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1	Allen, E. R., and M. P. Merryday. 1940. A snake in the hand—is worth two in the grass for medical research, and the job of capturing and keeping them sheds interesting sidelights on their habits and peculiarities. Natural History 46:234–239.
2	Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1948. Cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Herpetologica 4(Supplement 1):1–15.
3	Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1950. The cottonmouth moccasin. Florida Wildlife 4(3):8–9, 16.
4	Allen, P. E. 1971. Night of the cottonmouth. Outdoor Life 148(1):58–61, 122–125.
5	Allen, H. 1977. Snakebite: some dos, don'ts and maybes. Florida Sportsman 8(3):56–58, 61–63.
6	Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1988. Some like it hot! The cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (December):11–20.
7	Ball, J. C. 1993. Herp hunting in southern/central Florida. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28:267–268.
8	Barbour, T. 1944. Camping in Florida. The Atlantic 173(5):86–90.
9	Bartram, W. 1791. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws; containing, an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, together with observations on the manners of the Indians. James & Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 522pp. Bartram, W. 1947. The travels of William Bartram [edited by Mark van Doren]. Dover, New York, New York, USA. 414pp.
10	Bernardino, F. S. 1990. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park. M.S. Thesis, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. 36pp.
11	Bernardino, F. S., Jr., and G. H. Dalrymple. 1992. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park, USA. Biological Conservation 62:71–75.
12	Bulske, M. E. 1957. Florida isn't heaven! Vantage Press, New York, New York, USA. 121pp.
13	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1936. The Gulf island cottonmouths. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 1:86–90.
14	Carr, A. F., Jr., and M. H. Carr. 1942. Notes on the courtship of the cottonmouth moccasin. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 20:1–6.
15	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1963. The reptiles. Time, New York, New York, USA. 193pp.
16	Carr, A. 1994. The Gulf-island cottonmouths. Pages 225–229 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
17	Carter, W. H. 1980. Creatures and chronicles from Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
18	Carter, W. H. 1985. Return to Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
19	Carter, W. H. 1989. This happened to me: snake's alive. Outdoor Life 183(4):112.
20	Cook, D. G. 1982. Cottonmouth activity patterns in northwest Florida. Page 63 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 30th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 1–6 August 1982, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
21	Cook, D. G. 1983. Activity patterns of the cottonmouth water moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus Lacepede, on a northwest Florida headwater stream. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 88pp.
22	Curtis, N. 1952. Tate called it hell. Outdoor Life 109(6):52–59.
23	Dalrymple, B. W. 1985. Close encounters of the fanged kind. Field & Stream 90(1):88, 146, 148.
24	Douglas, B. T. 1943. Frog legs with trimmings. Field & Stream 47(11):30, 59–60.
25	Ellis, L. 1984. Cottonmouth research. Florida Wildlife 38(1):28–30.
26	Gloyd, H. K., and R. Conant. 1990. Snakes of the Agkistrodon complex: a monographic review. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. 614pp.
27	Gregware, B., and C. Gregware. 1997. Guide to the Lake Okeechobee area. Pineapple Press, Inc., Sarasota, Florida, USA. 212pp.
28	Haliburton, J. H. 1935. Live snakes from the Everglades. Outdoor Life 76(5):36–37, 66–67.
29	Hallock, C., compiler. 1876. Camp life in Florida: a handbook for sportsmen and settlers. Forest and Stream, New York, New York, USA. 348pp.
30	Hamilton, W. R. 1987. A visit to Death Lake, Florida (1888). Pages 109–111 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
31	Hughes, W. 1969. Danger afield. Florida Wildlife 23(5):18–19.
32	Johnson, J. R. 1970. The southern swamps of America. David McKay Company, Inc., New York, New York, USA. 152pp.
33	Kay, R. 1971. Tamiami Trail blazers: a personal memoir. Florida Historical Quarterly 49:278–287.
34	Komarek, E. V. 1969. Fire and animal behavior. Proceedings of the Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 9:161–207. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
35	Lee, W. 1979. Goodness snakes alive. Florida Sportsman 10(1):42–43, 45.
36	Loennberg, E. 1894. Notes on reptiles and batrachians collected in Florida in 1892 and 1893. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 17:317–339.
37	May, P. G., and T. M. Farrell. 1998. Florida's flatwoods cottonmouths: observations of feeding behavior. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (September–October):18–24.
38	Means, D. B., D. G. Cook, and J. B. Atkinson. 1983. Overwintering behavior of two syntopic crotaline snakes (Agkistrodon piscivorus, Crotalus adamanteus) in northern Florida. Abstract in Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 19–24 June 1983, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
39	Means, D. B. 1985. Radio-tracking the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. National Geographic Society Research Report 18:529–536.
40	Means, D. B. 1999. Venomous snakes of Florida. Florida Wildlife 53(5):13–20.
41	Neill, W. T. 1949. Increased rate of ecdysis in injured snakes. Herpetologica 5:115–116.
42	Neill, W. T. 1955. Deadly cottonmouth or harmless water snake? Florida Wildlife 9(2):22–23, 44.
43	Reese, A. M. 1910. The home of the alligator. Popular Science Monthly 77:365–372.
44	Simpson, C. T. 1924. Out of doors in Florida: the adventures of a naturalist, together with essays on the wild life and the geology of the state. E. B. Douglas Company, Miami, Florida, USA. 412pp.
45	Smoker, M. 2001. Hiking for herps. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(12):54–58.
46	Stubbs, T. 1974. A moccasin may be more than a shoe. Florida Naturalist 47(1):17–20.
47	Stubbs, T. 1979. Moccasin. Florida Naturalist 52(4):2–4.
48	Sutton, C. E. 1947. Trails through alligator land. Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 225pp.
49	Thornton, D. W. 1946. ID for cottonmouths. Florida Outdoors 1(9):14–15.
50	Van Duyn, G. 1936. Snakes are where you find them. Field & Stream 41(6):32–33, 67–69.
51	Van Hyning, D. T. 1925. Out-of-doors in Florida. Pages lii–lv in Florida old & new (the year-book of Florida). Rufus R. Wilson, Orlando, Florida, USA.
52	Walters, A. C., and W. Card. 1996. Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (Florida cottonmouth). Brood defense. Herpetological Review 27:203.
53	Waterman, C. 1962. Snake safety. Florida Wildlife 16(7):30–33, 42.
54	Wharton, C. H. 1958. The ecology of the cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus Lacepede, of Sea Horse Key, Florida. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 225pp.
55	Wharton, C. H. 1969. The cottonmouth moccasin on Sea Horse Key, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 14:227–272.
56	Will, L. E. 1964. Lawrence Will's cracker history of Okeechobee: "custard apple, moonvine, catfish and moonshine." Great Outdoors, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 308pp.

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