Homalopsid Snakes: Evolution in the Mud (2007) surveys the 37 species of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. These Oriental and Australasian rear fanged snakes demonstrate a range of adaptations to freshwater, brackish water, and salt water environments, but almost all of them like muddy substrates. While most eat fish some have specialized to feed on crustaceans. The book looks at their natural history, and considers hypotheses about their place in snake phylogeny. It also includes an essay by Sharon Brooks et al. that updates what is known about the Tonle Sap snake harvest in Cambodia, most likely the largest snake harvest in history and the harvest is composed primarily of homalopsid snakes. Available from Krieger Publishing.
Amphibians and Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago was published in 1997. It is based upon six field trips to the islands between 1982 and 1994, a survey of the literature, and examination of museum specimens. While the nomenclature of some taxa has changed, and new taxa have been added to the islands' fauna, it remains the only comprehensive work on the herpetofauna of these interesting continental islands. As new information becomes available the content of this book this book is updated in the Log section of this web site. The book is available from Krieger Publishing.
Tales of Giant Snakes: A Historical Natural History of Anacondas and Pythons was coauthored with Robert W. Henderson (Milwaukee Public Museum). It was published in 1997 and is based upon a review of the literature. The book examines what is known about the natural history of the four species of snakes known to exceed 20 feet (6.1 m). Those four species are the Anaconda (Eunectes murinus), the African Python (Python sebae), the Indian Python (Python molurus), and the Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus). The book examines size, food and feeding, reproduction, and interactions with humans. It is available from Krieger Publishing.
2007. A Review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the Description of a Related Species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae). Hamadryad. Vol. 31, No. 2: 57-63.
2006 Comparison of Semi-aquatic Snake Communities Associated with the Khorat Basin, Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of Chulalongkorn University 5:73-90. (Karns, Murphy, Voris, Suddeth). PDF
2005 A new Thai Enhydris (Serpentes: Colubridae: Homalopsinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53:143-147. (Murphy and Voris) PDF.
2005 Rainbows in the mud. Reptiles Magazine 13(3):58-67. (Murphy, Voris and Karns). Available on-line.
2002 The prey and predators of homalopsine snakes (Voris and Murphy). Journal of Natural History 36:1621-1632. PDF.
2002 Phylogenetic relationships of the Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. (Voris, Alfaro, Karns, Starnes, Thompson and Murphy) Copeia 2000:906-915. PDF .
2002 Female Reproduction in the Rainbow Water Snake, Enhydris enhydris (Serpentes, Colubridae, Homalopsinae). (Murphy, Voris, Stuart, and Platt) The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 2:31-37. PDF.
2002 Aquatic snakes with crustacean-eating habits elude herpetologists for two centuries. Litteratura Serpentium, European Snake Society 22(3):107-114. (Murphy and Voris) PDF.
2001. Book Review: A guide to the Reptiles of Belize. Herpetological Review 32(2):202-203. (Karns and Murphy)
2000. The spatial ecology of the rainbow water snake, Enhydris enhydris (Homalopsinae) in southern Thailand. Herpetological Natural History 7:97-115. (Karns, Voris, Chan-ard, Goodwin). PDF.
2000. A case of parthenogenesis in the plains garter snake, Thamnophis radix. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 35(2):17-19. (Murphy and Curry).
1999. Book Review: A Photographic Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 34(1):14.
1999. The ecology of the water snakes of Ban Tha Hin, Songkhla Province, Thailand. Natural History Bulletin, Siam Society 47:129-147. (With H. K. Voris, D. R. Karns, T. Chan-ard). PDF.
1996. Crossing Bond’s Line: The herpetofaunal exchange between the eastern Caribbean and mainland South America. Pages 207-216. In: R. Powell and R. W. Henderson (eds.) Contributions to West Indian Herpetology, A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, NY.
1996. Exploitation and conservation of giant snakes. International Conference on the Biology and Conservation of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South Asia. Abstracts, page 33. Paper presented August 3, 1996, Institute of Fundamental Studies, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. (Murphy, Henderson and Humbert.)
1996. Glow in the dark lizards? Reptiles Magazine 4(4):32-38.
1996. Gliders and Parachuters. Reptiles Magazine 4(3):12-26.
1994. A field guide and key to the snakes of the Danum Valley, a Bornean tropical forest ecosystem. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 29(7):133-151. (Murphy, Karns and Voris).
1994. A key to the homalopsine snakes. The Snake 26:123-133. (Murphy and Voris).
1994. Neglected serpents of Asian wetlands. Asian Wetland Newsletter 7:20-22. (With H. K. Voris).
1993. On large anacondas, Eunectes murinus (Serpentes: Boidae), with special reference to the Dunn-Lamon record. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(9):185-188. (With R. M. Gillmore).
1993. A key to the snakes of Sabah's Danum Valley. Sabah Society Journal 10 (1993):57-76. (Murphy, Voris and Karns.)
