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1 Barbour, T. 1936. Two introduced lizards in Miami, Florida. Copeia 1936:113.
2 Brown, L. N., and G. C. Hickman. 1970. Occurrence of the Mediterranean gecko in the Tampa, Florida, area. Florida Naturalist 43:68.
3 Butterfield, B. P., B. Hauge, and W. E. Meshaka, Jr. 1993. The occurrence of Hemidactylus mabouia on the United States mainland. Herpetological Review 24:111–112.
4 Carey, S. D., and D. H. Nelson. 1987. Biology of the Mediterranean gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) along the Gulf Coast. Pages 36–37 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and 3rd Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 21–26 June 1987, Albany, New York, USA.
5 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
6 Collins, J. T., and K. J. Irwin. 2001. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 32:276.
7 Criscione, C. D., N. J. Anderson, T. Campbell, and B. Quinn. 1998. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia (tropical gecko). Herpetological Review 29:248.
8 Crowder, J. P. 1974. The exotic vertebrates of south Florida. South Florida Environmental Project Ecological Report No. DI-SFEP-74-30. 45pp.
9 Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
10 Jensen, J. B. 1995. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 26:45.
11 Johnson, S. A., W. J. Barichivich, and J. S. Staiger. 2002. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 33:322.
12 King, F. W. 1958. Observations on the ecology of a new population of the Mediterranean gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, in Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 21:317–318.
13 King, F. W., and T. Krakauer. 1966. The exotic herpetofauna of southeast Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29:144–154.
14 Limbaugh, J. 1991. No-care breeding of brown anoles; or, mini-Komodo-monitor management. Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 8(2):18–19.
15 Link, F. W. 1977. Activity temperatures and metabolic rates of two species of geckos. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 46pp.
16 Love, W. B. 1978. Observations on the herpetofauna of Key West, Florida, with special emphasis on the rosy rat snake. Bulletin of the Georgia Herpetological Society 4(1):3–8.
17 McCoid, M. J. 1995. Non-native reptiles and amphibians. Pages 433–437 in E. T. Laroe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac, editors. Our living resources. National Biological Survey, Washington, D.C.
18 McCoid, M. J. 2002. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 33:322.
19 McCoy, C. J. 1971. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus. Herpetological Review 3:89.
20 Means, D. B. 1990. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 21:96.
21 Means, D. B. 1996. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 27:152.
22 Means, R. C. 1999. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 30:52.
23 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., B. P. Butterfield, and B. Hauge. 1994. Hemidactylus frenatus established on the lower Florida Keys. Herpetological Review 25:127–128.
24 Meylan, P. A. 1977. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 8:39.
25 Myers, S. 1978. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 9:107.
26 Myers, S. 1978. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 9:62.
27 Nelson, D. H., and S. D. Carey. 1993. Range extension of the Mediterranean gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) along the northeastern Gulf Coast of the United States. Northeast Gulf Science 13:53–58.
28 Schwartz, A., and R. Thomas. 1975. A check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 1. 216pp.
29 Seigel, R. A., R. B. Smith, J. Demuth, L. M. Ehrhart, and F. F. Snelson, Jr. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida: a long-term assessment of a large protected habitat (1975–2000). Florida Scientist 65:1–12.
30 Stejneger, L. 1922. Two geckos new to the fauna of the United States. Copeia 1922:56.
31 Townsend, J. H., and A. T. Reppas. 2001. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 32:193.
32 Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, A. T. Reppas, and C. M. Sheehy, III. 2002. Noteworthy records for introduced reptiles and amphibians from Florida, USA. Herpetological Review 33:75.
33 Townsend, J. H., and K. L. Krysko. 2003. The distribution of Hemidactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in northern peninsular Florida. Florida Scientist 66:204–208.
34 Wilson, L. D., and L. Porras. 1983. The ecological impact of man on the south Florida herpetofauna. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Special Publication No. 9, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. 89pp.
35 Wise, M. A. 1993. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus (Mediterranean gecko). Herpetological Review 24:109.
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