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1 9663 Aldridge, R. D., S. R. Goldberg, S. S. Wisniewski, A. P. Bufalino, and C. B. Dillman. 2009. The reproductive cycle and estrus in the colubrid snakes of temperate North America. Contemporary Herpetology 2009(4):1–31.
2 65 Allen, E. R. 1939. Notes on Florida water snakes. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 3:101–104.
3 73 Allen, E. R. 1941. Florida water snakes. Publication of Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, USA.
4 138 Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1948. Cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Herpetologica 4(Supplement 1):1–15.
5 116 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1952. The water snake. Florida Wildlife 6(4):13, 39.
6 9788 Anonymous. 2010. Field identification of select native and nonnative reptiles. Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area. 34pp.
7 192 Anonymous. n.d. Cross Florida greenbelt state recreation and conservation area management plan. Volume IV. Report on biological issues. Report for Florida Department of Natural Resources and Canal Authority of State of Florida, University Planning Team, Department Landscape Architecture, College of Architecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 163pp.
8 723 Ball, J. C. 1993. Herp hunting in southern/central Florida. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28:267–268.
9 827 Bartlett, R. D. 1993. Notes on the water snakes of the southeastern USA. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 41(12):88–90, 92–96, 98–100.
10 831 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. Florida's Chipola River—a nighttime herping foray. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 43(4):110–116, 118, 120–121.
11 848 Bartlett, R. D. 2001. Notes on the American water snakes—genus Nerodia. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(5):46–54.
12 1090 Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
13 1287 Byrd, E. E., and R. L. Roudabush. 1939. Leptophyllum ovalis n. sp., a trematode from the brown water snake. Journal of Parasitology 25:471–473.
14 1408 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
15 1547 Clay, W. L. 1938. A synopsis of the North American water snakes of the genus Natrix. Copeia 1938:173–182.
16 1549 Cliburn, J. W. 1960. The phylogeny and zoogeography of North American Natrix. Dissertation, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 319pp.
17 1575 Conant, R. 1930. Field notes of a collecting trip. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 4(3):60–64, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
18 9691 Conant, R. 2003. Herp collecting in Florida in 1930. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37:117–119.
19 2098 Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
20 2460 Foster, M. L., and S. R. Humphrey. 1992. Effectiveness of wildlife crossings in reducing animal/auto collisions on Interstate 75, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida. Prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 124pp.
21 2475 Franklin, M. A. 1944. Notes on the young of the brown water snake. Copeia 1944:250.
22 7026 Gibbons, J. W., and M. E. Dorcas. 2004. North American watersnakes: a natural history. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. 438pp.
23 2699 Goodman, D. E. 1971. Thermoregulation in the brown water snake, Natrix taxispilota, with discussion of the ecological significance of thermal preferenda in the Order Squamata. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 84pp.
24 2911 Hartmann, T. 1989. Nerodia taxispilota, the brown water snake. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (March):11–15.
25 10764 Hill, E. P. 2019. Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook 1838), brown watersnake (brown water snake). Pages 546–547 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
26 9855 Holbrook, J. D. 2013. Nerodia taxispilota (brown watersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 44:333.
27 3115 Holman, J. A. 2000. Fossil snakes of North America: origin, evolution, distribution, paleoecology. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. 357pp.
28 3136 Howard, P. 1991. 1961 snake buster. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 8(3):25.
29 3184 Hylander, C. J. 1951. Adventure with reptiles: the story of Ross Allen. Julian Messner, New York, New York, USA. 174pp.
30 3190 Irvine, A. B. 1974. Dive and breath hold metabolism of the brown water snake, Natrix taxispilota. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 31pp.
31 3192 Irvine, A. B., and H. D. Prange. 1975. Dive and breath hold metabolism of the brown water snake, Natrix taxispilota. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 55A:51–67.
32 6511 Kushlan, J. A., and M. S. Kushlan. 1975. Food of the white ibis in southern Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 3:31–38.
33 9364 Langford, G. J., and J. C. Bruno. 2011. Siren lacertina (greater siren). Diet. Herpetological Review 42:259.
34 3668 Lawson, R. 1985. Molecular studies of Thamnophiine snakes. Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. 183pp.
35 3669 Lawson, R. 1987. Molecular studies of Thamnophiine snakes: 1. The phylogeny of the genus Nerodia. Journal of Herpetology 21:140–157.
36 3727 Lee, D. S. 1969. Notes on the feeding behavior of cave-dwelling bullfrogs. Herpetologica 25:211–212.
37 10524 Ljustina, O., and S. Barrett. 2018. Using canals in southern Florida to measure impacts of urbanization on herpetofaunal community composition. Southeastern Naturalist 17:202–210.
38 3808 Loennberg, E. 1894. Notes on reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida in 1892 and 1893. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 17:317–339.
39 8048 Love, B. 2006. Herpetological queries: rare water snake? Reptiles Magazine 4(10):10.
40 3934 Mara, W. P. 1995. Water snakes of North America. T.F.H., Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. 64pp.
41 4044 McCranie, J. R. 1983. Nerodia taxispilota (Holbrook). Brown water snake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 333.1–2.
42 10414 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and J. N. Layne. 2015. The herpetology of southern Florida. Monograph 5. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:1−353.
43 4292 Meylan, P. A., W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hurlbert. 2001. Reptilia 2: lizards, snakes, and crocodilians. Pages 137–151 in R. C. Hurlbert, editor. The fossil vertebrates of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
44 4352 Moler, P. E. 1970. Rates of heating and cooling and associated heart rates in the brown water snake, Natrix taxispilota. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 25pp.
45 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.
46 4465 Mount, R. H., and T. D. Schwaner. 1970. Taxonomic and distributional relationships between the water snakes Natrix taxispilota (Holbrook) and Natrix rhombifera (Hallowell). Herpetologica 26:76–82.
47 4609 Neill, W. T. 1954. Ranges and taxonomic allocations of amphibians and reptiles in the southeastern United States. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Publication of the Research Division 1:75–96, Silver Springs, Florida, USA.
48 4610 Neill, W. T. 1955. Deadly cottonmouth or harmless water snake? Florida Wildlife 9(2):22–23, 44.
49 4623 Neill, W. T. 1963. Polychromatism in snakes. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26:194–216.
50 4956 Price, C. 1974. Life goes on. Florida Wildlife 27(12):10–11.
51 5063 Reams, R. D., and A. M. Stevens. 1999. Nerodia taxispilota (brown water snake). Feeding behavior. Herpetological Review 30:103.
52 7234 Rice, A. N. 2004. Diet and condition of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in three central Florida lakes. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 89pp.
53 8471 Rossman, D. A., and J. Boundy. 2007. A previously undescribed bone in the snout of the brown watersnake, Nerodia taxispilota. Herpetological Review 38:280–282.
54 5373 Schwartz, A. 1950. Extension of range of the watersnake Natrix taxispilota. Copeia 1950:60.
55 6727 Smith, L. L., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Wildlife mortality on U.S. Highway 441 across Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, Florida. Florida Scientist 66:128–140.
56 5518 Smoker, M. 2001. Hiking for herps. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(12):54–58.
57 9179 Stevenson, D. J., M. R. Bolt, D. J. Smith, K. M. Enge, N. L. Hyslop, T. M. Norton, and K. J. Dyer. 2010. Prey records for the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi). Southeastern Naturalist 9:1–18.

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