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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Maldives

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.


Deraniyagala, P.E.P. 1956. Zoological collecting at the Maldives in 1932. Spolia Zeylanica 28(1): 7-16.

Environmental Investigation Agency 1995. Report on an investigation into threats to marine turtles in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, 26th November - 14th December 1994. Environmental Investigation Agency, London & Washington, D.C. 28 pp.

Frazier, J.; Salas, S.; Didi, N.T.H. 1988. Marine turtles in the Maldive Archipelago. pp. 304-326. In: Silas, E.G. (ed.). Proceedings of the symposium on endangered marine animals and marine parks. Cochin, India. 12-16 January, 1985. Marine Biological Association of India, Cochin. 508 pp.

Gardiner, J.S. 1906. Notes on the distribution of the land and marine animals, with a list of the land plants and some remarks on the coral reefs. Fauna And Geography, Maldive And Laccadive Archipelagoes Suppl. 2: 1049-1057.

Heselhaus, R. 1984. Beobachtungen an Schönechsen (Calotes) auf den Malediven. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 37(2): 74-76.

Hourston, I.M. 1972. Maldivian miscellany. Animals 14(7): 307-311.

Hudgins, J.A.; Hudgins, E.J.; Khadeeja, A.; Mancini, A. 2017. Citizen science surveys elucidate key foraging and nesting habitat for two endangered marine turtle species within the Republic of Maldives. Herpetology Notes 10: 473-475.

Jungnickel, J.; Jungnickel, P. 2006. On the protection of Chelonia mydas japonica (Thunberg, 1787) on Fihalhohi Island (South Male Atoll, Maledives). Radiata 15(1): 32.

Klausewitz, W. 1958. Die Atoll Riffe der Malediven. Natur und Volk 88: 380-390.

Moutou, F. 1985. Presentation des Iles Maldives. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Societe de Biogeographie 61(3): 101-109.

Mrosovsky, N. 1980. Maldives turtle stamps. Marine Turtle Newsletter 15: 7.

Overton Cotton, E. 1977. Turtles of the Maldives. Defenders 52(3): 167-170.

Phillips, W.W.A. 1958. Some observations on the fauna of the Maldive Islands. 4. Amphibians and reptiles. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 55: 217-220.

Shakeeb, I. 1980. Maldives campaign with stamps to save marine turtles. Environmental Conservation 7(2): 144.