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1	Aguirre, A. A., T. R. Spraker, A. Chaves, L. du Toit, W. Eure, and G. H. Balazs. 1999. Pathology of fibropapillomatosis in olive ridley turtles Lepidochelys olivacea nesting in Costa Rica. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 11:283–289.
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5	Allen, E. R., and D. Swindell. 1988. Some like it hot! The cottonmouth moccasin of Florida. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (December):11–20.
6	Anderson, Y. 2002. The ecological relationship between the tumor-promoting dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum spp., and fibropapillomatosis in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Hawaii and Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 210pp.
7	Anonymous. 1993. Habitat loss puts gopher tortoises at risk. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (May):29.
8	Anonymous. 1993. Health problems facing Florida gopher tortoise raise questions about relocation policies. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 4(3):23–24.
9	Anonymous. 1993. Disease leaves Florida tortoises at risk. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Resource Management, Resource Management Notes 5(1):7.
10	Anonymous. 1994. Gopher tortoise project to be model for relocation programs. Wildlife Rehabilitation Today 5(3):48–50.
11	Anonymous. 1995. The alligators of Apopka. Discover 16(7):20–21.
12	Anonymous. 1997. Tumor's latest threat to green turtles. Reprinted from Gainesville Sun in Gainesville Herpetological Society Newsletter 14(2):24.
13	Anonymous. 1998. Crocodile Jake dies, but gains immortality. League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (June):32.
14	Anonymous. 1999. Hospital focuses on ailing turtles. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (January):26–27.
15	Anonymous. 2001. World experts attend International Conference on Relocation of Turtles and Tortoises—Animals in Crisis held in Orlando, Florida. Herp Herald, Newsletter of the Gainesville Herpetological Society 18(1):7, 10–11.
16	Anonymous. 2001. Florida implements new upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) testing policy for off-site tortoise relocation projects. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 21(1):6.
17	Ashton, R. 2001. World experts attend international conference “Relocation of Turtles and Tortoises—Animals in Crisis.” Chelonian Research Foundation, Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter No. 3:19–-20.
18	Ashton Biodiversity Research & Preservation Institute, Inc. 2000. Gopher tortoises and their ticks do not have or spread heartwater disease. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(2):9.
19	Bacchus, S. T. 2001. Knowledge of groundwater responses—a critical factor in saving Florida threatened and endangered species. Part I: marine ecological disturbances. University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, Endangered Species Update 18:79–90.
20	Baldwin, K. S. 1996. Effects of ectoparasites on sceloporine lizards. Page 36 (abstract) in Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 24–29 July 1996, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
21	Barrett, S. 1996. Disease threatens green sea turtles. Endangered Species Bulletin 21(2):8–9.
22	Beebe, L. 1995. Leaping lizards! Are those chameleons or anoles. Reprinted in League of Florida Herpetological Societies Newsletter (February):27.
23	Beltz, E. 1994. Herp news from around the world: gopher tortoises dying. Vivarium 6(2):8.
24	Beltz, E. 1994. HerPET-POURRI. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 29(11):254–257.
25	Beltz, E. 1996. Herp news from around the world: warning, nudity and sex below. Vivarium 7(4):7.
26	Beltz, E. 1997. HerPET-POURRI: bad news for greens. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(6):139.
27	Beltz, E. 1997. HerPET-POURRI: alligator news: the good, the bad and the ugly. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 32(6):138–139.
28	Beltz, E. 1998. Herp news from around the world: don't drink the water. Vivarium 9(6):19.
29	Beltz, E. 1999. Herp news from around the world: gators, gators everywhere. Vivarium 11(1):10.
30	Beltz, E. 2000. Herp news from around the world: scary stories from Florida. Vivarium 11(2):10–11.
31	Bengston, S. D., and F. Rogers. 2001. Prevalence of sparganosis by county of origin in Florida feral swine. Veterinary Parasitology 97:241–244.
32	Berish, J. E. 1992. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 12(1):7–8.
33	Berish, J. E. 1993. Florida report. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 13(1):6–7.
34	Berish, J. 1994. GTC state report, 1993 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of The Gopher Tortoise Council 14(1):4.
35	Berish, J. E. 1994. Management plan for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7539, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.
36	Berish, J. E. 1995. GTC state report 1994 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 15(1):3.
37	Berish, J. E. 1996. GTC state report—1995 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 16(1):5–6.
38	Berish, J. E. 1997. GTC state report 1996 Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 17(1):9.
39	Berish, J. E. 1997. Distribution and prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoises. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 25pp.
40	Berish, J. E. 1998. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(1):5–6.
41	Berish, J. E. 1998. 1998 state reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 18(4):4–5.
42	Berish, J. E. 2000–2001. State reports: Florida. Tortoise Burrow, Bulletin of the Gopher Tortoise Council 20(3):7.
43	Berish, J. E. 2001. Management considerations for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.
44	Berish, J. 2002–2003. State reports: Florida. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):2–3.
45	Beyer, S. M. 1993. Habitat relations of juvenile gopher tortoises and a preliminary report of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in gopher tortoises. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. 95pp.
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48	Blihovde, B. 2002–2003. Tortoise die-off at Rock Springs Run State Preserve. The Tortoise Burrow, Newsletter of the Gopher Tortoise Council 22(4):7.
49	Blihovde, B. 2003. Documentation of a large-scale gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) mortality event in central Florida. Page 32 (abstract) in Gopher Tortoise Council 25th Anniversary Meeting, 3–5 October 2003, Wekiwa Springs State Park, Apopka, Florida, USA.
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54	Bowie, L. A. 1974. Comparative study of the gastrointestinal nematodes of two sceloporid lizards in Florida. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 47pp.
55	Boyce, W. M., P. Cardeilhac, T. Lane, C. Buergelt, and M. King. 1984. Sebekiosis in captive alligator hatchlings. Journal of the American Veterinary Medicine Association 185:1419–1420.
56	Boyce, W. M. 1985. The prevalence of Sebekia mississippiensis (Pentastomida) in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)in north Florida and experimental infection of paratenic hosts. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 52:278–282.
57	Bresette, M., J. Gorham, and B. Perry. 2000. Preliminary survey of sea turtles in the southern region of the Indian River Lagoon system. Florida Scientist 63(Supplement 1):43–44 (abstract).
58	Bresette, M. J., A. M. Foley, D. A. Singewald, K. E. Singel, R. M. Herren, and A. E. Redlow. 2003. The first report of oral tumors associated with fibropapillomatosis in Florida, USA. Marine Turtle Newsletter No. 101:21–23.
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61	Brooks, G. R., Jr. 1972. Intestinal parasites of the lizard Lygosoma laterale. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 35:8–14.
62	Brooks, D. R., and R. L. Buckner. 1976. Some platyhelminth parasites of sirens (Amphibia: Sirenidae) from North America. Journal of Parasitology 62:906–909.
63	Brooks, D. R., R. M. Overstreet, and D. B. Peace. 1977. New records of proterodiplostome digeneans from Alligator mississippiensis and Caiman crocodilus fuscus. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 44:237–238.
64	Brooks, D. R., and R. M. Overstreet. 1977. Acanthostome digeneans from the American alligator in the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 9:1016–1029.
65	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.
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67	Brooks, D. E., P. E. Ginn, T. R. Miller, L. Bramson, and E. R. Jacobson. 1994. Ocular fibropapillomas of green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Veterinary Pathology 31:335–339.
68	Brown, M. B., G. S. McLaughlin, P. A. Klein, B. C. Crenshaw, I. M. Schumacher, D. R. Brown, and E. R. Jacobson. 1999. Upper Respiratory Tract Disease in the gopher tortoise is caused by Mycoplasma agassizii. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37:2262–2269.
69	Brown, D. R., J. K. Lackovich, and P. A. Klein. 1999. Further evidence for the absence of papillomaviruses from sea turtle fibropapillomas. Veterinary Record 145(21):616–617.
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