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1 7259 Branch, L. C., A. M. Clark, P. E. Moler, and B. W. Bowen. 2003. Fragmented landscapes, habitat specificity, and conservation genetics of three lizards in Florida scrub. Conservation Genetics 4:199–212.
2 1132 Branch, L. C., D. G. Hokit, B. M. Stith, B. W. Bowen, and A. Clark. 1999. Effects of landscape dynamics on endemic scrub lizards: an assessment with molecular genetics and GIS modeling. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 88pp.
3 7692 Brandley, M. C., A. Schmitz, and T. W. Reeder. 2005. Partitioned Bayesian analyses, partition choice, and the phylogenetic relationships of scincid lizards. Systematic Biology 54:373–390.
4 1495 Christman, S. P. 1971. The possible evolutionary history of two Florida skinks. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 33:291–293.
5 1534 Clark, A. M. 1998. The skinks of Florida's xeric habitats: phylogeography of Neoseps reynoldsi and Eumeces egregius. Abstract in Proceedings of the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 41st Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 46th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 14th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, and the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Herpetologists, 16–22 July 1998, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
6 10007 Fox, A. M., A. W. Schrey, E. D. Mccoy, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2012. Comparison of genetic structure of the Florida sand skink, Plestiodon reynoldsi, in homogeneous and heterogeneous habitat on Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida. Integrative and Comparative Biology 52(Supplement 1):e60 (abstract).
7 10008 Fox, A. M., A. W. Schrey, E. D. Mccoy, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2012. Parentage analysis of the Florida sand skink, Plestiodon reynoldsi, following relocation on the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida. Integrative and Comparative Biology 52(Supplement 1):e247 (abstract).
8 9163 Fox, A., A. Schrey, H. Mushinsky, and E. McCoy. 2008. Parentage analysis of the fossorial sand skink, Plestiodon reynoldsi. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
9 8889 Fox, A., A. Schrey, H. Mushinsky,and E. McCoy. 2008. Parentage analysis of the fossorial sand skink, Plestiodon reynoldsi. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
10 10514 Locklear, T. R. 2016. Sequencing and comparative analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome B gene in the Marion Uplands Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynolsi). Senior Honors Project, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. 14pp.
11 9318 McCoy, E. D., J. Q. Richmond, H. R. Mushinsky, E. J. Britt, and J. S. Godley. 2010. Long generation time delays the genetic response to habitat fragmentation in the threatened Florida sand skink. Journal of Herpetology 44:641−644.
12 7583 Reid, D. T., K. G. Ashton, and K. R. Zamudio. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite markers in the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:691–693.
13 9310 Richmond, J. Q., D. T. Reid, K. G. Ashton, and Z. R. Zamudio. 2009. Delayed genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on the ecologically specialized Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi). Conservation Genetics 10:1281–1297.
14 7076 Schmitz, A., P. Mausfeld, and D. Embert. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28:73–89.
15 9589 Schrey, A. W., A. M. Fox, H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 2012. Fire increases variance in genetic characteristics of Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) local populations. Molecular Ecology 20:56–66.
16 9373 Schrey, A. W., K. G. Ashton, S. Heath, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2011. Fire alters patterns of genetic diversity among 3 lizard species in Florida scrub habitat. Journal of Heredity 102:399−408.
17 9615 Schrey, A. W., K. G. Ashton, S. Heath, H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 2012. Range-wide genetic analysis of the threatened bluetail mole skink identifies similar genetic structure with sympatric lizards. Journal of Herpetology 46:241−247.
18 8903 Schrey, A., A. Fox, E. McCoy, and H. Mushinsky. 2008. Genetic population structure of the sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) within scrubs in Florida. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
19 8873 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2007. Bluetail mole skink (Eumeces egregius lividus), sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi). 5-year review: summary and evaluation. Southeast Region, South Florida Ecological Services Office, Vero Beach, Florida, USA. 27pp.
20 8593 Wiens, J. J., M. C. Brandley, and T. W. Reeder. 2006. Why does a trait evolve multiple times within a clade? Repeated evolution of snakelike body form in squamate reptiles. Evolution 60:123–141.

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