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Books & Articles by Brian Bush

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1981 Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region Produced by Snakes Harmful & Harmless, Stoneville, WA. (2004 facsimile reprint)

1982 Suggestions for improving the conservation of W.A. herpetofauna. S.A. Herp. Group News.

1982 Snakes don't eat carrion, fact or fallacy? S.A. Herp. Group News.

1983 Diurnal or Nocturnal? S.A. Herp Group News.

1983 Please don't tell my son some snakes are harmless! S.A. Herp. Group News.

1983 Notes on reproductive behaviour in the tiger snake (Notechis scutatus). West. Aust. Nat. 15 (5): 112.

1983 Notes on reproduction in captive Menetia greyii (Lacertilia: Scincidae). West. Aust. Nat. 15 (6): 130.

1984 Male/male combat in the Western Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dorsalis (Gray). Herpetofauna 15 (2): 43.

1984 Seasonal aggregation behaviour in a mixed population of legless lizards, Delma australis & D. fraseri. Herpetofauna 16 (1): 1.

1985 Identification Key to the Snakes of the WA Goldfields & Adjacent Areas. Regional Herp L. 1.

1985 On the snake Pseudechis butleri with a description of a colour variant from the Eastern Goldfields. Herpetofauna 16 (2): 43.

1985 Some reptiles and frogs recorded in Stokes National Park. West. Aust. Nat. 16 (3): 52.

1985 On the distribution of two north Australian agamid lizards, Chelosania brunnea Gray & Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray. West. Aust. Nat. 16 (3): 53.

1985 The amateur herpetologist in W.A. RKA News 6 (4).

1985 On the captive maintenance of the Desert Banded Snake. RKA News 6 (6).

1987 Identification Key to the Snakes of the Perth Area. Regional Herp L. 2.

1987 Cannibalism and lizard predation in skink lizards. Herpetofauna 17 (1): 12.

1987 The movement of reptiles in mulga fenceposts with records from Esperance, Western Australia. West. Aust. Nat. 16 (8): 171.

1988 An unsuccessful breeding record for the Western Carpet Python, Morelia spilota imbricata. Herpetofauna 18 (1): 30.

1989 Polymorphism in captive bred siblings of the snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis. Herpetofauna 19 (20): 28.

1989 Ontogenetic colour change in the Gwardar, Pseudonaja nuchalis. West. Aust. Nat. 18 (2): 25.

1991 (with Browne-Cooper & Maryan) Some suggestions to decrease reptile roadkills in reserves with emphasis on the WA wheatbelt. Herpetofauna 21 (2): 23.

1992 Glue Traps: an appraisal of their use in residential areas of Perth, Western Australia. Herpetofauna 22 (1): 12.

1992 Some records of reproduction in captive lizards and snakes. Herpetofauna 22 (1): 26-30.

1993 A record of reproduction in captive Delma australis & D. fraseri (Lacertilia: Pygopodidae). Herpetofauna 15 (1): 11.

1993 The amateurs' role in Herpetology: dispelling the modern myth. Paper presented at the 2nd World Congress of Herpetology in Adelaide Dec/Jan 93/94.

1994 The natural history of the Western Tiger Snake: Captive reproductive potential and longevity. Herpetofauna 24 (2): 19-21.

1994 Problems with successful double clutching in captive gwardars, Pseudonaja nuchalis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetofauna 24 (1): 2-5.

1995 Captive reproduction in Pseudechis australis (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Western Australia, and notes on other Pseudechis species. Herpetofauna 25 (1): 30-32.

1995 Australia's venomous snakes: the modern myth or are you a man or a mouse? Monitor 7 (1): 12-18.

1995 Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region. UWA Press, Perth 226 pp.

1996 The dugite or spotted brown snake Pseudonaja affinis. Herpetofauna 26 (2): 22-34.

1996 On snake fangs: grooved or hollow? WASAH Newsletter No. 8: 5-6

1997 Is conservation justified or just humans opposing change? WASAH Newsletter 10: 7-8.

1997 Captive reproduction in the carpet python, Morelia spilota imbricata, including an exceptional fasting record of a reproductively active female. Herpetofauna 27 (2): 8-12.

1997 The Western Swamp Turtle (Pseudemydura umbrina): a radical conservation plan. WASAH Newsletter No. 11: 11-13

1997 Snake removal from private property in the Perth metropolitan area. WASAH Newsletter No. 13: 11-13.

1998 Results don’t happen over night! (Pseudechis butleri), WASAH Newsletter No. 15: 5.

1999 Excrement eating (coprophagy) in the Australian Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis). WASAH Newsletter 19: 15.

2000 Inclusion body disease (IBD) in pythons: a reminder of the importance of quarantine. WASAH Newsletter 21: 11-12

2001 Taxonomic contributions in the 'amateur' literature: comments on recent descriptions of new genera and species by Raymond Hoser. Co-authored with W. Wuster, J.S. Keogh, M. O'Shea & R. Shine. Litt. Serp. 21 (3): 67-91.

2002 Herpetofauna survey of Maralla Road bushland. Co-authored with Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper. West. Aust. Nat. 23 (3): 197-205.

2003 Lääne-Austraalia on mõnus paik roomajatele 1. Rästik “The Adder” Herp Mag., Estonia.

2003 Lääne-Austraalia on mõnus paik roomajatele 2. Rästik “The Adder” Herp Mag., Estonia.

2004 Snakes and Snakelike Reptiles of the WA Pilbara & Goldfields - A Guide to their identification and medical significance for industry in remote regions of Western Australia. Co-authored with Brad Maryan. Published by Snakes Harmful & Harmless, Stoneville, WA ISBN 0 646 43709 7

2004 Cross reactivity between venomous, mildly venomous and nonvenomous snake venoms with the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Venom Detection Kit. Co-authored with G. Jelinek, C. Tweed, D. Lynch, T. Celenza and N. Michalopoulos. Em. Med. Aust. 16: 459-464.

2005 Snakes and Snakelike Reptiles of the WA Kimberley - A Guide to their identification and medical significance for industry in remote regions of Western Australia. Co-authored with Brad Maryan. Published by Snakes Harmful & Harmless, Stoneville, WA ISBN 0 646 44936 2

2006 Snakes and Snakelike Reptiles of Southern Western Australia - A Guide to their identification and medical significance for outdoor workers. Co-authored with Brad Maryan. Published by Snakes Harmful & Harmless, Stoneville, WA ISBN 0 646 46440 X

2007 Rediscovery of Aprasia rostrata on the Montebello Islands, Western Australia. Co-authored with Brad Maryan. West. Aust. Nat. 25 (4): 247-251.

2007 Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia. Co-authored with Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper & David Robinson. Published by UWA Press, Nedlands, WA. ISBN 978 1 920694 74 6

2010 Field Guide to Reptiles and Frogs of the Perth Region. Co-authored with Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper & David Robinson. WA Museum, Perth 185 pp.

2011 Field Guide to Snakes of the Pilbara Region. Co-authored with Brad Maryan. WA Museum, Perth 112 pp.

2013 Perseverance Prevails: Captive Reproduction in the Spotted Mulga Snake (Pseudechis butleri). Scales & Tails Issue 29, May: 29-32.

2013 Interview with a legend. Scales & Tails Issue 30, July: 42-46.

2013 Morphological and molecular assessment of Aprasia fusca and A. rostrata (Squamata: Pygopodidae), with a description of a new species from the Lake MacLeod region, Western Australia. Co-authored with Brad Maryan and Mark Adams. Records WA Museum 28: 144-163.

2014 Posing in the Pilbara. Scales & Tails Issue 35, May: 4-11.

2015 The Hunt for the Western Desert Taipan. Scales & Tails Issue 42, July: 4-12.

2017 Focused Herping in Western Australia. AHS Red Bellied Courier Issue 3, May: 84-93.

2017 Catch a tiger snake by the tail: Differential toxicity, co-factor dependence and antivenom efficacy in a procoagulant clade of Australian venomous snakes. Co-authored with Callum Lister, Kevin Arbuckle, Timothy Jackson, Jordan Debono, Christina N. Zdenek, Daniel Dashevsky, Nathan Dunstan, Luke Allen, Chris Hay, Brian Bush, Amber Gillett & Bryan G. Fry. Comp. Biochem. & Physio. Part C 202 (2017) 39-54.

2017 Additions to the description of Paroplocephalus atriceps (Serpentes: Elapidae) with a discussion on pupil shape in it and other Australian snakes. Zootaxa 4344 (2): 333-344

2018 Proteomic and functional variation within black snake venoms (Elapidae: Pseudechis ). Co-authored with Jonathan Goldenberg, Vittoria Cipriania, Timothy N.W. Jackson, Kevin Arbuckle, Jordan Debono, Daniel Dashevsky, Nadya Panagides, Maria P. Ikonomopouloue, Ivan Koludarov, Bin Li, Renan Castro Santana, Amanda Nouwens, Alun Jones, Chris Hay, Nathan Dunstan, Luke Allen, John J. Miles, Lilin Ge, Hang Fai Kwok, Bryan G. Fry. Comp. Biochem. & Physio. Part C 205 (2018) 53-61.

2018 A venomous snakebite case in Australia supports the efficacy of Sutherland’s original 1979 pressure immobilisation first aid. Snakes Harmful & Harmless ASP110218 Feb: 1-12.

2020 A Hunt for the Crescent-marked Pilbara Gecko (Gehyra unguiculata). AHS Red Bellied Courier Issue 7, July: 84-93.

2020 An inventory of online reptile images. Co-authored with Benjamin Michael Marshall, Paul Freed, Laurie J. Vitt, Pedro Bernardo, Gernot Vogel, Sebastian Lotzkat, Michael Franzen, Jakob Hallermann, Richard D. Sage, Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte, Luciano Javier Avila, David Jandzik, Boris Klusmeyer, Brad Maryan, Jirí Hošek, Peter Uetz. Zootaxa 4896 (2): 251-264.

2021 A Field Herper for Hire. AHS Red Bellied Courier Issue 8, July: 36-41.

2022 Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea: A photographic celebration of Australasia's remarkable Frogs, Crocodiles, Tuataras, Turtles, Lizards and Snakes. Chelsea Maier & Chris Williams (Eds.), Reed New Holland Publishers, Sydney. 272 pp.

2023 Whip it into shape: Revision of the Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) complex (Squamata: Elapidae), with a description of a new species from central Australia. Co-authored with James Nankivell, Brad Maryan & Mark Hutchinson. Zootaxa 5311 (3): 301-339.


2023 Controversial Australian Snakebite Treatment: The Deepest Cut of all., Co-authored with Paul Singline. Article ID: e090823219595 - Venoms and Toxins 2023; 3:


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