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1 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1950. The life history of the Everglades rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni. Herpetologica 6:109–112.
2 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1953. The yellow rat snake. Florida Wildlife 6(8):6–7.
3 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1988. Florida Herps. The life history of the Everglades rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta rossalleni. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (December):23–26.
4 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.
5 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.
6 Bennetts, R. E., and E. L. Caton. 1988. An observed incidence of rat snake predation of snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) chicks in Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 16:14–16.
7 Bennetts, R. E., M. W. Collopy, and S. R. Beissinger. 1988. Nesting ecology of snail kites in Water Conservation Area 3A. Department of Wildlife and Range Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Technical Report No. 31. 174pp.
8 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
9 Carr, A. 1994. The moss forest. Pages 165–186 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
10 Foster, G. W., S. R. Humphrey, and P. P. Humphrey. 1978. Survival rate of young southeastern brown bats, Myotis austroriparius, in Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 59:299–304.
11 Franz, R. 1995. Habitat use, movements, and home range in two species of ratsnakes (genus Elaphe) in a north Florida sand hill. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Project Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 62pp.
12 Frederick, P. C., and M. W. Collopy. 1988. Reproductive ecology of wading birds in relation to water conditions in the Florida Everglades. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Technical Report No. 30, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 259pp.
13 Frederick, P. C., and M. W. Collopy. 1989. The role of predation in determining reproductive success of colonially nesting wading birds in the Florida Everglades. Condor 91:860–867.
14 Goin, O. B. 1955. The world outside my door. MacMillan, New York, New York, USA. 184pp.
15 Grimes, S. A. 1947. Birds of Duval County (continued). Florida Naturalist 21:1–13.
16 HaySmith, L. 1995. Neotoma floridana floridana natural history, populations, and movements in north-central Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 38, Part II:211–243.
17 Howard, P. 1995. Neat stuff. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 12(4):8–10.
18 Jackson, J. A. 1974. Gray rat snakes versus red-cockaded woodpeckers: predator-prey adaptations. Auk 91:342–347.
19 Jackson, J. A. 1978. Predation by a gray rat snake on red-cockaded woodpecker nestlings. Bird-Banding 49:187–188.
20 May, P. G., and T. M. Farrell. 1997. Death from above: adventures with arboreal snakes. Reptiles Magazine 5(9):77–83.
21 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and B. Ferster. 1995. Two species of snakes prey on Cuban treefrogs in southern Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 23:97–98.
22 Meshaka, W. E., Jr. 2001. The Cuban treefrog in Florida: life history of a successful colonizing species. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 191pp.
23 Mitchell, M. C., L. B. Best, and J. P. Gionfriddo. 1996. Avian nest-site selection and nesting success in two Florida citrus groves. Wilson Bulletin 108:573–583.
24 Murrill, W. A. 1945. Reptiles good and bad. William A. Murrill, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 32pp.
25 Rice, D. W. 1955. Life history and ecology of Myotis austroriparius. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 75pp.
26 Rice, D. W. 1957. Life history and ecology of Myotis austroriparius in Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 38:15–32.
27 Stowe, H. B. 1873. Palmetto-leaves. J. R. Osgood and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 321pp.
28 Sykes, P. W. 1987. Some aspects of the breeding biology of the snail kite in Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology 58:171–189.
29 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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