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Bibliography of the reptiles of
South Carolina [USA]

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Andrews, K.M.; Whitfield-Gibbons, J. 2005. How do highways influence snake movement? Behavioral responses to roads and vehicles. Copeia 2005(4): 772-782.

Beane, J.C.; Braswell, A.L.; Mitchell, J.C.; Palmer, W.M.; Harrison, J.R. 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. 2nd revised and updated ed. The University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill. 274 pp.

Böhme, W. 2004. Der "Savannah River Ecology Site" und seine herpetologischen Highlights. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 25(142): 13-21.

Brazaitis, P.J. 1966. Snake hunting in South Carolina. Animal Kingdom 69: 175-179, 189.

Broach, J.S.; McMahan, C.D. 2009. New records of amphibians and reptiles from Florence county, South Carolina, USA. Herpetological Review 40(2): 243-244.

Brown, E.E. 1979. Some snake food records from the Carolinas. Brimleyana 1: 113-124.

Buhlmann, K.A.; Gibbons, J.W. 2001. Terrestrial habitat use by aquatic turtles from a seasonally fluctuating wetland: Implications for wetland conservation boundaries. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 115-127.

Camper, J.D. 2001. County records of amphibians and reptiles from northeastern South Carolina. Herpetological Review 32(3): 200-201.

Camper, J.D. 2010. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from the northern coastal plain of South Carolina, USA. Herpetological Review 41(3): 385-386.

Corrington, J.D. 1929. Herpetology of the Columbia, South Carolina, region. Copeia 1929(172): 58-83.

Davis, J.C.; Castleberry, S.B.; Kilgo, J.C. 2010. Influence of coarse woody debris on herpetofaunal communities in upland pine stands of the southeastern coastal plain. Forest Ecology and Management 259(6): 1111-1117.

Dorcas, M.E.; Domske, A.M.; Vaughan, G.E. 2010. A herpetofaunal inventory of Lake Keowee and Lake Jocassee, South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 126(3): 88-97.

Dorcas, M.E.; Price, S.J.; Vaughan, G.E. 2006. Amphibians and reptiles of the Great Falls bypassed reaches in South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 122(1): 1-9.

Fokidis, H.B.; Risch, T.S. 2005. The use of nest boxes to sample arboreal vertebrates. Southeastern Naturalist 4(3): 447-458.

Freeman, H.W. 1955. Part V. The amphibia and reptilia of the Savannah river project area. 2. Chelonia. 3. Crocodilia, Sauria and Serpentes. U.S. Cur. Publ. Biol. 1(4): 239-244, 275-291.

Freeman, H.W. 1956. An ecological study of the fauna and flora of the Savannah River project area. Part V. The amphibians and reptiles of the Savannah River project area. Univ. S. Carol. Publ. Biol. (3) 2(1): 26-35.

Gibbons, J.W. 1978. Reptiles. pp. 270-276. In: Zingmark, R.G. (ed.). An annotated checklist of the biota of the coastal zone of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia. 364 pp.

Gibbons, J.W.; Coker, J.W. 1978. Herpetofaunal colonization patterns of Atlantic coast barrier islands. American Midland Naturalist 99(1): 219-233.

Gibbons, J.W.; Harrison, J.; Nelson, D.H.; Abercrombie, C.L. 1979. Status reports: the reptiles. Proceedings of the South Carolina Endangered Species Symposium 1: 79-81.

Gibbons, J.W.; Nelson, D.H.; Patterson, K.K.; Greene, J.L. 1979. The reptiles and amphibians of the Savannah River Plant in west-central South Carolina. Proceedings of the South Carolina Endangered Species Symposium 1: 133-143.

Gibbons, W.; Semlitsch, R.D. 2010. Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. 131 pp.

Hagen, C. 2014. Conserving turtles in the South Carolina low country. Turtle Survival 2014: 6-10.

Hall, R.J. 1994. Herpetofaunal richness of the Four Holes Swamp, South Carolina. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication 198: 1-43.

Hanlin, H.G.; Dietsch, M.B.; Jones, E.D.; Wike, L.D. 1996. Effects of restoration on reptile and amphibian populations in a Carolina bay wetland. pp. 18-22. In: Flynn, K.M. (ed.). Proceedings of the southern forested wetlands ecology and management conference. Clemson, South Carolina, March 25-27, 1996. Consortium for Research on Southern Forested Wetlands, Clemson. 232 pp.

Harrison, J.R. 1978. Herpetofauna. pp. 260-261. In: Zingmark, R.G. (ed.). An annotated checklist of the biota of the coastal zone of South Carolina. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia. 364 pp.

Hopkins-Murphy, S.R.; Seithel, J.S. 2005. Documenting the value of volunteer effort for sea turtle conservation in South Carolina. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(4): 930-934.

Hoy, W.E. 1953. New distributional records for reptiles and amphibians in South Carolina. Copeia 1953: 59-60.

Kern, M.M.; Guzy, J.C.; Price, S.J.; Hunt, S.D.; Eskew, E.A.; Dorcas, M.E. 2012. Riparian-zone amphibians and reptiles within the Broad River Basin of South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 128(3-4): 81-87.

Kilpatrick, E.S.; Kubacz, D.B.; Guynn, D.C.; Lanham, J.D.; Waldrop, T.A. 2004. The effects of prescribed burning and thinning on herpetofauna and small mammals in the upper piedmont of South Carolina: preliminary results of the national fire and fire surrogate study. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report SRS 71: 18-22.

Leiden, Y.A.; Dorcas, M.E.; Whitfield Gibbons, J. 1999. Herpetofaunal diversity in coastal plain communities of South Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115(4): 270-280.

Malnate, E.V. 1944. Notes on South Carolina reptiles. American Midland Naturalist 32(3): 728-731.

Martof, B.S.; Palmer, W.M.; Bailey, J.R.; Harrison, J.R. 1980. Amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 264 pp.

Martof, B.S.; Palmer, W.M.; Bailey, J.R.; Harrison, J.R. 2004. Amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. 264 pp.

McCay, T.S.; Hanula, J.L.; Loeb, S.C.; Lohr, S.M.; McMinn, J.W.; Wright Miley, B.D. 2002. The role of coarse woody debris in southeastern pine forests: preliminary results from a large-scale experiment. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PSW 181: 135-144.

McLendon, J.P.; Hanlin, H.G.; Nelson, E.A. 1998. Reptile and amphibian characterization of a thermally disturbed braided stream undergoing restoration near Aiken, SC. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Ecosystems Restoration and Creation 23: 228-241.

Metts, B.S.; Lanham, J.D.; Russell, K.R. 2001. Evaluation of herpetofaunal communities on upland streams and beaver-impounded streams in the upper Piedmont of South Carolina. American Midland Naturalist 145(1): 54-65.

Metts, B.S.; Nestor, J.P. 2005. Amphibian and reptile diversity in the Sumter National Forest of South Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science 121(3): 117-124.

Michels, T.J. 1977. Some notes on reptiles and amphibians of the Carolinas. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 25: 29-31.

Neill, W.T. 1947. Doubtful type localities in South Carolina. Herpetologica 4(2): 75-76.

Obrecht, C.B. 1946. Notes on South Carolina reptiles and amphibians. Copeia 1946(2): 71-74.

Penney, J.T. 1952. Distribution and bibliography of the amphibians and reptiles of South Carolina. Univ. S. Carolina Pub. Sor. III, Biol. 1: 3-28.

Perison, D.; Phelps, J.; Pavel, C.; Kellison, R. 1997. The effects of timber harvest in a South Carolina blackwater bottomland. Forest Ecology and Management 90(2-3): 171-185.

Phelps, J.P.; Lancia, R.A. 1993. Effect of timber harvest on the herpetofauna community of a bottomland hardwood ecosystem: preliminary results. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report SO 93: 151-154.

Phelps, J.P.; Lancia, R.A. 1995. Effects of a clearcut on the herpetofauna of a South Carolina bottomland swamp. Brimleyana 22: 31-45.

Pickens, A.L. 1927. Reptiles of Upper South Carolina. Copeia 1927(165): 110-113.

Platt, S.G.; Russell, K.R.; Snyder, W.E.; Fontenot, L.W.; Miller, S. 1999. Distribution and conservation status of selected amphibians and reptiles in the Piedmont of South Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 115(1): 8-19.

Price, S.J.; Dorcas, M.E. 2011. The Carolina Herp Atlas: an online, citizen-science approach to document amphibian and reptile occurrences. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6(2): 287-296.

Russell, K.R.; Guynn, D.C.; Hanlin, H.G. 2002. Importance of small isolated wetlands for herpetofaunal diversity in managed, young growth forests in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Forest Ecology and Management 163(1-3): 43-59.

Russell, K.R.; Hanlin, H.G.; Wigley, T.B.; Guynn, D.C. 2002. Responses of isolated wetland herpetofauna to upland forest management. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(3): 603-617.

Russell, K.R.; Moorman, C.E.; Edwards, J.K.; Metts, B.S.; Guynn, D.C. 1999. Amphibian and reptile communities associated with beaver (Castor canadensis) ponds and unimpounded streams in the Piedmont of South Carolina. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 14(2): 149-158.

Ryan, T.J.; Philippi, T.; Leiden, Y.A.; Dorcas, M.E.; Wigley, T.B.; Gibbons, J.W. 2002. Monitoring herpetofauna in a managed forest landscape: Effects of habitat types and census techniques. Forest Ecology and Management 167(1-3): 83-90.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. . Reptiles and amphibians of South Carolina and Georgia. http://srelherp.uga.edu/herps.htm.

Sill, A.P.; VonHarten, A.E.; Engoltz, T.; Tambiah, C.; Corliss, L.A.; Gault, T. 2002. Evaluation of factors affecting hatch success of Loggerhead nests on Pritchards Island, South Carolina, USA. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 477: 291-293.

Smith, C. 1995. Swamp Road. Herping in South Carolina's herp paradise: Jasper County. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine 1995(July-August): 66-68, 70-72, 74-75.

Whitfield Gibbons, J.; Harrison, J.R. 1981. Reptiles and amphibians of Kiawah and Capers Islands, South Carolina. Brimleyana 5: 145-162.

Whitfield Gibbons, J.; Semlitsch, R.D. 1991. Guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the Savannah River Site. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia & London. 131 pp.