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1 9548 Anderson, C., and K. M. Enge. 2011. Geographic distribution: Ctenosaura similis (Gray's spiny-tailed iguana). Herpetological Review 42:568.
2 9565 Anderson, C., and K. M. Enge. 2012. Ctenosaura similis (Gray's spiny-tailed iguana) and Iguana iguana (green iguana). Carrion feeding. Herpetological Review 41:131.
3 6851 Anonymous. 2003. Erratum. Herpetological Review 34:280.
4 7870 Anonymous. 2006. Reptile news and trivia: iguanas gone wild in Boca Grande. Reptiles Magazine 14(8):10.
5 8223 Anonymous. 2007. News from the reptile realm: iguana removal considered in Florida. Reptiles Magazine 5(3):10.
6 9151 Avery, M. L., E. A. Tillman, and K. L. Krysko. 2009. Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise), Ctenosaura similis (Gray's spiny-tailed iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 40:435.
7 10383 Avery, M. L., E. A. Tillman, C. Spurfeld, R. M. Engeman, K. P. Maciejewski, J. D. Brown, and E. A. Fetzer. 2014. Invasive black spiny-tailed iguanas (Ctenosaura similis) on Gasparilla Island, Florida, USA. Integrative Zoology 2014:590–597.
8 9376 Avery, M. L., J. D. Eisemann, K. L. Keacher, and P. J. Savarie. 2011. Acetaminophen and zinc phosphide for lethal management of invasive lizards Ctenosaura similis. Current Zoology 57:625–629.
9 858 Bartlett, R. D., and P. Bartlett. 2000. The iguana handbook. Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge, New York, USA. 163pp.
10 857 Bartlett, R. D., and P. P. Bartlett. 1999. A field guide to Florida reptiles and amphibians. Gulf, Houston, Texas, USA. 280pp.
11 2159 Eggert, J. 1978. The invasion of the wish willy. Florida Wildlife 31(5):9–10.
12 8235 Enge, K. M., K. L. Krysko, and A. P. Borgia. 2006. Geographic distribution: Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana). Herpetological Review 37:494.
13 8972 Engeman, R. M., B. U. Constantin, M. L. Christie, and P. T. Hall. 2009. Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana). Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) concurrent burrow use. Herpetological Review 40:84.
14 8973 Engeman, R. M., M. Kennedy, B. U. Constantin, M. L. Christie, and P. T. Hall. 2009. Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana). Coluber constrictor priapus (southern black racer). Non-predatory killing. Herpetological Review 40:84–85.
15 10467 Engeman, R. M., M. L. Avery, A. B. Shiels, A. R. Berentsen, K. C. VerCauteren, R. T. Sugihara, A. G. Duffney, C. S. Clark, and J. D. Eisemann, J. D. 2018. Diverse examples from managing invasive vertebrate species on inhabited islands of the United States. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management 25:43−61.
16 8573 Engeman, R. M., M. L. Christie, B. Constantin, and R. Christie. 2007. Ctenosaura similis (black spiny-tailed iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 38:454.
17 9371 Engeman, R., E. Jacobson, M. L. Avery, and W. E. Meshaka, Jr. 2011. The aggressive invasion of exotic reptiles in Florida with a focus on prominent species: a review. Current Zoology 57:599–612.
18 8670 Jackson, J. A., and B. J. S. Jackson. 2007. An apparent mutualistic association between invasive exotics: Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius) and black spiny-tailed iguanas (Ctenosaura similis). Natural Areas Journal 27:254–257.
19 7433 Krysko, K. L. 2005. Problems with introduced amphibians and reptiles in Florida: it’s no longer just a tiny gecko! Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 85th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 6–11 July 2005, Tampa, Florida, USA.
20 8193 Krysko, K. L. 2006. Potential ecological impacts by an introduced lizard in southern Florida: a case study on the black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis. Abstract in 28th Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting, 26–29 October 2006, Valdosta, Georgia, USA.
21 10701 Krysko, K. L., and L. Nunez. 2019. Ctenosaura similis (Gray 1831), Gray's spiny-tailed iguana (black spinytail iguana). Pages 385–387 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
22 10185 Krysko, K. L., and S. B. Juan. 2014. The nonnative black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis Gray 1831 (Squamata: Iguanidae), preying upon the native southeastern five-lined skink, Plestiodon inexpectatus Taylor 1932 (Squamata: Scincidae), in southern Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 21:69–70.
23 6725 Krysko, K. L., F. W. King, K. M. Enge, and A. T. Reppas. 2003. Distribution of the introduced black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) on the southwestern coast of Florida. Florida Scientist 66:141–146.
24 9187 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, E. M. Donlan, E. A. Golden, J. P. Burgess, and K. W. Larson. 2010. The non-marine herpetofauna of Key Biscayne, Florida. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:132–142.
25 9041 Krysko, K. L., K. W. Larson, D. Diep, E. Abellana, and E. R. McKercher. 2009. Diet of the nonindigenous black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis (Gray 1831) (Sauria: Iguanidae), in southern Florida. Florida Scientist 72:48–58.
26 6908 Lever, C. 2003. Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 318pp.
27 6650 Love, B. 2003. Herpetological queries: lady killer? Reptiles Magazine 11(6):16.
28 8515 Love, B. 2007. Herpetological queries. Reptiles Magazine 5(12):14, 16.
29 8569 Love, B. 2007. Herpetological queries: wild green iguanas, gator turtles. Reptiles Magazine 14, 16.
30 6429 McKercher, E. 2001. Ctenosaura pectinata (Iguanidae) on Gasparilla Island, Florida: colonization, habitat use and interactions with Gopherus polyphemus. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 117pp.
31 9477 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2011. A runaway train in the making: the exotic amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians of Florida. Monograph 1. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:1−101.
32 6947 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and J. B. Hauge. 2004. The exotic amphibians and reptiles of Florida. Krieger, Melbourne, Florida, USA. 166pp.
33 8853 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., H. T. Smith, E. Golden, and E. M. Cowan. 2008. The black spinytail iguana (Ctenosaura similis) and its apparent response to high-density raccoon (Procyon lotor) predation in a South Florida park. Florida Scientist 71:215–219.
34 10307 Nunez, L. P., and K. L. Krysko. 2015. Molecular analyses of two introduced lizard species in Florida: testing hypotheses of introduction pathways, species identity, and native range origins. Page 14 (abstract) in The 38th Annual Herpetology Conference, 27–28 March 2015, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
35 7953 Ogden, J. C., S. M. Davis, T. K. Barnes, K. J. Jacobs, and J. H. Gentile. 2005. Total system conceptual ecological model. Wetlands 25:955–979.
36 8433 Olson, C. A., G. S. Klowden, and M. L. Christie. 2007. Geographic distribution: Ctenosaura similis (spiny-tailed iguana). Herpetological Review 38:217.
37 8682 Sagert. J. R. 2008. Boca Grande and its unwelcome residents. Florida Wildlife 61(3):39–41.
38 9853 Stroud, J. T., and K. L. Krysko. 2013. Ctenosaura similis (Gray's spiny-tailed iguana). Non-native diet. Herpetological Review 44:322.
39 6894 Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, and K. M. Enge. 2003. Introduced iguanas in southern Florida: a history of more than 35 years. Iguana 10:111–118.
40 6559 Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, and K. M. Enge. 2003. The identity of spiny-tailed iguanas, Ctenosaura, introduced to Florida, USA (Squamata: Sauria: Iguanidae). Herpetozoa 16:67–72.
41 7889 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2006. Central and Southern Florida Project: Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs. Revised Draft Integrated Project Implementation Report and Environmental Impact Statement. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and South Florida Water Management District. 386pp.

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