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1 2 Abell, R. A., D. M. Olson, E. Dinerstein, P. T. Hurley, J. T. Diggs, W. Eichbaum, S. Walters, W. Wettengel, T. Alnutt, C. J. Loucks, and P. Hedao. 2000. Freshwater ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington, D.C., USA. 319pp.
2 604 Ashton, R. E., Jr. 1976. County records of reptiles and amphibians in Florida. Florida State Museum, Herpetology Newsletter 1(1):1–13.
3 616 Ashton, R. E., Jr., and P. S. Ashton. 1991. Handbook of reptiles and amphibians of Florida. Part two: lizards, turtles and crocodilians. Revised edition. Windward, Miami, Florida, USA. 191pp.
4 661 Auffenberg, W. 1982. Florida environments and their herpetofaunas. Part III: herpetogeography. Florida State Museum, Florida Herpetologist No. 4. 36pp.
5 675 Auth, D. L. 1988. The Florida herpetology collection at the Florida State Museum. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 4(9):8–14.
6 676 Auth, D. L. 1989. Amphibian and reptile density in Florida counties. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 5(8):7–14.
7 678 Auth, D. L. 1992. Analysis of distribution of amphibians and reptiles of the Florida Keys. Page 33 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, August 1992, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
8 680 Auth, D. L. 1995. An analysis of Florida's amphibian and reptile density, exclusive of the Florida Keys. Page 39 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 8–13 August 1995, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
9 810 Bartlett, R. D. 1980. Non-native reptiles and amphibians in Florida. Indigo, News Bulletin of the Florida Herpetological Society 1:52–54.
10 1113 Boyles, J. M. 1966. Zoogeography of the herpetofauna of central Florida. Dissertation, University of Alabama, Alabama, USA. 164pp.
11 1160 Brimley, C. S. 1910. Records of some reptile and batrachians from the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 23:9–18.
12 1254 Busack, S. D., and S. B. Hedges. 1984. Is the peninsular effect a red herring? American Naturalist 123:266–275.
13 1277 Butterfield, B. P. 1995. Characters of successful invading reptiles and amphibians with the West Indies and south Florida. Page 56 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 8–13 August 1995, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
14 6486 Butterfield, B. P. 1996. Patterns and processes of invasions by amphibians and reptiles into the West Indies and South Florida (exotic species). Dissertation, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 171pp.
15 1381 Carr, A. 1994. An introduction to the herpetology of Florida. Pages 84–90 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
16 1404 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1937. The geographic and ecological distribution of reptiles and amphibians of Florida. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 145pp.
17 1433 Carr, A. F., Jr., and C. J. Goin. 1955. A guide to the reptiles, amphibians and fresh-water fishes of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 341pp.
18 1582 Conant, R., and J. T. Collins. 1991. A field guide to amphibians and reptiles of eastern and central North America. Third edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 450pp.
19 1703 Dalrymple, G. H. 1994. Non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles. Pages 67–71, 73–78 in D. C. Schmitz and T. C. Brown, project directors. An assessment of invasive non-indigenous species in Florida's public lands. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Technical Report No. TSS-94-100, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
20 1710 Dalrymple, G. H., and T. M. Steiner. 1988. The status and ecology of the amphibians and reptiles of the Long Pine Key–Paradise Key region on the Everglades National Park. Page 4 (abstract) In G. H. Dalrymple, W. B. Loftus, and F. S. Bernardino, Jr., editors. Wildlife in the Everglades and Latin American wetlands. Proceedings of the First Everglades National Park Symposium, 25 February–1 March 1985, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
21 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.
22 2414 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1990. 1989–90 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 40pp.
23 2415 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1991. 1990–91 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 36pp.
24 2417 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1992. Facing the challenge: nongame, threatened and endangered species, and environmental activities of the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
25 2464 Fowler, H. W. 1915. Cold-blooded vertebrates from Florida, the West Indies, Costa Rica, and eastern Brazil. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:244–269.
26 2468 Frank, J. G., and E. D. McCoy. 1995. Invasive adventive insects and other organisms in Florida. Florida Entomologist 78:1–15.
27 2680 Goin, C. J. 1958. Comments upon the origin of the herpetofauna of Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 21:61–70.
28 2866 Harima, H. 1969. A survey of the herpetofauna of northwestern Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 49pp.
29 2881 Harris, L. D. 1980. Forest and wildlife dynamics in the Southeast. Transactions of the North American Wildlife Conference 45:307–322.
30 3393 Joiner, N. D., and J. Godwin. 1992. Aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys for the Crystal River watershed. Fourth quarterly report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Prepared for SWIM Department, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Contract No. 89093. 31pp.
31 3394 Joiner, N. D., and J. Godwin. 1992. Aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys for the Lake Panasoffkee watershed. Fourth quarterly report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Prepared for SWIM Department, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Contract No. 89093. 34pp.
32 3395 Joiner, N. D., and J. Godwin. 1992. Aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys for the Lake Tarpon watershed. Fourth quarterly report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Prepared for SWIM Department, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Contract No. 89093. 31pp.
33 3396 Joiner, N. D., and J. Godwin. 1992. Aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys for the Lake Thonotosassa watershed. Fourth quarterly report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Prepared for SWIM Department, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Contract No. 89093. 34pp..
34 3397 Joiner, N. D., and J. Godwin. 1992. Aquatic and terrestrial wildlife surveys for the Rainbow River watershed. Fourth quarterly report. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Prepared for SWIM Department, Southwest Florida Water Management District, Contract No. 89093. 32pp.
35 3473 Kern, W. H., Jr. 2001. Wildlife in danger of extinction: central Florida. Fact Sheet WEC-60, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 31pp.
36 3479 Kiester, A. R. 1971. Species density of North American amphibians and reptiles. Systematic Zoology 20:127–137.
37 9109 Kraus, F. 2009. Alien reptiles and amphibians: a scientific compendium and analysis. Invading Nature: Springer Series in Invasion Ecology, Volume 4. Springer, New York, New York, USA. 563pp.
38 9467 Krysko, K. L., J. P. Burgess, M. R. Rochford, C. R. Gillette, D. Cueva, K. M. Enge, L. A. Somma, J. L. Stabile, D. C. Smith, J. A. Wasilewski, G. N. Kieckhefer III, M. C. Granatosky, and S. V. Nielsen. 2011. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028:1−64.
39 9561 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler. 2011. Atlas of amphibians and reptiles in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 524pp.
40 10569 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler. 2019. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 706pp.
41 3695 Lazell, J. D., Jr. 1989. Wildlife of the Florida Keys: a natural history. Island Press, Covelo, California, USA. 254pp.
42 3759 Leonard, S. E., and W. W. Baker. 1982. Biologic survey of the Apalachicola Ravines Biotic Region of Florida. Final Report to The Florida Nature Conservancy, Winter Park, Florida, USA.
43 4012 Mazzotti, F. J., and M. E. Hudson Kelley. 2001. Wildlife in danger of extinction: South Florida. Fact Sheet WEC-127 [SS-WIS-07], Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 22pp.
44 4196 Means, D. B., and D. Simberloff. 1987. The peninsula effect: habitat-correlated species declines in Florida's herpetofauna. Journal of Biogeography 14:551–568.
45 7307 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and K. J. Babbitt, editors. 2005. Amphibians and reptiles: status and conservation in Florida. Krieger, Malabar, Florida, USA. 318pp.
46 7282 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and R. E. Ashton, Jr. 2005. The Florida herpetofauna in a changing environment. Pages 3–14 in W. E. Meshaka, Jr., and K. J. Babbitt, editors. Amphibians and reptiles: status and conservation in Florida. Krieger, Malabar, Florida, USA.
47 4347 Moler, P. 1988. A checklist of Florida's amphibians and reptiles. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
48 9559 Moler, P. E. 1991. Distribution of Florida reptiles and amphibians. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7536, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 79pp.
49 4391 Moler, P. E. 1999. Checklist of Florida's amphibians and reptiles. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 14pp.
50 4479 Muller, J. W., E. D. Hardin, D. R. Jackson, S. E. Gatewood, and N. Caire. 1989. Summary report on the vascular plants, animals and plant communities endemic to Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 7. 113pp.
51 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.
52 4611 Neill, W. T. 1957. Historical biogeography of present-day Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 2:175–220.
53 6671 Pearlstine, L. G., S. E. Smith, L. A. Brandt, C. R. Allen, W. M. Kitchens, and J. Stenberg. 2002. Assessing state-wide biodiversity in the Florida Gap analysis project. Journal of Environmental Management 66:127–144.
54 10417 Powell, R., R. Conant, and J. T. Collins. 2016. Field Guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. Fourth edition. Houghton Mifflin, New York, New York, USA. ?pp.
55 5128 Ricketts, T. H., E. Dinerstein, D. M. Olson, C. L. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, D. DellaSala, K. Kavanaugh, P. Hedao, P. T. Hurley, K. M. Carney, R. Abell, and S. Walters. 1999. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 485pp.
56 5304 Schaefer, J., and G. Gowan. 2001. Wildlife in danger of extinction: North Florida. Fact Sheet SS-WEC-18, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 9pp.
57 5305 Schaefer, J., and G. Gowan. 2001. Wildlife in danger of extinction: Northwest Florida. Fact Sheet SS-WEC-19, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 9pp.
58 5336 Schomer, N. S., and R. D. Drew. 1982. An ecological characterization of the lower Everglades, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-82/58.1. 246pp.
59 5495 Smith, H. M., and A. J. Kohler. 1977. A survey of herpetological introductions in the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 80:1–24.
60 8907 Smith, K. G. 2005. Nonindigenous herpetofauna of Florida: patterns of richness and case studies of the impacts of the tadpoles of two invasive amphbians, Osteopilus septentrionalis and Bufo marinus. Dissertation, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. 151pp.
61 7449 Smith, K. G. 2005. Patterns of nonindigenous herpetofaunal richness and biotic homogenization in Florida. 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.
62 7761 Smith, K. G. 2006. Patterns of nonindigenous herpetofaunal richness and biotic homogenization among Florida counties. Biological Conservation 127:327–335.
63 5575 Stein, B. A., L. S. Katner, G. A. Hammerson, L. L. Master, and L. E. Morse. 2000. State of the states: geographic patterns of diverisity, rarity, and endemism. Pages 119–157 in B. A. Stein, L. S. Katner, and J. S. Adams, editors. Precious heritage: the status of biodiversity in the United States. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA.
64 5636 Stevenson, H. M. 1976. Vertebrates of Florida. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 607pp.
65 5671 Stout, I. J., and D. T. Corey. 1995. Effects of patch-corridor configurations on non-game birds, mammals, and herptiles in longleaf pine-turkey oak sandhill communities. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Project Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 259pp.
66 5767 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1965. Some biogeographical aspects of the Floridian herpetofauna. Acta Herpetologica Japonica 2(2):16–21.
67 5781 Tennant, A., R. D. Bartlett, G. T. Salmon, and R. B. King. 2000. Snakes of North America: eastern and central regions. Gulf, Houston, Texas, USA. 588pp.
68 5831 Timmerman, W. W., J. B. Miller, and C. V. Tamborski. 1994. The herpetofauna of Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, Hobe Sound, Florida, USA. Final Report Project No. 7618. 38pp.
69 7104 Trani (Griep), M. K. 2002. Maintaining species in the South. Pages 113–150 in D. N. Wear and J. G. Greis, editors. The southern forest resource assessment: summary report. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-54, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
70 9328 Van Wilgen, N. J., and D. M. Richardson. 2011. Is phylogenetic relatedness to native species important for the establishment of reptiles introduced to California and Florida? Diversity and Distributions 17:172–181.
71 9592 Van Wilgen, N. J., and D. M. Richardson. 2012. The roles of climate, phylogenetic relatedness, introduction effort, and reproductive traits in the establishment of non-native reptiles and amphibians. Conservation Biology 26:267−277.
72 5972 Viosca, P. 1926. Distributional problems of the cold blooded vertebrates of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Ecology 7:307–314.
73 6678 Wright, A. H. 1926. The vertebrate life of the Okefinokee Swamp in relation to the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Ecology 7:77–95.

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