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1 Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1952. "The glass-snake," a legless lizard. Florida Wildlife 5(11):9, 23.
2 Auffenberg, W. 1955. Glass lizards (Ophisaurus) in the Pleistocene and Pliocene of Florida. Herpetologica 11:133–136.
3 Auffenberg, W. 1956. Additional records of Pleistocene lizards from Florida. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 19:157–167.
4 Babbitt, L. H., and C. H. Babbitt. 1951. A herpetological study of burned-over areas in Dade County, Florida. Copeia 1951:79.
5 Barbour, T. 1920. Herpetological notes from Florida. Copeia 1920:55–57.
6 Barbour, T. 1924. Reptiles and amphibians: their habits and adaptations. Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. 125pp.
7 Barichivich, W. J., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2002. The effectiveness of wildlife barriers and underpasses on U.S. Highway 441 across Paynes Prairie State Preserve, Alachua County, Florida. Phase II post-construction. Final Report, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Gainesville, Florida, USA. Florida Department of Transportation Contract No. BB-854. 36pp.
8 Bartlett, R. D. 1989. Five legless southeasterners. Notes of the Northern Ohio Association of Herpetologists 16(11):4–10.
9 Bartlett, D. 1995. Our anguids: the alligator and glass lizards of the United States. Reptiles Magazine 3(8):92–105.
10 Bartlett, R. D. 2001. Thoughts on a few Ophisaurus. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 6(8):46–52.
11 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.
12 Blaney, R. M. 1971. An annotated checklist and biogeographic analysis of the insular herpetofauna of the Apalachicola Region, Florida. Herpetologica 27:406–430.
13 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.
14 Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
15 Brown, F. B. E. 1847. (Extract of a letter.) Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2:235.
16 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
17 Deckert, R. F. 1918. A list of reptiles from Jacksonville, Florida. Copeia 1918:30–33.
18 Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
19 Dyrkacz, S. 1981. Recent instances of albinism in North American amphibians and reptiles. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular No. 11. 31pp.
20 Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
21 Enge, K. M. 1994. Lizards of the Florida scrub. Florida Wildlife 48(3):17–20.
22 Enge, K. M., and K. N. Wood. 1999–2000. A herpetofaunal survey of Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, Hernando County, Florida. Herpetological Natural History 7:117–144.
23 Franz, R., J. Bauer, and T. Morris. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20:1–109.
24 Grimes, S. A. 1945. Birds of Duval County. Florida Naturalist 16:29–36.
25 Hartmann, T. 1989. The eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (February):22–24.
26 Hoff, G. L., and F. H. White. 1977. Salmonella in reptiles: isolation from free-ranging lizards (Reptilia, Lacertilia) in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 11:123–129.
27 Holman, J. A. 1971. Ophisaurus ventralis (Linnaeus). Eastern glass lizard. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 115.1–2.
28 Holman, J. A. 1971. Ophisaurus. Glass lizards. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 110.1–3.
29 Holman, J. A. 1996. The large Pleistocene (Sangamonian) herpetofauna of the Williston IIIA Site, north-central Florida. Herpetological Natural History 4:35–47.
30 Krysko, K. L., and A. T. Reppas. 1998. Ophisaurus ventralis (eastern glass lizard). Nocturnal activity. Herpetological Review 29:239.
31 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.
32 McConkey, E. H. 1951. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 102pp.
33 McConkey, E. H. 1954. A systematic study of the North American lizards of the genus Ophisaurus. American Midland Naturalist 51:133–171.
34 Means, D. B., and H. W. Campbell. 1981. Effects of prescribed burning on amphibians and reptiles. Pages 89–96 in G. W. Wood, editor. Prescribed fire and wildlife in southern forests. Belle W. Baruch Forest Science Institute, Clemson University, Georgetown, South Carolina, USA.
35 Meylan, P. A., W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hurlbert. 2001. Reptilia 2: lizards, snakes, and crocodilians. Pages 137–151 in R. C. Hurlbert, editor. The fossil vertebrates of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
36 Moler, P. E., and J. E. Berish. 1995. Impact of commercial exploitation on softshell turtle populations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report Study No. 7542, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 18pp.
37 Neill, W. T. 1949. Forms of Ophisaurus in the southeastern United States. Herpetologica 5:97–100.
38 Neill, W. T. 1971. The last of the ruling reptiles: alligators, crocodiles, and their kin. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA. 486pp.
39 Palis, J. G. 1993. Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (Florida cottonmouth). Prey. Herpetological Review 24:59–60.
40 Rodgers, J. A., Jr., S. T. Schwikert, T. F. Breen, and E. K. McConnell. 2002. Eastern glass lizard as probably prey of great egrets. Florida Field Naturalist 30:40.
41 Shafland, P. 1991. When is a snake not a snake? Florida Wildlife 45(4):33.
42 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.
43 Smith, C. R. 1987. Ecology of juvenile and gravid eastern indigo snakes in north Florida. M.S. Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 116pp.
44 Stevenson, D., and D. Crowe. 1992. Geographic distribution: Ophisaurus ventralis (eastern glass lizard). Herpetological Review 23:90.
45 Tyson, J. 2003. The eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis). Florida Wildlife 57(3):29.
46 Witz, B. W., and D. S. Wilson. 1993. Clutch size, egg mass, and incubation period in an eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis. Florida Field Naturalist 21:36–37.
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