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1 7643 Anonymous. 2006. Reptile news and trivia: the Everglades' new top predator? Reptiles Magazine 14(1):8.
2 9107 Anonymous. 2009. Newsbriefs: "python patrol" targets giant snakes of South Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 16:201–202.
3 8878 Austin, J. 2008. Python patrol. Nature Conservancy Magazine 58(3):13.
4 9060 Barker, D. G., and T. M. Barker. 2009. On Burmese pythons in the Everglades: questions posed and answered on the issues of pythons in South Florida and in captivity. The Occasional Papers of Vida Preciosa International No. 1, VPI Library, Boerne, Texas, USA. 16pp.
5 9573 Barker, D. G., and T. M. Barker. 2012. A review of: Dorcas et al. 2012. Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 47:45−50.
6 9681 Beltz, E. 2006. HerPET-POURRI: to eat -- or be eaten! Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 41:136–137.
7 9687 Beltz, E. 2007. HerPET-POURRI: released by clueless owners, or... Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 42:32.
8 9024 Bilger, B. 2009. The natural world: swamp things. The New Yorker (April 20):80–89.
9 7801 Biondi, J. 2006. Make way for pythons: former pets are colonizing the Everglades. Florida InsideOut (March/April):140, 142, 144.
10 10382 Boback, S. M., R. W. Snow, T. Hsu, S. C. Peurach, C. J. Dove, and R. N. Reed. 2016. Supersize me: remains of three white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in an invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) in Florida. BioInvasions Records 5:197−203.
11 9476 Burridge, M. J. 2011. Non-native and invasive ticks: threats to human and animal health in the United States. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 292pp.
12 10816 Card, D. C., B. W. Perry, R. H. Adams, D. R. Schield, A. S. Young, A. L. Andrew, T. Jezkova, G. I. Pasquesi, N. R. Hales, M. R. Walsh, and M. R. Rochford. 2018. Novel ecological and climatic conditions drive rapid adaptation in invasive Florida Burmese pythons. Molecular Ecology 27:4744–4757.
13 9278 Chun, D. 2010. The snake chaser. Gainesville Magazine 8(4):64–65.
14 10269 Dorcas, M. E., and J. D. Willson. 2013. Hidden giants: problems associated with studying secretive invasive pythons. Pages 367–386 in W. I. Lutterschmidt (editor). Reptiles in research: investigations of ecology, physiology, and behavior from desert to sea. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, USA.
15 9489 Dorcas, M. E., and J. D. Willson. 2011. Invasive pythons in the United States: ecology of an introduced predator. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA. 156pp.
16 9557 Dorcas, M. E., J. D. Willson, R. N. Reed, R. W. Snow, M. R. Rochford, M. A. Miller, W. E. Meshaka, Jr., P. T. Andreadis, F. J. Mazzotti, C. M. Romagosa, and K. M. Hart. 2012. Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park. PNAS 109:2418−2422.
17 9604 Dove, C. J., R. N. Reed, and R. W. Snow. 2012. Consumption of bird eggs by invasive Burmese pythons in Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19:64−66.
18 9349 Dove, C. J., R. W. Snow, M. R. Rochford, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2011. Birds consumed by the invasive Burmese yython (Python molurus bivittatus) in Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:126−131.
19 7816 Ferriter, A., B. Doren, C. Goodyear, D. Thayer, D. Burch, L. Toth, M. Bodle, J. Lane, D. Schmitz, P. Pratt, S. Snow, and K. Langeland. 2006. Chapter 9: the status of nonindigenous species in the South Florida environment. Pages 9-1–9-102 in 2006 South Florida Environmental Report – Volume I, The South Florida Environment. South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
20 8481 Greene, D. U., J. M. Potts, J. G. Duquesnel, and R. W. Snow. 2007. Geographic distribution: Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python). Herpetological Review 38:355.
21 8684 Harvey, R. G., M. L. Brien, M. S. Cherkiss, M. Dorcas, M. Rochford, R. W. Snow, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2008. Burmese pythons in South Florida: scientific support for invasive species management. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, IFAS Publication Number WEC-242. 8pp.
22 9353 Holbrook, J., and T. Chesnes. 2011. An effect of Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) on mammal populations in southern Florida. Florida Scientist 74:17−24.
23 9136 Jordan, P. 2009. The great South Florida python scare. Playboy 56(11):124–126, 145–149.
24 7601 Justice, L. A. 2003. Gator vs. python. National Examiner (February 25):4–5.
25 6985 Krysko, K. 2003. Exotic prey. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 22(1):22.
26 9822 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Hart, B. J. Smith, T. H. Selby, M. S. Cherkiss, N. T. Coutu, R. M. Reichart, L. P. Nunez, F. J. Mazzotti, and R. W. Snow. 2012. Record length, mass, and clutch size in the nonindigenous Burmese python, Python bivittaus Kuhl 1820 (Squamata: Pythonidae), in Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19:267–270.
27 8086 Lotz, M. 2006. Burmese python consumes bobcat in Everglades National Park. Wild Cat News 2(1):25–27.
28 9271 Marquis, A. L. 2010. A snake in the grass: Burmese pythons are putting a squeeze on the Everglades. National Parks 84(3):1–4.
29 10293 McCleery, R. A., A. Sovie, R. N. Reed, M. W. Cunningham, M. E. Hunter, and K. M. Hart. 2015. Marsh rabbit mortalities tie pythons to the precipitous decline of mammals in the Everglades. The Royal Society Publishing Proceedings B 282(1805):20150120.
30 7440 Oberhofer, L., and R. W. Snow. 2005. Disposable pets, unwanted giants: pythons in Everglades National Park. 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.
31 10876 Orzechowski, S. C. M., C. M. Romagosa, and P. C. Frederick. 2019. Invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) are novel nest predators in wading bird colonies of the Florida Everglades. Biological Invasions ?
32 9840 Perez, L. 2012. Snake in the grass: an Everglades invasion. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 200pp.
33 9072 Reed, R. N., and G. H. Rodda. 2009. Giant constrictors: biological and management profiles and an establishment risk assessment for nine large species of pythons, anacondas, and the boa constrictor. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1202. 302pp.
34 7697 Roberts, L. 2006. Alligator vs. python. Florida Wildlife 59(1):47–49.
35 9172 Rochford, M., K. L. Krysko, J. Nifong, L. Wilkins, R. W. Snow, and M. S. Cherkiss. 2010. Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python). Diet. Herpetological Review 41:97.
36 8902 Rochford, M., M. Brien, M. Cherkiss, S. Snow, K. Rice, M. Dorcas, L. Wilkins, and F. Mazzotti. 2008. Diet of Burmese pythons in South Florida. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
37 8004 Secor, S., R. W. Snow, and S. E. White. 2006. Alien vs. predator, energetics of the Everglades pythons. Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 86th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 64th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 12–17 July 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
38 8391 Snow, R. W., K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, L. Oberhofer, A. Warren-Bradley, and L. Wilkins. 2007. Introduced populations of Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Python molurus bivittatus (Pyhtonidae) in southern Florida. Pages 416-438 in R. W. Henderson and R. Powell, editors. Biology of the boas and pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, Utah, USA.
39 8657 Snow, R. W., M. L. Brien, M. S. Cherkiss, L. Wilkins, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2007. Dietary habits of Burmese python, Python molurus bivittatus, from Everglades National Park, Florida. Herpetological Bulletin 101:5–7.
40 10424 Sovie, A. R., R. A. McCleery, R. J. Fletcher Jr., and K. M. Hart. 2016. Invasive pythons, not anthropogenic stressors, explain the distribution of a keystone species. Biological Invasions 18:3309−3318.
41 9490 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2011. C-111 Spreader Canal Western Project Final Project Implementation Report and Environmental Impact Statement. Annex A.5: Fish and Wildlife Service Final Biological Opinion. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, and South Florida Water Management District. 110pp.
42 9555 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2012. Injurious wildlife species; listing three python and one anaconda species as injurious reptiles. Federal Register 77:3330−3366.
43 10482 Willson, J. D. 2017. Indirect effects of invasive Burmese pythons on ecosystems in southern Florida. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1251−1258.

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