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1 Aresco, M. J. 2001. Siren lacertina (greater siren). Aestivation chamber. Herpetological Review 32:32–33.
2 Bancroft, G. T., and J. S. Godley. 1980. Diel and seasonal activity patterns of amphibians and reptiles in a central Florida lake. Abstract in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League and the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 6–10 August 1980, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
3 Bancroft, G. T., J. S. Godley, D. T. Gross, N. N. Rojas, D. A. Sutphen and R. W. McDiarmid. 1983. Large-scale operations management test of use of the white amur for control of problem aquatic plants. The herpetofauna of Lake Conway: species accounts. Final report. Miscellaneous Paper A-83-5, U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, CE, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA. 304pp.
4 Bartlett, R. D. 1994. "Mud-eels" in the home aquarium. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 42(4):148, 150, 152–156.
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 Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
7 Brooks, D. R., and R. L. Buckner. 1976. Some platyhelminth parasites of sirens (Amphibia: Sirenidae) from North America. Journal of Parasitology 62:906–909.
8 Brooks, D. R. 1978. Systematic status of proteocephalid cestodes from reptiles and amphibians in North America with descriptions of three new species. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 45:1–28.
9 Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
10 Carr, A. 1994. Jubilee. Pages 25–39 in M. H. Carr, editor. A naturalist in Florida: a celebration of Eden. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, Connecticut, USA.
11 Christman, S. P., C. A. Young, S. Gonzalez, K. Hill, G. Navratil, and P. Delis. 2000. New records of amphibians and reptiles from Hardee County, Florida. Herpetological Review 31:116–117.
12 Cooley, L. S. 1983. Winter food habits and factors influencing the winter diet of river otter in north Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 51pp.
13 Crother, B. I., chair. 2000. Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetological Circular No. 29. 82pp.
14 Decker, J. D. 1952. A histological study of the digestive tract of the Sirenidae (excluding the oro-pharyngeal cavity). M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 47pp.
15 Delany, M. F., S. B. Linda, and C. T. Moore. 1999. Diet and condition of American alligators in 4 Florida Lakes. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:375–389.
16 Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
17 Etheridge, K. 1985. Estivation in the sirenid salamanders, Siren lacertina (Linnaeus) and Pseudobranchus striatus (Le Conte). Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 67pp.
18 Etheridge, K. 1985. The energetics of estivation in sirenid salamanders (Siren lacertina and Pseudobranchus striatus). Page 45 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles and the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, 4–9 August 1985, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
19 Etheridge, K. 1986. Water balance in estivating sirenid salamanders (Siren lacertina and Pseudobranchus striatus). Abstract in Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and 2nd Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 15–21 June 1986, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
20 Etheridge, K. 1990. The energetics of estivating sirenid salamanders (Siren lacertina and Pseudobranchus striatus). Herpetologica 46:407–414.
21 Etheridge, K. 1990. Water balance in estivating sirenid salamanders (Siren lacertina). Herpetologica 46:400–406.
22 Freeman, J. R. 1958. Burrowing in the salamanders Pseudobranchus striatus and Siren lacertina. Herpetologica 14:130.
23 Goin, C. J. 1943. The lower vertebrate fauna of the water hyacinth community in northern Florida. Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences 6:143–154.
24 Goin, C. J. 1947. Notes on the eggs and early larvae of three Florida salamanders. Natural History Miscellanea 10:1–4.
25 Goin, C. J., and W. Auffenberg. 1955. The fossil salamanders of the family Sirenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113:497–514.
26 Goin, C. J. 1961. The growth and size of Siren lacertina. Herpetologica 17:139.
27 Gunzburger, M. S. 2001. Mysterious salamanders of the mud. Florida Wildlife 55(3):22–24.
28 Gunzburger, M. S., and M. J. Aresco. 2001. Effects of muck removal on populations of large aquatic salamanders (Siren and Amphiuma). Pages 107–108 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Florida Lake Management Society Twelfth Annual Conference, 21–24 May 2001, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
29 Hay, O. P. 1917. Vertebrata mostly from Stratum No. 3 at Vero, Florida; together with descriptions of a new species. Annual Report Florida Geological Survey 9:43–68.
30 Jordan, F., and D. A. Arrington. 2001. Weak trophic interactions between large predatory fishes and herpetofauna in the channelized Kissimmee River, Florida, USA. Wetlands, 21:155–159.
31 Knight, E. L., and D. S. Lee. 1968. The use of salamanders as fishing bait. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 4:86–88.
32 Kushlan, J. A., S. A. Vorhees, W. F. Loftus, and P. C. Frohring. 1986. Length, mass, and calorific relationships of Everglades animals. Florida Scientist 49:65–79.
33 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.
34 Martof, B. S. 1973. Siren lacertina Linnaeus. Greater siren. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 128.1–2.
35 Martof, B. S. 1974. Siren Linnaeus. Sirens. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 152.1–2.
36 Martof, B. S. 1974. Sirenidae. Sirens. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 151.1–2.
37 McEwan, L. C., and D. H. Hirth. 1980. Food habits of the bald eagle in north-central Florida. Condor 82:229–231.
38 Meylan, P. A. 1995. Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from the Leisley Shell Pits, Hillsborough County, Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 Part I:273–297.
39 Meylan, P. A., W. A. Auffenberg, and R. C. Hurlbert. 2001. Amphibia: frogs, toads, and salamanders. Pages 107–117 in R. C. Hurlbert, editor. The fossil vertebrates of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
40 Moler, P. E., H. P. Whidden, and M. M. Miyamoto. 1989. Chromosomal and biochemical variation in the salamander family Sirenidae. Page 121 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the 5th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 17–23 June 1989, San Francisco State University and California Academy of Science, San Francisco, California, USA.
41 Moler, P. E. 1994. Siren lacertina (greater siren). Diet. Herpetological Review 25:62.
42 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.
43 Noble, G. K., and B. C. Marshall. 1932. The validity of Siren intermedia Le Conte, with observations on its life history. American Museum Novitates No. 532. 17pp.
44 O'Hare, N. K., and G. H. Dalrymple. 1997. Wildlife in southern Everglades wetlands invaded by melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 41:1–68.
45 Smith, G. 1969. The greater siren. Florida Wildlife 22(10):14–15.
46 Stamm, D. 1994. The springs of Florida. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, Florida, USA. 112pp.
47 Stevenson, D., and D. Crowe. 1992. Geographic distribution: Siren lacertina (greater siren). Herpetological Review 23:85.
48 Ultsch, G. R. 1972. Gas exchange and metabolism in the Sirenidae (Amphibia, Caudata). Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 123pp.
49 Ultsch, G. R. 1973. Observations on the life history of Siren lacertina. Herpetologica 29:304–305.
50 Ultsch, G. R. 1974. Gas exchange and metabolism in the Sirenidae (Amphibia: Caudata)—I: oxygen consumption of submerged sirenids as a function of body size and respiratory surface area. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 47A:485–498.
51 Van Hyning, O. C. 1932. Food of some Florida snakes. Copeia 1932:37.
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