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1 185 Anderson, R. A., and H. M. Tiebout, III. 1993. The effects of timber management practices on the lizards of xeric pineland habitats: an investigation of the Florida sand pine scrub. Final Report to The Nature Conservancy, Washington, D.C.
2 7970 Andrews, R. M., F. H. Pough, A. Collazo, and A. de Queiroz. 1987. The ecological cost of morphological specialization: feeding by a fossorial lizard. Oecologia 73:139–145.
3 719 Baker, W. 1974. Longevity of lightning-struck trees and notes on wildlife use. Proceedings of the Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 13:497–504. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
4 757 Barbour, T. 1944. The Kampong. The Atlantic 174(3):77–80.
5 759 Barbour, T., and A. F. Carr, Jr. 1940. Eumeces in the Miami area. Copeia 1940:129.
6 6766 Barrett, K. A. 2003. Microhabitat preferences of Eumeces inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink: explanations for its rarity on reclaimed phosphate-mined lands. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 120pp.
7 780 Barrett, K. A., K. A. Caruso, H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 2001. Eumeces inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink, a generalist species in Florida: why is it rare on reclaimed phosphate-mined land in central Florida? Page 45 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 27–31 July 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
8 1035 Blatchley, W. S. 1902. A nature wooing at Ormond by the Sea. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 245pp.
9 1063 Bogert, C. M., and R. B. Cowles. 1947. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 58. Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Florida reptiles. American Museum Novitates No. 1358. 34pp.
10 1390 Carr, A. 1994. The Gulf-island cottonmouths. Pages 225–229 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
11 1408 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
12 1600 Cooper, B. W. 1954. Notes on the life history of the lizard, Neoseps reynoldsi Stejneger. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 16:235–238.
13 1602 Cooper, W. E., Jr., and L. J. Vitt. 1987. Intraspecific and interspecific aggression in lizards of the scincid genus Eumeces: chemical detection of conspecific sexual competitors. Herpetologica 12:42–48.
14 2052 Domingue O'Neill, E. 1995. Amphibian and reptile communities of temporary ponds in a managed pine flatwood. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 106pp.
15 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.
16 2236 Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
17 2248 Enge, K. M. 1994. Lizards of the Florida scrub. Florida Wildlife 48(3):17–20.
18 10714 Enge, K. M. 2019. Plestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor 1932), southeastern five-lined skink. Pages 414–417 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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 2463 Fowler, H. W. 1906. Some cold-blooded vertebrates from the Florida Keys. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 58:77–113.
21 2730 Greenberg, C. H. 1993. Effect of high-intensity wildfire and silvicultural treatments on biotic communities of sand pine scrub. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 185pp.
22 8864 Greenberg, C. H. 2000. Fire, habitat structure and herpetofauna in the Southeast. Pages 91–99 in W. M. Ford, K. R. Russell, and C. E. Moorman, editors. The role of fire in nongame wildlife management and community restoration: traditional uses and new directions. Proceedings of a special workshop. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report NE-288, Northeastern Research Station, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
23 2732 Greenberg, C. H., D. G. Neary, and L. D. Harris. 1994. A comparison of herpetofaunal sampling effectiveness of pitfall, single-ended, and double-ended funnel traps used with drift fences. Journal of Herpetology 28:319–324.
24 2733 Greenberg, C. H., D. G. Neary, and L. D. Harris. 1994. Effect of high-intensity wildfire and silvicultural treatments on reptile communities in sand-pine scrub. Conservation Biology 8:1047–1057.
25 9180 Greene, H. W., E. J. Zimmerer, W. M. Palmer, and M. F. Benard. 2010. Diet specialization by the scarlet kingsnake, Lampropeltis elapsoides (Colubridae). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 17:18–21.
26 8607 Halstead, N. T. 2007. Long-term effects of prescribed fire on reptile and amphibian communities in Florida sandhill. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 48pp.
27 6822 Halstead, N. T., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 2003. Temporal and spatial effects of prescribed fire on reptile abundance and diversity. 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.
28 7999 Halstead, N. T., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 2006. Long-term effects of prescribed fire on reptile and amphibian communities in a Florida sandhill habitat. 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.
29 6508 Hamilton, W. J., Jr. 1941. Notes on some mammals of Lee County, Florida. American Midland Naturalist 25:686–691.
30 2837 Hamilton, W. J., Jr. 1958. Tecnophagy in the Florida five-lined skink. Herpetologica 14:28.
31 3471 Kent, D. M., and E. Snell. 1994. Vertebrates associated with gopher tortoise burrows in Orange County, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 22:8–10.
32 3541 Knizley, E. J. 1997. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) relocation project: monitoring the tortoise population and associate species of the tortoise burrow. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 108pp.
33 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.
34 3725 Lee, D. S. 1969. Floridian herpetofauna associated with cabbage palms. Herpetologica 25:70–71.
35 3796 Lips, K. R. 1991. Vertebrates associated with tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in four habitats in south-central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 25:477–481.
36 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.
37 3919 Manning, P. 1997. Orange blossom trails: walks in the natural areas of Florida. John F. Blair, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 258pp.
38 9902 McCoy, E. D., E. J. Britt, A. Catenazzi, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2013. Fire and herpetofaunal diversity in the Florida scrub ecosystem. Natural Areas Journal 33:316–326.
39 4058 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and J. N. Layne. 2002. Herpetofauna of a long-unburned sandhill habitat in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 65:35–50.
40 10414 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and J. N. Layne. 2015. The herpetology of southern Florida. Monograph 5. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:1−353.
41 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.
42 9819 Mitchell, J. C., W. McDaniel, and J. McDaniel. 2012. Plestiodon inexpectatus (southeastern five-lined skink). Bifurcation. Herpetological Review 43:650.
43 4521 Mushinsky, H. R. 1990. Southeastern five-lined skinks and fire in Florida. Page 80 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League and the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 5–9 August 1990, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
44 4522 Mushinsky, H. R. 1992. Natural history and abundance of southeastern five-lined skinks, Eumeces inexpectatus, on a periodically burned sandhill in Florida. Herpetologica 48:307–312.
45 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.
46 4629 Neill, W. T. 1971. The last of the ruling reptiles: alligators, crocodiles, and their kin. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA. 486pp.
47 4715 Ober, L. D. 1969. Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor as an island colonizer. Journal of Herpetology 3:181–182.
48 5152 Robinson, G. B., S. C. Robinson, and J. Lane. 1996. Discover a watershed: the Everglades. The Watercourse, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA. 278pp.
49 5462 Simpson, C. T. 1924. Out of doors in Florida: the adventures of a naturalist, together with essays on the wild life and the geology of the state. E. B. Douglas Company, Miami, Florida, USA. 412pp.
50 5580 Steiner, T. M. 1985. A clutch of five-lined skink eggs from south Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 13:96–97.
51 5581 Steiner, T. M. 1986. Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor. Southeastern five-lined skink. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 385.1–2.
52 5734 Taylor, E. H. 1935. A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan scincoid lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationships of its species. University of Kansas Scientific Bulletin 23:1–643.
53 5770 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1978. A hemoparasite survey of Florida lizards. Journal of Parasitology 64:1126–1127.
54 9299 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1998. Monitoring of the sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) in Ocala National Forest. Unpublished USDA Forest Service Final Project Report RFQ FL 97-14. 37pp.
55 5806 Tiebout, H. M., III, and R. A. Anderson. 1993. Impacts of commercial logging on terrestrial lizards of the Florida sand pine scrub. Pages 301–302 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, 17th Annual Larval Fish Conference, and the American Elasmobranch Society, 27 May–2 June 1993, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
56 6040 Wassmer, D. A., D. D. Guenther, and J. N. Layne. 1988. Ecology of the bobcat in south-central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33:159–228.
57 6099 Wharton, C. H. 1958. The ecology of the cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Lacepede, of Sea Horse Key, Florida. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 225pp.
58 6102 Wharton, C. H. 1969. The cottonmouth moccasin on Sea Horse Key, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 14:227–272.
59 6138 Wilder, C. D., Jr. 1962. Dominance-subordinance relationships in south-eastern five-lined skink, Eumeces inexpectatus Taylor. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 107pp.
60 6248 Witz, B. E. 1987. Avoidance response of Eumeces inexpectatus. Page 158 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 30th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 9–15 August 1987, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico.
61 6253 Witz, B. W., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1989. Pygdial secretions of Pasimachus subsulcatus (Coleoptera: Caribidae) deter predation by Eumeces inexpectatus (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:1033–1044.
62 6256 Witz, B. W., D. S. Wilson, and M. D. Palmer. 1991. Distribution of Gopherus polyphemus and its vertebrate symbionts in three burrow categories. American Midland Naturalist 126:152–158.
63 6379 Yosef, R., and T. C. Grubb, Jr. 1993. Effect of vegetation height on hunting behavior and diet of loggerhead shrikes. Condor 95:127–131.Yosef, R., and T. C. Grubb, Jr. 1993. Effect of vegetation height on hunting behavior and diet of loggerhead shrikes. Condor 95:127–131.

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