ANNONATED LIST OF AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE SPECIES OF THE FAR EAST RUSSIA

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Adnagulov E. V. On the Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Evreiskaya Autonomous Oblast’ (Russia). Current Studies in Herpetology, 2016, vol. 16, iss. 3 – 4, pp. 87–106 (in Russian).
Ananjeva N. B., Borkin L. J., Darevsky I. S., Or-lov N. L. Zemnovodnye i presmykaiushchiesia. Entsik-lopediia prirody Rossii [Amphibians and Reptiles. Encyclopaedia on the Nature of Russia]. Moscow, ABF Publ., 1998. 576 p. (in Russian).
Ananjeva N. B., Orlov N. L., Khalikov R. G., Darevsky I. S., Ryabov S. A., Barabanov A. V. Colored Atlas of the Reptiles of the North Eurasia (Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status). St. Petersburg, Zool. Institute of RAS Publ., 2004. 232 p. (in Russian).
Bannikov A. G., Darevsky I. S., Rustamov A. K. Zemnovodnye i presmykaiushchiesia SSSR [Amphibians and Reptiles of the USSR]. Moscow, Mysl’ Publ. Company, 1971. 303 p. (in Russian).
Bannikov A. G., Darevsky I. S., Ischchenko V. G., Rustamov A. K., Szczerbak N. N. Opredelitel' zemnovodnykh i presmykaiushchikhsia fauny SSSR [Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the USSR Fauna]. Moscow, Prosvetscheniye, 1977. 415 p. (in Russian).
Belousova I. N. 2013. Vidovoi sostav i osoben-nosti ekologii beskhvostykh zemnovodnykh na Kamchatke [Species composition and ecological features of Anurans in Kamchatka Peninsula]. In: V. Yu. Gorlachev (ed.). Ekologiia Kamchatki i ustoichivoe razvitie regiona : materialy I Vseros. nauch.-prakt. konf. [Ecology of Kamchatka and Sustainable Development of the Region : Proceedings of I All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference]. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Vitus Bering Kamchatka State University Press, 2013, pp. 24–32 (in Russian).
Berman D. I., Derenko M. V., Malyarchuk B. A., Bulakhova N. A., Grzybowski T., Kryukov A. P., Lei-rikh A. N. Range and genetic polymorphism of Salaman-drella schrenckii (Amphibia, Caudata, Hynobiidae). Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 2009, vol. 88, no. 5, pp. 530 – 545 (in Russian).
Berman D. I., Derenko M. V., Malyarchuk B. A., Grzybowski T., Kryukov A. P., Miscicka-Sliwka D. Genetic polymorphism of Siberian Newt (Salamandrella keyserlingii, Caudata, Amphibia) in its range and the cryptic species of the newt S. schrenckii from Primorie. Doklady Biological Sciences, 2005, vol. 403, no. 1–6, pp. 275 – 278.
Borkin L. J. Darevsky I. S. 1987. List of Amphibians and Reptiles of the USSR Fauna. In: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Protected Territories. Moscow, Central Laboratory of Game and Protected Areas of RFSFR, 1987, pp. 128–141 (in Russian).
Borkin L. J., Kuzmin S. L. Amphibians: Species accounts. In: Amphibians and Reptiles of Mongolian People’s Republic. Moscow, Nauka Publ., 1988, pp. 30–197 (in Russian).
Far East: Physical and Geographical Characteristics. Moscow, Publ. Company of the Acad. Sci. USSR, 1961. 440 p. (in Russian).
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Emelianov A. A. Reptiles and Amphibians of Primorie. In: Primorie, its Nature and Economics. Vladivostok : Goskniga Publ., 1923, pp. 128–140 (in Russian).
Emelianov A. A. Instuction for collecting of Amphibians and Reptiles. Works of the Circle of Young Local Lore Researchers by Vladivostok’s Section of the State Geographical Society. Vladivostok, Publ. House of Vladivostok’s Section of the State Geographical Society, 1928, iss. 2, pp. 3–10 (in Russian).
Emelianov A. A. Snakes of the Far Eastern District. Memoirs of the Vladivostok Section of the Russian State Geographical Society, 1929, vol. 3 (20), iss. 1, pp. 3 – 208 (in Russian).
Emelianov A. A. On a New Species of Ancistrodon (Ophidia) in the Far East. Bull. DVO Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1937, no. 24, pp. 19–40 (in Russian).
Korotkov Yu. M. Terrestrial Reptiles of the Far East of USSR. Vladivostok, Dal’nevostochnoye Knizhnoe Izdatel’stvo, 1985. 136 p. (in Russian).
Korotkov Yu. M., Borkin L. J. Amphibians and Reptiles. In: Rare Vertebrates of the Soviet Far East and their Protection. Leningrad, Nauka Publ. House, 1989, pp. 26–35 (in Russian).
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Kuzmin S. L., Semyonov D. V. 2006. Synopsis of the Fauna of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Russia. Moscow, KMK Scientific Press Ltd., 2006. 298 p. (in Russian).
Litvinchuk S. N., Borkin L. J. 2016. Reptiles. In: V. N. Efanov (ed.). Red Data Book of the Sakhalinskaya Oblast’. Animals. Moscow, Buki-Vedi Publ., 2016, pp. 153–161 (in Russian).
Lyapkov S. M. Pelophylax ridibundus in Kamchatka Thermal Waters. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 2014 a, vol. 93, no. 12, pp. 1427–1432 (in Russian).
Lyapkov S. M. Pelophylax ridibundus in Kamchatka: Distribution, Habitats, and Characteristics in Population Structure. In: Abstracts of ХV Intern. Scien-tific Conference ”Conservation of Biodiversity of Kamchatka and Coastal Waters”. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatpress, 2014 b, pp. 62–66 (in Russian). 
Lyapkov S. M. Rana temporaria in the Kamchatka: Formation of the first Population. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2016, vol. 16, iss. 3 – 4, pp. 123–128 (in Russian).
Maack R. Travel on the Amur river made by order of the Siberian department of the Emperor’s Russian Geographical Society in 1855. Saint-Petersburg, S. F. Soloviev, 1859. 320 p. + 212 p. (in Russian).
Maack R. A Trip through the Valley of the Ussuri River. Saint-Petersburg, Printed by V. Bezobrazov & Co., 1861, vol. 1. 203 p. (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Herpetologica Rossica. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, Série 8, Phys.-Math., 1905, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1–518 (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of the Russian Empire. Kharkov, Russ. Tipografia i Litografia Publ., 1907. 182 p. (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Reptilia. Vol. I. Chelonia and Sauria. Fauna of Russia and Adjacent countries. Petrograd, Imper. Acad. Science, 1915. 532 p. (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Reptilia. Vol. II. Ophidia. Fauna of Russia and Adjacent countries. Petrograd, Imper. Acad. Science, 1916. 350 p. (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Amphibia. Fauna of Russia and Adjacent countries. Petrograd, Imper. Acad. Science, 1918. 310 p. (in Russian).
Nikolsky A. M. Coluber (Vipera) sachalinensis (Tzar.) et son histoire. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l’Acad. de Sciences de l’URSS, “1926” (1927), vol. 27, pp. 247 – 260 (in Russian).
Orlova V. F., Semyonov D. V. Nature of Russia: Life of Animals. Amphibians and Reptiles. Moscow, AST Publ. Co., 1999. 480 p. (in Russian).
Pereleshin S. D., Terentiev P. V. Materials on the Herpetofauna of Sakhalin and Kurile Islands. Proc. of Sakhalin Complex Research Institute of Siberian Division of Acad. Science USSR, 1963, iss. 14. Animal World of Sakhalinskaya Oblast’, pp. 3–29 (in Russian).
Terentjev P. V., Chernov S. A. 1949. Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians. Moscow, Sovetskaya Nauka, 1949. 340 p. (in Russian).
Tiunov I. M., Tiunov M. P., Sheremet’eva I. N. Findings of Mongolian Toad (Bufo raddei) and Reed Vole (Microtus fortis) on Sakhalin Island. Zoologicheskii zhurnal, 2009, vol. 88, no. 11, pp. 1406–1408 (in Russian).
Kharin V. E. Revision of Sea Snakes of Subfamily Laticaudinae Cope, 1879 sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute AN SSSR, 1984, vol. 124, pp. 128 – 139 (in Russian).
Kharin V. E. Reptilia. Biota of the Russian Waters of the Sea of Japan. Vladivostok, Dalnauka, 2008, vol. 7. 170 p. (in Russian).
Kharin V. E. Redescription of a Russian Finding of the Erabu Sea Krait Pseudolaticauda semifasciata (Reinwardt in Schlegel, 1837), with remarks about species composition of sea snakes (Serpentes: Laticaudidae, Hydrophiidae) in Russian and adjacent waters. Russ. J. of Marine Biology, 2009, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 8–14.
Kharin V. E. Rare and little-known Snakes of the North-Eastern Eurasia. 3. On the Taxonomic Status of the Slender Racer Hierophis spinalis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Current Studies in Herpetology, 2011, vol. 11, iss. 3–4, pp. 173–179 (in Russian).
Kharin V. E., Vyshkvartsev D. I. On the first Record of Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (Reptilia, Chelonii-dae) in Russian Waters. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2012, vol. 12, iss. 3–4, pp. 167–170 (in Russian).
Kharin V. E., Timentzev A. A. Rare and little-known Snakes of the North-Eastern Eurasia. 2. Records of Two-colored Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Pelamis platura, Hydrophiidae)  in the  Russian Waters. Current Studies in Herpetology, 2009, vol. 9, iss. 3–4, pp. 122–129 (in Russian).
Tzarewsky S. T. Formes nouvelles du genre Vipera, trouvées dans l’Empire Russe. Annuaire du Musée Zo-ologique de l'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, “1916” (1917), vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 34–39 (in Russian).
Sheiko B. A., Nikanorov A. P. Class Amphibia – Amphibians. Class Reptilia – Reptiles. In: Catalog of Vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatskiy Petchatniy Dvor, 2000, pp. 70 – 72 (in Russian).
Strauch A. O iadovitykh zmeiakh, vodiashchikhsia v Rossii [Concerning poisonous Snakes distributed in Russia]. Trudy Pervogo s'ezda estestvoispytatelei v Sankt-Peterburge [Proc. of the First Congress of Natural Scientists in Saint-Petersburg]. Saint-Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1868, vol. 1, pp. 271–297 (in Rus-sian).
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