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1	Adams, A., Jr. 1985. A cattleman's backcountry Florida. University Presses of Florida, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. 48pp.
2	Adrian, M. 1967. The American alligator. Hastings House, New York, New York, USA. 63pp.
3	Allen, E. R. 1935. Some alligator secrets. Florida Conservator 1(10):10–11.
4	Allen, E. R. 1940. About Florida's alligators. Florida Game and Fish 1(6):7–9, 14.
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6	Anonymous. 1844. An alligatorical sketch. Number two of life in Florida. Knickerbocker [New-York Monthly Magazine] 23(April):361–367.
7	Anonymous. 1953. Gators can kill! Florida Outdoors 4(10):9–12.
8	Anonymous. 1987. Gators are snapping back. U.S. News & World Report 103(2):14.
9	Anonymous. 1991. Otter pops. Florida Department of Natural Resources, Office of Land Use Planning and Biological Services, Resource Management Notes 3(1):6.
10	Anonymous. 1994. Alligator diets. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 13(3):21.
11	Anonymous. 1995. Gator hunts dogs. Crocodile Specialist Group Newsletter 14(3):20.
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15	Barr, B. R. 1997. Differential rates of gastric clearance for prey items in the diet of Alligator mississippiensis, and their importance in dietary analysis. Abstract in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 77th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 45th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 26 June–2 July 1997, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
16	Bartlett, R. D. 2000. The mud snake and its allies. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(3):44–48.
17	Beck, W. H., Jr. 1948. An ecological study of the cold-blooded vertebrates of a north Florida lake. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 123pp.
18	Beltz, E. 1995. HerPET-POURRI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 30(5):97–99.
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21	Beltz, E. 1997. HerPET-POURRI: alligator news: the good, the bad and the ugly. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(6):138–139.
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23	Bickel, K. A. 1942. The mangrove coast: the story of the west coast of Florida. Coward-McCann, New York, New York, USA. 312pp.
24	Blake, I. W. 1899. Our Florida alligator. Appleton's Popular Science Monthly 54:330–337.
25	Bondavalli, C., and R. E. Ulanowicz. 1999. Unexpected effects of predators upon their prey: the case of the American alligator. Ecosystems 2:49–63.
26	Borenstein, S. 1994. Scientists research what alligators eat before Everglades restoration begins. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (January):25.
27	Carbary, L. J. 1961. All about alligators. Science Digest 50(3):27–31.
28	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1967. Alligators, dragons in distress. National Geographic Magazine 131:132–148.
29	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1976. Foreword: excerpts from the life of an alligator: a re-appraisal of "The Alligator's Life History." Pages v–x in E. A. McIlhenny. The alligator's life history. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology.
30	Carr, A. 1994. Living with an alligator. Pages 160–164 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
31	Carr, A. 1994. Jubilee. Pages 25–39 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
32	Carr, A. 1994. Alligator country. Pages 104–124 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London,Connecticut, USA.
33	Carr, A. 1994. A Florida picnic. Pages 47–50 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
34	Carr, A. 1999. Living with an alligator. Pages 77–82 in J. Lane and G. Thurmond, editors. The woods stretched for miles: new nature writing from the South. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.
35	Carter, W. H. 1980. Creatures and chronicles from Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
36	Carter, W. H. 1985. Return to Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
37	Caulfield, P. 1966. Alligator. Natural History 75(9):52–55.
38	Cochran, D. M. 1944. Dangerous reptiles. Pages 275–324 in Annual Report Smithsonian Institution for 1943. Publication 3753.
39	Cory, C. B. 1895. Alligators and crocodiles. Pages 65–72 in Hunting and fishing in Florida. The Barta Press, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
40	Crews, H. 1974. Poaching gators for fun and profit. Esquire 87(4):54, 58, 60, 62.
41	Dahne, R. A. 1959. The one rule of keeping alligators in captivity is—don't. Florida Wildlife 12(10):20–21.
42	Dean, C. A. 1907. Alligators I have met. Pages 73–75 in E. H. D. Pearse. 1954. Florida's vanishing era: from the journals of a young girl and her father, 1887 to 1910. [No publisher given]
43	Delany, M. F., and C. L. Abercrombie, III. 1986. American alligator food habits in north-central Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 50:348–353.
44	Delany, M. F. 1986. Bird bands recovered from American alligator stomachs in Florida. Bird Bander 11(3):92–94.
45	Delany, M. F. 1987. What do alligators eat? Florida Wildlife 41(6):7–8.
46	Delany, M. F., A. R. Woodward, and I. H. Kochel. 1988. Nuisance alligator food habits in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 16:90–96.
47	Delany, M. F. 1990. Late summer diets of juvenile American alligators. Journal of Herpetology 24:418–421.
48	Delany, M. F., S. B. Linda, and C. T. Moore. 1999. Diet and condition of American alligators in 4 Florida Lakes. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:375–389.
49	Ernst, C. H., and R. W. Barbour. 1989. Snakes of eastern North America. George Mason University Press, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. 282pp.
50	Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Florida. 1939. Florida: a guide to the southernmost state. Oxford University Press, New York, New York, USA. 600pp.
51	Fichter, G. S. 1958. Living fossil of the swamp. Nature Magazine 51:13–16, 50.
52	Fishman, G. 2000. Journeys through paradise: pioneering naturalists in the Southeast. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 306pp.
53	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1986. 1985–86 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 28pp.
54	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1987. 1986–87 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 32pp.
55	Fogarty, M. J., and J. D. Albury. 1968. Late summer foods of young alligators in Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Game and Fish Commissioners 21:220–222.
56	Fogarty, M. J. 1974. The ecology of the Everglades alligator. Pages 367–373 in P. J. Gleason, editor. Environments of south Florida: present and past. Miami Geological Society Memoirs 2.
57	Fogarty, M. J. 1984. The ecology of the Everglades alligator. Pages 211–218 in P. J. Gleason, editor. Environments of south Florida: present and past II. Miami Geological Society, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
58	Garrick, L. D., and J. W. Lang. 1977. The alligator revealed. Natural History 86(6):53–61.
59	Gorman, J. 1989. Return of a reptile. Sports Illustrated 70(10):50–52, 57–58, 60.
60	Gross, W. H. 1991. Gator! Gator! Outdoor Life (January):58–59, 94–96.
61	Harris, S. 1980. Crocodiles and alligators. Franklin Watts, New York, New York, USA.
62	Hartley, W., and E. Hartley. 1977. The alligator: king of the wilderness. Thomas Nelson, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 175pp.
63	Henshall, J. A. 1987. Sport in Florida (1886). Pages 325–329 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
64	Hightower, J. 1951. Gators I've known. Outdoor Life 108(6):28–29, 64–67.
65	Hoole, W. S., editor. 1974. East Florida in 1834: letters of Dr. John Durkee. Florida Historical Quarterly 52:294–308.
66	Hornaday, W. T. 1914. The American natural history: a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. Volume 4. Reptiles, amphibians and fishes. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA.
67	Hubbard, C. C. 1876. The Florida alligator; his customs, capture and care. C. C. Hubbard, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. 49pp.
68	Hunn, M. 1972. Jumping 'gators. Florida Wildlife 26(1):14–15.
69	Hutt, A. P., Jr. 1967. The American alligator. National Parks Magazine 41(243):14–17.
70	Jackson, D. R. 1984. Predation on turtles by the American alligator: ecological and morphological correlates. Page 135 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Combined Meeting of the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 32nd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 28 July–3 August 1984, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
71	Jackson, D. R. 1984. And yet another threat! Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 4(12):5.
72	Jacobson, S. K. 1983. Alligators: exploited, feared, threatened. Florida Naturalist 56(1):12–13.
73	Kellogg, R. 1929. The habits and economic importance of alligators. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin No. 147, Washington, D.C. 36pp.
74	Kennedy, S. 1942. Palmetto country. Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York, New York, USA. 340pp.
75	Kensella, J. M. 1982. Alligator predation on round-tailed muskrats. Florida Field Naturalist 10:79.
76	Kinsella, J. M. 1982. Alligator predation on round-tailed muskrats. Florida Field Naturalist 10:79.
77	LeBuff, C. R., Jr. 1957. Observations on captive and wild North American crocodilians. Herpetologica 13:25–28.
78	Lewis, T. E., and K. J. Irwin. 2001. Geographic distribution: Macrochelys temminckii (alligator snapping turtle). Herpetological Review 32:274.
79	Lodge, T. E. 1994. The Everglades handbook: understanding the ecosystem. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida, USA. 228pp.
80	Mahoney, L. T. 1991. Gator! Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California, USA. 80pp.
81	Martin, T. W., and A. R. Hight. 1977. Alligator food habits and their relationship to Everglade kite habitat productivity. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (Unpublished Report)
82	McIntyre, T. 1983. Gone gatorin. Sports Afield (July):45–47, 104–107.
83	Moore, J. C. 1953. Alligator lore for Johnnie. Everglades Natural History 1:137–138.
84	Murphy, J. M. 1987. Alligator shooting in Florida (1899). Pages 353–364 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
85	Neill, W. T., and E. R. Allen. 1954. Algae on turtles: some additional considerations. Ecology 35:581–584.
86	Neill, W. T. 1971. The last of the ruling reptiles: alligators, crocodiles, and their kin. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA. 486pp.
87	Newell, D. M. 1976. The alligator is far from endangered. Field & Stream 80(12):66, 68–70.
88	Norman, G. 1980. Gators. Esquire 94(4):112–114.
89	O'Keefe, M. T. 1996. Great adventures in Florida. Menasha Ridge Press, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. 266pp.
90	O'Keefe, M. T. 1996. Seasonal guide to the natural year: a month by month guide to natural events: Florida with Georgia and Alabama coasts. Fulcrum, Golden, Colorado, USA. 342pp.
91	Partridge, S. W. 1936. Alligators in Florida. Outdoor Florida 1(5):3, 18.
92	Peoples, J. C., D. C. Sisson, and D. W. Speake. 1995. Mortality of wild turkey poults in Coastal Plain forests. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 49:448–453.
93	Perkins, R. N., Jr. 1955. Alligator eats alligator. Florida Naturalist 28:76–77.
94	Perry, W. L. 1859. Scenes in a surveyor's life; or a record of hardships and dangers encountered, and amusing scenes which occurred, in the operations of a party of surveyors in south Florida. C. Drew's Book and Job Printing Office, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. 176pp.
95	Portier, M. 1947. From Pensacola to St. Augustine in 1827. A journey of the Rt. Rev. Michael Portier [translated by J. E. Cahalan]. Florida Historical Quarterly 26:135–166. [reprinted from Historical Records and Studies of the United States Catholic Historical Society 2(2), August 1901]
96	Pritchard, P. C. H. 1977. The alligator: disgusting monster of our swamps. Florida Naturalist 50(1):2–8.
97	Quincy, P. A. 1979. Alligator extravaganza. Florida Naturalist 52(2):18–19.
98	Reid, J., and R. K. Bonde. 1990. Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator). Diet. Herpetological Review 21:59.
99	Ricciuti, E. R. 1972. The American alligator: its life in the wild. Harper and Row, New York, New York, USA. 67pp.
100	Rudloe, J. 1982. Master of my lake. Audubon Magazine 84(4):5–8.
101	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.]
102	Sand, G. X. 1971. The Everglades today: endangered wilderness. Four Winds Press, New York, New York, USA. 191pp.
103	Sargeant, F. 1982. Jaws that are real! Outdoor Life 169(2):54–55, 82, 85.
104	Schmidt, K. P. 1922. The American alligator. Field Museum of Natural History Leaflet No. 3:25–38.
105	Shrake, E. 1975. Getting swamped by 'gators. Sports Illustrated 42(3):26–28.
106	Silverstone, P. A. 1972. Final report of a study of the behavior of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) at the Fort Pierce, Florida Bureau of the Smithsonian Institution. Unpublished Report to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA. 55pp.
107	Simmons, G., and L. Ogden. 1998. Gladesmen: gator hunters, moonshiners, and skiffers. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 197pp.
108	Sleeper, B. 1996. Beneath the blackwater: alligators. NorthWord Press, Minocqua, Wisconsin, USA. 127pp.
109	Snyder, N. F. R., and H. A. Snyder. 1971. Defenses of the Florida apple snail Pomacea paludosa. Behaviour 40:176–214.
110	Steel, R. 1989. Crocodiles. Christopher Helm, London, United Kingdom. 198pp.
111	Stowe, H. B. 1873. Palmetto-leaves. J. R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 321pp.
112	Strimple, P. 1996. Reptile news and trivia: dog-eating gator. Reptiles Magazine 4(3):30.
113	Strimple, P. 1998. Reptile news and trivia: lucky dogs. Reptiles Magazine 6(1):8.
114	Sunquist, F., M. Sunquist, and L. Beletsky. 2002. Florida: the ecotravellers' wildlife guide. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA. 532pp.
115	Thornton, D. W. 1977. Reminiscences on the indigo. Florida Naturalist 50(2):18–19.
116	Toops, C. M. 1979. The alligator: monarch of the Everglades. Everglades Natural History Association, Homestead, Florida, USA. 63pp.
117	Truslow, F. K., F. G. Vosburgh, and O. Imboden. 1967. Threatened glories of Everglades National Park. National Geographic Magazine 132:508–553.
118	Usina, F. C., and W. I. Dyrsdale. 1949. Alligator!: a review of the life and habits of the American alligator with added chapters on crocodiles, Galapagos tortoises, African ostriches and alligators in motion pictures. St. Augustine Alligator Farm, St. Augustine, Florida, USA. 32pp.
119	Vollbrecht, J. L. 1946. Alligator college. Florida Outdoors 1(9):6–7, 24.
120	Vollbrecht, J. L. 1947. From swamp to swank. Nature Magazine 40:237–240. 276.
121	Wack, H. W. 1901. The sportsman's elysium of the South. Part II. Game animals of Florida. Field and Stream and American Angler 5:731-737.
122	Walls, J. G. 1995. Corn and red rat snakes. T.F.H., Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. 64pp.
123	Warren, F. B. 1905. The Florida alligator: information regarding an unappreciated saurian. Field and Stream 9:255–258.
124	Waterman, C. 1982. Gators vs. fishermen. Florida Wildlife 36(1):43–45.
125	Williams, J. L. 1962. The Territory of Florida or sketches of the topography, civil and natural history, of the country, the climate, and the Indian tribes, from the first discovery to the present time. [A facsimile reproduction of the 1837 edition, with an introduction by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.] University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 304pp.
126	Williams, J. L. 1976. A view of West Florida. [A facsimile reproduction of the 1827 edition with an introduction and index by Herbert J. Doherty, Jr.] University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 178pp.
127	Woodward, A. R. 1987. Alligator planning study. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7571, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 17pp.
128	Woodward, A. 1993. Developing Florida's Alligator Harvest Program: the experimental harvests. Gatortales, The Florida Alligator Trappers Association Newsletter 1(2):4.

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