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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Michigan  [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.


Allen, D.L. 1938. Ecological studies on the vertebrate fauna of a 500-acre farm in Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Ecological Monographs (Durham) 8(3): 347-436.

Blanchard, F.N. 1928. Amphibians and reptiles of the Douglas Lake Region in northern Michigan. Copeia 1928(167): 42-51.

Brown, E.E. 1979. Stray food records from New York and Michigan snakes. American Midland Naturalist 102(1): 200-203.

Carpenter, C.C. 1957. Michigan's snakes. Jack Pine Warbler 35: 115-118.

Carpenter, C.C. 1957. Michigan's turtles and lizards. Jack-Pine Warbler 35: 83-85.

Casper, G.S.; Rutherford, R.D.; Anton, T.G. 2015. Baseline distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Herpetological Review 46(3): 391-406.

Clark, H.L. 1903. The water snakes of southern Michigan. American Naturalist 37: 1-23.

Clark, H.L. 1905. Notes on Michigan snakes. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. Lansing 5: 172-174.

Clark, H.L. 1905. Notes on the reptiles and batrachians of Eaton County. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. Lansing 4: 192-194.

Corin, C.W. 1976. The land vertebrates of the Huron Islands, Lake Superior. Jack Pine Warbler 54(4): 138-147.

Creaser, C.W. 1928. The northward distribution of venomous snakes in Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 8: 369-370.

Creaser, C.W. 1944. The amphibians and reptiles of the University of Michigan Biological Station area in northern Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 29: 229-249.

Douglass, V.F. 1977. Reptile records new for Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 55(3): 154-155.

Edgren, R.A. 1942. Amphibians and reptiles from Van Buren County, Michigan. Copeia 1942: 180.

Ellis, M.M. 1917. Amphibians and reptiles of the Douglas Lake (Michigan) Region. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 19: 45-63.

Etheridge, R.E. 1960. Additional notes on the lizards of the Cragin Quarry fauna. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 45: 113-117.

Evans, A.T. 1915. A collection of amphibians and reptiles from Gogebic County, Michigan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 49: 351-354.

Evers, D. 1988. Michigan's endangered wildlife. Michigan Audubon Newsletter 36(2): 7.

Evers, D.C. (ed.) 1994. Endangered and threatened wildlife of Michigan. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 412 pp.

Gaige, H.T. 1915. The amphibians and reptiles collected by the Bryant Walker expedition to Schoolcraft county, Michigan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 17: 1-5.

Gaige, H.T. 1926. Michigan. Reptiles and amphibians, Naturalists' guide to the Americas. Ecological Soc. of America London & Baltimore 1926: 382.

Gammon, B.R.; Premo, D.B.; Mix, T.D. 1981. The Bear Lake Natural Area: its avian and herpetofaunas. Jack-Pine Warbler 59(4): 130-138.

Gibbs, M.; Notestein, F.N.; Clark, H.L. 1905. A preliminary list of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Michigan. Bibliography by Morris Gilbert. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 7: 109-111.

Hahn, D.B. 1958. New county recotds from southern Michigan. Ohio Herpet. Soc. 1(4): 19.

Harding, J. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Great Lakes Region. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 378 pp.

Harding, J.H. 1989. A time for turtles. Michigan Natural Resources Magazine 58(3): 36-43.

Harding, J.H. 1989. Michigan to manage and protect its reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 24(5): 101-102.

Harding, J.H. 1990. A twenty year Wood Turtle study in Michigan: implications for conservation. pp. 31-35. In: Beaman, K.R.; Caporaso, F.; McKeown, S. & Graff, M.D. (eds.). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Turtles and Tortoises: conservation and captive husbandry, Chapman University, August 9-12, 1990. California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Van Nuys. 171 pp.

Harding, J.H.; Holman, J.A. 1990. Michigan turtles and lizards: a field guide and pocket reference. Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, East Lansing, Michigan. 94 pp.

Hatt, R.T. 1924. The land vertebrate communities of western Leelanau County, Michigan. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 3: 369-402.

Hatt, R.T.; Tyne, J.V.; Stuart, L.; Pope, C.H.; Grobham, A.B. 1948. A study of the land vertebrates of the islands of eastern Lake Michigan. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Blomfield Hills, Michigan. 179 pp.

Heatwole, H.; Getz, L.L. 1960. Studies on the amphibians and reptiles of Mud Lake Bog in southern Michigan. Jack-Pine Warbler 38: 107-112.

Holman, J.A. 2004. Herpetological assemblages of the Michigan Regional Landscape Ecosystems. Michigan Academician 36(2): 165-190.

Holman, J.A. 2012. The amphibians and reptiles of Michigan: a Quaternary and recent faunal adventure. Wayne State University Press, Detroit. 312 pp.

Holman, J.A.; Harding, J.H.; Hensley, M.M.; Dudderar, G.R. 1989. Michigan snakes. A field guide and pocket reference. Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan. 72 pp.

Lagler, K.F. 1943. Food habits and economic relations of the turtles of Michigan with special reference to fish management. American Midland Naturalist 29(2): 257-312.

Langlois, T.H. 1924. Notes on some Michigan snakes. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 4: 605-610.

Long, C.A. 1993. Biogeography of the reptiles and amphibians of the Lake Michigan isles. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(10): 214-218.

Long, C.A.; Long, C.A. 1976. Some amphibians and reptiles collected on islands in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. Jack Pine Warbler 54(2): 54-58.

Manville, R.H. 1951. A small island community in Midsummer. Ecology 32: 608-617.

Manville, R.H. 1952. The snakes of Michigan. Michigan State College Extension Bulletin 315: 1-20.

Mifsud, D.A. 2014. A status assessment and review of the herpetofauna within the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron. Journal of Great Lakes Research 401: 183-191.

Mifsud, D.A.; Thomas, J.C. 2013. Persistence of herpetofauna in the urbanized Rouge River ecosystem. Open Journal of Ecology 3(3): 234-241.

Nagle, R.D.; Loben-Sels, R.C. van; Congdon, J.D. 1995. Observations of agonistic and mutualistic interactions between birds and non-avian vertebrates on the E.S. George Reserve, Michigan. Canadian Field-Naturalist 109(4): 464-466.

Notestein, F.N. 1905. The Ophidia of Michigan with an analytical key. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 7: 111-125.

Otto, C.R.V.; Roloff, G.J. 2011. Using multiple methods to assess detection probabilities of forest-floor wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Management 75(2): 423-431.

Placyk, J.S.; Gillingham, J.C. 2002. Biogeography of the herpetofauna of the Beaver Archipelago: a synthesis and reevaluation. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(12): 210-215.

Placyk, J.S.; Seider, M.J.; Gillingham, J.C. 2002. New herpetological records for High and Hog Islands of the Beaver Archipelago, Charlevoix County, Michigan. Herpetological Review 33(3): 230.

Ruthven, A.G. 1909. Notes on Michigan reptiles and amphibians. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 11: 116-117.

Ruthven, A.G. 1910. Notes on Michigan reptiles and amphibians. 2. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. Lansing 12: 59.

Ruthven, A.G. 1911. Notes on Michigan reptiles and amphibians, 3. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. Lansing 13: 114-115.

Ruthven, A.G.; Thompson, C.; Gaige, H.T. 1928. The herpetology of Michigan. University Museums, Handbook Series no. 3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 228 pp.

Ruthven, A.G.; Thompson, C.; Gaige, H.T. 2007. The Herpetology of Michigan. (Facsimile reprint, first published in 1928). Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. 229 pp.

Scharf, W.C. 1973. Birds and land vertebrates of South Manitou Island. Jack Pine Warbler 51(1): 3-19.

Schneider, V.P.; Kashian, D.M. 2014. Immediate herpetofaunal responses to prescribed burning in wetlands of southeastern Michigan. Ecological Restoration 32(2): 144-152.

Sheldon, A.B. 2006. Amphibians & Reptiles of the North Woods - A field guide to all 46 northern herps. Kollath + Stensaas Pub., Duluth. 148 pp.

Tekiela, S. 2004. Reptiles & amphibians of Michigan field guide. Adventure Publishing, Cambridge. 145 pp.

Thompson, C. 1911. Notes on the amphibians and reptiles of Cass county, Michigan. Rep. Mich. Acad. sci. Lansing 13: 105-107.

Thompson, C. 1916. The reptiles and amphibians of Manistee county, Michigan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 18: 1-6.

Thompson, C.; Thompson, H. 1913. Results of the Shiras expeditions to Whitefish Point, Michigan. Reptiles and amphibians. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. Lansing 15: 215-217.