Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Central America Reptiles Crocodilians Crocodylidae Lizards Anguidae Corytophanidae Dactyloidae Eublepharidae Gymnophthalmidae Iguanidae Phrynosomatidae Phyllodactylidae Scincidae Sphaerodactylidae Teiidae Xantusiidae Snakes Boidae Colubridae Elapidae [terrestrial spp.] Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae Viperidae Turtles Cheloniidae Chelydridae Dermatemydidae Dermochelyidae Emydidae Geoemydidae Kinosternidae Staurotypidae Bibliography of the reptiles of Belize Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Allen, R.; Neill, W.T. 1959. Doubtful locality records in British Honduras. Herpetologica 15: 227-233. Campbell, J.A. 1998. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Guatemala, the Yucatan and Belize. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman. 380 pp. Campbell, J.A.; Vannini, J.P. 1989. Distribution of amphibians and reptiles in Guatemala and Belize. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 4(1): 1-21. Dowdeswell, W.H. 1970. Field studies in British Honduras. Journal biol. Educ. 4: 177-181. Edgar, P. 1997. Notes on the snakes of north east Belize. Rephiberary 232: 8-13. Frost, M.D. 1977. Wildlife management in Belize: program, status and problems. Wildlife Society Bulletin 5(2): 48-51. Fugler, C.M. 1960. New herpetological records for British Honduras. Texas Journal of Science 12: 8-13. Gray, R.; Strine, C.T. 2017. Herpetofaunal assemblages of a lowland broadleaf forest, an overgrown orchard forest and a lime orchard in Stann Creek, Belize. ZooKeys 707: 131–156. Henderson, R.W. 1976. Notes on reptiles in the Belize City, Belize area. Journal of Herpetology 10(2): 143-146. Henderson, R.W.; Hoevers, L.G. 1975. A checklist and key to the amphibians and reptiles of Belize, Central America. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 5: 1-63. Henderson, R.W.; Hoevers, L.G. 1977. The seasonal incidence of snakes at a locality in northern Belize. Copeia 1977(2): 349-355. Hoevers, L.G.; Henderson, R.W. 1974. Additions to the herpetofauna of Belize (British Honduras). Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 2: 1-6. Iverson, J.B. 1976. The genus Kinosternon in Belize (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Herpetologica 32(3): 258-262. Lee, J.C. 1980. An ecogeographic analysis of the herpetofauna of the Yucatan Peninsula. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication 67: 1-75. Lee, J.C. 1996. The amphibians and reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London. 500 pp. Lee, J.C. 2000. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. The lowlands of Mexico, northern Guatemala, and Belize. Cornell University Press, Ithaca & London. 402 pp. Marlin, J.; Barrett, H. 2014. Endangered turtles find a home at the new Hicatee Conservation and Research Center in Belize. Turtle Survival 2014: 53-54. McCoy, C.J. 1970. The snake fauna of Middlesex, British Honduras. Journal of Herpetology 4: 135-140. McCoy, C.J. 1991. Additions to the herpetofauna of Belize, Central America. Caribbean Journal of Science 26(3-4): 164-166. McCoy, C.J.; Censky, E.J.; Devender, R.W. van 1986. Distribution records for amphibians and reptiles in Belize, Central America. Herpetological Review 17(1): 28. McKeon, C.S.; Feller, I.C. 2004. No. 526. The supratidal fauna of Twin Cays, Belize. Atoll Research Bulletin 509-530: 1-21. Meerman, J.; Lee, J.C. 2003. Amphibians and reptiles of the Columbia River Forest Reserve. pp. 66-70. In: Meerman, J.C.; Matola, S. (eds.). The Columbia River Forest Reserve, Little Quartz Ridge Expedition: a biological assessment. Publisher and place of publication unknown. 93 pp. Moll, D. 1985. The marine turtles of Belize. Oryx 19(3): 155-157. Moll, D. 1990. Population sizes and foraging ecology in a tropical freshwater stream turtle community. Journal of Herpetology 24(1): 48-53. Neill, W.T. 1960. Nature and man in British Honduras. Maryland Naturalist 30(1-4): 2-14. Neill, W.T. 1962. The reproductive cycle of snakes in a tropical region, British Honduras. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25: 234-253. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1959. Additions to the British Honduras herpetofauna list. Herpetologica 15: 235-240. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1959. Studies on the amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras. Pub. Res. Div. Ross Allen's Rept. Ins. 2(1): 1-76. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1960. Noteworthy snakes from British Honduras. Herpetologica 16: 145-162. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1961. Colubrid snakes (Tantilla, Thamnophis, Tropidodipsas) from British Honduras and nearby areas. Herpetologica 17: 90-98. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1961. Further studies on the herpetology of British Honduras. Herpetologica 17: 37-52. Neill, W.T.; Allen, E.R. 1962. Reptiles of the Cambridge Expedition to British Honduras 1959-60. Herpetologica 18: 79-91. Ouboter, P.E. 1992. Status and conservation of crocodilians in northeastern Belize. pp. 18-29. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp. Pavón-Vázquez, C.J.; Maayan, I.P.; White, B.A.; Harrison, A.S. 2016. Distribution notes: Three noteworthy herpetofaunal records from Belize. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(3): 780-782. Platt, S.G.; Meerman, J.C.; Rainwater, T.R. 1999. Diversity, observations, and conservation of the herpetofauna of Turneffe, Lighthouse, and Glovers atolls, Belize. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 66: 1-13. Platt, S.G.; Rainwater, T.R. 1998. Distribution records and life history notes for amphibians and reptiles in Belize. Herpetological Review 29(4): 250-251. Schmidt, K.P. 1941. The amphibians and reptiles of British Honduras. Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 22(8): 475-510. Stafford, P. 1991. Amphibians and reptiles of the joint services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo, Belize, 1991. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 38: 10-17. Stafford, P. 1994. Amphibians and reptiles of the Upper Raspaculo river basin, Maya Mountains, Belize. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 47: 23-29. Stafford, P. 1994. Annex E. Herpetology and ichthyology. Survey of amphibians, reptiles and fishes of the Upper Raspaculo River Basin, Maya Mountains, Belize. pp. E1-E7, E1-1-E2-2. In: Rogers, A.D.F.; Sutton, D.A. & Stafford, P.J. (eds.). Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo River, Belize, Central America, April-June 1993 with a report on the Matola Expedition along the Lower Raspaculo River, May 1993. The Natural History Museum, London. 219pp. Stafford, P.J.; Meyer, J.R. 2000. A guide to the reptiles of Belize. Academic Press, San Diego, San Francisco, etc. 356 pp. Stafford, P.J.; Walker, P.; Edgar, P.; Penn, M.G. 2010. Distribution and conservation of the herpetofauna of Belize. pp. 370-405. In: Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Johnson, J.D. (eds.). Conservation of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles. Eagle Mountain Publishing, LC, Eagle Mountain, Utah. 812 pp. Turvey, S.T.; Cooper, A.G. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of Monkey Bay National Park, Belize. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 69: 20-30. Weyer, D. 1990. Snakes of Belize. Belize Audubon Society, Belize City. 54 pp.