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Cottone A, Bauer A. 2013 Jul 13. The Vernal Spatial Ecology and Mating Behaviors of the Rhombic Skaapsteker, Psammophylax Rhombeatus Rhombeatus (Serpentes: Psammophiidae), from the Western Cape, South Africa. The Vernal Spatial Ecology and Mating Behaviors of the Rhombic Skaapsteker, Psammophylax Rhombeatus (Serpentes: Psammophiidae), from the Western Cape, South Africa.
- The article discusses the vernal spatial ecology and mating behaviors of the Rhombic Skaapsteker, a species of snake. The article provides detailed information on the habitat preferences, movement patterns, and reproductive behaviors of this snake species during the vernal season.

Cottone A, BauerRese A. 2015 Nov 9. Prey Excavation by Psammophylax Rhombeatus (Colubridae: Psammophiinae) from South Africa. Research Gate. [accessed 2024 Apr 23].
- The paper focuses on the feeding behavior of the snake species Psammophylax rhombeatus. The document contains detailed observations, data, and analysis regarding how this snake species hunts and consumes its prey in its natural habitat in South Africa.
Keates C, Conradie W, Greenbaum E, Edwards S. 2019. A Snake in the grass: Genetic Structuring of the Widespread African Grass Snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the Description of a New Genus and a New Species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
- This website provides information about the genetic structuring and taxonomy of the African grass snake. It includes details about the discovery of a new genus and species within this group, shedding light on the evolutionary relationships and diversity within these snakes across Africa.
- Psammophylax rhombeatus. psammophisnl. [accessed 2024 Apr 23]. https://psammophis.nl/soorten/psammophylax_rhombeatus.htm.
  - The website focuses on Psammophylax rhombeatus. It offers information about its taxonomy, distribution, habitat, and behavior.
- Cottone A, Bauer A. 2010 Dec 17. Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, Reproduction, and Their Geographic Variation in Sympatric Psammophiids, Psammophis crucifer and Psammophylax rhombeatus rhombeatus, from Southern Africa. BioOne Digital Library. [accessed 2024 Apr 20]. https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-2010/issue-4/CE-10-018/Sexual-Dimorphism-Diet-Reproduction-and-Their-Geographic-Variation-in-Sympatric/10.1643/CE-10-018.full.
  - This article discusses sexual dimorphism, diet, and reproduction in Psammophylax snakes found in southern Africa.
- Marais J. Spotted Skaapsteker - ASI. African Snakebite Institute. https://www.africansnakebiteinstitute.com/snake/spotted-skaapsteker/.
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Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
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Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
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Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
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