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1 75 Allen, E. R. 1948. The truth about turtles. Florida Wildlife 1(9):6–7, 17.
2 549 Anonymous. 2000. Turtle harvesting banned for season. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (June):22.
3 8971 Anonymous. 2008. Newsbriefs: Florida turtles need a reprieve. Iguana 15:248–249.
4 629 Atkins, S., and J. MacMahon. 1967. The Zabski site, Merritt Island, Florida. Florida Anthropologist 20:133–145.
5 9944 Austin, R. J., L. Carlson, and R. W. Estabrook. 2009. Archaic period faunal use in the west-central Florida interior. Southeastern Archaeology (2009):148–164.
6 861 Bartram, J., and W. Bartram. 1957. John and William Bartram's America: selections from the writings of the Philadelphia naturalists. [Edited with an introduction by H. G. Cruickshank.] Devin-Adair Company, New York, New York, USA. 418pp.
7 1037 Blatchley, W. S. 1932. In days agone: notes on the fauna and flora of subtropical Florida in the days when most of its area was a primeval wilderness. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 338pp.
8 1210 Buck, S. V. 1997. Florida's herp trade: a collector's paradise...and a land exploited. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):72–81.
9 1446 Carter, W. H. 1981. Nature's masterpiece at Homosassa: where the saltgrass joins the sawgrass. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 288pp.
10 8687 Ceballos, C. P., and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2004. The trade in native and exotic turtles in Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:881–892.
11 1712 Dampier, L. 1999. American softshells. Part 1: Hawaiian, Florida & smooth softies. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 4(9):24–26, 28–30.
12 2104 Dunaway, D. 1983. Catch a cooter, any way you can. Florida Sportsman 14(7):78–80.
13 2236 Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
14 2242 Enge, K. M. 1993. Herptile use and trade in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 102pp.
15 2244 Enge, K. M. 1994. Florida's commercial trade in native turtles. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
16 2257 Enge, K. M. 2000. Florida's program to collect information on the trade in native herpetofauna. Page 145 (abstract) in Joint Meeting of the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 16th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, Neotropical Ichthyological Association, 48th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, Canadian Association of Herpetologists, and the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 14–20 June 2000, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
17 2416 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1992. 1991–92 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 20pp.
18 10479 Fradkin, A. 2017. Snake consumption among early inhabitants of the River of Grass, South Florida, USA. Archaeofauna 13?.
19 3181 Hutt, A. 1969. Florida softshell turtle. Florida Wildlife 23(6):10–12.
20 3761 Lettino, B. 1980. Cooter, catfish & quail. Florida Sportsman 11(8):50–54.
21 3787 Line, L. 1998. Fast decline of slow species. National Wildlife 36(6):22–31.
22 8268 Meylan, P. A. 2006. Introduction to the softshell turtles: Family Trionychidae. Pages 158–159 in P. A. Meylan, editor. Biology and conservation of Florida turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3.
23 8269 Meylan, P. A., and P. E. Moler. 2006. Apalone ferox – Florida softshell turtle. Pages 160–168 in P. A. Meylan, editor. Biology and conservation of Florida turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3.
24 4379 Moler, P. E. 1992. Impact of commercial exploitation on softshell turtle populations (feasibility study). Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7541, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 32pp.
25 4394 Moler, P. E., and J. E. Berish. 1995. Impact of commercial exploitation on softshell turtle populations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report Study No. 7542, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
26 8036 Moll, D., and E. O. Moll. 2004. The ecology, exploitation, and conservation of river turtles. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 393pp.
27 4635 Neill, W. T., H. J. Gut, and P. Brodkorb. 1956. Animal remains from four preceramic sites in Florida. American Antiquity 21:383–395.
28 4866 Pearson, D. W. 1994. Turtle conservation symposium generates conservation funds and turtle protection pleas. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 11(2):17–19.
29 4992 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1994. Overview of Florida turtles. Abstract in a symposium on the status and conservation of Florida turtles, 2–3 April 1994, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
30 4998 Pritchard, P. C. H. 1999. Overview of the status of Florida turtles (take a thousand anecdotes and soon you have some real data). Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
31 5171 Roman, J. 1999. From Bourbon Street to the sushi bar: molecular investigations of the wildlife trade. Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
32 5172 Roman, J., and B. W. Bowen. 2000. The mock turtle syndrome: genetic identification of turtle meat purchased in the southeastern United States of America. Animal Conservation 3:61–65.
33 5480 Smith, G. 1967. The softshell turtle. Florida Wildlife 21(2):13.
34 9011 Waymer, J. 2009. Newsnotes: men accused of turtle harvesting; fines could be up to $500 for illegal trot lines. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 13:29–30.
35 6106 White, C. P. 1986. Designed for survival—freshwater turtles. National Geographic Magazine 169:40–59.
36 6163 Willoughby, H. L. 1898. Across the Everglades: a canoe journey of exploration, by Hugh L. Willoughby. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 192pp.
37 6198 Wing, E. S. 1975. Prehistoric use of animal resources in Florida. Florida State Museum, The Plaster Jacket No. 24:1–18.
38 7977 Wyman, J. 1868. On the fresh-water shell-heaps of the St. Johns River, East Florida. American Naturalist 2:393–403.

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