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Peru

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Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Bressem, M.F. van; Montes, D.; Onton, K.; Vega, D.; Waerebeek, K. van 2002. Turtle mortality in fisheries off the coast of Peru. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 477: 85-88.

Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Mangel, J.C. 2011. Sea Turtle conservation in Peru: limitations and efforts. pp. 277-289. In: Dutton, P.; Squires, D. & Ahmed, M. (eds.). Conservation of Pacific Sea Turtles. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 481 pp.

Alfaro-Shigueto, J.; Mangel, J.C.; Bernedo, F.; Dutton, P.H.; Seminoff, J.A.; Godley, B.J. 2011. Small-scale fisheries of Peru: a major sink for marine turtles in the Pacific. Journal of Applied Ecology 48(6): 1432-1440.

Almendáriz, A. 1997. The Cordillera del Condor region of Ecuador and Peru: a biological assessment. Appendix 10. Amphibian and reptile species recorded in the northern and western Cordillera del Condor. RAP Working Papers 7: 199-201.

Almendáriz, A.; Reynolds, R.; Icochea-M., J. 1997. Reptiles and amphibians of the Cordillera del Condor. RAP Working Papers 7: 80-90.

Alonso, A.; Dallmeier, F.; Servat, G.P. (eds.). 2013. Monitoring Biodiversity. Lessons from a Trans-Andean Megaproject. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C. 492 pp.

Aquino, R.; Pacheco, T.; Vasquez, M. 2007. Evaluacion y valorizacion economica de la fauna silvestre en el rio Algodon, Amazonia peruana. Revista Peruana de Biologia 14(2): 187-192.

Aranda, A.C.; Chandler, M.W. 1989. Las tortugas marinas del Peru y su situacion actual. Boletin de Lima 11(62): 77-86.

Aranda, A.C.F. 1989. Marine turtles in Peru. Marine Turtle Newsletter 45: 8-9.

Asencios-Reyes, H.V.; Onofre, F.C. 1995. Distribucion geografica de la fauna ofidica ponzonosa en el Peru. Boletin de Lima 17(97): 91-96.

Aurich, J.; Koch, C.; Böhme, W. 2011. Ecology of a gecko assemblage (Phyllodactylidae: Squamata) from northern Peru. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7(2): 310-317.

Barbour, T. 1913. Reptiles collected by the Yale Peruvian expedition of 1912. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 65: 505-507.

Barbour, T.; Noble, G.K. 1920. Amphibians and reptiles from southern Peru collected by the Peruvian Expedition of 1914-1915 under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 609-620.

Boettger, O. 1889. Herpetologische Miscellen. XI. Nordwest Peru. Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft 1889: 308-316.

Boulenger, G.A. 1902. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) (London) 10(59): 394-402.

Brack, A.J. 1975. Los vertebrados de las lomas costeras del Peru. Anales Cient., Lima 12(3-4): 83-92.

Brown, C.H.; Brown, W.M. 1982. Status of Sea Turtles in the southeastern Pacific: emphasis on Peru. pp. 235-240. In: Bjorndal, K.A. (ed.). Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 583 pp.

Cadle, J.E. 1991. Systematics of lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from northern Peru: new species and comments on relationships and distribution patterns. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 143: 1-96.

Cadle, J.E.; Icochea, J.; Zuniga, J.P.; Portilla, A.; Rivero, C. 2002. La herpetofauna encontrada en el Refugio Juliaca y en el Puesto de Vigilancia Enahuipa del Santuario Nacional Pampas del Heath. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 24: 52-57.

Cadle, J.E.; Patton, J.L. 1988. Distribution patterns of some amphibians, reptiles, and mammals of the eastern Andean slope of southern Peru. pp. 225-244. In: Vanzolini, P.E. & Heyer, W.R. (eds.). Proceedings of a Workshop on Neotropical Distribution Patterns, held 12-16 January 1987. Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Rio de Janeiro. 488 pp.

Carrillo de Espinoza, N. 1983. List of Peruvian Anolis with distributional data (Sauria: Iguanidae). pp. 406-411. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Carrillo de Espinoza, N. 1990. Nombres populares de los reptiles del Peru. Boletin de Lima 12 70: 23-28.

Catenazzi, A.; Donnelly, M.A. 2007. Distribution of geckos in northern Peru: long-term effect of strong ENSO events? Journal of Arid Environments 71(3): 330-336.

Catenazzi, A.; Lehr, E.; May, R. von 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru. Biota Neotropica 13(4): 269-283.

Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 2(8): 93-154.

Cope, E.D. 1877. Synopsis of the cold-blooded Vertebrata procured by Prof. James Orton during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 33-48.

Cope, E.D. 1886. Catalogue of the species of batrachians and reptiles contained in a collection made at Pebas, Upper Amazon, by John Hauxwell. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23: 94-103.

Cordova, J.; Aguilar, C. 1997. Genetic structure of amphibians and reptiles: biodiversity assessment in the Lower Urubamba region. pp. 231-234. In: Dallmeier, F. & Alonso, A. (eds.). Biodiversity assessment and monitoring of the Lower Urubamba region, Peru: San Martin-3 and Cashiriari-2 well sites. SI/MAB Series 1 SI/Monitoring & Assessment of Biodiversity Program (SI/MAB), Washington, D.C. 368 pp.

Cordova, J.H.; Monteghirfo, M.; Ybazeta, G. 1996. Diversidad genetica en anfibios y reptiles de Pakitza, Manu, Peru. pp. 523-554. In: Wilson, D.E. & Sandoval, A. (eds.). Manu: the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 679 pp.

Dixon, J.; Soini, P. 1973. The lizards of the upper Amazon, Peru. Asociacion biol. La Amazonia peruana 105(1973): 93-94.

Dixon, J.R.; Soini, P. 1975. The reptiles of the Upper Amazon basin, Iquitos region, Peru. 1. Lizards and amphisbaenians. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 4: 1-58.

Dixon, J.R.; Soini, P. 1977. The reptiles of the Upper Amazon basin, Iquitos region, Peru. 2. Crocodilians, turtles and snakes. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 12: 1-91.

Dixon, J.R.; Soini, P. 1986. Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin Iquitos Region, Peru. Part 1: lizards and amphisbaenians. Part 2: crocodilians, turtles and snakes. Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee. 154 pp.

Doan, T.M.; Arizábal-Arriaga, W. 2000. New herpetological records for the Tambopata Province, Department of Madre de Dios, Peru. Herpetological Review 31(3): 188-189.

Doan, T.M.; Arriaga, W.A. 2002. Microgeographic variation in species composition of the herpetofaunal communities of Tambopata region, Peru. Biotropica 34(1): 101-117.

Duellman, W.E. 1987. Lizards in an Amazonian rain forest community: resource utilization and abundance. National Geographic Research 3(4): 489-500.

Duellman, W.E. 1989. Tropical herpetofaunal communities: patterns of community structure in Neotropical rainforests. Ecological Studies Analysis and Synthesis 69: 61-88.

Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazonica: the lives of amphibians and reptiles in an Amazonian rainforest. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 433 pp.

Duellman, W.E.; Koechlin, J.E. 1991. The Reserva Cuzco Amazonico, Peru: biological investigations, conservation and ecoturism. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas 142: 1-38.

Duellman, W.E.; Mendelson, J.R. 1995. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Departamento Loreto, Peru: taxonomy and biogeography. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 55(10): 329-376.

Duellman, W.E.; Salas, A.W. 1991. Annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Cuzco Amazonico, Peru. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History University of Kansas 142: 1-13.

Dunn, E.R. 1946. A small herpetological collection from eastern Peru. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 59: 17-10.

Endo, W.; Peres, C.A.; Salas, E.; Mori, S.; Sánchez-Vega, J.L.; Shepard, G.H.; Pacheco, V.; Yu, D.W. 2010. Game vertebrate densities in hunted and nonhunted forest sites in Manu National Park, Peru. Biotropica 42(2): 251-261.

Escomel, E. 1929. Fauna de Arequipa. Cuadros, Arequipa. 71 pp.

Escomel, E. 1937. Reptiles and batrachians, pp. 36-37. Flora y fauna de Arequipa 1936.

Espinoza, N.C. de 1967. Contribucion al conocimiento de los boideos Peruanos (Boidae, Ophidia, Reptilia). Publnes. Mus. Hist. nat. Lima (A) 21: 1-51.

Espinoza, N.C. de 1977. New records of colubrid snakes from Peru, with notes on their ecology and distribution. Herpetological Review 8(3): 3.

Ferronato, B.O.; Cruzado, G. 2013. Uses, beliefs, and conservation of turtles by Ashaninka indigenous people, Central Peru. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12(2): 308-313.

Ferronato, B.O.; Morales, V.M. 2012. Biology and conservation of the freshwater turtles and tortoises of Peru. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(2): 103-116.

Fjeldså, J. 1983. Vertebrates of the Junin area, central Peru. Steenstrupia 8(14): 285-298.

Fugler, C.M. 1967. Terminal herpetological and ichthyological investigations in the Oriente of Ecuador and northern Peru. American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1966: 340-341.

Galvan, A.H.E.; Vargas, F.M. 2003. El "Cocodrilo de Tumbes" (Crocodylus acutus Cuvier 1807): estudio preliminar de su estado actual en el norte de Peru. Ecologia Aplicada 2(1): 133-135.

Gockel, C.K.; Gray, L.C. 2009. Integrating conservation and development in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecology and Society 14(2)(Art. 11): 16 pp.

Guallart, S.J.J.M. 1969. Nomenclatura jibaro-aguara de la fauna del alto Maranón (Reptiles, Peces y anfibios). Biota 7(1968): 177-194.

Henle, K.; Ehrl, A. 1991. Zur Reptilienfauna Perus nebst Beschreibung eines neuen Anolis (Iguanidae) und zweier neuer Schlangen (Colubridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 42(2): 143-180.

Hickleton, D.; Hambler, K.; Morgan, K. 1996. The Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians of the Tambopata Reserved Zone. A Field Checklist. Tambopata Reserve Society, Tambopata, Peru. 38 pp.

Holmberg, A.R. 1957. Lizard hunts on the north coast of Peru. Fieldiana Anthropology 36(9): 203-220.

Holmgren, M.; Lopez, B.C.; Gutierrez, J.R.; Squeo, F.A. 2006. Herbivory and plant growth rate determine the success of El Nino Southern Oscillation-driven tree establishment in semiarid South America. Global Change Biology 12(12): 2263-2271.

Huey, R.B. 1979. Parapatry and niche complementarity of Peruvian desert geckos (Phyllodactylus): the ambiguous role of competition. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 38(3): 249-259.

Icochea, J.; Mitchell, J. 1997. Amphibians and reptiles II: biodiversity assessment in the Lower Urubamba region. pp. 223-229. In: Dallmeier, F. & Alonso, A. (eds.). Biodiversity assessment and monitoring of the Lower Urubamba region, Peru: San Martin-3 and Cashiriari-2 well sites. SI/MAB Series 1 SI/Monitoring & Assessment of Biodiversity Program (SI/MAB), Washington, D.C. 368 pp.

Icochea, J.; Quispitupac, E.; Portilla, A.; Ponce, E. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of the southern Vilcabamba Region, Peru. RAP Working Papers 12: 131-137, 267.

Icochea, J.; Quispitupac, E.; Portilla, A.; Ponce, E. 2001. Assessment of amphibians and reptiles of the Lower Urubamba Region, Peru. pp. 129-142. In: Alonso, A.; Dallmeier, F.; Campbell, P. (eds.). Urubamba: the biodiversity of a Peruvian rainforest. SI/MAB Series 7 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 204 pp.

Jeitner, A.; Jeitner, F. 2011. Illegaler Handel und Verzehr von geschützten Schildkröten im peruanischen Amazonasgebiet. Schildkröten im Fokus 8(1): 24-30.

Jungius, H. 1975. Magnificent Manu. Wildlife (London) 17(8): 349-355.

Jungius, H. 1975. Peru. Project 939. Manu National Park - management plan. World Wildl. Yb. 1974-1975: 252-255.

Kelez, S.; Velez-Zuazo, X.; Manrique Bravo, C. 2003. Current status of Sea Turtles along the northern coast of Peru: preliminary results. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 503: 264-265.

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Santa Cruz, R.; Böhme, W. 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385(1): 1–101.

Lamar, W.W. 1997. Checklist and common names of the reptiles of the Peruvian Lower Amazon. Herpetological Natural History 5(1): 73-76.

Lehr, E. 2001. New records for amphibians and reptiles from Departamentos Pasco and Ucayali, Peru. Herpetological Review 32(2): 130-132.

Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Die Herpetofauna entlang des 10. Breitengrades von Peru: Arterfassung, Taxonomie, Ökologische Bemerkungen und biogeographische Beziehungen. NTV Wissenschaft, Münster. 208 pp.

Lehr, E.; Aguilar, C.; Fernandez, R.; Köhler, G. 2000. Unter Holzfällern im amazonischen Tiefland-Regenwald. Zoologische und landeskundliche Eindrücke aus Zentralperu. Natur und Museum (Frankfurt am Main) 130(3): 84-92.

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Lehr, E.; Lara, J. 2002. Die Schlangenfauna von Pozuzo (Peru) (Reptilia: Serpentes). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 22(2): 353-359.

Lescure, J.; Gasc, J.P. 1986. Partage de l'espace forestier par les amphibiens et les reptiles en Amazonie du nord-ouest. Caldasia 15(71-75): 707-723.

Lopez Preciado, G. 1986. Resumen del estado de la conservacion y el manejo de la fauna silvestre en la Amazonia del Peru. pp. 194-211. In: des Clers, B. Wildlife management in Neotropical moist forest. Conservation status of the jaguar (Panthera onca). Manaus, State of Amazonas (Brazil) April 4-5, 1986. Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier, Paris. 220 pp.

Lopez Preciado, G. 1986. Resumen del taller de especialistas de alto nivel sobre manejo de fauna silvestre para el desarrollo rural. Lima (Peru), Octubre de 1985. pp. 120-143. In: des Clers, B. Wildlife management in Neotropical moist forest. Conservation status of the jaguar (Panthera onca). Manaus, State of Amazonas (Brazil) April 4-5, 1986. Conseil International de la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier, Paris. 220 pp.

Lüling, K.H. 1961. Fische und andere Tiere aus dem "Oriente" Perus. V. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 14: 269-272.

Medem, F. 1971. Situation report on Crocodilians from three South American countries. pp. 54-71. In: Crocodiles. Proceedings of the first working meeting of crocodile specialists sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and organized by the Survival Service Commission, lUCN, at the Bronx Zoo, New York 15-17 March 1971. lUCN, Switzerland. 191 pp.

Mertens, R. 1947. Ausbeute der Hamburger Südperu-Expedition. Amphibien und Reptilien. I. pp. 277-287. In: Titschack, E. (ed.). Beiträge zur Fauna Perus. Vol. 2(1).

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Schmidt, K.P.; Walker, W.F. 1943. Snakes of the Peruvian coastal region. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 24(27): 297-324.

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