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of the genus Pituophis


My "terraria bibliothek"	My "America section"

About the genus Pituophis there is a little literature in English, but in German the translation of the bull snakes-book of Mara is the only special Pituophis book.

In some German snake-/terrariabooks there are some articles about this genus.
If they were competent researched and are detailed (and I own them), I have them in my list.

But some of the autors can't divert the subspecies exactly...
In parts I'm glad for one good page of 200...

The greater parts of literatur, in wich this genus occurs, are in English.
Furthermore there, too, is some (mostly antiquaric) literatur obout the
mexican/middelamerican species in Spanisch.
Because I can't speak or read Spanish, I never tried to get this literatur til now.

All below mentioned books I have at home. A part of it are antiquariat and the others
are often difficult to get in normal book stores, too.

If there are questions about the sources of the books, please contact me per mail.

In the last 3 years I bought some antiquariat about Pituophis, wich I will maybe list later.

But I think, I will do an own antiquariat section on tis page, the list will become to long...

Furthermore I purchased many issues of Pituophis relates magazins - but I see no chance to list them here all in nearer future...

Pituophis Literatur

Books
Autor	Year of print Place of ed.	Titel	Anti quari at?	My Opinion
Anderson, Robert	1985 USA Winner Enterprises	Guide to Florida Nonpoisonous Snakes		Nice booklet for a little money. But there are not many informations in it.	:-(
Ashton, Ray E. Jr., Ashton, Patricia Sawyer	1981 Miami, Fl. Windward Publishing Inc.	Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida, Part one - The Snakes		Only Florida, but very precise. Exact cards of its distribution (in 1981), 3 pages Pituophis. Beautiful and good photos.	:-)
Bartlett, R. D., Tennant, A.	1999 Huston, Tx. Gulf Publishing Company	Snakes of North Amerika-Western Region		Best fieldguide of this region in an aceptable price. Good maps of distribution. Many pages Pituophis with newest acknowlidgement. Beautiful and good photos.	:-))
Behler, John L., King, F. Wayne	1979 New York Alfred A. Knopf	Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians		A compact fieldguide with good photos, good short description of the subspecies of the genus Pituophis. Printed new and updatet in last years.	:-)
Brown, P. R.	1997 Huston, Tx. Gulf Publishing Company	A Field Guide To Snakes of California		Best fieldguide for California, exact and newest knowledge. 5 pages Pituophis. Nice and good photos.	:-)
Carmichael, Pete, Williams, Winston	1991 Tampa, Fl. World Publications	Florida�s Fabulous Reptiles & Amphibians		Excelent pictures, short text, 1/2 page Pituophis. Nice picture-book.	:-)
Conant, Roger	1975 Boston Houghton Mifflin Company	A Fieldguide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 2'nd Ed.		Very exact fieldguide with (only) one good distribution map of the Pituophis. Not newest knowledge, but many details are good described. But there are to less photos! Printed new and updatet in last years.	:-)
Degenhardt, William G., Painter, Charles W., Price, Andrew H.	1996 Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press	Amphibians & Reptiles of New Mexico		Profound work, medium quality pictures, wich show all details. The price is o.k.	:-)
Ernst, Carl H., Ernst, Evelin M.	2003	Snakes of the United States and Canada		Actual book with good research and full description of the genus. 12 pages Pituophis! Some more pictures I wish. The price of 70 Dollar is not low...	:-))
Haast, William E., Anderson, Robert	1981 Miami, Fl. The Phoenix Publishing Co., Inc.	Complete Guide to Snakes of Florida		When it were published, it were one of the best books of this area. Today it is a book on the last ranges.	:-I
Hammerson, Geoffrey A.	1986 Denver, Co. Colorado Division of Wildlife	Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado		Only Colorado, but it's a good book with many details.	:-)
Johnson, Tom R.	2000 Jeferson City, Mo. Missouri Department of Conservation	The Amphibians and Reptiles of Missouri 2. Edition		Only Missouri, but exact locality records and ecological details were shown. The in Missouri occuring colorphase of the sayi is good described. The book is not realy cheap... 2.5 pages Pituophis	:-)
Klauber, Laurence M.	1946 San Diego, California San Diego Society of Natural History	The Gophersnakes of Baja California, with Descriptions of new Subspecies of Pituophis catenifer	A	First description of the subspecies bimaris, insulanus, fuliginatus, coronalis. Important, very exact book. 38 pages Pituophis. Difficult to get antiquariat, wich is needed for the sience work with the genus Pituophis.	:-))
Klauber, Laurence M.	1947 San Diego, California Bulletins of the Zoological Society of San Diego	Classification and Ranges of the Gopher Snakes of the Genus Pituophis in the Western United States	A	Important and exact work. A lot of fieldherpetologic aspects and a sientific work of the genus. 83 pages Pituophis! Exact description of the western species/subspecies, wich were valide in 1947. Good range map. Only 4 photos, but they show the important details. Difficult to get antiquariat, wich is needed for the sientific work with the genus Pituophis.	:-))
Kelly, Kenneth	1993 Aurora, Co. Reptile New Press	The Professional Keeper�s Guide to Bullsnakes, Pine Snakes & Gopher Snakes		Medium quality book, what nobody will miss, who don't bought it.	:-(
Mara, W. P.	1995 Ruhmannsfelden, D. Bede Verlag	Bullennattern		Cheap book with nice photos of at this time never seen Pituophis. The description of the taxa are sometimes not exact enough. Nice overview.	:-))
Mara, W. P.	1996 Neptun, N.J. T.H.F. Publications, Inc.	Desert Snakes		Cheap book with nice photos. Nice overview.	:-I
Martof, Bernard S., Palmer, William M., Bailey, Joseph R., Harrison, Julian R. III	1980 Cape Hill The University of North Carolina Press	Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia		Only Carolina and Virginia, but a good book with many details.	:-)
McPeak, Ron H.	2000 Monterey, Ca. USA Sea Cellengers	Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California		Good fieldguide for the Baja California. Many nice and seldom photos, 2 pages Pituophis. The distribution and the separation of the subspecies is sometimes not exact enough.	:-)
Mount, Professor Robert H.	1975 Auburn, Al. USA Auburn Printing	The Reptiles & Amphibians of Alabama	A	Best book for Alabama, very exact, but not the newest knowledge. 5 pages Pituophis. Only black and white photos.	:-)
Stebbins, Robert C.	1985 Boston Houghton Mifflin Company	A Fieldguide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, 2'nd Ed.		Very exact fieldguide with (only) one good range map of the Pituophis. Not the newest knowledge, but many details were decribed good. In identifications you often have problems with those black and white prints. Recently updated and printed new edition. I looked at the new 3'rd Edition and most of the negativ poits of older ed. were erazed. Newest knowledge, a lot of photos. Now I can recommend it fully!!	:-))
Stull, Olive Griffith	1940 Washington United States Goverment Printing Office	Variations and Relationships in the Snakes of the Genius Pituophis	A	223 pages Pituophis!! Important work of the genus. Many small details in the original form. Excelent drawings, wich you find nearly nowhere else. Distribution maps and the nomenclatur are not the status quo, the changend not only one time after print of this book.	:-))
Tennannt, Alan	1997 Huston, Tx. Gulf Publishing Company	A Field Guide To Snakes of Florida		Only Florida, but very exact and the newest nowledge. Nice and good photos. 3 pages Pituophis.	:-))
Tennannt, Alan	1985 Huston, Tx. Gulf Publishing Company	A Field Guide To Texas Snakes		Only Texas, but very exact and new knowledge. 5 pages Pituophis.	:-))
Tennannt, Alan	2003 Lanham, MD Lone Star Books	Snakes of North America Eastern and Central Regions Revised Edition		Excelent book with very many details to all genus. 14 1/2 pages Pituophis and 11 good photos (poorly a little small and some of them were earlier published in other Tennant-books). Good and exact distribution maps. Some local colorforms were pictured and described. A lot of sience works were used for this book. The second and revised edition were published in 2004. I recommend this book for everybody who's interesting in biologie in habitat (of the Pituophis). The price is very good for this high knowledge book!!!!!!!	:-))
Trutnau, Ludwig	2002 Stuttgart Eugen Ulmer Verlag	Ungiftige Schlangen Band 1 + 2 4. Auflage		This is the important german work of the (nonpoisionous) snakes. Knows now in the 4. ed. the genus Pituophis deppei. Good research and description, personly experience of the author were used, too. The eg. 100 Euro are a good investition. 4 pages Pituophis	:-))
Werler, John E., Dixon, James R.	2000 Austin University of Texas Press	Texas Snakes		Only Texas, but more exact than Tennant (1985) and newest knowledge. 5 pages Pituophis. The price is so a little high.	:-))
Wright, Albert Hazen, Wright, Anna Allen	1957, Reprint 1994 Ithaca and London Comstock Publishing Associates	Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada, Volume I + II		Important work. Very complex, a lot of details and literatur are found here. Negativ here is again the absence of color photos and the older knowledge and taxonomie.	:-))

Magazins:

Autor

Year

Titel

Name of the magazin

No.

Pages

My opinion

Bergadá, José 1998 Zur Nachzucht von Bullennattern der Gattung Pituophis Reptilia Nr. 10 April 1998 43-47 The theme is worked for the sayi right good, the photos were good enough, too.

Briggs, Patrick

2001

Pituophis Parade: The Bull, Gopher and Pine Snakes

Reptiles Magazin

Vol. 9 No. 4

48-73

The best and most complete article for the genus Pituophis.

Hirschkorn, Dieter 1986 Erfahrungen bei der Pflege und Zucht der selten gehaltenen Bullennatter Pituophis melanoleucus catenifer Herpetofauna Vol. 8 No. 43 13-16 Mr. Hirschkorn, one of the pioniers of keeping the genus Pituophis in terraria in Germany, named a lot of facts about the subspecies catenifer from the literatur and from his own experience.

Kardon, Alan

1995

The Nortern Mexican Pine Snake Pituophis deppei jani

The Vivarium

Vol 7 No.1

18-21

Nobody other named so many details in way of life of the subspecies in terraria and habitat.

Klarsfld, Jonathan D.
2003 Natural History and Captive Maintenance of the Louisiana Pinesnake Reptiles Magazin Vol. 11 No. 7 64-69 Excelent research and own experience were used, best source for details of the species ruthveni.

Merli, Jim

1992

Nesting Habits of the Northern Pinesnake (Pituophis m. melanoleucus)

The Vivarium

Vol 4
No. 1

16-19

Nice pictures and a lot of details about the egg-laying in nature.

Purser, Philip A.
2003 An Apprecation of Gophersnakes Reptiles Magazin Vol 11 No. 5 46-54 A work about the species catenifer in habitat and (american) terraria. Good resarch (but the nomenclatur is not so actual).

Wright, Jonathan

1996

Variations Within Populations of The Bullsnake

Reptile & Amphibian Magazine

Oct. 1996

14-22

Many details about the geographic colorforms of the bull snakes.

Wright, Jonathan

1997

Pr�rie Puffers - Bullsnakes

Reptile Hobbyist

March, 1997

8-15

Nice overview