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1 135 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1958. Giant toad from the tropics. Florida Wildlife 12(4):30–32, 42.
2 153 Allen, R. 1969. Why save the alligator. Presented to Conservation 70s Inc. Environmental Legislative Workshop, Panel No. 4, Wildlife Resources, Homosassa Springs, Florida, USA. 5pp. [Printed by International Crocodilian Society, Silver Springs, Florida, USA.]
3 555 Anonymous. 2001. Marine toads—quick reference sheet. Fact Sheet WEC-QRS-045, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 2pp.
4 6814 Austin, M. G. 1977. The giant toad, Bufo marinus. Pages 168–176 in D. F. Jackson, D. Stoll, and N. Hout-Cooper, compilers. Some endangered and exotic species in Florida. Part two. Some exotic species. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
5 672 Austin, S. 1975. Exotics. Florida Naturalist 48(3):2–5.
6 1564 Bartlett, D. 2002. Notes from the field. Krazy for the Keys: to see uncommon herps, take a trip way down south. Reptiles Magazine 10(4):22–26.
7 830 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. Florida's alien herps. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (March–April):56–73, 103–109.
8 909 Beltz, E. 1994. HerPET-POURRI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 29:235–237.
9 949 Beltz, E. 1999. Herp news from around the world: really, don't kiss that toad. Vivarium 11(1):10.
10 9688 Beltz, E. 2007. HerPET-POURRI: released by Hurricane Andrew? Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 42:33.
11 1136 Brandt, L. A., and F. J. Mazzotti. 1999. Marine toads (Bufo marinus). Fact Sheet WEC-11, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 2pp.
12 7007 Casler, M. L., W. M. Bear, E. V. Pearlstine, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2003. Vocal surveys of anuran population in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Pages 68–69 (abstract) in GEER Program and Abstracts, Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," 13–18 April 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA.
13 6989 Cassani, J. R., and E. Lindblad. 2003. Southwest Florida Amphibian Monitoring Network. Page 70 (abstract) in GEER Program and Abstracts, Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," 13–18 April 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA.
14 10800 Clements, S. L., S. Catania, and C. A. Searcy. 2018. Non-native species dominate herpetofaunal community patterns in both native and non-native habitat patches in urban Miami-Dade County. Anolis Newsletter VII:22–33
15 1625 Courtenay, W. R., Jr., and V. E. Ogilvie. 1971. Species pollution: introduced animals and the balance of nature. Animal Kingdom 74(2):22–28.
16 1677 Crowder, J. P. 1974. The exotic vertebrates of south Florida. South Florida Environmental Project Ecological Report No. DI-SFEP-74-30. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife PB-235 214, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 45pp.
17 2019 Dodd, C. K., Jr. 1997. Imperiled amphibians: a historical perspective. Pages 159–196 in G. W. Benz and D. E. Collins, editors. Aquatic fauna in peril: the southeastern perspective. Special Publication 1, Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, Lenz Design & Communications, Decatur, Georgia, USA.
18 9277 Dodd, C. K., Jr., S. A. Johnson, W. J. Barichivich, and J. S. Staiger. 2003. Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI); inventory and monitoring in the Southeast Region (2003). Annual report. U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Centers, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
19 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.
20 2148 Easteal, S. 1981. The history of introductions of Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Anura); a natural experiment in evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 16:93–113.
21 2149 Easteal, S. 1986. Bufo marinus (Linnaeus). Giant toad. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 395.1–4.
22 9938 Flaherty, J. P., and J. Friers. 2013. Apalone ferox (Florida softshell). Diet. Herpetological Review 44:500.
23 2472 Franke, J., and T. M. Telecky. 2001. Reptiles as pets: an examination of the trade in live reptiles in the United States. The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C. 146pp.
24 1546 Franz, R., D. Maehr, A. Kinlaw, C. O'Brien, and R. D. Owen. 1998. Avon Park Air Force Range Project: distribution and abundance of sensitive wildlife species at Avon Park Air Force Range. Final Report, Project RWO-169. 90pp.
25 2559 Gantz, C. O. 1971. A naturalist in southern Florida. University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, Florida, USA. 256pp.
26 2582 Gebhart, L. 1967. A plague of toads. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 2(3):3–5.
27 10173 Godwin, C. D., G. R. Johnston, P. L. Butt, G. A. Shemitz, and A. Drennen. 2014. Geographic distribution: Rhinella marina (cane toad). Herpetological Review 45:278.
28 2708 Gore, R. 1976. Florida, Noah's Ark for exotic newcomers. National Geographic Magazine 150:538–559.
29 2711 Gore, R. H. 1992. The Gulf of Mexico: a treasury of resources in the American Mediterranean. Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, Florida, USA. 384pp.
30 6990 Gross, T. S., K. A. McCory, M. Sepúlveda, J. A. Carr, J. P. Giesy, A. J. Hosmer, R. J. Kendall, K. Solomon, E. E. Smith, and G. Van Der Kraak. 2003. Atrazine exposure and the occurrence of reproductive abnormalities in field caught Bufo marinus in South Florida. Pages 221–223 (abstract) in GEER Program and Abstracts, Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," 13–18 April 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA.
31 2778 Guerra-Austin, M. n.d. The giant toad, Bufo marinus. Pages 168–176 in D. F. Jackson, D. Stoll, and N. Hout-Cooper, compilers. Some endangered and exotic species in Florida. Part two: some exotic species. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA.
32 2852 Hansen, K. L., and D. E. Sweat. 1962. Spermiation in Rana p. pipiens in response to heteroplastic pituitary materials. Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25:109–120.
33 8921 Harding, A. J., K. R. Campbell, T. S. Campbell, and S. A. Johnson. 2008. The distribution and abundance of native and introduced treefrogs at Morris Bridge Wellfield/Flatwoods Park, Hillsborough County, Florida. Florida Scientist 71(Supplement 1):43 (abstract).
34 7354 Hero, J., and M. Stoneham. 2005. Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758); marine toad, cane toad. Pages 417–422 in M. Lannoo, editor. Amphibian declines: the conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Los Angeles, California, USA.
35 8576 Himes, J. G. 2007. Geographic distribution: Bufo marinus (marine toad). Herpetological Review 38:473.
36 3169 Hunziker, R. 1997. A pest as a pet: keeping the cane toad. Reptile Hobbyist 2(9):36–40, 42.
37 3433 Kane, M. 1968. A creepy crew stalks Florida by night. Sports Illustrated 29(20):36–38, 43.
38 3500 King, F. W., and T. Krakauer. 1966. The exotic herpetofauna of southeast Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29:144–154.
39 3559 Krakauer, T. 1968. The ecology of the neotropical toad, Bufo marinus, in south Florida. Herpetologica 24:214–221.
40 3561 Krakauer, T. 1970. The invasion of the toads. Florida Naturalist 43:12–14.
41 3562 Krakauer, T. 1970. Tolerance limits of the toad, Bufo marinus, in south Florida. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 33:15–26.
42 10602 Krysko, K. L. 2019. Rhinella marina (Linnaeus 1758), South American cane toad (marine or giant toad). Pages 144–146 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
43 7458 Krysko, K. L., and C. M. Sheehy, III. 2005. Ecological status of the ocellated gecko, Sphaerodactylus argus argus Gosse 1850, in Florida, with additional herpetological notes from the Florida Keys. Caribbean Journal of Science 41:169–172.
44 9321 Krysko, K. L., C. A. Smith, and J. P. Burgess. 2010. Geographic distribution: Rhinella marina (cane toad). Herpetological Review 41:508.
45 9187 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, E. M. Donlan, E. A. Golden, J. P. Burgess, and K. W. Larson. 2010. The non-marine herpetofauna of Key Biscayne, Florida. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:132–142.
46 7246 Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, J. H. Townsend, E. M. Langan, S. A. Johnson, and T. S. Campbell. 2005. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Florida. Herpetological Review 36:85–87.
47 3689 Layne, J. N., J. A. Stallcup, G. E. Woolfenden, M. N. McCauley, and D. J. Worley. 1977. Fish and wildlife inventory of the seven-county region included in the Central Florida Phosphate Industry Areawide Environmental Impact Study. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Services PB-278 456, Volume 1. 643pp.
48 3745 Lee, J. C. 1986. Is the large-male mating advantage in anurans an epiphenomenon? Oecologia (Berlin) 69:207–212.
49 3748 Lee, J. C. 1990. Sources of extraneous variation in the study of meristic characters: the effect of size and of inter-observer variability. Systematic Zoology 39:31–39.
50 3749 Lee, J. C. 1999. Evolution of secondary sexual dimorphism in the toad, Bufo marinus. Page 148 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 15th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 47th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 24–30 June 1999, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
51 3750 Lee, J. C. 2001. Evolution of a secondary sexual dimorphism in the toad, Bufo marinus. Copeia 2001:928–935.
52 6461 Lee, J. C., and A. D. Corrales. 2002. Sexual dimorphism in hind-limb muscle mass is associated with male reproductive success in Bufo marinus. Journal of Herpetology 36:502–505.
53 6721 Lever, C. 2001. The cane toad: the history and ecology of a successful colonist. Westbury Academic and Scientific Publishing, Otley, United Kingdom. 230pp.
54 6908 Lever, C. 2003. Naturalized reptiles and amphibians of the world. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 318pp.
55 10524 Ljustina, O., and S. Barrett. 2018. Using canals in southern Florida to measure impacts of urbanization on herpetofaunal community composition. Southeastern Naturalist 17:202–210.
56 3803 Lobdell, R. N. 1936. Field and laboratory studies upon insect pests of south Florida with particular reference to method of control. Annual Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station., University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
57 3807 Lodge, T. E. 1994. The Everglades handbook: understanding the ecosystem. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida, USA. 228pp.
58 10790 Makowski, C., and C. W. Finkl. 2019. Invasive species within South Florida coastal ecosystems: an example of a marginalized environmental resource base. Pages 3–62 in Impacts of invasive species on coastal environments Springer, Cham.
59 4022 McCoid, M. J. 1995. Non-native reptiles and amphibians. Pages 433–437 in E. T. Laroe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources. National Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.
60 8650 McCoy, K. A. 2007. Reproductive and renal pathologies in the giant toad (Bufo marinus) are associated with human land use practices. Dissertation, Univiersity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 184pp.
61 8940 McCoy, K. A., L. J. Bortnick, C. M. Campbell, H. J. Hamlin, L. J. Guillette, Jr., and C. M. St. Mary. 2008. Agriculture alters gonadal form and function in the toad Bufo marinus. Environmental Health Perspectives 116:1526–1532.
62 8243 McCoy, K. A., M. S. Sepulveda, and T. S. Gross. 2002. Atrazine exposure and reproductive system abnormalities in field collected Bufo marinus. Abstract in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting in North America, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 16–20 November 2002, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
63 8897 McCoy, K., L. Guillette, Jr., and C. St. Mary. 2008. Agriculture alters gonadal form and function in Bufo marinus. Abstract in Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 23–28 July 2008, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
64 4225 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1993. Hurricane Andrew and the colonization of five invading species in south Florida. Florida Scientist 56:193–201.
65 4230 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1994. Giant toad eaten by red-shouldered hawk. Florida Field Naturalist 22:54–55.
66 4241 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 1997. The herpetofauna of Buck Island Ranch: an altered wetland in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 60:1–7.
67 7351 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2005. Exotics. Pages 271–274 in M. Lannoo, editor. Amphibian declines: the conservation status of United States species. University of California Press, Los Angeles, California, USA.
68 9477 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2011. A runaway train in the making: the exotic amphibians, reptiles, turtles, and crocodilians of Florida. Monograph 1. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6:1−101.
69 9713 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and R. Powell. 2010. Diets of the native southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) and the exotic cane toad (Rhinella marina) from a single site in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 73:175–179.
70 6947 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and J. B. Hauge. 2004. The exotic amphibians and reptiles of Florida. Krieger, Melbourne, Florida, USA. 166pp.
71 7994 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., J. De Vane, and S. D. Marshall. 2006. An island of cane toads (Bufo marinus) in an ocean of xeric uplands in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 69:169–176.
72 4558 Myers, G. S. 1945. Possible introduction of Argentine toads into Florida. Copeia 1945:44.
73 4636 Nellis, D. W. 1997. Poisonous plants and animals of Florida and the Caribbean. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 315pp.
74 4721 Office of Environmental Education. 1995. Invading exotic species in Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Education Leaflet No. 7. 2pp.
75 4739 O'Keefe, M. T. 1973. Spread of the aliens (No. 2). Florida Sportsman 4(5):46–51.
76 9474 Oliver, J. A. 1949. The peripatetic toad. Natural History 58(1):30−33.
77 4749 Oliver, J. H., Jr., M. P. Hayes, J. E. Keirans, and D. R. Lavender. 1993. Establishment of the foreign parthenogenetic tick Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Florida. Journal of Parasitology 79:786–790.
78 4905 Philcox, P., and B. Boe. 1999. The Sunshine State almanac and book of Florida-related stuff. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 354pp.
79 5034 Punzo, F., and L. Lindstrom. 2001. The toxicity of eggs of the giant toad, Bufo marinus to aquatic predators in a Florida retention pond. Journal of Herpetology 35:693–697.
80 6504 Reiger, G. 1974. The scandal of living room zoos. National Wildlife 12(6):4–12.
81 6999 Rice, K. G., A. D. Dove, M. E. Crockett, and J. H. Waddle. 2003. Inventory and monitoring of the amphibians and reptiles of Biscayne National Park. Pages 145–146 (abstract) in GEER Program and Abstracts, Joint Conference on the Science and Restoration of the Greater Everglades and Florida Bay Ecosystem – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," 13–18 April 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida, USA.
82 6914 Rice, K. G., A. D. Dove, M. E. Crockett, and J. H. Waddle. 2003. Inventory and monitoring of the amphibians and reptiles of Biscayne National Park. Pages 182–183 in A. E. Torres, A. L. Higer, H. S. Henkel, P. R. Mixson, J. R. Eggleston, T. L. Embry, and G. Clement, compilers. U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Science Program: 2002 Biennial Report, including USGS abstracts of presentations made at the Joint Science Conference on Florida Bay and Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration (GEER) – "From Kissimmee to the Keys," April 13–18, 2003, Palm Harbor, Florida. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-54, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
83 8548 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, B. M. Jeffery, A. N. Rice, and H. F. Percival. 2005. Herpetofaunal inventories of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume III. Big Cypress National Preserve. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1300. 156pp.
84 8201 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, B. M. Jeffery, and H. F. Percival. 2004. Herpetofaunal inventory of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: Volume 1. Everglades National Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2004-1065, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 144pp.
85 8549 Rice, K. G., J. H. Waddle, M. E. Crockett, C. D., B. M. Jeffery, and H. F. Percival. 2007. Herpetofaunal inventories of the national parks of South Florida and the Caribbean: volume IV. Biscayne National Park. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1057, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. 85pp.
86 5134 Riemer, W. J. 1959. Giant toads of Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 21:207–211.
87 5195 Rossi, J. V. 1981. Bufo marinus in Florida: some natural history and its impact on native vertebrates. M.A. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 75pp.
88 5196 Rossi, J. V. 1983. The use of olfactory cues by Bufo marinus. Journal of Herpetology 17:72–73.
89 7719 Smith, K. G. 2005. An exploratory assessment of Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) tadpoles as predators of native and nonindigenous tadpoles in Florida. Amphibia-Reptilia 26: 571–575.
90 7613 Smith, K. G. 2005. Effects of nonindigenous tadpoles on native tadpoles in Florida: evidence of competition. Biological Conservation 123:433–441.
91 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.
92 8162 Smith, K. G. 2006. Keystone predators (eastern newts, Notophthalmus viridescens) reduce the impacts of an aquatic invasive species. Oecologia 148:342–349.
93 10174 Somma, L. A., and B. Merritt. 2014. Geographic distribution: Rhinella marina (cane toad). Herpetological Review 45:278.
94 5605 Stevenson, D., and D. Crowe. 1992. Geographic distribution: Bufo marinus (giant toad). Herpetological Review 23:85.
95 5652 Stiling, P. 1989. Exotics—biological invasions. Florida Wildlife 43(5):13–16.
96 10291 Sullivan, K. E., G. Fleming, S. Terrell, D. Smith, F. Ridgley, and E. V. Valdes. 2014. Vitamin A values of wild-caught Cuban tree frogs (Osteopilus sepentrionalis) and marine toads (Rhinella marina) in whole body, liver, and serum. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45:892–895.
97 6188 Wilson, L. D., and L. Porras. 1983. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 9, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 89pp.
98 6350 Wright, K. 1996. Florida's aliens. Reptiles Magazine 4(6):24–26, 28–29.
99 6361 Wygoda, M. L. 1984. Low cutaneous evaporative water loss in arboreal frogs. Physiological Zoology 57:329–337.

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