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1 800 Bartlett, D. 1998. Notes from the field. Florida's Keys and the southern peninsula, revisited. Reptiles Magazine 6(7):62–68.
2 7657 Bartlett, D. 2006. American geckos (including aliens). Reptiles Magazine 14(2):40–49.
3 830 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. Florida's alien herps. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (March–April):56–73, 103–109.
4 833 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. House geckos and corn snakes in the 'glades. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 43(3):110–116, 118, 120–122, 124, 126.
5 857 Bartlett, R. D., and P. P. Bartlett. 1999. A field guide to Florida reptiles and amphibians. Gulf, Houston, Texas, USA. 280pp.
6 10870 Benoit, E. R., T. Carney, and T. Benoit. 2019. Anolis sagrei (brown anole). Predation. Herpetological Review 50:137–138.
7 6498 Blihovde, W. B., and R. D. Owen. 2002. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican house gecko). Herpetological Review 33:224.
8 1280 Butterfield, B. P., B. Hauge, and W. E. Meshaka, Jr. 1993. The occurrence of Hemidactylus mabouia on the United States mainland. Herpetological Review 24:111–112.
9 1278 Butterfield, B. P., I. Fox, J. Garner, K. Carter, and J. B. Hauge. 2000. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical gecko). Herpetological Review 31:53.
10 9850 Byer, N., K. Anderson, and R. Seigel. 2013. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (wood slave). Herpetological Review 44:273.
11 7416 Campbell, K. R., and T. S. Campbell. 2005. Established introduced lizards: a boundless supply of biological material. 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.
12 7459 Campbell, K. R., and T. S. Campbell. 2005. The feasibility of using introduced lizards as indicators of environmental contamination. Applied Herpetology 2:149–159.
13 8685 Carranza, S., and E. N. Arnold. 2006. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:531–545.
14 10800 Clements, S. L., S. Catania, and C. A. Searcy. 2018. Non-native species dominate herpetofaunal community patterns in both native and non-native habitat patches in urban Miami-Dade County. Anolis Newsletter VII:22–33
15 10266 Connor, L. L., and K. L. Krysko. 2014. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (wood slave). Herpetological Review 45:659.
16 9368 Corn, J. L., J. W. Mertins, B. Hanson, and S. Snow. 2011. First reports of ectoparasites collected from wild-caught exotic reptiles in Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology 48:94−100.
17 1667 Criscione, C. D., N. J. Anderson, T. Campbell, and B. Quinn. 1998. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical gecko). Herpetological Review 29:248.
18 7224 Eifler, D., K. Schad, J. Ray, and L. McInnes. 2004. Hemidactylus (house geckos). Anti-predator behavior. Herpetological Review 35:391–392.
19 7023 Enge, K. M., M. S. Robson, and K. L. Krysko. 2004. Reptile surveys of pine rockland habitat in six Miami-Dade County parks. Florida Scientist 67:194–204.
20 2464 Fowler, H. W. 1915. Cold-blooded vertebrates from Florida, the West Indies, Costa Rica, and eastern Brazil. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:244–269.
21 2799 Gunther, R., A. M. Bauer, and D. King. 1993. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical house gecko). Herpetological Review 24:66.
22 9815 Hecht-Kardasz, K. A. 2012. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (wood slave). Herpetological Review 43:618.
23 6497 Klowden, G. S. 2002. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican house gecko). Herpetological Review 33:224.
24 8655 Klowden, G. S. 2007. Distribution and life history of two non-indigenous geckos Hemidactylus garnotii and H. mabouia in southwest Florida. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 220pp.
25 7430 Klowden, G. S., and M. P. Moulton. 2005. Demography of non-indigenous geckos in southwest Florida. 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.
26 8318 Klowden, G. S., and M. P. Moulton. 2007. Colonization and extinction of two nonindigenous gecko species in SW Florida. Florida Scientist 70(Supplement 1):42 (abstract).
27 10670 Krysko, K. L. 2019. Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes 1818), wood slave (tropical house gecko or Amerafrican gecko). Pages 329–331 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
28 8582 Krysko, K. L., and B. J. Camposano. 2007. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican house gecko). Herpetological Review 38:483.
29 7458 Krysko, K. L., and C. M. Sheehy, III. 2005. Ecological status of the ocellated gecko, Sphaerodactylus argus argus Gosse 1850, in Florida, with additional herpetological notes from the Florida Keys. Caribbean Journal of Science 41:169–172.
30 7519 Krysko, K. L., and K. J. Daniels. 2005. A key to the geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Florida. Caribbean Journal of Science 41:28–36.
31 8479 Krysko, K. L., and L. A. Somma. 2007. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican house gecko). Herpetological Review 38:352.
32 6889 Krysko, K. L., C. M. Sheehy, III, and A. N. Hooper. 2003. Interspecific communal oviposition and reproduction of four species of lizards (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in the lower Florida Keys. Amphibia-Reptilia 24:390–396.
33 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.
34 7246 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, J. H. Townsend, E. M. Langan, S. A. Johnson, and T. S. Campbell. 2005. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Florida. Herpetological Review 36:85–87.
35 3671 Lawson, R., P. G. Frank, and D. L. Martin. 1991. A gecko new to the United States herpetofauna, with notes on geckoes of the Florida Keys. Herpetological Review 22:11–12.
36 7770 Lee, D. S. 2005. Reptiles and amphibians introduced to the Bahamas; a potential conservation crisis. Bahamas Journal of Science 12(2):2–6.
37 6908 Lever, C. 2003. Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 318pp.
38 4022 McCoid, M. J. 1995. Non-native reptiles and amphibians. Pages 433–437 in E. T. Laroe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources. National Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.
39 4231 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1994. Reproductive cycle of the Indo-Pacific gecko, Hemidactylus garnotii, in south Florida. Florida Scientist 57:6–9.
40 4244 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1999. The herpetofauna of the Kampong. Florida Scientist 62:153–157.
41 4246 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2000. Colonization dynamics of two exotic geckos (Hemidactylus garnotii and H. mabouia) in Everglades National Park. Journal of Herpetology 34:163–168.
42 4247 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2001. The Cuban treefrog in Florida: life history of a successful colonizing species. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 191pp.
43 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.
44 4261 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and B. A. Moody. 1996. The Old World tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia) on the Dry Tortugas. Florida Scientist 59:115–117.
45 4249 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and B. Hauge. 1994. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical house gecko). Herpetological Review 25:165.
46 4251 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and B. Hauge. 1994. Hemidactylus mabouia as an established member of the Florida herpetofauna. Herpetological Review 25:80–81.
47 4252 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and J. B. Hauge. 1994. Reproductive notes on the introduced gecko Hemidactylus mabouia in southern Florida. Herpetological Natural History 2:109–110.
48 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.
49 7695 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., H. L. Cress, K. L. Kingsland, H. T. Smith, S. A. Fitchett, J. A. Moore, and E. M. Cowan. 2006. Hemidactylus (house gecko) assemblage dynamics on South Florida buildings. Journal of Kansas Herpetology No. 17:8–9.
50 7334 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., H. T. Smith, R. Severson, and M. A. Severson. 2005. Spatial picture of a gecko assemblage in flux. Florida Scientist 68:53–55.
51 4260 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., W. F. Loftus, and T. Steiner. 2000. The herpetofauna of Everglades National Park. Florida Scientist 63:84–103.
52 10807 Mothes, C. C., J. T. Stroud, S. L. Clements, and C. A. Searcy. 2018. Predicting the invasion dynamics of anoles (and other lizards) using ecological niche modeling. Anolis Newsletter VII:194–204.
53 4677 Nicholson, K. E., and P. M. Richards. 1999. Observations of a population of Cuban knight anoles, Anolis equestris. Anolis Newsletter V:95–98.
54 4946 Powell, R., R. I. Crombie, and H. E. A. Boos. 1998. Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 674.1–11.
55 5030 Punzo, F. 2001. A comparative study of digestive function in three species of hemidactyline geckos from Florida. Florida Scientist 64:124–130.
56 7306 Punzo, F. 2005. The introduction of hemidactyline geckos in Florida: colonization and impact on native fauna. Pages 231–237 in W. E. Meshaka, Jr., and K. J. Babbitt, editors. Amphibians and reptiles: status and conservation in Florida. Krieger, Malabar, Florida, USA.
57 6999 Rice, K. G., A. D. Dove, M. E. Crockett, and J. H. Waddle. 2003. Inventory and monitoring of the amphibians and reptiles of Biscayne National Park. Pages 145–146 (abstract) in GEER Program and Abstracts, Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," 13–18 April 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA.
58 6914 Rice, K. G., A. D. Dove, M. E. Crockett, and J. H. Waddle. 2003. Inventory and monitoring of the amphibians and reptiles of Biscayne National Park. Pages 182–183 in A. E. Torres, A. L. Higer, H. S. Henkel, P. R. Mixson, J. R. Eggleston, T. L. Embry, and G. Clement, compilers. U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Science Program: 2002 Biennial Report, including USGS abstracts of presentations made at the Joint Science Conference on Florida Bay and Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," April 13–18, 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-54, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
59 8548 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, B. M. Jeffery, A. N. Rice, and H. F. Percival. 2005. Herpetofaunal inventories of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume III. Big Cypress National Preserve. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1300. 156pp.
60 8201 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, B. M. Jeffery, and H. F. Percival. 2004. Herpetofaunal inventory of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume 1. Everglades National Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2004-1065, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 144pp.
61 8549 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, C. D., B. M. Jeffery, and H. F. Percival. 2007. Herpetofaunal inventories of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: volume IV. Biscayne National Park. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1057, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 85pp.
62 6825 Sheehy, C. M., III, K. L. Krysko, and A. N. Hooper. 2003. Interspecific communal oviposition and reproduction of four species of geckos in the lower Florida Keys. Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 51st Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 26 June–1 July 2003, The Tropical Hotel Conference Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
63 9152 Somma, L. A. 2009. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (wood slave). Herpetological Review 40:452.
64 9794 Somma, L. A., K. L. Krysko, and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2013. First state record and interdiction for the wood slave, Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnes 1818) (Gekkonidae), in Maryland, USA. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 20:208–209.
65 6416 Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, A. T. Reppas, and C. M. Sheehy, III. 2002. Noteworthy records for introduced reptiles and amphibians from Florida, USA. Herpetological Review 33:75.
66 6939 Van Dyke, J. U. 2004. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (Amerafrican house gecko). Herpetological Review 35:82.
67 6048 Watkins-Colwell, G. J., and K. A. Watkins-Colwell. 1995. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical house gecko). Herpetological Review 26:45.

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