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1	Auffenberg, W. 1978. Gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus (Daudin). Pages 33–35 in R. W. McDiarmid, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume 3. Amphibians and reptiles. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
2	Auffenberg, W., and R. Franz. 1982. The status and distribution of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Pages 95–126 in R. B. Bury, editor. North American tortoises: conservation and ecology. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report No. 12.
3	Bard, A. M. 1989. Resident and relocated tortoises: a comparative study in central Florida, 1985–1989. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 42pp.
4	Bearwood, B. 1995. Notes from the Panhandle. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):2–3.
5	Bearwood, B. 1995. Notes from the Panhandle. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(2):2.
6	Berish (Diemer), J. E. 1991. Identification of critical gopher tortoise habitat in south Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7539, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 23pp.
7	Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
8	Christman, S. P., R. B. Huck, and E. D. Hardin. 1986. Endemism and Florida's interior sand pine scrub. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Annual Report Project GFC-84-101, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
9	Christman, S. P. 1988. Endemism in Florida's interior sand pine scrub. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 246pp.
10	Cox, J., R. Kautz, M. MacLaughlin, and T. Gilbert. 1994. Closing the gaps in Florida's wildlife habitat conservation system. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Office of Environmental Services, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 239pp.
11	De Sola, C. R. 1935. Herpetological notes from southeastern Florida. Copeia 1935:44–45.
12	Diemer, J. E. 1987. The status of the gopher tortoise in Florida. Proceedings of the Southeastern Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Symposium 3:72–83, Athens, Georgia, USA.
13	Diemer, J. E. 1989. Gopherus polyphemus gopher tortoise. Pages 14–16 in I. R. Swingland and M. W. Klemens, editors. The conservation biology of tortoises. Occasional Papers of the IUCN Survival Committee No. 5.
14	Doonan, T. J. 1986. A demographic study of an isolated population of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, and an assessment to a relocation procedure for tortoises. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 93pp.
15	Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
16	Fernald, R. T. 1989. Coastal xeric scrub communities of the Treasure Coast Region, Florida: a summary of their distribution and ecology, with guidelines for their preservation and management. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Technical Report No. 6, Tallhassee, Florida, USA. 113pp.
17	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1987. 1986–87 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 32pp.
18	Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1991. 1990–91 annual report. Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 36pp.
19	Franz, R., D. Maehr, A. Kinlaw, C. O'Brien, and R. D. Owen. 1998. Avon Park Air Force Range Project: distribution and abundance of sensitive wildlife species at Avon Park Air Force Range. Final Report, Project RWO-169. 90pp.
20	Jackson, D. R. 1997. Herpetofaunal survey of Deer Lake, Walton County, Florida: an FNAI ecological inventory. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 20pp.
21	Johnson, A., and D. Hipes. 1997. A survey of gopher tortoises and high quality seepage slopes at Blackwater River State Forest: an FNAI ecological inventory. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
22	Kushlan, J. A., and F. J. Mazzotti. 1982. Status of the gopher tortoise in Everglades National Park. U.S. National Park Service South Florida Research Center Report T-669, Homestead, Florida, USA. 15pp.
23	Kushlan, J. A., and F. J. Mazzotti. 1984. Environmental effects on a coastal population of gopher tortoises. Journal of Herpetology 18:231–239.
24	Layne, J. N., J. A. Stallcup, G. E. Woolfenden, M. N. McCauley, and D. J. Worley. 1977. Fish and wildlife inventory of the seven-county region included in the Central Florida Phosphate Industry Areawide Environmental Impact Study. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Services PB-278 456, Volume 1. 643pp.
25	Lodge, T. E. 1994. The Everglades handbook: understanding the ecosystem. St. Lucie Press, Delray Beach, Florida, USA. 228pp.
26	Logan, T. 1981. Survey of gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations on federal lands in Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 104pp. (Unpublished Report)
27	McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky. 1991. A survey of gopher tortoise populations residing on twelve state parks in Florida. Florida Department of Natural Resources Technical Report No. 1, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 78pp.
28	Muller, J. W. 1989. Matrix of habitats and distribution by county of rare/endangered species in Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 91pp.
29	Muller, J. W., G. R. Knight, S. R. Telford, Jr., and P. M. Sheridan. 1991. Biological inventory of the Cross Florida Greenbelt State Recreation and Conservation Area: survey for occurrences of rare plants and animals and exemplary natural communities. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 136pp.
30	Neill, W. T. 1954. Ranges and taxonomic allocations of amphibians and reptiles in the southeastern United States. Ross Allen's Reptile Institute, Publication of the Research Division 1:75–96, Silver Springs, Florida, USA.
31	Printiss, D., and D. Hipes. 1999. Rare amphibian and reptile survey of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Final Report, Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 57pp.
32	Sanders, B. A. 1981. Population status and management of the gopher tortoise on southeastern national parks. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council 2:26–34.
33	Schmalzer, P. A., S. R. Boyle, and H. M. Swain. 1999. Scrub ecosystems of Brevard County, Florida: a regional characterization. Florida Scientist 62:13–47.
34	Schwartz, T. S., and S. A. Karl. 2003. Colonization and dispersal of Gopherus polyphemus during the Pleistocene. Abstract in Joint Meeting of the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 51st Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles; 26 June–1 July 2003, The Tropical Hotel Conference Center, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
35	Simpson, C. T. 1920. In lower Florida wilds: a naturalist's observations on the life, physical geography, and geology of the more tropical part of the state. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, New York, USA. 404pp.
36	Skoog, P. J. 1982. Highways and endangered wildlife in Florida: a manual of information and recommendations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission and Florida Department of Transportation, State Project No. 99700-7249, Endangered Species Management Program, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 123pp.
37	U.S. Forest Service. 1993. Draft environmental impact statement and wild and scenic river study report on the Sopchoppy River. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region, National Forests in Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
38	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.
39	Wilson, D. S., H. R. Mushinsky, and R. A. Fischer. 1997. Species profile: gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) on military installations in the southeastern United States. Technical Report SERDP-97-10, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. 34pp.

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