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1 113 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1952. The garter snake. Florida Wildlife 6(7):8–9.
2 6910 Aresco, M. J. 2003. Highway mortality of turtles and other herpetofauna at Lake Jackson, Florida, USA, and the efficacy of a temporary fence/culvert system to reduce roadkills. Pages 433–449 in C. L. Irwin, P. Garrett, and K. P. McDermott, editors. 2003 Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
3 687 Aycrigg, A. D., T. M. Farrell, and P. G. May. 1998. SOS: sounds of survival. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):56–63.
4 702 Babbitt, L. H., and C. H. Babbitt. 1951. A herpetological study of burned-over areas in Dade County, Florida. Copeia 1951:79.
5 728 Bancroft, G. T., J. S. Godley, D. T. Gross, N. N. Rojas, D. A. Sutphen and R. W. McDiarmid. 1983. Large-scale operations management test of use of the white amur for control of problem aquatic plants. The herpetofauna of Lake Conway: species accounts. Final report. Miscellaneous Paper A-83-5, U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, CE, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. 304pp.
6 742 Barbour, T. 1920. Herpetological notes from Florida. Copeia 1920:55–57.
7 6509 Barichivich, W. J., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2002. The effectiveness of wildlife barriers and underpasses on U.S. Highway 441 across Paynes Prairie State Preserve, Alachua County, Florida. Phase II post-construction. Final Report, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Florida Department of Transportation Contract No. BB-854. 36pp.
8 804 Bartlett, D. 2001. Notes from the field. On the shores of the Gulf: chasing the Gulf salt marsh snake. Reptiles Magazine 9(4):22, 24, 26–29.
9 8221 Bartlett, R. D., and P. Bartlett. 2001. Reptile keeper's guides: garter and ribbon snakes. Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge, New York, USA. 48pp.
10 862 Bartram, W. 1791. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws; containing, an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, together with observations on the manners of the Indians. James & Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 522pp. Bartram, W. 1947. The travels of William Bartram [edited by Mark van Doren]. Dover, New York, New York, USA. 414pp.
11 978 Bernardino, F. S. 1990. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park. M.S. Thesis, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. 36pp.
12 979 Bernardino, F. S., Jr., and G. H. Dalrymple. 1992. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park, USA. Biological Conservation 62:71–75.
13 1003 Bishop, L. A., and T. M. Farrell. 1994. Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (peninsula ribbon snake). Behavior. Herpetological Review 25:127.
14 1030 Blaney, R. M. 1971. An annotated checklist and biogeographic analysis of the insular herpetofauna of the Apalachicola Region, Florida. Herpetologica 27:406–430.
15 1090 Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
16 1091 Boundy, J. 1995. Maximum lengths of North American snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 30:109–122.
17 1215 Buhlmann, K. A., and J. W. Gibbons. 1997. Imperiled aquatic reptiles of the southeastern United States: historical review and current conservation status. Pages 201–232 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 1408 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
19 1415 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1963. The reptiles. Time, New York, New York, USA. 193pp.
20 9534 Center for Biological Diversity. 2010. Petition to list 304 aquatic, riparian and wetland species from the southeastern United States as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 1145pp.
21 6802 Cheatwood, J. L., E. R. Jacobson, P. G. May, T. M. Farrell, B. L. Homer, D. A Samuelson, and J. W. Kimbrough. 2003. An outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a free-ranging population of pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri) in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:329–337.
22 1575 Conant, R. 1930. Field notes of a collecting trip. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 4(3):60–64, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
23 1635 Cox, J. A., and R. S. Kautz. 2000. Habitat conservation needs of rare and imperiled wildlife in Florida. Office of Environmental Services, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 156pp.
24 1711 Dalrymple, G. H., T. M. Steiner, R. J. Nodell, and F. S. Bernardino, Jr. 1991. Seasonal activity of the snakes of Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park. Copeia 1991:294–302.
25 6962 Dodd, C. K., Jr., W. J. Barichivich, and L. L. Smith. 2004. Effectiveness of a barrier wall and culverts in reducing wildlife mortality on a heavily traveled highway in Florida. Biological Conservation 118:619–631.
26 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.
27 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.
28 7823 Dyer, K. J. 2004. Habitat use and seasonal activity of selected snakes on John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 42pp.
29 2236 Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
30 10352 Enge, K. M. 2015. Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (peninsula ribbonsnake). Death feigning. Herpetological Review 46:455.
31 6533 Enge, K. M., and K. N. Wood. 2002. A pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 1:365–380.
32 9363 Evans, J., L. Wewerka, E. M. Everham III, and A. J. Wohlpart. 2011. A large-scale snake mortality event. Herpetological Review 42:177−180.
33 9442 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2011. Peninsula ribbon snake (Lower Keys population) biological status review report. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 16pp.
34 10136 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2013. A species action plan for the Lower Keys population of the peninsula ribbon snake. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 19pp.
35 10442 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2016. Florida’s imperiled species management plan. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. ?pp.
36 2460 Foster, M. L., and S. R. Humphrey. 1992. Effectiveness of wildlife crossings in reducing animal/auto collisions on Interstate 75, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida. Prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 124pp.
37 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.
38 7961 Gartside, D. F., J. S. Rogers, and H. C. Dessauer. 1977. Speciation with little genic and morphological differentiation in the ribbon snakes Thamnophis proximus and T. sauritus (Colubridae). Copeia 1977:697–705.
39 2916 Hartmann, T. 1989. The ribbon snakes of Florida, Thamnophis sauritus. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (August):20–21.
40 3065 Hipes, D., D. R. Jackson, K. NeSmith, D. Printiss, and K. Brandt. 2001. Field guide to the rare animals of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
41 3115 Holman, J. A. 2000. Fossil snakes of North America: origin, evolution, distribution, paleoecology. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. 357pp.
42 3326 Jenni, D. A. 1969. A study of the ecology of four species of herons during the breeding season at Lake Alice, Alachua County, Florida. Ecological Monographs 39:245–270.
43 3482 Kilham, L. 1958. A snake-eating robin. Auk 75:352.
44 3560 Krakauer, T. 1970. The ecological and physiological control of water loss in snakes. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 57pp.
45 7770 Lee, D. S. 2005. Reptiles and amphibians introduced to the Bahamas; a potential conservation crisis. Bahamas Journal of Science 12(2):2–6.
46 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.
47 3847 Love, W. B. 1995. Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban treefrog). Predation. Herpetological Review 26:201–202.
48 3928 Mara, W. P. 1994. Garter and ribbon snakes. T.F.H., Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. 64pp.
49 3933 Mara, W. P. 1995. The eastern ribbon snake: history and husbandry. Reptile Hobbyist 1(1):8–12.
50 3986 May, P. G., and T. M. Farrell. 1997. Death from above: adventures with arboreal snakes. Reptiles Magazine 5(9):77–83.
51 3991 May, P. G., S. T. Huelett, T. M. Farrell, and M. A. Pilgrim. 1997. Live fast, love hard, & die young: the ecology of pigmy rattlesnakes. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):36–49.
52 10405 Mays, J. D., and K. M. Enge. 2016. Survey of state-listed reptile species in the Lower Keys. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA. ?pp.
53 10510 Mays, J. D., K. M. Enge, A. Emerick, and E. P. Hill. 2017. New island records in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA. Herpetological Review 48:145−146.
54 4247 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2001. The Cuban treefrog in Florida: life history of a successful colonizing species. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 191pp.
55 10414 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and J. N. Layne. 2015. The herpetology of southern Florida. Monograph 5. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:1−353.
56 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.
57 4260 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., W. F. Loftus, and T. Steiner. 2000. The herpetofauna of Everglades National Park. Florida Scientist 63:84–103.
58 4353 Moler, P. E. 1979. Geographic distribution: Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (peninsula ribbon snake). Herpetological Review 10:103.
59 4478 Muller, J. W. 1989. Matrix of habitats and distribution by county of rare/endangered species in Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 91pp.
60 4570 Myers, S. 1985. Reproductive biology of Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (Kennicott) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from east-central Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 35pp.
61 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.
62 10768 Placyk, J. S., Jr. 2019. Thamnophis saurita (Linnaeus 1766), eastern ribbonsnake (eastern ribbon snake). Pages 554–556 in K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, editors. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
63 5207 Rossman, D. A. 1961. A taxonomic study of the sauritus group of the garter snakes, genus Thamnophis Fitzinger. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 162pp.
64 5208 Rossman, D. A. 1963. The colubrid snake genus Thamnophis: a revision of the sauritus group. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7:99–178.
65 5209 Rossman, D. A. 1965. A new subspecies of the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, from the Florida Gulf Coast. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 27:67–73.
66 5210 Rossman, D. A. 1970. Thamnophis sauritus (Linnaeus). Eastern ribbon snake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 99.1–2.
67 5211 Rossman, D. A., N. B. Ford, and R. A. Seigel. 1996. The garter snakes: evolution and ecology. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. 332pp.
68 5253 Safford, W. E. 1919. Natural history of Paradise Key and the near-by Everglades of Florida. Pages 377–434 in Smithsonian Report for 1917. [Publication No. 2508, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.]
69 6727 Smith, L. L., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Wildlife mortality on U.S. Highway 441 across Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, Florida. Florida Scientist 66:128–140.
70 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.
71 9280 Telford, S. R., Jr. 2010. Three new hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) infecting the Florida kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula floridana. Journal of Parasitology 96:162–-169.
72 5777 Telford, S. R., Jr., E. J. Wozniak, and J. F. Butler. 2001. Haemogregarine specificity in two communities of Florida snakes, with descriptions of six new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) and a possible species of Haemogregarina (Apecomplexa: Haemogregarinidae). Journal of Parasitology 87:890–905.
73 7528 Telford, S. R., Jr., J. F. Butler, and R. S. Telford. 2005. Hepatozoon polytopis n. sp. parasitic in two genera and species of colubrid snakes in southern Florida. Journal of Parasitology 91:144–147.
74 7866 U.S. Department of Commerce. 1996. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: final managment plan/environmental impact statement. Volume II, development of the management plan: environmental impact statement. Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. 236pp.
75 5950 Van Hyning, O. C. 1931. Reproduction of some Florida snakes. Copeia 1931:59–60.
76 6055 Weaver, W. G. 1978. Florida ribbon snake, Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (Kennicott). Pages 46–47 in R. W. McDiarmid, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume 3. Amphibians and reptiles. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
77 6060 Weaver, W. G., and S. P. Christman. 1992. Florida ribbon snake, lower Keys population, Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (Kennicott). Pages 162–165 in P. E. Moler, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume III. Amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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