopedia of Australian Reptiles. Australian Museum OnlineVersion date: 7 August 2006.
Wangkulangkul, S., K. Thirakhupt, and H. K. Voris. 2005. Sexual size dimorphism and reproductive cycle of the Little File Snake Acrochordus granulatus in Phangnga Bay, Thailand. ScienceAsia 31:257-263.pp. 424-437
The secret life of Snakes, Bangkok Post, 2003
Voris, H.K. and Glodek, G.S. 1980. Habitat, diet, and reproduction of the file snake, Acrochordus granulatus, in the Straits of Malacca. Journal of Herpetology, 14(1):108-111.
Shine, R. 1986. Predation upon filesnakes (Acrochordus arafurae) by aboriginal hunters: selectivity with respect to size, sex and reproductive condition. Copeia 1986:238-239.
Guinea, ML, Limpus, CJ & Whiting, SD (2004). Marine Snakes. In: National Oceans Office. Description of Key Species Groups in the Northern Planning Area. National Oceans Office, Hobart, Australia.
Glodek, G.S. and Voris, H.K. 1982. Marine snake diets: Prey composition, diversity and overlap. Copeia, 1982(3):661-666.
Lemen,C.A. and Voris, H.K. 1981. A comparison of reproductive strategies among marine snakes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 50:89-101.
Roger S. Seymour and Joachim O. Arndt. Independent effects of heart–head distance and caudal blood pooling on blood pressure regulation in aquatic and terrestrial snakes, Journal of Experimental Biology 207, 1305-1311 (2004)
Webb, J. K., R. Pringle, and R. Shine. 2004. How do nocturnal snakes select diurnal retreat sites? Copeia 2004:919-925.
Shine, R. 1988. Constraints on reproductive investment: a comparison between aquatic and terrestrial snakes. Evolution 42:17-27.
Shine, R. 1991. Intersexual dietary divergence and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in snakes. American Naturalist 138:103-122.
Shine, R. 1993. Sexual dimorphism in snakes. Pages 49-86 in Snakes: Ecology and Behavior (R. A. Seigel and J. T. Collins, eds.), McGraw-Hill, New York.
Camilleri, C., and R. Shine. 1990. Sexual dimorphism and dietary divergence: differences in trophic morphology between male and female snakes. Copeia 1990:649-658.
Kelly CM, Barker NP, Villet MH. Phylogenetics of advanced snakes (Caenophidia) based on four mitochondrial genes. Syst Biol. 2003 Aug;52(4):439-59.
MP3 Audio--The Unusual Characteristics Of Arafura Filesnakes, Prof Rick Shine
Acrochordus dehmi
Homalopsinae
Shine, R., G. P. Brown, and M. J. Elphick. 2004. Field experiments on foraging in free-ranging water snakes Enhydris polylepis (Homalopsinae). Animal Behaviour 68:1313-1324.
Female Reproduction in the Rainbow Water Snake, Enhydris enhydris (Serpentes, Colubridae, Homalopsinae)The Natural History Iournal of Chulalonskorn University 2(1):31-37, February \2002
A New Species of Enhydris (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae) From the Kapuas River System, West Kalimantan, Indonesia, J. Murphy, H. Voris and m. Auliya 2005. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53:(1) 143-147
HOMALOPSID SNAKES: Evolution In The Mud by John C. Murphy, Orig. Ed. 2007 260 pp. ISBN 1-57524-259-1
The Spatial Ecology Of The Rainbow Water Snake, Enhydris enhydris (Homalopsinae) in Southern Thailand, D.Karns, H.Voris, T.Chan-ard, J.C.Goodwin and J.Murphy, Herpetological Natural History, 7(2), 1999-2000, pages 97-115.
The Harvest and Trade of Reptiles at U Minh Thuong National Park, Southern Viet Nam, Bryan L. Stuart
Habitat Utilization, Movements and Activity Patterns of Enhydris Plumbea (Serpents: Homalopsinae) in a Rice Paddy Wetland in Borneo, H. Voris and D. Karns, Helpetplogical Natural History; 4 (2), 1996, pages 111-126.
Ecology of Oriental-Australian Rear-Fanged Water Snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) in the Pasir Ris Park Mangrove Forest, Singapore, D.Karns, H.Voris and T.Goodwin, The Raffles Bulletin Of Zoology 2002 50(2): 487-498
The Ecology of the Water Snakes of Ban Tha Win, Songkhla Province, Thailand, J.Murphy, H.Voris, D.Karns, T.Chart-ard, and K.Suvunrat, NAT. HIST. BULL. SIAM SOC. 47: 129-147, 1999
Karns, D. R., J. C. Murphy, H. K. Voris, and J. S. Suddeth. 2005. Comparison of semi-aquatic snake communities associated with the Khorat Basin, Thailand. The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 5(2):73-90.
Jayne, B.C., Voris, H.K., and Heang, K.B. 1988. Diet, feeding behavior, growth and numbers of a population of Cerberus rynchops (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Malaysia. Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series No. 50:1-15.
Voris, H.K. and J. C. Murphy. 2002. The prey and predators of homalopsine snakes. Journal of Natural History, 36(13):1621-1632.
Voris, H. K., M. E. Alfaro, D. R. Karns, G. L. Starnes, E. Thompson and J. C. Murphy. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of the Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 2002(4):906-915.
Murphy, J. C., and H. K. Voris. 2002. Aquatic snakes with crustacean-eating habits elude herpetologists for two centuries. Litteratura Serpentium 22(3):107-114.
Jayne, B. C., H. K. Voris, and P. K. L. Ng. 2002. Snake circumvents constraints on prey size. Nature 418:143.
Alfaro,M. E., D. R. Karns, H. K. Voris, E. Abernathy, and S. L. Sellins. 2004. Phylogeny of Cerberus (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) and phylogeography of Cerberus rynchops: diversification of a coastal marine snake in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 31:1277-1292.
Murphy, J. C., H. K. Voris, and M. Auliya. 2005. A new species of Enhydris (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae) from the Kapuas River system, west Kalimantan, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53(2):271-275.
Natalie G. Lumsdena, Bryan G. Fryb, R. Manjunatha Kinic, Wayne C. Hodgson. In vitro neuromuscular activity of ‘colubrid’ venoms: clinical and evolutionary implications. Toxicon 43 (2004) 819–827
Karns, D. R., J. C. Murphy, H. K. Voris, and J. S. Suddeth. 2005. Comparison of semi-aquatic snake communities associated with the Khorat Basin, Thailand. The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 5(2):73-90.
Tonle Sap bulletin Biosphere reserve Volume 1
July 2006
State of the Basin Report2003, MRC. 2003. State of the Basin Report: 2003. Mekong River Commission, Phnom Penh, 316 pages. ISSN: 1728:3248
Other
Murphy, J.C., Cox, M.J., and Voris, H.K. 1999. A key to the sea snakes in the Gulf of Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 47: 95-108.
Jeffries, W.B. and Voris, H.K. 1979. Observations on the relationship between Octolasmis grayii (Darwin, 1851) (Cirripedia, Thoracica) and certain marine snakes (Hydrophiidae). Crustaceana, 37(2):123-132.
Fish feeding in Australian Reptiles--Smuggled.com
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