Herpetofauna of Florida

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1	58	Allen, C. R., E. A. Forys, K. G. Rice, and D. P. Wojcik. 1998. Are red imported fire ants a threat to hatching sea turtles? Page 120 (abstract) in S. P. Epperly and J. Braun, compilers. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-415.
2	59	Allen, C. R., E. A. Forys, K. G. Rice, and D. P. Wojcik. 2001. Effects of fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on hatchling turtles and prevalence of fire ants on sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida. Florida Entomologist 84:250–253.
3	60	Allen, C. R., R. S. Lutz, and S. Demarais. 1998. Ecological effects of the invasive nonindigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, on native vertebrates: the wheels on the bus. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 63:56–65.
4	889	Beissinger, S. R. 1990. Alternative foods of a diet specialist, the snail kite. Auk 107:327–333.
5	1662	Crenshaw, J. W., Jr. 1955. The ecological geography of the Pseudemys floridana complex in the southeastern United States. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 211pp.
6	1757	Deitz, D. C., and D. R. Jackson. 1979. Use of American alligator nests by nesting turtles. Journal of Herpetology 13:510–512.
7	1765	Delany, M. F., S. B. Linda, and C. T. Moore. 1999. Diet and condition of American alligators in 4 Florida Lakes. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:375–389.
8	2267	Enge, K. M., H. F. Percival, K. G. Rice, M. L. Jennings, G. R. Masson, and A. R. Woodward. 2000. Summer nesting of turtles in alligator nests in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 34:497–503.
9	2455	Forys, E. A., C. R. Allen, D. M. Epperson, and D. P. Wojcik. 1999. Potential impacts from red imported fire ants on turtles. Abstract in G. L. Heinrich and P. A. Meylan, coordinators. A Second Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles and the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 8–11 October 1999, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
10	2454	Forys, E., C. R. Allen, D. M. Epperson, and D. P. Wojcik. 2000. Potential impacts from red imported fire ants on turtles. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(1):3–4 (abstract).
11	2670	Goin, C. J. 1944. The lower vertebrate fauna of the water hyacinth community in northern Florida. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 6:143–154.
12	2703	Goodwin, T. M., and W. R. Marion. 1977. Occurrence of Florida red-bellied turtle eggs in north-central Florida alligator nests. Florida Scientist 40:237–238.
13	3258	Jackson, D. R. 1988. Reproductive strategies of sympatric freshwater emydid turtles in northern peninsular Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33:113–158.
14	3260	Jackson, D. R. 1989. Turtles' use of alligator nests. Page 145 in C. A. Ross, consulting editor. Crocodiles and alligators. Facts on File, New York, New York, USA.
15	3430	Kam, Y.-C. 1994. Effects of simulated flooding on metabolism and water balance of turtle eggs and embryos. Journal of Herpetology 28:173–178.
16	3609	Kushlan, J. A., and M. S. Kushlan. 1980. Everglades alligator nests: nesting sites for marsh reptiles. Copeia 1980:930–932.
17	10341	Mazzotti, F. J., M. McEachern, M. Rochford, R. N. Reed, J. Ketterlin Eckles, J. Vinci, J. Edwards, and J. Wasilewski. 2015. Tupinambis merianae as nest predators of crocodilians and turtles in Florida, USA. Biological Invasions ?.
18	4063	McEwan, L. C., and D. H. Hirth. 1980. Food habits of the bald eagle in north-central Florida. Condor 82:229–231.
19	4223	Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1988. Pseudemys nelsoni (Florida red-bellied slider). Mutualism. Herpetological Review 19:88.
20	4255	Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and M. Deyrup. 1999. Pseudemys floridana peninsularis (peninsula cooter) and P. nelsoni (Florida redbelly turtle. Mutualism. Herpetological Review 30:95.
21	4633	Neill, W. T., and E. R. Allen. 1954. Algae on turtles: some additional considerations. Ecology 35:581–584.
22	5000	Pritchard, P. C. H., and W. F. Greenhood. 1968. The sun and the turtle. International Turtle & Tortoise Society Journal 2(1):20–25, 34.
23	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.
24	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.
25	5858	Toops, C. 1998. The Florida Everglades. Voyageur Press, Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. 112pp.
26	10327	Walsh, T. J., and G. L. Heinrich. 2015. Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) predation of turtles in central Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 43:79–85.

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