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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Iowa  [USA]

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.


Bailey, R.M. 1943. Four species new to the Iowa herpetofauna, with notes on their natural histories. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 50: 347-49.

Bickham, J.W.; Springer, M.D.; Gallaway, B.J. 1984. Distributional survey of the Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens) in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri: a proposed endangered species. Southwestern Naturalist 29(1): 123-132.

Carlander, K.D.; Moorman, R.B. 1950. Iowa's big snakes. Iowa Conserv. 9(15): 89-94.

Carlander, K.D.; Moorman, R.B. 1951. How big are Iowa's snakes? Iowa Conserv. 10(2): 105-111.

Carlander, K.D.; Moorman, R.B. 1951. Iowa's land turtles. Iowa Conserv. 10(2): 113, 118.

Casper, G.S. 2015. Book review: A Field Guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Iowa. Copeia 103(2): 488-490.

Christiansen, J.I. 2001. Non-native amphibians and reptiles in Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 108(4): 210-211.

Christiansen, J.L. 1961. A survey of reptiles and amphibians of Buena Vista County, Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 68: 625-634.

Christiansen, J.L. 1981. Population trends among Iowa's aphibians and reptiles. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 88(1): 24-27.

Christiansen, J.L. 1998. Perspectives on Iowa's declining amphibians and reptiles. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 105(3): 109-114.

Christiansen, J.L.; Bailey, R.M. 1988. The lizards and turtles of Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources Nongame Technical Series 3: 1-19.

Christiansen, J.L.; Bailey, R.M. 1990. The snakes of Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources Nongame Technical Series 1: 1-17.

Christiansen, J.L.; Mabry, C.M. 1985. The amphibians and reptiles of Iowa's Loess Hills. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 92(5): 159-163.

Christiansen, J.L.; Parmelee, J.R. 2003. A key to the eggs and nests of Iowa turtles. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 110(3-4): 44-50.

Forret, G. 1956. Local water snakes. Mus. Quart. Davenport, Iowa 1(4): 4.

Goodman, J.D. 1948. A report on the reptiles collected by J.M. Shaffer from the Keokuk Area, 1863-1895. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 55: 365-366.

Guthrie, J.E. 1924. Snake notes. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 31: 417-418.

Guthrie, J.E. 1926. The snakes of Iowa. Iowa State College of Agric. and Mech. Arts, Agric. Experiment Station Bull. 239: 145-192.

Hubbs, B. 2016. New county records for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, USA. Herpetological Review 47(1): 94-95.

Jenkins, J.T.; Semken, H.A. 1972. Faunal analysis of the Lane Enclosure, Allamakee County, Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 78(3-4): 76-78.

Klimstra, W.D. 1950. Notes on some amphibians and reptiles from Davis County, Iowa. Iowa State Coll. J. Sc. 24(4): 429-431.

LeClere, J.B. 2013. A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Iowa. ECO Publishing. 394 pp.

Loomis, R.B. 1948. Notes on the herpetology of Adams County, Iowa. Herpetologica 4: 121-122.

Norris, W.R.; Lewis, D.Q. 2006. Bixby State Park and Preserve: history, biota, roles in conservation, human effects and future potential. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 113(1-2): 17-44.

Pearson, J. 1994. Natural communities of the State Preserve System in Iowa. Iowa Conservationist 53(1): 31-38.

Platt, W.J. 1973. Comparison of vertebrate communities of Coralville Reservoir and Cone Marsh, Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 80(3): 117-128.

Platt, W.J. 1975. The vertebrate fauna of the Cayler Prairie Preserve, Dickinson County, Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 82(2): 106-108.

Rausch, C.G.; Bovbjerg, R.V. 1973. Fauna of the middle Little Sioux River and comparison with upper and lower regions. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 80(3): 111-116.

Ruthven, A.G. 1910. Contributions to the herpetology of Iowa. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 17: 198-209.

Ruthven, A.G. 1919. Contributions to the herpetology of Iowa. III. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 66: 1-3.

Somes, M.P. 1911. Notes on some Iowa reptiles. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 18: 149-154.

Vandewalle, T.J.; Christiansen, J.L. 1996. A relationship between river modification and species richness of freshwater turtles in Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science 103(1-2): 1-8.

Walley, H.D. 2002. New reptilian records from Eastern Iowa. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(2): 51-54.