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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Maryland  [USA]

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Anonymous. 1973. Endangered amphibians and reptiles of Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(3): 42-95.

Anonymous. 1975. Maryland amends endangered species list. Newsletter Philadelphia Herpetological Society 6: 1.

Bierly, E.J. 1954. Turtles in Maryland and Virginia. Atlantic Naturalist 9(5): 244-249.

Brady, M.K. 1937. Natural history of Plummer's Island, Maryland. VI. Reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 50: 137-139.

Conant, R. 1945. An annotated check list of the amphibians and reptiles of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. Society of Natural History of Delaware, Wilmington. 8 pp.

Conant, R. 1946. Integredation among ring-necked snakes from southern New Jersey and the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula. Bull. Chicago Acad. Sci. 7(10): 473-482.

Conant, R. 1958. Notes on the herpetology of the Delmarva Peninsula. Copeia 50-51.

Conant, R. 1993. The Delmarva Peninsula. Maryland Naturalist 37(1-2): 7-21.

Cooper, J.E. 1953. Notes on the amphibians and reptiles of southern Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 23(3-4): 90-100.

Cooper, J.E. 1956. An annotated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 26(1-4): 16-23.

Cooper, J.E. 1961. Further notes on non-indigenous turtles in Maryland. Herpetologica 17: 209-210.

Cooper, J.E. 1962. New Maryland distributional records. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(1): 14.

Cunningham, H.R.; Davis, C.A.; Swarth, C.W.; Therres, G.D. 2012. The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas: a volunteer-based distributional survey. International Journal of Zoology (Article 348653): 1-11.

Cunningham, H.R.; Nazdrowicz, N.H. 2018. The Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas. Johns Hopkins University Press. 448 pp.

Deusen, M. van; Johnson, R.H. 1980. Herpetological survey of the Elms site, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(1): 1-8.

Evans, J.; Norden, A.; Cresswell, F.; Insley, K.; Knowles, S. 1997. Sea Turtle strandings in Maryland, 1991 through 1995. Maryland Naturalist 41(1-2): 23-34.

Fowler, H.W. 1925. Records of amphibians and reptiles for Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Copeia 1925(145-146): 57-67.

Geddes, T.H. 1981. An annotated checklist to the snakes of the Moyaone Reserve, Prince George's County and Charles County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(3): 93-101.

Gilmore, C.W. 1921. The Fauna of the Arundel Formation of Maryland. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59: 581-594.

Gray, B.S. 2009. An illustrated key to the shed skins of the snakes of Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(3): 61-72.

Grogan, W.L. 1981. Two new reptile county records for Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 17(3): 110.

Grogan, W.L. 1985. New distribution records for Maryland reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 21(2): 74-75.

Grogan, W.L. 1994. New herpetological distribution records from Maryland's eastern shore. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 30(1): 27-32.

Grogan, W.L.; Bystrak, P.G. 1973. The amphibians and reptiles of Kent Island, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(4): 115-118.

Hardy, J.D. 1972. Reptiles of the Chesapeake Bay region. Chesapeake Sci. 13(Suppl.): 128-134.

Harris, H.S. 1975. Distributional survey (Amphibia/ Reptilia): Maryland and the District of Columbia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 11(3): 73-167.

Harris, H.S. 2006. Periodic species abundance in snakes. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(1): 25-29.

Harris, H.S. 2006. Pseudemys and Trachemys, indigenous and feral, in Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 42(4): 184-187.

Harris, H.S. 2007. The father of Delmarva herpetology and the pine snake. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 43(1): 4-7.

Harris, H.S. 2009. The past history of documenting the distributions of amphibians and reptiles of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 45(1): 14-16.

Harris, H.S. 2015. Preliminary note on the amphibians and reptiles of the Severn Run Natural Environmental Area, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 51(1-4): 9-12.

Johnson, R.H.; Deusen, M. van 1980. Reptiles and amphibians in the vicinity of Vienna, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(2): 70-76.

Kelly, H.A. 1937. Snakes of Maryland. Baltimore. 103 pp. [1936]

Kubel, J.E.; Derge, K.L.; Williams, J.; Yahner, R.H. 2002. Amphibian and reptile inventory at Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 45(2): 59-74.

Lee, D.S. 1972. List of amphibians and reptiles of Assateague Island. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 8(4): 90-95.

Lee, D.S. 1974. Additional reptiles and amphibians from Assateague Island. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 9(4): 110-111.

Mansueti, R. 1941. A descriptive catalogue of the amphibians and reptiles found in and around Baltimore City, Maryland, within a radius of twenty miles. Proceedings Nat. Hist. Soo. Maryland 7: 1-53.

Mansueti, R. 1942. Notes on the herpetology of Calvert County, Maryland. Bull. Nat. Hist. Soc. Maryland 12(3): 33-43.

Mansueti, R. 1945. Notes on Maryland herpetology. Maryland, Baltimore 15(1): 18-20.

Martin, P. 1995. Reptiles in Hartford County Maryland: distribution and behavior of reptiles at Camp Moshava. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(2): 102-105.

Martin, W.H. 2007. Some noteworthy lizard observations from Virginia and nearby areas. Catesbeiana 27(2): 81-83.

McCauley, R.H. 1939. Notes on the food habits of certain Maryland lizards. American Midland Naturalist 22(1): 150-153.

McCauley, R.H. 1945. The reptiles of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Privately published, Hagerstown, Maryland. 194 pp.

McCauley, R.H.; East, C.S. 1940. Amphibians and reptiles from Garrett County, Maryland. Copeia 1940: 120-123.

McClellan, W.H.; Mansueti, R.; Groves, F. 1943. The lizards of central and southern Maryland. Proceedings nat. Hist. Soc. Maryland 8: 1-42.

McLeod, R.F.; Gates, J.E. 1998. Response of herpetofaunal communities to forest cutting and burning at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland. American Midland Naturalist 139(1): 164-177.

Miller, R. 1979. Miscellaneous distributional records for Maryland amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 15(2): 56-58.

Miller, R. 1980. Distribution records for Maryland herpetofauna. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 16(3): 99-105.

Miller, R.W. 1982. Distributional records for Maryland herpetofauna, II. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 18(3): 161-164.

Miller, R.W. 2009. The reptiles of Maryland and the district of Columbia": missing specimen lists. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 140: 1-2, 1-10.

Mitchell, J.C.; Anderson, J.M. 1994. Amphibians and reptiles of Assateague and Chincoteague Islands. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 2: 1-120.

Mitchell, J.C.; Anderson, J.M. 1994. Amphibians and Reptiles of Assateague and Chincoteague Islands. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publications 2: 1-120.

Norden, A.W. 2005. The reptiles and amphibians of Cove Point, Calvert County, Maryland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 41(1): 1-30.

Norden, A.W.; Schofield, T.D.; Evans, J.J. 1998. Sea Turtle strandings from Maryland waters reported to the National Aquarium in Baltimore, 1990 through 1997. Maryland Naturalist 42(1-2): 20-23.

Perry, M.C.; Osenton, P.C.; Fallon, F.W.; Fallon, J.E. 1997. Optimal management strategies for biodiversity within a powerline right-of-way. pp. 133-139. In: Williams, J.R.; Goodrich-Mahoney, J.W.; Wisniewski, J.R. & Wisniewski, J. (eds.). The sixth International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management: 24-26 February 1997, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Elsevier Science, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. 511 pp.

Prince, E.C.; Duppstadt, R.; Lyons, D.J. 1955. An annotated list of amphibians and reptiles from the Broad Creek-Deep Run area, Harford County, Maryland. Maryland Naturalist 25: 9-12.

Reed, C.F. 1956. The herpetofauna of Harford County, Maryland. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 46(2): 58-60.

Reed, C.F. 1957. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 12. The herpetofauna of Anne Arundel County, Md. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47: 64-66.

Reed, C.F. 1957. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 15. The herpetofauna of Somerset County, Md. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 47: 127-128.

Reed, C.F. 1958. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 13: Piedmont herpetofauna on coastal Delmarva. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48: 95-99.

Reed, C.F. 1958. Contributions to the herpetology of Maryland and Delmarva. 17: Southeastern herptiles with northern limits on coastal Maryland, Delmarva, and New Jersey. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48: 28-32.

Robertson, H.C. 1939. A preliminary report on the reptiles and amphibians of Catoctin National Park, Maryland. Bull. nat. Hist. Soc. Maryland 9(10): 89-93.

Smith, J. 1987. 'Horsehead revisted!'. Wildfowl World 97: 22-23.

Smithberger, S.; Swarth, C.W. 1994. Reptiles and amphibians of the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. Maryland Naturalist 37(3-4): 28-46.

Southerland, M.T.; Kazyak, P.; Chaillou, J.C. 1997. Monitoring amphibians and reptiles in the Maryland Biological Stream Survey. In: Anonymous. NAAMP III. The North American Amphibian Monitoring Program Third Annual Meeting. US Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent, Maryland. (Online conference - ran from November 14 1996 through February 14 1997).

Toure, T.A.; Middendorf, G.A. 2002. Colonization of herpetofauna to a created wetland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(4): 99-117.

Ward, F.P. 1979. Disparities in turtle populations on Carroll Island, Maryland as a measure of past environmental impacts. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 40(5): 2039.

White, C.P. 1982. Endangered & threatened wildlife of the Chesapeake Bay region: Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Tidewater, Centreville, Maryland. 147 pp.

White, J.F.; White, A.W. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. 245 pp.

White, J.F.; White, A.W. 2007. Amphibians and reptiles of Delmarva. 2nd rev. ed. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. 243 pp.