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1 64 Allen, E. R. 1938. Florida snake venom experiments. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 2:70–76.
2 72 Allen, E. R. 1940. Poisonous snakes of Florida. Florida Game and Fish 1(10):6–9.
3 76 Allen, E. R. 1949. Don't fear snakes—respect them! Outdoor Life 103(4):32–33, 70–72.
4 80 Allen, E. R. 1951. Here's how to get along with reptiles. Florida Wildlife 4(9):6–8, 20–22.
5 82 Allen, E. R. 1953. Here's how to get along with reptiles. Florida Wildlife 7(5):11, 37, 40.
6 138 Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1948. Cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Herpetologica 4(Supplement 1):1–15.
7 139 Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1988. Some like it hot! The cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (December):11–20.
8 89 Allen, E. R., and M. P. Merryday. 1940. A snake in the hand—is worth two in the grass for medical research, and the job of capturing and keeping them sheds interesting sidelights on their habits and peculiarities. Natural History 46:234–239.
9 97 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1950. The cottonmouth moccasin. Florida Wildlife 4(3):8–9, 16.
10 140 Allen, H. 1977. Snakebite: some dos, don'ts and maybes. Florida Sportsman 8(3):56–58, 61–63.
11 150 Allen, R. 1961. How to hunt the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Publication of Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 20pp.
12 152 Allen, R. 1969. Dangerous snakes are for experts only. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Bulletin No. 97, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 2pp.
13 187 Andrews, C. E., J. E. Dees, R. O. Edwards, K. W. Jackson, C. C. Snyder, T. Moseley, J. F. Gennaro, Jr., and G. W. Gehres. 1968. Venomous snakebite in Florida. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 55:308–316.
14 211 Anonymous. 1930. A Florida news item. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 3(4):113, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
15 373 Anonymous. 1988. Serpents move in next door. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (December):?
16 504 Anonymous. 1995. Amateur snake wrangler corrals wayward reptiles. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 12(2):24.
17 515 Anonymous. 1995. Snakebit. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 12(1):17.
18 9134 Anonymous. 2009. Study of isolated snakes could help shed light on venom composition. Florida Wildlife 62(6):25.
19 1036 Blatchley, W. S. 1931. My nature nook or notes on the natural history of the vicinity of Dunedin, Florida. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 302pp.
20 10082 Bonnett, D. E. 1968. Inhibition of moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) venom proteolytic activity by the Florida king snake (Lampropeltis getulus floridana). M.S. Thesis, Miami University, Miami, Florida, USA. 38pp.
21 7571 Bonnett, D. E., and S. I. Guttman. 1971. Inhibition of moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) venom proteolytic activity by the serum of the Florida king snake (Lampropeltis getulus floridana). Toxicon 9:417–422.
22 1161 Brinton, D. G. 1869. A guide-book of Florida and the South, for tourists, invalids and emigrants, with a map of the St. John River. George MacLean, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 136pp.
23 1219 Bulske, M. E. 1957. Florida isn't heaven! Vantage Press, New York, New York, USA. 121pp.
24 1444 Carter, W. H. 1980. Creatures and chronicles from Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
25 1447 Carter, W. H. 1985. Return to Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
26 7955 Cowin D. J., T. Wright, and J. A. Cowin. 1998. Long-term complications of snake bites to the upper extremity. Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association 7:205–211.
27 2147 East, B. 1975. Warning: death might not rattle. Outdoor Life 156(5):76–78, 84, 88.
28 2400 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. n.d. Snakes can kill. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 6pp.
29 7019 Garlock, M. 2004. Venom 1 to the rescue! Reptiles Magazine 12(9):38–40, 42–44, 46.
30 2741 Gregware, B., and C. Gregware. 1997. Guide to the Lake Okeechobee area. Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, Florida, USA. 212pp.
31 2970 Helm, T. 1965. A world of snakes. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, New York, USA. 178pp.
32 2971 Helm, T. W., III. 1952. Four deadly fangs. Field & Stream 57(1):56–57, 104–108.
33 3156 Hughes, W. 1969. Danger afield. Florida Wildlife 23(5):18–19.
34 3159 Hulme, J. H. 1952. Observation of a snake bite by a cottonmouth moccasin. Herpetologica 8:51.
35 3177 Hutchison, R. H. 1929. On the incidence of snake bite poisoning in the United States and the results of the newer methods of treatment. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 3(2):43–57, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
36 3521 Klinkenberg, J. 1980. Bullfrogs in the bag. Florida Wildlife 34(1):2–4.
37 3526 Klinkenberg, J. 1996. Dispatches from the land of flowers. A snake man, a sad poet, a lightning stalker and other stories about real Florida. Down Home Press, Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. 268pp.
38 9008 LeBuff, C. 2010. Everglades wildlife barons. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. 254pp.
39 3810 Loftin, H. 1959. Danger afield. Florida Wildlife 13(2):20–24, 48.
40 10817 Margres, M. J.,A. Patton, K. P. Wray, A. T. Hassinger, M. J. Ward, E. M. Lemmon, A. R. Lemmon, and D. R. Rokyta. 2018. Tipping the scales: the migration–selection balance leans toward selection in snake venoms. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36:271–282.
41 9140 McCleary, R. J. R., and D. J. Heard. 2010. Venom extraction from anesthetized Florida cottonmouths, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti, using a portable nerve stimulator. Toxicon 55:250–255.
42 4048 McCullough, N. C., and J. F. Gennaro, Jr. 1968. Diagnosis, symptoms, treatment and sequelae of envenomation by Crotalus adamanteus and genus Ancistrodon. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 55:327–329.
43 4049 McCullough, N. C., and J. F. Gennaro. 1970. Treatment of venomous snakebite in the United States. Clinical Toxicology 3:483–500.
44 4050 McCullough, N. C., and J. F. Gennaro. 1971. Treatment of venomous snakebite in the United States. Pages 137–154 in S. A. Minton, editor. Snake venoms and envenomation. Marcel Dekker, New York, New York, USA.
45 4172 Means, D. B. 1999. Venomous snakes of Florida. Florida Wildlife 53(5):13–20.
46 4330 Minton, S. A., Jr. and M. R. Minton. 1980. Venomous reptiles. Revised edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 308pp.
47 4512 Murril[l], W. A. 1927. Hunting cottonmouth moccasins. Outdoor Life 60(6):84.
48 4573 Naggiar, M. 1976. First aid for snakebite. Florida Wildlife 30(8):10–14.
49 8898 Neal, K., and R. McCleary. 2008. Population-level comparisons of enzyme activities in venom of the Florida cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
50 4834 Parrish, H. M, and J. E. Scatterday. 1957. A survey of poisonous snakebites among domestic animals in Florida. Veterinary Medicine 52:135–139.
51 4836 Parrish, H. M. 1957. On the incidence of poisonous snake bites in Florida: analysis of 241 cases occurring during 1954 and 1955. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 6:761–765.
52 4837 Parrish, H. M. 1957. The poisonous snake bite problem in Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 20:185–204.
53 4925 Pollard, C. B., A. F. Novak, R. W. Harmon, and W. H. Runzler. 1952. A study of the toxicity and stability of dried moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) venom. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 15:162–164.
54 5242 Ruskosky, D., and T. Kunisaki. 1996. Epidemiology of venomous bites and stings in Florida. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 83:172–173.
55 10490 Schulte, J., K. Domanski, E. A. Smith, A., Menendez, K. C. Kleinschmidt, and B. A. Roth. 2016. Childhood victims of snakebites: 2000–2013. Pediatrics, e20160491.
56 9874 Shupe, S. 2013. Venomous snakes of the world: a manual for use by U.S. amphibious forces. Skyhorse Publishing, New York, New York, USA. 320pp.
57 5535 Sowder, W. T., and G. W. Gehres. 1963. Snakebites in Florida. Journal of the Florida Medical Association 49:973–976.
58 5677 Strimple, P. 1995. Reptile news and trivia: cottonmouths can bite underwater. Reptiles Magazine 3(2):12.
59 5692 Stubbs, T. 1971. Venomous snakes in Florida. Florida Wildlife 24(10):20–25.
60 5693 Stubbs, T. 1974. A moccasin may be more than a shoe. Florida Naturalist 47(1):17–20.
61 5694 Stubbs, T. 1979. Moccasin. Florida Naturalist 52(4):2–4.
62 5803 Thornton, D. W. 1946. ID for cottonmouths. Florida Outdoors 1(9):14–15.
63 5945 Van Duyn, G. 1936. Snakes are where you find them. Field & Stream 41(6):32–33, 67–69.
64 5997 Wadsworth, N. 1969. New light on snakebite. Outdoor Life 143(3):47–49, 150–155.
65 6041 Waterman, C. 1962. Snake safety. Florida Wildlife 16(7):30–33, 42.
66 6051 Watt, C. H., Jr. 1978. Poisonous snakebite treatment in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association 240:654–656.
67 6052 Watt, C. J., Jr., and J. F. Gennaro, Jr. 1965. Pit viper bites in south Georgia and north Florida. Transactions of the Southern Surgical Association 77:378–386.
68 9162 Weed, F. 2010. Gone snake hunting. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. 219pp.
69 6082 Weinstein, S. A., C. F. DeWitt, and L. A. Smith. 1992. Variability of venom-neutralizing properties of serum from snakes of the colubrid genus Lampropeltis. Journal of Herpetology 26:452–461.
70 6141 Will, L. E. 1964. Lawrence Will's cracker history of Okeechobee: "custard apple, moonvine, catfish and moonshine." Great Outdoors, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 308pp.
71 6270 Wolff, N. O., and T. S. Githens. 1939. Record venom extraction from water moccasin. Copeia 1939:52.
72 8990 Wozniak, E. J., J. Wisser, and M. Schwartz. 2006. Venomous adversaries: a reference to snake identification, field safety, and bite-victim first aid for disaster-response personnel deploying into the hurricane-prone regions of North America. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 17:246–266.

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