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Anonymous. 1926. Harmless and useful snakes. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 29: 31-35.

Anonymous. 1945. Turtles of the northeastern states. Fauna (Philadelphia) 7(2): 37-39.

Anonymous. 1946. The snakes of the north-eastern states. Fauna (Philadelphia) 8(2): 48-62.

Anonymous. 1974. Endangered fauna of the United States. Bulletin Field Mus. nat. Hist. 45(12): 3-5.

Anonymous. 1976. Our environment. Additions to endangered list. Bulletin Field Mus. nat. Hist. 47(1): 16.

Anonymous. 1977. Endangered and threatened species of the United States and Puerto Rico. Bulletin Field Mus. nat. Hist. 48(6): 10-11.

Anonymous. 2007. Forest guardians files petition to protect 475 species across the southwest. Sonoran Herpetologist 20(8): 84.

Various authors. 2016. The status and threats of sea turtle populations in the Gulf of Mexico. Abstracts. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 701: 1-250

Adams, C.E.; Jester, S.L.; Thomas, J.K. 1995. National overview of regulations to conserve amphibians and reptiles. Wildlife Society Bulletin 23(3): 391-396.

Adams, F.W. 1975. The distributional patterns of reptiles in the United States. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 36(4): 1608.

Allen, C.R.; Demarais, S.; Lutz, R.S. 1994. Red imported fire ant impact on wildlife: an overview. Texas Journal of Science 46(1): 51-59.

Allen, L.K. 2000. Protected species and New England fisheries: An overview of the problem and conservation strategies. Northeastern Naturalist 7(4): 411-418.

Allen, W.B. 1987. State lists of endangered and threatened species of reptiles and amphibians and the laws and regulations covering collecting of reptiles and amphibians in each state. Publisher & place of publication unknown. 92 pp.

Amaral, A. do 1927. The snake-bite problem in the United States and in Central America. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1(2): 31-35.

Ashton, K.G.; Knipps, A.C.S. 2011. Effects of fire history on amphibian and reptile assemblages in rosemary scrub. Journal of Herpetology 45(4): 497-503.

Ashton, R.E.; Edwards, S.R.; Pisani, G.R. 1976. Endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles in the United States. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles), Lawrence, Kansas. 65 pp. (Herpetological Circulars no. 5).

Babcock, H.L. 1919. The turtles of New England. Mom. Soc. Nat. Hist. Boston 8: 327-427.

Babcock, H.L. 1929. The snakes of New England. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Pub. 1: 30 pp.

Babcock, H.L. 1930. New England lizard records. Bull. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 57: 9-12.

Babcock, H.L. 1971. Turtles of the northeastern United States. Dover Publications, New York. 2 pp.

Babcock, H.L. 2007. Turtles of New England. (Reprint, first published in 1919). Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. 109 pp.

Bailey, R.G. 1980. Description of the ecoregions of the United States. U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication 1391: 1-77.

Banks, R.C. 1976. Wildlife importation into the United States, 1900-1972. Special Scient. Rep. U.S. Fish. Wildl. Serv. 200: 1-18.

Banta, B.H. 1961. The variation and zoogeography of the lizards of the Great Basin. Dissertation Abstracts 22(5): [1-2].

Banta, B.H. 1962. Preliminary remarks upon the zoogeography of the lizards inhabiting the Great Basin of the western United States. Wasmann Journal of Biology 20: 253-287.

Banta, B.H.; Tanner, W.W. 1964. A brief historical résumé of herpetological studies in the Great Basin of the western United States. Part 1. The reptiles. Great Basin Naturalist 24: 37-57.

Bartlett, R.D. 1993. Notes on the water snakes of the southeastern USA. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 41(12): 88-90, 92, 94-96, 98-100.

Bartlett, R.D.; Bartlett, P.P. 2006. Guide and reference to the snakes of eastern and central North America (north of Mexico). University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, etc. 342 pp.

Bartlett, R.D.; Bartlett, P.P. 2006. Guide and reference to the crocodilians, turtles, and lizards of eastern and central North America (north of Mexico). University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, etc. 316 pp.

Bartlett, R.D.; Tennant, A. 2000. Snakes of North America: western region. Gulf Publ., Houston, Texas. 312 pp.

Bauer, A.M. 2000. How far north would the gecko move if the gecko could move north? Herpetological Review 31(2): 72-73.

Behler, J.L.; King, F.W. 1979. The Audubon Society field guide to North American reptiles and amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 719 pp.

Beltz, E. 1988. List of scientific names and original citations for the reptiles and amphibians of the continental United States and Canada. Part 1: turtles. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 23(10): 157-161.

Benson, K.R. 1978. Herpetology on the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806. Herpetological Review 9(3): 87-91.

Benson, S.R.; Dutton, P.H. 2012. Sea Turtles of the U.S. West Coast. Life in the higher latitudes. pp. 88-110. In: Seminoff, J.A. & Wallace, B.P. (eds.). Sea turtles of the eastern Pacific: advances in research and conservation. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 368 pp.

Berry, F.H. 1987. MEXUS-Gulf Sea Turtle research, 1977-85. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Fisheries Review 49(1): 50-51.

Bezy, R.L. 2010. John Wesley Powell, Edward Drinker Cope, and the fate of the herpetofauna of the West. Sonoran Herpetologist 23(5): 70-74.

Blair, W.F. 1958. Distributional patterns of vertebrates in the southern United States in relation to past and present environments. Publ. Amer. Ass. Advanc. Sci. 51: 433-468.

Blanchard, F.N. 1924. A key to the snakes of the United States, Canada and Lower California. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 4(2): 1-65.

Bleakney, J.S. 1965. Reports of marine turtles from New England and eastern Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 79: 120-128.

Boundy, J.; Balgooyen, T.G. 1988. Record lengths for some amphibians and reptiles from the western United States. Herpetological Review 19(2): 26-27.

Bowen, K.D.; Gillingham, J.C. 2004. Distribution of reptiles and amphibians on the Islands of eastern Lake Michigan: summary and analysis. Michigan Academician 36(2): 213-223.

Brady, S.; Boreman, J. 1994. Sea Turtle distributions and documented fishery threats off the northeastern United States coast. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 341: 31-34.

Breisch, A.R. 2017. The Snake and the Salamander: Reptiles and Amphibians from Maine to Virginia. Johns Hopkins University Press. 232 pp.

Brimley, C.S. 1910. Records of some reptiles and batrachians from the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 23: 9-18.

Brimley, C.S. 1920. The turtles of North Carolina; with a key to the turtles of the eastern United States. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 36: 62-71.

Brown, P.R. 1971. A quick survey of the present status of the United States chelonians or the mysterious ways of the turtle taxonomists. Herpetology 5(3): 35-38.

Brown, W.S.; Parker, W.S. 1982. Niche dimensions and resource partitioning in a Great Basin Desert snake community. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report 13: 59-81.

Brummer, B.J. 1981. The taxonomic significance of vertebrae from recent colubrid snake genera of North America (north of Mexico). Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 41(12): 4413.

Buckley, L.B.; Jetz, W. 2010. Lizard community structure along environmental gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology 79(2): 358-365.

Buhlmann, K.; Tuberville, T.; Gibbons, J.W. 2008. Turtles of the southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens. 252 pp.

Buhlmann, K.A.; Whitfield Gibbons, J. 1997. Imperiled aquatic reptiles of the southeastern United States: historical review and current conservation status. pp. 201-231. In: Benz, G.W. & Collins, D.E. (eds.). Aquatic fauna in peril: the southeastern perspective. Southeast Aquatic Research Institute Special Publication 1. Lenz Design & Communications, Decatur. 554 pp.

Bullis, H.R.; Drummond, S.B. 1978. Sea Turtle captures off the southeastern United States by exploratory fishing vessels 1950-1976. Florida Marine Research Publications 33: 45-50.

Burke, V.J.; Whitfield Gibbons, J. 1995. Terrestrial buffer zones and wetland conservation: a case study of freshwater turtles in a Carolina bay. Conservation Biology 9(6): 1365-1369.

Burre, G. 2002. Begegnungen mit Iguaniden im Südwesten der USA. Iguana Rundschreiben 15(2): 13-21.

Burt, C.E. 1933. Some lizards from the Great Basin of the West and adjacent areas, with comments on the status of various forms. American Midland Naturalist 14(3): 228-250.

Burt, C.E. 1935. Further records of the ecology and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Middle West. American Midland Naturalist 16: 311-336.

Burt, C.E. 1938. The lizards of the southeastern United States. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 40: 349-366.

Burt, C.E.; Burt, M.D. 1929. A collection of amphibians and reptiles from Mississippi Valley, with field observations. American Museum Novitates 381: 1-14.

Burt, C.E.; Burt, M.D. 1929. Field notes and locality records on a collection of amphibians and reptiles chiefly from the western half of the United States. II. Reptiles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 19(20): 448-460.

Burt, C.E.; Hoyle, W.L. 1934. Additional records of the reptiles of the Central prairie region of the United States. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 37: 193-216.

Burt, C.E.; Landry, W.D. 1954. My baby turtle - the biology and care of the young terrapins of the United States. Quivira Booklets, Topeka, Kansas. 8 pp.

Bury, R.B. 2004. Wildfire, fuel reduction, and herpetofaunas across diverse landscape mosaics in northwestern forests. Conservation Biology 18(4): 968-975.

Byford, J.L. 1983. Non-poisonous snakes. pp. F7-F11. In: Timm, R.M. (ed.). Prevention and control of wildlife damage. Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Resources Committee & Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service Institute of Agricultural & Natural Resources, Lincoln, Nebraska. 680 pp.

Cagle, F.R. 1957. Reptiles. pp. 273-357. In: Blair, W.F. & al. Vertebrates of the United States. McGraw Hill, New York.

Caillouet, C.W. 2003. Improved assessments and management of shrimp stocks could benefit Sea Turtle populations, shrimp stocks and shrimp fisheries. Marine Turtle Newsletter 100: 22-27.

Caillouet, C.W.; Duronslet, M.J.; Landry, A.M.; Revera, D.B.; Shaver, D.J.; Stanley, K.M.; Heinly, R.W.; Stabenau, E.K. 1991. Sea Turtle strandings and shrimp fishing effort in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1986-89. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin 89(4): 712-718.

Caillouet, C.W.; Shaver, D.J.; Teas, W.G.; Nance, J.M.; Revera, D.B.; Cannon, A.C. 1996. Relationship between Sea Turtle stranding rates and shrimp fishing intensities in the north western Gulf of Mexico: 1986-1989 versus 1990-1993. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin 94(2): 237-249.

Caldwell, D.K. 1960. Sea Turtles of the United States. U.S. Dept. Interior, Fishery Leaflet 492: 1-20.

Campbell, F.T. 1979. Trade: a continuing threat to survival of species. National Parks and Conservation Magazine 53(1): 14-20.

Carr, A. 1952. Handbook of turtles. The turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaka, New York. 542 pp.

Carr, A. 1995. Handbook of turtles: the turtles of the United States, Canada, and Baja California. Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London. I-xviii, 1-542.

Cleve, D. van 2000. Observing reptiles in your national parks. Sonoran Herpetologist 13(7): 75.

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1970. Transpiration by lizards of the Chihuahuan Desert. British Journal of Herpetology 4: 175-176.

Cochran, D.M.; Goin, C.J. 1970. The new field book of reptiles and amphibians. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 359 pp.

Collins, J.T.; Collins, S.L. 2006. Amphibians, turtles and reptiles of Cheyenne Bottoms. Second (revised) edition. Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays. 76 pp.

Conant, R. 1947. Lizards of the northeastern states. Fauna (Philadelphia) 9: 42-44.

Conant, R. 1955. Review: Amphibians and reptiles of western North America by R.C. Stebbins. American Midland Naturalist 53: 512.

Conant, R. 1957. Reptiles and amphibians of the northeastern states. 3rd ed. Zoological Society of Philadelphia. 40 pp.

Conant, R. 1958. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the United States and Canada east of the 100th meridian. Boston (Houghton Mifflin Co.). 366 pp.

Conant, R.; Bridges, W. 1939. What snake is that? A field guide to the snakes of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. D. Appleton-Century. New York & London. 163 pp.

Cook, B.L. 1982. The scope of the wildlife trade in the United States. Proceedings of the Annual Conference Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36: 723-736.

Cope, E.D. 1893. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of the plains at latitude 36°30'. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1893: 386-387.

Cragin, F.W. 1885. Notes on some south-western reptiles in the Cabinet of Washburn College. Bull. Washb. Coll. 1: 6-8.

Cromer, R.B.; Lanham, J.D.; Hanlin, H.H. 2002. Herpetofaunal response to gap and skidder-rut wetland creation in a southern bottomland hardwood forest. Forest Science 48(2): 407-413.

Crosswhite, F.S.; Crosswhite, C.D. 1982. The Sonoran Desert. pp. 163-316. In: Bender, G.L. Reference handbook of the deserts of North America. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut & London, England. 594 pp.

Croulet, C. 1962. Collecting notes. Spring in the Colorado Desert. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(1): 16.

Culver, M.; Varas, C.; Moody Harveson, P.; McKinney, B.; Harveson, L.A. 2009. Connecting wildlife habitats across the U.S.-Mexico border. pp. 83-99. In: Lopez-Hoffman, L.; McGovern, E.D.; Varady, R.G. & Flessa, K.W. (eds.). Conservation of shared environments: learning from the United States and Mexico. [The Edge: Environmental Science, Law and Policy]. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 320 pp.

Czajka, A.F.; Nickerson, M.A. 1974. State regulations for collecting reptiles and amphibians. Milwaukee Public Museum Special Publications in Biology and Geology 1: 1-79.

Czajka, A.F.; Nickerson, M.A. 1975. State laws regulating the collecting of reptiles and amphibians in the fifty United States. Milwaukee Public Museum Special Publications in Biology and Geology 1: 1-79.

Dart, R.C.; MvNally, J.T.; Spaite, D.W.; Gustafson, R. 1992. The sequelae of pitviper poisoning in the United States. pp. 395-404. In: Campbell, J.A. & Brodie, E.D. (eds.). Biology of the pitvipers. Selva, Tyler, Texas. 467 pp.

Davis, H.T.; Brimley, C.S. 1951. Poisonous snakes of the eastern United States with first aid guide. North Carolina State Mus., Raleigh, North Carolina. 16 pp.

Degenhardt, W.G. 1977. A changing environment: documentation of lizards and plants over a decade. pp. 533-555. In: Wauer, R.H. & Riskind, D.H. (eds.). Transactions of the symposium on the biological resources of the Chihuahua Desert region, United States and Mexico: Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 17-18 October 1974. National Park Service, Washington, D.C. 658 pp.

Denburgh, J. van 1897. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin. Pap. Calif. Ac. 5: 236 pp.

Denburgh, J. van 1922. The reptiles of western North America - an account of the species known to inhabit California and Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora and Lower California. Vol. 1. Lizards. Vol. 2. Snakes and Turtles. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 10: 1-1028.

Denburgh, J. van; Slevin, J.R. 1914. Reptiles and amphibians of the islands of the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 4: 129-151.

Devender, T.R. van; Worthington, R.D. 1977. The herpetofauna of Howell's Ridge Cave and the palaeoecology of the northwestern Chihuahuan Desert. pp. 85-106. In: Wauer, R.H. & Riskind, D.H. (eds.). Transactions of the symposium on the biological resources of the Chihuahua Desert region, United States and Mexico: Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 17-18 October 1974. National Park Service. Washington, D.C. 658 pp.

Ditmars, R.L. 1923. Reptiles of the Southwest. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 26: 23-30.

Ditmars, R.L. 1929. Serpents of the eastern states. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 32: 83-120.

Dodd, C.K. 1978. Amphibians and reptiles. The declining species. Water Spectrum 10(1): 24-32.

Dodd, C.K. 1979. A bibliography of endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles in the United States and its territories. (Conservation, distribution, natural history, status). Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 46: 1-35.

Dodd, C.K. 1995. Marine turtles in the southeast. pp. 121-123. In: LaRoe, E.T.; Farris, G.S.; Puckett, C.E.; Doran, P.D. & Mac, M.J. (eds.). Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals and ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 pp.

Dodd, C.K. 1995. Reptiles and amphibians in the endangered longleaf pine ecosystem. pp. 129-131. In: LaRoe, E.T.; Farris, G.S.; Puckett, C.E.; Doran, P.D. & Mac, M.J. (eds.). Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals and ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 pp.

Dorcas, M.E.; Willson, J.D. 2011. Invasive Pythons in the United States. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 156 pp.

Drost, C.; Deshler, E. 1995. Amphibian and reptile diversity on the Colorado Plateau. pp. 326-328. In: LaRoe, E.T.; Farris, G.S.; Puckett, C.E.; Doran, P.D. & Mac, M.J. (eds.). Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals and ecosystems. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 pp.

Eddy, S.; Hodson, A.C. 1950. Amphibia and Reptilia. pp. 87-91. In: Eddy, S. & Hodson, A.C. Taxonomic keys to the common animals of the North Central States exclusive of the parasitic worms, insects and birds. Burgess, Minneapolis. 123 pp.

Epperly, S.P.; Stokes, L.; Dick, S. 2004. Careful release protocols for Sea Turtle release with minimal injury. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 524: 40.

Ernst, C.H. 1995. Freshwater and terrestrial turtles of the United States: status and prognosis. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 30(11): 225-230.

Ernst, C.H.; Barbour, R.W. 1989. Snakes of eastern North America. George Mason University Press, Fairfax, Va: 1-282.

Ernst, C.H.; Ernst, E.M. 2003. Snakes of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Books, Washington & London. 668 pp.

Ernst, C.H.; Lovich, J.E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada. 2nd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 840 pp.

Erwin, R.M.; Haramis, G.M.; Krementz, D.G.; Funderburk, S.L. 1993. Resource protection for waterbirds in Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Management 17(5): 613-619.

Ffolliott, P.F.; Jones, C.M.; Jones, W.D. 2004. Mammals, avifauna and herpetofauna. pp. 169-192. In: Baker, M.B.; Ffolliott, P.F.; DeBano, L.F.; Neary, D.G. (eds.). Riparian areas of the southwestern United States: hydrology, ecology, and management. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, London, etc. 408 pp.

Fitzgerald, L.A.; Painter, C.W.; Reuter, A.; Hoover, C. 2004. Collection, trade, and regulation of reptiles and amphibians of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion. TRAFFIC North America, Washington, D.C. 108 pp.

Ford, N.B.; Lancaster, D.L. 2007. The species-abundance distribution of snakes in a bottomland hardwood forest of the southern United States. Journal of Herpetology 41(3): 385-393.

Foster, M.A.; Muller, L.I.; Dykes, S.A.; Wyatt, R.L.P.; Gray, M.J. 2013. Efficacy of BioBlitz surveys with implications for sampling nongame species. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 88(3-4): 57-63.

Frost, D.R.; Collins, J.T. 1988. Nomenclatural notes on reptiles of the United States. Herpetological Review 19(4): 73-74.

Fuentes, M.M.P.B.; Gredzens, C.; Bateman, B.L.; Boettcher, R.; Ceriani, S.A.; Godfrey, M.H.; Helmers, D.; Ingram, D.K.; Kamrowski, R.L.; Pate, M.; Pressey, R.L.; Radeloff, V.C. 2016. Conservation hotspots for marine turtle nesting in the United States based on coastal development. Ecological Applications 26(8): 2706-2717.

Garrison, L.P.; Richards, P.M. 2004. Estimated bycatch of marine mammals and turtles in the U.S. Atlantic pelagic longline fleet during 2003. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 527: 1-57.

Gehlbach, F.R. 1956. Annotated records of southwestern amphibians and reptiles. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 59: 364-372.

Germano, D.J.; Lawhead, D.N. 1986. Species diversity and habitat complexity: does vegetation organize vertebrate communities in the Great Basin? Great Basin Naturalist 46(4): 711-720.

Gibbons, J.W.; Dorcas, M.E. 2005. Snakes of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens. 253 pp.

Gibbons, W. 2017. Snakes of the eastern United States. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 432 pp.

Gibbons, W.; Dorcas, M. 2015. Snakes of the Southeast. 2nd rev. ed. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 266 pp.

Gibbons, W.; Greene, J.; Mills, T. 2009. Lizards & Crocodilians of the Southeast. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 235 pp.

Graham, S.P.; Steen, D.A.; Nelson, K.T.; Durso, A.M.; Maerz, J.C. 2010. An overlooked hotspot? Rapid biodiversity assessment reveals a region of exceptional herpetofaunal richness in the southeastern United States. Southeastern Naturalist 9(1): 19-34.

Gray, B.S. 2002. A key to the shed skins of northeastern snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 37(7): 121-128.

Gray, B.S. 2005. The serpent's cast: a guide to the identification of shed skins from snakes of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States. [The Center for North American Herpetology Monograph Series Number 1]. The Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence. 90 pp.

Greene, H.W.; Luke, C.A. 1996. Amphibian and reptile diversity in the East Mojave Desert. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Technical Reports 10: 53-58.

Grismer, L.L. 1994. The origin and evolution of the peninsular herpetofauna of Baja California, Mexico. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 51-106.

Hanson, J.; Hanson, R.B. 1997. 50 Common Reptiles and Amphibians of the Southwest. Southwest Parks & Monuments Association, Tucson, Arizona. 64 pp.

Hardy, L.M. 2008. The amphibians and reptiles of the Freeman and Custis Red River Expedition: changes to the present. Bulletin of the Museum of Life Sciences (Shreveport) 14: 201-218.

Hayward, C.L.; Beck, D.E.; Tanner, W.W. 1958. Zoology of the Upper Colorado River Basin. 1. The biotic communities. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin Biol. 1(3): 1-74.

Hecnar, S.J.; Hecnar, D.R.; Brazeau, D.J.; Prisciak, J.; MacKenzie, A.; Berkers, T.; Brown, H.; Lawrence, C.; Dobbie, T. 2018. Structure of coastal zone herpetofaunal communities in the southern Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 19-27.

Helvey, M.; Fahy, C. 2012. Fisheries management off the U.S. west coast. A progressive model for Sea Turtle conservation. pp. 113-135. In: Seminoff, J.A. & Wallace, B.P. (eds.). Sea turtles of the eastern Pacific: advances in research and conservation. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 368 pp.

Herrington, R.E. 1988. Talus use by amphibians and reptiles in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM 166: 216-221.

Hnizdo, J.; Hagen, N. 1996. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna der Südstaaten der U.S.A. Sauria (Berlin) 18(4): 3-10.

Holbrook, J.E. 1838. North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. Vol. 3. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 122 pp.

Holbrook, J.E. 1842. North American herpetology; or, a description of the reptiles inhabiting the United States. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. J. Dobson, Philadelphia. 142 pp.

Hoover, C.M. 2001. The United States role in the international live reptile trade. Amphibia-Reptilia 2(1): 30-31.

Hulse, A.C.; McCoy, C.J.; Censky, E.J. 2001. Amphibians and reptiles of Pennsylvania and the northeast. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. 419 pp.

Ingles, L.G. 1929. The Amphibia and reptiles of the Wash Area. Journal Ent. Zool. 21: 68.

Ives, I.; Berkholtz, J. 1998. Exposing our backyard: why exhibit New England's threatened and endangered herpetile species. American Zoo and Aquarium Association Regional Conference Proceedings 1998: 459-462.

Jenkins, L.D. 2002. The science and policy behind proposed Sea Turtle conservation measures. Endangered Species Update 19(2): 35-40.

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