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1	Adams, S. H. 1941. A sack of snakes. New Yorker 17(3):30–34.
2	Alflalo, F. G. 1907. Sunshine and sport in Florida and the West Indies. George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 272pp.
3	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.
4	Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1950. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Florida Wildlife 4(2):10–11.
5	Allen, R. 1961. How to hunt the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Publication of Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 20pp.
6	Allen, P. E. 1963. Never drop your guard. Outdoor Life 131(2):17–19, 124, 126, 128, 130.
7	Allen, P. E. 1971. Night of the cottonmouth. Outdoor Life 148(1):58–61, 122–125.
8	Allen, P. E. 1976. I've caught 900 deadly snakes. Outdoor Life 157(5):76–77, 180, 182, 184.
9	Allen, E. R., and D. C. Drysdale. 1978. Don't kill snakes. Florida Naturalist 51(5):20–21.
10	Anderson, C. H. 1950. Reptiles can be beautiful. Florida Wildlife 4(5):20–22.
11	Anonymous. 1881. A hunting party in Florida. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly 9(February):156–159.
12	Anonymous. 1900. Trapping alligators and rattlers. Current Literature 27:165–166.
13	Anonymous. 1930. A Florida news item. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 3(4):113, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
14	Anonymous. 1938. How about a nice rattlesnake steak from this Florida reptile ranch? Popular Science Monthly 133(4):151.
15	Anonymous. 1949. A day with a snake hunter. Outdoor Life 104(1):50–55.
16	Anonymous. 1990. Florida environmental worries prompt new "census" of reptiles amphibians. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (August):25.
17	Antonio, F. 1997. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) North American regional studbook. Central Florida Zoological Park, Lake Monroe, Florida, USA. 100pp.
18	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.
19	Bartram, J., and W. Bartram. 1957. John and William Bartram's America: selections from the writings of the Philadelphia naturalists. [Edited with an introduction by H. G. Cruickshank.] Devin-Adair Company, New York, New York, USA. 418pp.
20	Beck, W. M. 1939. The Pinellas County snake bounty. Florida Naturalist 12:94.
21	Berish, J. E. 1992. Annual size/sex class distribution of harvested rattlesnakes. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7531, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
22	Berish, J. E. 1994. Harvest assessment for rattlesnakes. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7543, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9pp.
23	Bevan, W. A. 1928. Snake lore. Outdoor Life 61(1):84–85.
24	Bevan, W. A. 1930. Snake lore. Outdoor Life 65(4):108.
25	Bevan, W. A. 1931. Snake lore. Outdoor Life 68(5):76.
26	Bickel, K. A. 1942. The mangrove coast: the story of the west coast of Florida. Coward-McCann, New York, New York, USA. 312pp.
27	Blatchley, W. S. 1902. A nature wooing at Ormond by the Sea. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 245pp.
28	Blatchley, W. S. 1931. My nature nook or notes on the natural history of the vicinity of Dunedin, Florida. Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 302pp.
29	Breininger, D. R., M. J. Barkaszi, R. B. Smith, D. M. Oddy, and J. A. Provancha. 1994. Endangered and potentially endangered wildlife on John F. Kennedy Space Center and faunal integrity as a goal for maintaining biological diversity. NASA Technical Memorandum 109204, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. 451pp.
30	Brown, A. H. 1948. Haunting heart of the Everglades. National Geographic Magazine 93:145–173.
31	Buck, S. V. 1997. Florida's herp trade: a collector's paradise...and a land exploited. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):72–81.
32	Bulske, M. E. 1957. Florida isn't heaven! Vantage Press, New York, New York, USA. 121pp.
33	Carter, W. H. 1980. Creatures and chronicles from Cross Creek. Atlantic, Tabor City, North Carolina, USA. 296pp.
34	Darr, G. 1977. Things I betcha didn’t know about Florida. Valkyrie Press, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. 124pp.
35	de Castelnau, C. 1948. Essay on Middle Florida, 1837–1838 [Essai sur la Floride du Milieu; translated by A. R. Seymour]. Florida Historical Quarterly 26:199–255.
36	Diemer Berish, J. E. 1995. Characterization of rattlesnake harvest in Florida. Page 77 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 8–13 August 1995, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
37	Diemer Berish, J. E. 1998. Characterization of rattlesnake harvest in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 32:551–557.
38	Dimock, A. W. 1907. Cruising on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Harper's Monthly Magazine 114:520–528.
39	Dimock, A. W. 1987. Crossing the Everglades in a power-boat (1907). Pages 243–249 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
40	Dimock, A. W. 1987. Cruising on the Gulf coast of Florida (1907). Pages 253–261 in F. Oppel and T. Meisel, editors. Tales of Old Florida. Castle, Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
41	Dodd, C. K., Jr., and M. L. Griffey. 2002. Remarks on the current status of the non-marine herpetofauna of Egmont Key, Florida. Florida Scientist 65:62–66.
42	Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
43	Enge, K. M. 1992. Snake hunting in Florida. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 9(4):6–14.
44	Enge, K. M. 1993. Florida's commercial trade in native amphibians and reptiles. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 47:403–413.
45	Enge, K. M. 1993. Herptile use and trade in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 102pp.
46	Enge, K. M. 1993. Snake hunting in Florida (continued). Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 9(5):4–13.
47	Enge, K. M. 1995. Commercial trade in southeastern rattlesnakes. Page 78 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 8–13 August 1995, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
48	Enge, K. M. 2000. Florida's program to collect information on the trade in native herpetofauna. Page 145 (abstract) in Joint Meeting of the 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 16th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, Neotropical Ichthyological Association, 48th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, Canadian Association of Herpetologists, and the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 14-20 June 2000, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
49	Erkins, A. W. 1975. My early days in Florida from 1905. Wake-Brook House, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 223pp.
50	Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration for the State of Florida. 1984. The WPA guide to Florida: the Federal Writers' Project guide to 1930s Florida [with a new introduction by J. I. McCollum]. Pantheon Books, New York, New York, USA. 600pp.
51	Fitzgerald, L. A., and C. W. Painter. 2000. Rattlesnake commercialization: long-term trends, issues, and implications for conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:235–253.
52	Floyd, J. 1960. Wanted dead or alive. Florida Wildlife 13(12):22–25, 40–41.
53	Forbes, J. G. 1964. Sketches, historical and topographical, of the Floridas; more particularly of East Florida. [A facsimile reproduction of the 1821 edition.] University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 226pp.
54	Frank, N., and D. Lotz. 1990. William Haast. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):28–31.
55	Fuller, J. [as told to B. East]. 1972. Don't break your tushes on me, snake. Outdoor Life 149(4):88–91, 104, 106, 108.
56	Garlington, W. M. 1920. Hunting in the Florida cypress swamps. Part II–conclusion. Outdoor Life 46(6):371–375.
57	Hardy, I. D. 1887. Oranges and alligators: sketches of south Florida life. Second edition. Ward and Company, London, United Kingdom. 240pp.
58	Helm, T. 1965. A world of snakes. Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, New York, USA. 178pp.
59	Hess, S. 1980. Rattlers & rattler hunters. Stan Hess, USA. 112pp.
60	Holland, R. P. 1953. Snakes make folks funny. Field & Stream 58(6):38–39, 98–101.
61	Holman, J. A., and C. Clausen. 1984. Fossil vertebrates associated with Paleo-Indian artifact at Little Salt Spring, Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4:146–154.
62	Hubbard, C. C. 1876. The Florida alligator; his customs, capture and care. C. C. Hubbard, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. 49pp.
63	Hutchinson, L. P. 1960. Case against the diamondback. Florida Wildlife 14(1):26–30.
64	Hylander, C. J. 1951. Adventure with reptiles: the story of Ross Allen. Julian Messner, New York, New York, USA. 174pp.
65	Jahoda, G. 1967. The other Florida. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 336pp.
66	Jones, C. 1962. Listenin' for rattlers. Outdoor Life 129(3):66–68, 103–105.
67	Jones, L. 1995. The embattled eastern diamondback rattlesnake. Reptiles Magazine 3(4):92, 94–107.
68	Kauffeld, C. F. 1939. If you like danger—there are snakes. Outdoor Life 83(3):32–33, 67–68.
69	Klauber, L. M. 1972. Rattlesnakes: their habits, life histories, and influence on mankind. Two volumes. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, California, USA. 1533pp.
70	Libby, H. F. 1918. Turkey hunts. Pages 66–68 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]
71	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.
72	Lowe, C. 1996. The tale of the rattler. Florida Living (August):12–15.
73	MacDonald, C. H. 1939. Hit by a rattler. Field & Stream 44(8):34–35, 77.
74	Martin, W. H., and D. B. Means. 1999–2000. Distribution and habitat relationships of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus). Herpetological Natural History 7:9–34.
75	Mayers, T. 2001. Growing up in Florida. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (November):8–12.
76	McKay, D. B., editor. 1959. Pioneer life. Volume I. Southern Publishing Company, Tampa, Florida, USA. 292pp.
77	Means, D. B. 1999. Snake charmer. National Wildlife 37(2):36–41.
78	Meyers, M. 1995. This is a true account. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 12(1):13–14.
79	Miller, C. B. 1946. Palmetto quail. Outdoor Life 97(3):32–33, 110–113.
80	Minton, S. A., Jr. and M. R. Minton. 1980. Venomous reptiles. Revised edition. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 308pp.
81	Mount, R. H. 1995. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, status and conservation strategies—Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Page 77 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 8–13 August 1995, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.
82	Murril[l], W. A. 1927. Hunting cottonmouth moccasins. Outdoor Life 60(6):84.
83	Musson, K. 1958. The snake man. Florida Outdoors 9(1):18–19.
84	Neill, W. T. 1950. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Silver Springs, Florida, USA. 32pp.
85	Neill, W. T., H. J. Gut, and P. Brodkorb. 1956. Animal remains from four preceramic sites in Florida. American Antiquity 21:383–395.
86	Neill, W. T. 1974. Reptiles and amphibians in the service of man. Pegasus: Division of The Bobbs-Merrill Company, New York, New York, USA. 248pp.
87	O'Reilly, J. 1964. Rattling for tourists in northern Florida. Sports Illustrated 20(15):95–96, 98, 100.
88	Phelps, A. S. 1902. On the Florida coast. Outdoor Life 10(1):22–23.
89	Preble, G. H. 1883. A canoe expedition into the Everglades in 1842. United Services, Quarterly Review of Military and Naval Affairs 1883:358–376. Reprinted in Journal of the Historical Society of Southern Florida 1946(1):30–51.
90	Reese, A. M. 1910. The home of the alligator. Popular Science Monthly 77:365–372.
91	Ripa, D. 2000. Degenerated science. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 35(5):1–135.
92	Rubio, M. 1998. Rattlesnake: portrait of a predator. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., USA. 240pp.
93	Russell, F. E. 1980. Snake venom poisoning. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 562pp.
94	Rutledge, A. 1946. Should we kill snakes? Outdoor Life 98(3):43, 129–130.
95	Seal, J. 2000. The snakebite survivor's club: travels among serpents. Harcourt, New York, New York, USA. 336pp.
96	Shaw, M. H. 1959. Buzztail leather. Florida Wildlife 13(1):28–29, 37.
97	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.
98	Snyder, B. 1949. Diamondbacks and dollar bills. Florida Wildlife 3(4):3–5, 16, 19.
99	Speake, D. W., and R. H. Mount. 1973. Some possible ecological effects of "rattlesnake roundups" in the southeastern coastal plain. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Game and Fish Commissioners 27:267–277.
100	Stockbridge, F. P., and J. H. Perry. 1938. So this is Florida. Robert McBride & Company, New York, New York, USA. 300pp.
101	Sutton, A., and M. Sutton. 1963. Exploring with the Bartrams. Rand McNally & Company, New York, New York, USA. 224pp.
102	Swalm, T., and N. Swalm. 1947. Pinellas St. Patrick. Florida Wildlife 1(7):4–5, 13.
103	Swalm, T., and N. Swalm. 1948. The lady and the snakes. Florida Wildlife 1(8):1–3.
104	Teale, E. W. 1950. Rattlers are his game. Outdoor Life 106(4):46–51.
105	Teale, E. W. 1955. Most dangerous quarry. Outdoor Life 116(4):66–71.
106	Thornton, D. W. 1946. Florida snakes and where to find 'em. Florida Outdoors 1(8):16–17.
107	Thornton, D. 1947. The rattlers. Florida Outdoors (December):24–25, 31.
108	Timmerman, W. W. 1995. Home range, habitat use, and behavior of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) on the Ordway Preserve. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 38, Part I(5):127–158.
109	Timmerman, W. W., and W. H. Martin. 2003. Conservation guide to the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular No. 32. 55pp.
110	Walls, J. G. 1996. Rattlesnakes: their natural history and care in captivity. T.F.H., Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. 64pp.
111	Washington, R. 1983. Cracker Florida: some lives and times. Banyan Books Inc., Miami, Florida, USA. 158pp.
112	Wheeler, D. G. 2001. Tales from the golden age of rattlesnake hunting. E.C.O., Lansing, Michigan, USA. 169pp.
113	Willard, G. P. 1908. A Florida rattler. Field and Stream 12:771–772.
114	Wilson, M. A. 1914. The hermit of Long Key. Outdoor Life 34(3):232–233.

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