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1	Allen, E. R., and W. T. Neill. 1952. The garter snake. Florida Wildlife 6(7):8–9.
2	Aycrigg, A. D., T. M. Farrell, and P. G. May. 1998. SOS: sounds of survival. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):56–63.
3	Babbitt, L. H., and C. H. Babbitt. 1951. A herpetological study of burned-over areas in Dade County, Florida. Copeia 1951:79.
4	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.
5	Barbour, T. 1920. Herpetological notes from Florida. Copeia 1920:55–57.
6	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.
7	Bartlett, D. 2001. Notes from the field. On the shores of the Gulf: chasing the Gulf salt marsh snake. Reptiles Magazine 9(4):22, 24, 26–29.
8	Bartram, W. 1791. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee country, the extensive territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the country of the Chactaws; containing, an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, together with observations on the manners of the Indians. James & Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 522pp. Bartram, W. 1947. The travels of William Bartram [edited by Mark van Doren]. Dover, New York, New York, USA. 414pp.
9	Bernardino, F. S. 1990. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park. M.S. Thesis, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. 36pp.
10	Bernardino, F. S., Jr., and G. H. Dalrymple. 1992. Seasonal activity and road mortality of the snakes of the Pa-hay-okee wetlands of Everglades National Park, USA. Biological Conservation 62:71–75.
11	Bishop, L. A., and T. M. Farrell. 1994. Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (peninsula ribbon snake). Behavior. Herpetological Review 25:127.
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	Boundy, J. 1994. County records for Florida amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 25:78–79.
14	Boundy, J. 1995. Maximum lengths of North American snakes. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 30(6):109–122.
15	Buhlmann, K. A., and J. W. Gibbons. 1997. Imperiled aquatic reptiles of the southeastern United States: historical review and current conservation status. Pages 201–232 in G. W. Benz and D. E. Collins, editors. Aquatic fauna in peril: the southeastern perspective. Special Publication 1, Southeast Aquatic Research Institute, Lenz Design & Communications, Decatur, Georgia, USA.
16	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1940. A contribution to the herpetology of Florida. University of Florida Publications, Biological Sciences 3:1–118.
17	Carr, A. F., Jr. 1963. The reptiles. Time, New York, New York, USA. 193pp.
18	Cheatwood, J. L., E. R. Jacobson, P. G. May, T. M. Farrell, B. L. Homer, D. A Samuelson, and J. W. Kimbrough. 2003. An outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a free-ranging population of pigmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri) in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39:329–337.
19	Conant, R. 1930. Field notes of a collecting trip. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 4(3):60–64, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
20	Cox, J. A., and R. S. Kautz. 2000. Habitat conservation needs of rare and imperiled wildlife in Florida. Office of Environmental Services, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 156pp.
21	Dalrymple, G. H., T. M. Steiner, R. J. Nodell, and F. S. Bernardino, Jr. 1991. Seasonal activity of the snakes of Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park. Copeia 1991:294–302.
22	Domingue O'Neill, E. 1995. Amphibian and reptile communities of temporary ponds in a managed pine flatwood. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 106pp.
23	Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
24	Enge, K. M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 55pp.
25	Enge, K. M., and K. N. Wood. 2002. A pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 1:365–380.
26	Foster, M. L., and S. R. Humphrey. 1992. Effectiveness of wildlife crossings in reducing animal/auto collisions on Interstate 75, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida. Prepared for Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 124pp.
27	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.
28	Hartmann, T. 1989. The ribbon snakes of Florida, Thamnophis sauritus. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (August):20–21.
29	Hipes, D., D. R. Jackson, K. NeSmith, D. Printiss, and K. Brandt. 2001. Field guide to the rare animals of Florida. Florida Natural Areas Inventory, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
30	Holman, J. A. 2000. Fossil snakes of North America: origin, evolution, distribution, paleoecology. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. 357pp.
31	Jenni, D. A. 1969. A study of the ecology of four species of herons during the breeding season at Lake Alice, Alachua County, Florida. Ecological Monographs 39:245–270.
32	Kilham, L. 1958. A snake-eating robin. Auk 75:352.
33	Krakauer, T. 1970. The ecological and physiological control of water loss in snakes. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 57pp.
34	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.
35	Love, W. B. 1995. Osteopilus septentrionalis (Cuban treefrog). Predation. Herpetological Review 26:201–202.
36	Mara, W. P. 1994. Garter and ribbon snakes. T.F.H., Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. 64pp.
37	Mara, W. P. 1995. The eastern ribbon snake: history and husbandry. Reptile Hobbyist 1(1):8–12.
38	May, P. G., and T. M. Farrell. 1997. Death from above: adventures with arboreal snakes. Reptiles Magazine 5(9):77–83.
39	May, P. G., S. T. Huelett, T. M. Farrell, and M. A. Pilgrim. 1997. Live fast, love hard, & die young: the ecology of pigmy rattlesnakes. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (January–February):36–49.
40	Meshaka, W. E., Jr., W. F. Loftus, and T. Steiner. 2000. The herpetofauna of Everglades National Park. Florida Scientist 63:84–103.
41	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.
42	Moler, P. E. 1979. Geographic distribution: Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (peninsula ribbon snake). Herpetological Review 10:103.
43	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.
44	Myers, S. 1985. Reproductive biology of Thamnophis sauritus sackenii (Kennicott) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) from east-central Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 35pp.
45	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.
46	Rossman, D. A. 1961. A taxonomic study of the sauritus group of the garter snakes, genus Thamnophis Fitzinger. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 162pp.
47	Rossman, D. A. 1963. The colubrid snake genus Thamnophis: a revision of the sauritus group. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7:99–178.
48	Rossman, D. A. 1965. A new subspecies of the common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, from the Florida Gulf Coast. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 27:67–73.
49	Rossman, D. A. 1970. Thamnophis sauritus (Linnaeus). Eastern ribbon snake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 99.1–2.
50	Rossman, D. A., N. B. Ford, and R. A. Seigel. 1996. The garter snakes: evolution and ecology. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, USA. 332pp.
51	Safford, W. E. 1919. Natural history of Paradise Key and the near-by Everglades of Florida. Pages 377–434 in Smithsonian Report for 1917. [Publication No. 2508, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.]
52	Smith, L. L., and C. K. Dodd, Jr. 2003. Wildlife mortality on U.S. Highway 441 across Paynes Prairie, Alachua County, Florida. Florida Scientist 66:128–140.
53	Telford, S. R., Jr., E. J. Wozniak, and J. F. Butler. 2001. Haemogregarine specificity in two communities of Florida snakes, with descriptions of six new species of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) and a possible species of Haemogregarina (Apecomplexa: Haemogregarinidae). Journal of Parasitology 87:890–905.
54	Van Hyning, O. C. 1931. Reproduction of some Florida snakes. Copeia 1931:59–60.
55	Weaver, W. G. 1978. Florida ribbon snake, Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (Kennicott). Pages 46–47 in R. W. McDiarmid, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume 3. Amphibians and reptiles. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
56	Weaver, W. G., and S. P. Christman. 1992. Florida ribbon snake, lower Keys population, Thamnophis sauritus sackeni (Kennicott). Pages 162–165 in P. E. Moler, editor. Rare and endangered biota of Florida. Volume III. Amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

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