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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Canada

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.


Alvo, R.; Oldham, M.J. 2000. A review of the status of Canada's amphibian and reptile species: a comparison of three ranking systems. Canadian Field Naturalist 114(3): 520-540.

Banks, R.C.; McDiarmid, R.W.; Gardner, A.L. (eds.). 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication 166: 1-79.

Bartlett, R.D.; Bartlett, P.P. 2006. Guide and reference to the snakes of eastern and central North America (north of Mexico). University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, etc. 342 pp.

Bartlett, R.D.; Bartlett, P.P. 2006. Guide and reference to the crocodilians, turtles, and lizards of eastern and central North America (north of Mexico). University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Tallahassee, etc. 316 pp.

Bartlett, R.D.; Tennant, A. 2000. Snakes of North America: western region. Gulf Publ., Houston, Texas. 312 pp.

Behler, J.L.; King, F.W. 1979. The Audubon Society field guide to North American reptiles and amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 719 pp.

Beltz, E. 1988. List of scientific names and original citations for the reptiles and amphibians of the continental United States and Canada. Part 1: turtles. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 23(10): 157-161.

Black, R.D. 1934. Charles Fothergill's notes on the natural history of eastern Canada. (Amphibians and reptiles, pp. 160-163). Transactions Canad. Inst. Toronto 20(1): 141-167.

Blanchard, F.N. 1924. A key to the snakes of the United States, Canada and Lower California. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 4(2): 1-65.

Bleakney, J.S. 1958. A zoogeographical study of the amphibians and reptiles of eastern Canada. Bulletin of the National Museum of Canada 155: 1-119.

Bleakney, J.S. 1965. Reports of marine turtles from New England and eastern Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 79: 120-128.

Brooks, R.J. 2007. Do reptiles in Canada have a future? An overview of the constraints on conserving Canadian snakes, turtles and lizards. pp. 183-190. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Brooks, R.J. 2007. The biology, status and conservation of Canadian freshwater turtles. pp. 57-84. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Brummer, B.J. 1981. The taxonomic significance of vertebrae from recent colubrid snake genera of North America (north of Mexico). Dissertation Abstracts International B Sciences and Engineering 41(12): 4413.

Bumstead, P.E. 2004. Canadian Skin and Scales. Simply Wild Publications, Calgary. 168 pp.

Burnett, J.A.; Dauphine, C.T.; McCruidle, S.H.; Musquin, T. 1990. On the brink: endangered species in Canada. Western Producer Prairie Books, Saskatoon. 200 pp.

Campbell, C. 1977. Canada's threatened turtles. pp. 132. In: Mosquin, T. & Suchal, C. (eds.) Canada's Threatened Species and Habitats. Proceedings of the Symposium on Canada's Threatened Species and Habitats (Ottawa, May 20-24, 1976). Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 187 pp.

Cardwell, M.D. 2011. Recognizing dangerous snakes in the United States and Canada: a novel 3-step identification method. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 22(4): 304-308.

Carr, A. 1952. Handbook of turtles. The turtles of the United States, Canada and Baja California. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaka, New York. 542 pp.

Cebek, J. 1971. The herpetofauna of the Georgian Bay region. l. The terrestrial reptiles. Bulletin Can. Amph. Rept. Conserv. Soc. 9(3): 1-4.

Chek, A.A.; Prior, K.A.; Galbraith, D.A.; Lougheed, S.C. 2007. Application of genetics to conservation of Canadian reptiles. pp. 113-120. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Collins, J.T. 2006. A re-classification of snakes native to Canada and the United States. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 19: 18-20.

Conant, R. 1958. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the United States and Canada east of the 100th meridian. Boston (Houghton Mifflin Co.). 366 pp.

Cook, F.R. 1970. Rare or endangered Canadian amphibians and reptiles. Canadian Field-naturalist 84: 9-16.

Cook, F.R. 1977. Review of the Canadian herpetological scene. pp. 117-121. In: Mosquin, T. & Suchal, C. (eds.). Canada's threatened species and habitats. Proceedings of the symposium on Canada's threatened species and habitats co-sponsored by the Canadian Nature Federation and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada) held at Ottawa, May 20-24, 1976. Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 185 pp.

Cook, F.R. 1981. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Canada. Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society Bulletin 18(2): 1-6.

Cook, F.R. 1984. Introduction to Canadian amphibians and reptiles. National Museum of Natural Sciences & National Museums of Canada, Ottawa. 200 pp.

Cook, F.R. 2007. Early Canadian reptile studies: anecdote to inventory. pp. 5-22. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Cox, P. 1899. Preliminary list of the Batrachia of the Gaspe Peninsula and the Maritime Provinces. Ottawa Natural. 13: 194-195.

Denburgh, J. van; Slevin, J.R. 1914. Reptiles and amphibians of the islands of the west coast of North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Ser. 4) 4: 129-151.

Didiuk, A.B. 1999. Reptiles and amphibians of prairie Canada: "the hidden biodiversity". Provincial Museum of Alberta Natural History Occasional Paper 24: 18-22.

Ernst, C.H.; Barbour, R.W. 1989. Snakes of eastern North America. George Mason University Press, Fairfax, Va: 1-282.

Ernst, C.H.; Lovich, J.E. 2009. Turtles of the United States and Canada. 2nd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 840 pp.

Fisher, C.; Joynt, A.; Brooks, R.J. 2007. Reptiles and amphibians of Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 208 pp.

Francis, G.R. 1977. Summary observations on Canadian reptiles and amphibians. pp. 133-135. In: Mosquin, T. & Suchal, C. (eds.). Canada's threatened species and habitats. Proceedings of the symposium on Canada's threatened species and habitats co-sponsored by the Canadian Nature Federation and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada) held at Ottawa, May 20-24, 1976. Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 185 pp.

Froom, B. 1972. The snakes of Canada. McClelland & Stewart, Toronto. 128 pp.

Gregory, P.T. 1977. Rare & threatened snake species of Canada. pp. 122-126. In: Mosquin, T. & Suchal, C. (eds.) Canada's Threatened Species and Habitats. Proceedings of the Symposium on Canada's Threatened Species and Habitats (Ottawa, May 20-24, 1976). Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 187 pp.

Gregory, P.T. 1977. Rare and threatened species of Canada. Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 185 pp.

Gregory, P.T. 2004. Analysis of patterns of aggregation under cover objects in an assemblage of six species of snakes. Herpetologica 60(2): 178-186.

Gregory, P.T. 2007. Biology and conservation of a cold-climate snake fauna. pp. 41-56. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Hecnar, S.J.; Hecnar, D.R.; Brazeau, D.J.; Prisciak, J.; MacKenzie, A.; Berkers, T.; Brown, H.; Lawrence, C.; Dobbie, T. 2018. Structure of coastal zone herpetofaunal communities in the southern Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 19-27.

Hodge, R.P. 1972. Arctic 'herps'. Animals 14(2): 74-76.

James, M.C.; Sherrill-Mix, S.A.; Martin, K.; Myers, R.A. 2006. Canadian waters provide critical foraging habitat for Leatherback Sea Turtles. Biological Conservation 133(3): 347-357.

Keith, J.A. 1984. Committee on the status of endangered wildlife in Canada. Transactions of the Federal-provincial Wildlife Conference 48: 175-180.

Logier, E.B.S.; Toner, G.C. 1955. Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska. Contr. R. Ont. Mus. Zool. N. 41: 1-88.

Logier, E.B.S.; Toner, G.C. 1961. Check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Canada and Alaska. A revision of Contribution no. 41. Contribution no. 53. Life Sciences Division. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 92 pp.

Mattison, C. 2005. Encyclopedia of North American reptiles and amphibians: an essential guide to reptiles and amphibians of North America. Thunder Bay Press. 288 pp.

McAlpine, D.F. 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone. pp. 613-631. In: McAlpine, D.F. & Smith, I.M. (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic maritime ecozone. NRC Research Press, Ottawa. 783 pp.

McAlpine, D.F.; James, M.C.; Lien, J.; Orchard, S.A. 2007. Status and conservation of Marine Turtles in Canadian waters. pp. 85-112. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

McCoy, C.J.; Durden, C.J. 1965. New distribution records of amphibians and reptiles in eastern Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 79: 156-157.

Mills, R.C. 1948. A check list of the reptiles and amphibians of Canada. Herpetologica 4(2nd supplement): 1-15.

Mosquin, T.; Suchal, C. (eds.) 1977. Canada's threatened species and habitats. Special Publication no. 6. Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 185 pp.

Nussbaum, R.A.; Brodie, E.D.; Storm, R.M. 1983. Amphibians and reptiles of the Pacific Northwest. University Press of Idaho, Idaho. 332 pp.

Oldham, M. 1984. A preliminary list of the reptiles of Essex County. Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society Bulletin 22(1): 1-8.

Orchard, S.A. 2007. Introduction: the conservation of reptiles in Canada. pp. 1-4. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Ouellet, H.; Cook, F.R. 1981. Les noms francais des amphibiens et reptiles du Canada: une liste provisoire. Syllogeus 32: 1-7.

Ouellet, H.; Cook, F.R. 1985. Les noms francais des amphibiens et reptiles du Canada: une liste provisoire. Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Society Bulletin 22(3): 1-5.

Palermo, R.V. 1975. Some ecological and biogeographical considerations in the study of amphibians and reptiles. 1. Theory. Bulletin Can. Amph. Rept. Conserv. Soc. 12(1): 1-6.

Patch, C.L. 1934. Eumeces in Canada. Copeia 1934: 50-51.

Penhale, B.L. 1973. What's happening to the frogs and turtles of eastern Canada. Nature, Can. 2(3): 28-32.

Pentecost, E.D.; Vogt, R.C. 1976. Amphibians and reptiles of the Lake Michigan drainage basin. Environmental Status Lake Mich. Reg. 16: 1-69.

Powell, G.L.; Russell, A.P. 2007. Life history implications for conservation and monitoring of lizards in Canada. pp. 23-40. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Quinn, M.S. 1991. Conservation of herpetofauna in the prairie provinces. Provincial Museum of Alberta Natural History Occasional Paper 15: 197-198.

Rogers, O. 1964. Do you know your snakes? Canad. Audubon 26: 107-108.

Rossi, J. 1992. Snakes of the United States and Canada: keeping them healthy in captivity. Vol. 1. Eastern area. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 209 pp.

Rossi, J.; Rossi, R. 1995. Snakes of the United States and Canada: keeping them healthy in captivity. Vol. 2. Western area. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 325 pp.

Schmutz, J.K.; Picotte, J. 1998. Observations of reptiles and amphibians, and thoughts on conservation in prairie Canada. Blue Jay 56(3): 169-182.

Scott, C.A. 1977. Canada's prairie lizards. pp. 127-129. In: Mosquin, T. & Suchal, C. (eds.). Canada's threatened species and habitats. Proceedings of the symposium on Canada's threatened species and habitats co-sponsored by the Canadian Nature Federation and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada) held at Ottawa, May 20-24, 1976. Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa. 185 pp.

Seburn, C.N.L. 2007. A Canadian reptile conservation strategy. pp. 191-214. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Seburn, C.N.L. 2007. Checklist and status of Canadian reptiles. pp. 215-233. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Seburn, C.N.L.; Bishop, C.A. (eds.). 2007. Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.

Sheldon, A.B. 2006. Amphibians & Reptiles of the North Woods - A field guide to all 46 northern herps. Kollath + Stensaas Pub., Duluth. 148 pp.

Smith, H.M. 1946. Handbook of lizards of the United States and Canada. Comstock Publishing Company, Ithaca, New York. 557 pp.

Smith, H.M.; Kohler, A.J. 1977. A survey of herpetological introductions in the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 80(1-2): 1-24.

Stearns, F.; Lindsley, D. 1977. Natural areas of the Lake Michigan drainage basin and endangered or threatened plant and animal species. Environmental Status Lake Mich. Reg. 11: 1-90.

Stebbins, R.C. 1966. A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians. Field marks of all species in western North America. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. 279 pp.

Storm, R.M. 1966. Amphibians and reptiles. N.W. Sci. 40: 138-141.

Williams, M.Y. 1946. Notes on the vertebrates of the southern plains of Canada, 1923-1926. Canadian Field Naturalist 60(3): 47-60.

Wright, A.H.; Wright, A.A. 1952. List of the snakes of the United States and Canada by states and provinces. American Midland Naturalist 48: 574-603.

Wright, J.D. 2007. Traffic mortality of reptiles. pp. 169-182. In: Seburn, C.N.L. & Bishop, C.A. (eds.). Ecology, conservation, and status of reptiles in Canada. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) & Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (Herpetological Conservation, vol. 2), Salt Lake City. 246 pp.