PUBLICATIONS
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Books
Wilson LD, JH Townsend, and JD Johnson (eds.). 2010. Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Eagle Mountain Publications, LC. Eagle Mountain, Utah. xviii + 812 pp. Table of Contents
Chapters coauthored:
Townsend JH, and LD Wilson. 2008. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Honduras / Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras. Bibliomania!, Salt Lake City. xiv+322 pp.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2006. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida. x+291 pp.
Chapters coauthored:
- Johnson, JD, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. Summary of recent changes in higher taxonomic categories of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles. Pp. 18–27.
- Townsend, JH, and LD Wilson. Conservation of the Honduran herpetofauna: Issues and imperatives. Pp. 460–487.
- Townsend,
JH,
and LD Wilson. Biogeography and conservation of the Honduran subhumid
forest herpetofauna. Pp. 686–705.
- Wilson, LD, and JH Townsend. The Herpetofauna of Mesoamerica: Biodiversity significance, conservation status, and future challenges. Pp. 760–812.
Townsend JH, and LD Wilson. 2008. Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Honduras / Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras. Bibliomania!, Salt Lake City. xiv+322 pp.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2006. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Honduran Mosquitia. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida. x+291 pp.
Research articles
Firneno, Jr., TJ, JR O’Neill, DM Portik, AH Emery, JH Townsend, MK Fujita. 2020. Finding complexity in complexes: assessing the causes of mitonuclear discordance in a problematic species complex of Mesoamerican toads. Molecular Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15496
Mendoza-Henao, AM, E Arias, JH Townsend, and G Parra-Olea. 2020. Phylogeny-based species delimitation and integrative taxonomic revision of the Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni species complex, with resurrection of H. viridissimum (Taylor 1942). Systematics and Biodiversity 18(5): 464–484. Download here
Itgen, MW, SK Sessions, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2020. Integrative systematic revision of Bolitoglossa celaque McCranie & Wilson, with description of a new species from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Herpetological Monographs 33: 48–70. Download here
Itgen, MW, P Prša, R Janža, L Skubic, JH Townsend, A Kladnik, L Bizjak Mali, and SK Sessions. 2019. Genome size diversification in Central American bolitoglossine salamanders (Caudata; Plethodontidae). Copeia 107(3): 560–566. Download here
Firneno, Jr., TJ, and JH Townsend. 2019. Integrative evaluation of species boundaries in sympatric and parapatric populations of Mesoamerican toads (Bufonidae: Incilius coccifer group). Zoologica Scripta 48(4): 454–465. Download here
Hofmann, EP, KE Nicholson, IR Luque-Montes, G Köhler, C Cerrato-Mendoza, M Medina-Flores, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2019. Cryptic diversity, but to what extent? Discordance between single-locus species delimitation methods within mainland anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae) from Northern Central America. Frontiers in Genetics 10: 11 (1–13). Download here
Hofmann, EP, and JH Townsend. 2018. A cryptic new species of anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae), previously referred to as Anolis crassulus Cope, 1864, from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 85(2): 91–111. Download here
Luque-Montes, IR, JD Austin, KD Weinfurther, LD Wilson, EP Hofmann, and JH Townsend. 2018. An integrative assessment of the taxonomic status of putative hybrid leopard frogs (Anura: Ranidae) from the Chortís Highlands of Central America, with description of a new species. Systematics and Biodiversity Download here
Hofmann, EP, and JH Townsend. 2017. Origins and biogeography of the Anolis crassulus subgroup (Squamata: Dactyloidae) in the highlands of Nuclear Central America. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 267. Download here
Mibroda, JE, DJ McNeil, Jr, J Duchamp, JH Townsend, and JL Larkin. 2017. Roadside habitat utilization by the endemic Short-headed Gartersnake (Thamnophis brachystoma) in northwestern Pennsylvania. Herpetological Conservation & Biology 12(3): 655–663. Download here
Townsend, JH, and LD Wilson. 2016. Amphibians of the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras: COI barcoding suggests underestimated taxonomic diversity in a threatened endemic fauna. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 910–928. Download here
Townsend, JH. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Nototriton barbouri (Schmidt)(Caudata: Plethodontidae), with description of two new species of moss salamanders from the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. Zootaxa 4196(4): 511–528. Download here
Köhler, G, JH Townsend and CBP Petersen 2016. Taxonomic revision of Norops tropidonotus (Peters 1863), with the resurrection of N. spilorhipus (Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1956) and description of two new species. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(1): 8–41. Download here
Solís, JM., MR Espinal, C O’Reilly, R Valle, MW Itgen, and JH Townsend. 2016. On the taxonomy of Oedipina stuarti Brame 1968, with description of a new species of Oedipina (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from suburban Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Salamandra 52(2): 125–133. Download here
Hofmann, EP, CJ Fiss, KE Johnson, F Rodriguez, JT Larkin, JL Larkin, and JH Townsend. 2016. Inventario preliminar de herpetofauna de la Reserva Silvestre Privada El Jaguar (Nicaragua: Depto. Jinotega). Revista Nicaraguense de Biodiversidad 7: 1–19. Download here
Townsend, JH. 2014. Characterizing the Chortís Block Biogeographic Province: geological, physiographic, and ecological associations and herpetofaunal diversity. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(2): 204–252. Download here
Solís, JM, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with selected comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(1): 123–144. Download here
Townsend JH, M Medina-Flores, O Reyes–Calderón, and JD Austin. 2013. A new species of Nototriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Montaña de Botaderos National Park in northeastern Honduras. Zootaxa 3666(3): 358–368. Download here
Townsend JH, M Medina-Flores, LD Wilson, RC Jadin, and JD Austin. 2013. A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Chortís Highlands of Mesoamerica. ZooKeys 298: 77–105. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, M Medina-Flores, and LA Herrera-B. 2013. A new species of centipede snake in the Tantilla taeniata group (Squamata: Colubridae) from premontane forest in Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 191–200. Download here
Wilson LD, IR Luque-Montes, A Alegría, and JH Townsend. 2012. El componente endémico de la herpetofauna hondureña en peligro crítico: priorización y estrategias de conservación. Revista Latinoamericano de Conservación/Latin American Journal of Conservation 2: 47–67. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, M Medina-Flores, E Aguilar-Urbina, BK Atkinson, CA Cerrato M., A Contreras-C., LN Gray, LA Herrera-B., IR Luque-M., M McKewy- Mejía, A Portillo-A., AL Stubbs, and JD Austin. 2012. A premontane hotspot of herpetofaunal endemism on the windward side of Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texíguat, Honduras. Salamandra 48(2): 92–114. Download here
Jadin RC, JH Townsend, TA Castoe, and JA Campbell. 2012. Cryptic diversity in disjunct populations of Middle American Montane Pitvipers: a systematic reassessment of Cerrophidion godmani. Zoologica Scripta 41(5): 455–470. Download here
Sunyer J, JH Townsend, DB Wake, SL Travers, SC Gonzalez, LA Obando, and AZ Quintana. 2011. A cryptic new species of Oedipina (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from premontane elevations in northern Nicaragua, with comments on the systematic status of the Nicaraguan paratypes of O. pseudouniformis Brame, 1968. Breviora 526: 1–16. Download here
Townsend JH, M Medina-Flores, JL Murillo, and JD Austin. 2011. Cryptic diversity in Chortís Highland moss salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton) revealed using mtDNA barcodes and phylogenetics, with a new species from eastern Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 9(3): 275–287. Download here
McCranie JR, and JH Townsend. 2011. Description of a new species of worm salamander (Caudata, Plethodontidae, Oedipina) in the subgenus Oedopinola from the central portion of the Cordillera Nombre de Dios, Honduras. Zootaxa 2990: 59–68. Download here
Sunyer J, DB Wake, JH Townsend, SL Travers, SM Rovito, TJ Papenfuss, and LA Obando. 2010. A new species of worm salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) in the subgenus Oeditriton from the highlands of northern Nicaragua. Zootaxa 2613: 29–39. Download here
Townsend JH, JM Butler, LD Wilson, and JD Austin. 2010. A distinctive new species of moss salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Nototriton) from an imperiled endemism hotspot in Honduras. Zootaxa 2434: 1–16. Download here
Townsend JH. 2009. Morphological variation in Geophis nephodrymus (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on the conservation of Geophis in eastern Nuclear Central America. Herpetologica 65(3): 292–302. Download here
Townsend JH, JM Butler, LD Wilson, and JD Austin. 2009. A new species in the Bolitoglossa dunni group (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Honduras. Salamandra 45(2): 95–105. Download here
Townsend JH, and LD Wilson. 2009. New species of cloud forest Anolis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) of the crassulus group from Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Honduras. Copeia 2009(1): 62–70. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, LP Ketzler, and IR Luque-Montes. 2008. The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: a new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras. Zootaxa 1932: 18–26. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, IR Luque-Montes, and LP Ketzler. 2008. Redescription of Anolis rubribarbaris (Köhler, McCranie, & Wilson 1999), a poorly known Mesoamerican cloud forest anole (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Zootaxa 1918: 39–44. Download here
García-Moreno J, R Moore, G Santos-Barrera, N Urbina-Carbona, A Muñoz, P Walker, Z Walker, C Vásquez-Almazán, JH Townsend, R Jiménez, A Upgren, J Barborak, and JR Bonilla-Barbosa. 2008. Una visión del estado de los anfibios críticamente amenazados del norte de Centroamérica y los sitios en los que habitan. Mesoamericana 12(1): 37–40.
Venegas PJ, JH Townsend, C Koch, and W Böhme. 2008. Two new sympatric species of leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Phyllodactylus) from the Balsas region of the upper Marañon Valley, Peru. Journal of Herpetology 42(2): 386–396. Download here
Wilson LD, and JH Townsend. 2007. Biogeography and conservation of the herpetofauna of the upland pine-oak forests of Honduras. Biota Neotropica 7(1): 137–148. Download here
Wilson LD, and JH Townsend. 2007. A checklist and key to the snakes of the genus Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with commentary on distribution and conservation. Zootaxa 1395:1–31. Download here
Townsend JH, and LD Wilson. 2006. A new species of snake of the Geophis dubius group (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(1):150–159. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, BL Talley, DC Fraser, TL Plenderleith, and SM Hughes. 2006. Additions to the herpetofauna of Parque Nacional El Cusuco, Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 96:29–39. Download here
Wilson LD, and JH Townsend. 2006. The herpetofauna of the rainforests of Honduras. Caribbean Journal of Science 42(1):88–113. Download here
Short papers and notes
Hofmann, EP, L Herrera-B., EO Murillo, JA Castro, AJ Mason, CL Parkinson, & JH Townsend. 2019. Rediscovery of the Honduran endemic Diploglossus scansorius (Squamata: Diploglossidae), with description of the first known juvenile specimen from a new locality in north-central Honduras. Phyllomedusa 18(2): 255–258. Download here
Hofmann, EP, AJ Mason, JH Townsend, C Andino-Galeano, J Anibal-Vindel, and CJ Parkinson. 2019. Natural History Notes. Rhadinella kinkelini (Kinkelin's graceful brown snake). Reproduction and distribution. Herpetological Review 50(2): 402–403.
Firneno, TJ, IR Luque-Montes, and JH Townsend. 2017. An enigmatic record of Incilius porteri (Anura: Bufonidae) from Isla del Tigre, Honduras. Salamandra 53(1): 160–162.
Hofmann, EP, RJ Gray, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2017. Discovery of the first male specimen of Tantilla hendersoni Stafford, 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae), from a new locality in central Belize. Herpetology Notes 10: 53–57. Download here
Hess, AJ, and JH Townsend. 2017. Natural History Notes. Desmognathus monticola (Seal Salamander). Behavior. Herpetological Review 48(1): 153.
Firneno, TJ, MW Itgen, F Pereira-Pereira, and JH Townsend. 2016. Distribution. Coleonyx mitratus (Central American banded gecko). Herpetological Review 47(2): 257.
Firneno, TJ, MW Itgen, F Pereira-Pereira, and JH Townsend.2016. Geographic Distribution. Tantilla armillata (Hallowell's centipede snake). Herpetological Review 47(2): 266.
Luque-Montes, IR, and JH Townsend. 2016. Geographic Distribution. Norops loveridgei (Honduran giant anole). Herpetological Review 47(2): 258.
Medina-Flores, M, JL Murillo, and JH Townsend. 2016. Geographic Distribution. Atropoides indomitus (Honduran jumping pitviper). Herpetological Review 47(2): 261.
Medina-Flores, M, and JH Townsend. 2016. Geographic Distribution. Tropidodipsas sartorii (Terrestrial snail sucker). Herpetological Review 47(2): 266–267.
Townsend, JH, TJ Firneno, DL Escoto, EA Flores–Girón, M Medina-Flores, and OW Oyuela. 2015. The first record of the streamside frog Craugastor rupinius (Anura: Craugastoridae) in Honduras, confirmed with 16S DNA barcoding. Alytes 32: 55–58.
Hess, AJ, MW Itgen, EL Teygart, and JH Townsend. 2015. Natural History Notes. Bolitoglossa diaphora (El Cusuco Salamander). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(3): 408.
Itgen, MW, AJ Hess, EL Teygart, and JH Townsend. 2015. Natural History Notes. Bolitoglossa celaque (Celaque Climbing Salamander). Diet. Herpetological Review 46(3): 407–408.
Medina-Flores, M, and JH Townsend. 2014. Nature Notes. Bolitoglossa heiroreias. Tail bifurcation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1(1): 154–155. Download here
Talley, BL, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2013. Natural History Notes. Micrurus diastema (Variable Coralsnake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 44(4): 693–694.
Henrríquez, V, and JH Townsend. 2013. Geographic Distribution. Rhinophrynus dorsalis (Sapo Borracho). Herpetological Review 44(4): 622.
Sunyer, J, R García-Roa, and JH Townsend. 2013. First country record of Norops wermuthi Köhler & Obermeier, 1998, for Honduras. Herpetozoa 26(1/2): 103–106. Download here
Townsend, JH. 2013. Book review: Amphibians of Central America, by Gunther Köhler. Herpetological Review 44(1): 167–170. Download here
Atkinson BK, and JH Townsend. 2012. Geographic Distribution. Ramphotyphlops braminus (Brahminy Blindsnake). Herpetological Review 43(2): 308.
Talley BL, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2012. Effectiveness of leaf litterbags for sampling stream-breeding anurans: tadpole distribution, composition, and use. Herpetological Review 43(1): 55–59.
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, César A. Cerrato M., BK Atkinson, LA Herrera-B., and M McKewy Mejía. 2011. Discovery of the critically endangered treefrog Plectrohyla chrysopleura in Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texiguat, Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 115: 22–25. Download here
Townsend JH, IR Luque-Montes, and LD Wilson. 2011. Newly-discovered populations of four threatened endemic salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the highlands of Honduras. Salamandra 47(1): 50–54. Download here
Travers SL, JH Townsend, Javier Sunyer, LA Obando, and LD Wilson. 2011. New and noteworthy records of amphibians and reptiles from Reserva de la Biósfera Bosawas, Nicaragua. Herpetological Review 42(3): 399–403.
Travers SL, and JH Townsend. 2010. Myiasis on a Neotropical leaf frog, Agalychnis saltator Taylor, 1955. Herpetology Notes 3:355–357. Download here
Townsend JH, LA Herrera-B., Melissa Medina-Flores, LN Gray, AL Stubbs, and LD Wilson. 2010. Notes on the second male specimen of the cryptozoic snake Geophis damiani Wilson, McCranie, & Williams 1998 (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae). Herpetology Notes 3: 305–308. Download here
Luque-Montes IR, and JH Townsend. 2009. Geographic Distribution. Ninia espinali (Espinal’s Coffee Snake). Herpetological Review 40(4): 457.
Sunyer J, JH Townsend, LD Wilson, SL Travers, LA Obando, G Paiz, and DM Griffith. 2009. Three new country records of reptiles from Nicaragua. Salamandra 45(3): 186–190. Download here
Townsend JH, JC Nifong, and LD Wilson. 2005. First record of the colubrid snake Rhadinaea anachoreta Smith and Campbell from Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 94:2–3. Download here
Townsend JH, LD Wilson, TL Plenderleith, BL Talley, and JC Nifong. 2005. Ninia pavimentata (Squamata: Colubridae): an addition to the snake fauna of Honduras. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(4):869–870. Download here
Townsend JH, and TL Plenderleith. 2005. Geographic Distribution. Anolis (Norops) petersii (Peters’ Anole). Herpetological Review 36(4):466–467.
Townsend JH, SM Hughes, and TL Plenderleith. 2005. Geographic Distribution. Anolis (Norops) ocelloscapularis (NCN). Herpetological Review 36(4):466.
Townsend JH. 2005. Geographic Distribution. Sphenomorphus incertus (Stuart’s Forest Skink). Herpetological Review 36(3):337–338.
Townsend JH, SM Hughes, JJ Hines, DJ Carter, and G Sandoval. 2005. Notes on a juvenile Celestus montanus Schmidt, 1933, a rare lizard from Parque Nacional El Cusuco, Honduras. Herpetozoa 18(1/2):67–68.
Townsend JH, HC Aldrich, LD Wilson, and JR McCranie. 2005. First report of sporangia of a myxomycete (Physarum pusillum) on the body of a living animal, the lizard Corytophanes cristatus. Mycologia 97(2):346–348. Download here
Talley, BL, DC Fraser, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2005. Natural History Notes. Bothrops asper (Barba amarilla, terciopelo). Maximum elevation. Herpetological Bulletin 94:29–31. Download here
Donlan EM, JH Townsend, and EA Golden. 2004. Predation of Caretta caretta (Testudines: Cheloniidae) eggs by larvae of Lanelater sallei (Coleoptera: Elateridae) on Key Biscayne, Florida. Caribbean Journal of Science 40(3):415–420.
Wilson LD, JR McCranie, S Gotte, and JH Townsend. 2003. Distributional comments on some members of the herpetofauna of the Mosquitia, Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin 84:15–19.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2003. Hyla miliaria (Anura: Hylidae) in Honduras, with notes on calling site. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(3):398–399.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2003. Three snakes new to the herpetofauna of Honduras. Herpetological Review 34(4):391–392.
Townsend JH. 2003. Natural History Notes. Anolis porcatus (Cuban Green Anole): Nectivory. Herpetological Review 34(2):141–142.
McCranie JR, LD Wilson, and JH Townsend. 2003. Natural History Notes. Agalychnis callidryas (Red–eyed Treefrog): Reproduction. Herpetological Review 34(1):49
Townsend JH. 2002. Notes on Tapirus bairdii from the southern region of Biosfera Tawahka–Asangni, Honduras. Tapir Conservation: The newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group 11(2):16–17.
Townsend JH. 2002. Field notes from eastern Honduras: Tapirs (Tapirus bairdii) in the Rio Patuca region. Tapir Conservation: The newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group 11(1):17–18.
Townsend JH, JM Eaton, R Powell, JS Parmerlee, Jr., and RW Henderson. 2000. Cuban treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in Anguilla, Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 36(3–4):326–328.
Catalogue of American Amphibians & Reptiles accounts
Townsend JH, and LD Wilson. 2006. Geophis fulvoguttatus Mertens. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 839:1–4.
Townsend JH. 2006. Geophis dunni Schmidt. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 838:1–3.
Townsend JH. 2006. Celestus montanus Schmidt. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 834:1–3.
Townsend JH, and EM Langan. 2006. Tlalocohyla loquax Gaige and Stuart. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 806:1–8.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes percarinatus Duméril. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 791:1–3.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 790:1–6.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 789:1–6.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes Boie. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 788:1–4.
Townsend JH, R Powell, and RW Henderson. 2000. Alsophis rijgersmaei Cope. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 717:1–3.
Townsend JH. 2006. Geophis dunni Schmidt. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 838:1–3.
Townsend JH. 2006. Celestus montanus Schmidt. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 834:1–3.
Townsend JH, and EM Langan. 2006. Tlalocohyla loquax Gaige and Stuart. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 806:1–8.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes percarinatus Duméril. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 791:1–3.
McCranie JR, JH Townsend, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes hernandesii (Wiegmann). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 790:1–6.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes cristatus (Merrem). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 789:1–6.
Townsend JH, JR McCranie, and LD Wilson. 2004. Corytophanes Boie. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 788:1–4.
Townsend JH, R Powell, and RW Henderson. 2000. Alsophis rijgersmaei Cope. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 717:1–3.