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Bibliography of the reptiles of the
West Indies

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Anonymous. 1981. Marine observers' log. Lizard. Marine Observer 51(273): 113.

Barbour, T. 1914. A contribution to the zoogeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 44(2): 205-359.

Barbour, T. 1915. Recent notes regarding West Indian reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 28: 71-78.

Barbour, T. 1916. Additional notes on West Indian reptiles and amphibians. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 215-220.

Barbour, T. 1916. Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Suppl.) (Jena) 11: 437-442.

Barbour, T. 1920. A list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians. Zoologica (New York) 11: 61-116.

Barbour, T. 1923. Reptiles in the East and West Indies and some digression. American Naturalist 57: 125-128.

Barbour, T. 1923. West Indian investigations of 1922. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 132: 1-9.

Barbour, T. 1930. Some faunistic changes in the Lesser Antilles. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11: 73-85.

Barbour, T. 1934. Observations on Antillean tortoises and terrapins. Copeia 1934: 111-113.

Barbour, T. 1937. Third list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 82: 77-166.

Berland, L. 1954. Notes faunistiques sur les Antilles francaises. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 78: 233-239.

Beuttell, K.; Losos, J.B. 1999. Ecological morphology of Caribbean anoles. Herpetological Monographs 13: 1-28.

Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On reptiles, batrachians, and fishes from the Lesser West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 351-357.

Brautigam, A.; Eckert, K.L. 2006. Turning the tide: exploitation, trade and management of Marine Turtles in the Lesser Antilles, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. TRAFFIC International, Cambridge. 533 pp.

Breuil, M. 2003. Amphibiens & reptiles des Antilles. PLB Éditions, Paris. 64 pp.

Brongersma, L.D. 1940. Snakes from the Leeward Group, Venezuela and eastern Colombia. pp. 115-137. In: Studies on the fauna of Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire and the Venezuelan Islands. M. Nijhoff, The Hague.

Brongersma, L.D. 1947. Snakes from the Leeward Group, Venezuela and eastern Colombia. In: Hummelinck. Studies on the fauna of Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, and the Venezuelan islands. 2: 115-137.

Burnell, K.L.; Hedges, S.B. 1990. Relationships of West Indian Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae): an approach using slow-evolving protein loci. Caribbean Journal of Science 26(1-2): 7-30.

Butler, J.A. 2001. Nesting biology of the Sea Turtles of St. Kitts, West Indies. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1): 191-196.

Butler, M.A.; Losos, J.B. 2002. Multivariate sexual dimorphism, sexual selection, and adaptation in Greater Antillean Anolis lizards. Ecological Monographs 72(4): 541-559.

Calsbeek, R.; Smith, T.B.; Bardeleben, C. 2007. Intraspecific variation in Anolis sagrei mirrors the adaptive radiation of Greater Antillean anoles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90(2): 189-199.

Carr, A. 1969. Sea Turtle resources of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Bull. int. Un. Conserv. Nat. 2: 74, 83.

Carr, A. 2013. The windward road: adventures of a naturalist on remote Caribbean shores. Revised edition. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 258 pp. (Originally published in 1956).

Censky, E.J.; Kaiser, H. 1999. The Lesser Antillean fauna. pp. 181-221. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Cochran, D.M. 1934. Herpetological collections from the West Indies made by Dr. Paul Bartsch under the Walter Rathbone Bacon Scholarship, 1928-1930. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 92(7): 1-48.

Cochran, D.M. 1938. Reptiles and amphibians from the Lesser Antilles collected by Dr. S.T. Danforth. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 51: 147-156.

Cope, E.D. 1885. The large iguanas of the Greater Antilles. American Naturalist 19: 1005-1006.

Cope, E.D. 1895. The Batrachia aud Reptilia of the University of Pennsylvania West Indian Expedition of 1890 and 1891. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1895: 429-441.

Corke, D. 1992. The status and conservation needs of the terrestrial herpetofauna of the Windward Islands (West Indies). Biological Conservation 62(1): 47-58.

Crother, B.I. (ed.) 1999. Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Crother, B.I. 1999. Evolutionary relationships. pp. 269-334. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Crother, B.I.; Guyer, C. 1996. Caribbean historical biogeography: was the dispersal-vicariance debate eliminated by an extraterrestrial bolide? Herpetologica 52(3): 440-465.

Debrot, A.O.; Esteban, N.; Le Scao, R.; Caballero, A.; Hoetjes, P.C. 2005. New Sea Turtle nesting records for the Netherlands Antilles provide impetus to conservation action. Caribbean Journal of Science 41(2): 334-339.

Ditmars, R.L. 1930. The poisonous serpents of the New World. Bulletin of the New York Zoological Society 33: 79-99.

Dow Piniak, W.E.; Eckert, K.L. 2011. Sea Turtle nesting habitat in the wider Caribbean region. Endangered Species Research 15(2): 129-141.

Dow, W.; Eckert, K.; Palmer, M.; Kramer, P. 2007. An atlas of sea turtle nesting habitat for the wider Caribbean region. Widecast Technical Report 6: 1-267.

Duellman, W.E. 1999. The West Indies and Middle America: contrasting origins and diversity. pp. 357-369. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Duncan, D.D. 1943. Capturing giant turtles in the Caribbean. National Geographic Magazine 84(2): 177-190.

Dunn, E.R. 1932. The Colubrid snakes of the Greater Antilles. Copeia 1932: 89-92.

Dunn, E.R. 1934. Physiography and herpetology in the Lesser Antilles. Copeia 1934: 105-111.

Echternacht, A.C. 1977. A zoogeographic analysis of the herpetofauna of the West Indies. Herpetological Review 8(3)(Suppl.): 8.

Eckert, K.L. 1991. Sea Turtles recommended for protection in the Caribbean. Marine Turtle Newsletter 52: 30.

Eckert, K.L. 2010. Guest editorial: marine turtles of the wider Caribbean region. Marine Turtle Newsletter 127: 1-5.

Elstrott, J.; Irschick, D.J. 2004. Evolutionary correlations among morphology, habitat use and clinging performance in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(3): 389-398.

Falcón, W.; Ackerman, J.D.; Daehler, C.C. 2012. March of the Green Iguana: Non-native distribution and predicted geographic range of Iguana iguana in the Greater Caribbean Region. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(3): 150–160.

Frazer, N.B. 1985. Help for Caribbean Sea Turtles. Oceanus 28(1): 100-102.

Fritts, T.H.; Hoffman, W.; McGehee, M.A. 1983. The distribution and abundance of marine turtles in the Gulf of Mexico and nearby Atlantic waters. Journal of Herpetology 17(4): 327-344.

Gao, D.; Gad, P. 2016. Species-area relationships and additive partitioning of diversity of native and nonnative herpetofauna of the West Indies. Ecology and Evolution 6(21): 7742-7762.

Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles and batrachians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Bull. Essex Inst. 19: 1-53.

Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24: 278-286.

Gorman, G.C.; Buth, D.G.; Wyles, J.S. 1980. Anolis lizards of the eastern Caribbean: a case study in evolution. 3. A cladistic analysis of albumin immunological data, and the definition of species groups. Systematic Zoology 29(2): 143-158.

Grant, C.; Sola, C.R. 1934. Antillean tortoises and terrapins: distribution, status and habits of Testudo and Pseudemys. Copeia 1934: 73-79.

Guyer, C.; Crother, B.I. 1996. Additional comments on the origin of the West Indian herpetofauna. Herpetologica 52(4): 620-622.

Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.) 2006. Conservation of Caribbean island herpetofaunas, part 2. Applied Herpetology 3(4): 279-375.

Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.) 2006. Conservation of Caribbean island herpetofaunas. Part 1. Applied Herpetology 3(3): 179-277.

Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.) 2007. Conservation of Caribbean island herpetofaunas: Part 3. Applied Herpetology 4(2): 95-194.

Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.). 2011. Conservation of Caribbean Island herpetofaunas. Vol. 1. Conservation biology and the wider Caribbean. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 227 pp.

Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.). 2011. Conservation of Caribbean Island herpetofaunas. Vol. 2. Regional accounts of the West Indies. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 439 pp.

Harbour, T. 1935. A second list of Antillean reptiles and amphibians. Zoologica (New York) 19: 77-141.

Hass, C.A.; Maxson, L.R.; Hedges, S.B. 2001. Relationships and divergence times of West Indian amphibians and reptiles: insights from albumin immunology. pp. 157-174. In: Woods, C.A.; Sergile, F.E. (eds.). Biogeography of the West Indies: patterns and perspectives. 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, London, etc. 582 pp.

Hedges, S.B. 1996. More on West Indian zoogeography. Herpetologica 52(4): 622-624.

Hedges, S.B. 1996. The origin of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 95-128. In: Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 457 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 12).

Hedges, S.B. 1996. Vicariance and dispersal in Caribbean biogeography. Herpetologica 52(3): 466-473.

Hedges, S.B. 2006. An overview of the evolution and conservation of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Applied Herpetology 3(4): 281-292.

Hedges, S.B. 2011. An overview of the evolution and conservation of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 19-30. In: Hailey, A.; Wison, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.). Conservation of Caribbean Island herpetofaunas. Vol. 1. Conservation biology and the wider Caribbean. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 227 pp.

Hedges, S.B.; Conn, C.E. 2012. A new skink fauna from Caribbean islands (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae). Zootaxa 3288: 1-244.

Hedges, S.B.; Hass, C.A.; Maxson, L.R. 1992. Caribbean biogeography: molecular evidence for dispersal in West Indian terrestrial vertebrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 89(5): 1909-1913.

Hedges, S.B.; Thomas, R. 1989. Supplement to 'West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles: A Check-List'. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 77: 1-11.

Henderson, R.W. 1992. Consequences of predator introductions and habitat destruction on amphibians and reptiles in the post-Columbus West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 28(1-2): 1-10.

Henderson, R.W. 2004. Lesser Antillean snake faunas: distribution, ecology, and conservation concerns. Oryx 38(3): 311-320.

Henderson, R.W.; Crother, B.I. 1989. Biogeographic patterns of predation in West Indian colubrid snakes. pp. 479-518. In: Woods, C.A. (ed.). Biogeography of the West Indies, Past, Present, and Future. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, Florida. 878 pp.

Henderson, R.W.; Daudin, J.; Haas, G.T.; McCarthy, J.T. 1992. Significant distribution records for some amphibians and reptiles in the Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 28(1-2): 101-103.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. (eds.). 2003. Islands and the sea. Essays on herpetological exploration in the West Indies. [Contributions to Herpetology 20]. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles., Salt Lake City. 304 pp.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. pp. 223-268. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science 37(1-2): 41-54.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2009. Natural history of West Indian reptiles and amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 495 pp.

Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. 2009. The state of natural history: a perspective from the literature on West Indian herpetology. Herpetological Review 40(3): 273-275.

Henderson, R.W.; Sajdak, R.A. 1996. Diets of West Indian Racers (Colubridae: Alsophis): composition and biogeographic implications. Contributions to Herpetology 12: 327-338.

Herrera-Montes, A.; Brokaw, N. 2010. Conservation value of tropical secondary forest: a herpetofaunal perspective. Biological Conservation 143(6): 1414-1422.

Heselhaus, R.; Schmidt, M. 1990. Karibische Anolis. Herpetologischer Fachverlag, Münster. 88 pp.

Heselhaus, R.; Schmidt, M. 1995. Caribbean Anoles. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 64 pp.

Ingle, R.M.; Smith, F.G.W. 1949. Sea Turtles and the turtle industry of the West Indies, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, with annotated bibliography. Univ. of Miami Press. 107 pp.

Irschick, D.J.; Losos, J.B. 1999. Do lizards avoid habitats in which performance is submaximal? The relationships between sprinting capabilities and structural habitat use in Caribbean anoles. American Naturalist 154(3): 293-305.

Kenny, J.S.; Quesnel, V.C.; Underwood, G.; Williams, E.E. 1959. The anoles of the eastern Caribbean (Sauria, Iguanidae). I-III. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 121: 187-226.

King, W. 1962. The occurrence of rafts for dispersal of land animals into the West Indies. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25(1): 45-52.

Knapp, C.R.; Hines, K.N.; Gerber, G.; Iverson, J.B. 2006. West Indian iguanas: an update. Iguana (West Hartford) 13(4): 278-282.

Kropach, C.N. 1972. Pelamis platurus as a potential colonizer of the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin Biol. Soc. Wash. 2 [1972]: 267-269.

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Landry, A.M.; Costa, D. 1999. Status of Sea Turtle stocks in the Gulf of Mexico with emphasis on the Kemps ridley. pp. 248-268. In: Kumpf, H.; Steidinger, K. & Sherman, K. (eds.). The Gulf of Mexico large marine ecosystem: assessment, sustainability, and management. Blackwell Science, Malden, Oxford, etc. 704 pp.

Lazell, J.D. 1972. The anoles (Sauria, Iguanidae) of the Lesser Antilles. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 143(1): 1-115.

Lazell, J.D. 1980. Lesser Antillean Anolis (Sauria, Iguanidae) in the British Museum. Journal of Herpetology 14(2): 194-195.

Lazell, J.D. 1992. New flying lizards and predictive biogeography of two Asian archipelagos. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 152: 475-505.

Lescure, J. 1979. Singularité et fragilité de la faune en vertébrés des Petites Antilles. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Societe de Biogeographie 55(482-484): 93-109.

Lescure, J. 1983. Introductions passives et actives de reptiles et d'amphibiens dans les Antilles et les Guyanes. Compte Rendu des Seances de la Societe de Biogeographie 59(1): 59-70.

Lescure, J. 1988. Le peuplement en reptiles et amphibiens des Petites Antilles. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 112(3-4): 327-342.

Lidth de Jeude, T.W. van 1887. On a collection of reptiles and fishes from the West Indies. Notes Leyden Museum 9: 129-139.

Liner, E.A. 2012. Linnaeus's amphibians and reptiles of the New World excluding South America. Bibliotheca Herpetologica 9(1-2): 98-103.

Lorvelec, O.; Pascal, M.; Pavis, C.; Feldmann, P. 2007. Amphibians and reptiles of the French West Indies: inventory, threats and conservation. Applied Herpetology 4(2): 131-161.

Losos, J.B. 1990. A phylogenetic analysis of character displacement in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Evolution 44(3): 558-569.

Losos, J.B. 1990. Ecomorphology, performance capability, and scaling of West Indian Anolis lizards: an evolutionary analysis. Ecological Monographs 60(3): 369-388.

Losos, J.B. 1990. The evolution of form and function: morphology and locomotor performance in West Indian Anolis lizards. Evolution 44(5): 1189-1203.

Losos, J.B. 1992. A critical comparison of the taxon-cycle and character-displacement models for size evolution of Anolis lizards in the Lesser Antilles. Copeia 1992(2): 279-288.

Losos, J.B. 1992. The evolution of convergent structure in Caribbean Anolis communities. Systematic Biology 41(4): 403-420.

Losos, J.B. 1996. Ecological and evolutionary determinants of the species-area relation in Caribbean anoline lizards. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions Biological Sciences 351(1341): 847-854.

Losos, J.B. 1998. Ecological and evolutionary determinants of the species-area relationship in Caribbean anoline lizards. pp. 211-224. In: Grant, P.R. (ed.). Evolution on islands. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, etc. 334 pp.

Losos, J.B. 2007. Detective work in the West Indies: Integrating historical and experimental approaches to study island lizard evolution. Bioscience 57(7): 585-597.

Losos, J.B. 2011. Detective work in the West Indies: integrating historical and experimental approaches to study the evolutionary diversification of island lizards. pp. 73-92. In: Losos, J.B. (ed.). In the light of evolution: essays from the laboratory and field. Roberts & Co., Greenwood Village. 330 pp.

MacLean, W.P.; Kellner, R.; Dennis, H. 1977. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 40: 1-47.

Maglio, V.J. 1970. West Indian xenodontine colubrid snakes: their probable origin, phylogeny, and zoogeography. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 141: 1-54.

Malhotra, A.; Thorpe, R.S. 1999. Reptiles and amphibians of the eastern Caribbean. Macmillan, London & Oxford. 134 pp.

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Malone, C.L.; Wheeler, T.; Taylor, J.F.; Davis, S.K. 2000. Phylogeography of the Caribbean rock iguana (Cyclura): implications for conservation and insights on the biogeographic history of the West Indies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17(2): 269-279.

Maylan, A.B. 1983. Marine turtles of the Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles. Atoll Research Bulletin 278: 1-39.

McCoy, C.J. 1982. Reptilia. pp. 515-520. In: Hurlbert, S.H. & Villalobos-Fugueroa, A. (eds.). Aquatic biota of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. (A compilation of taxonomic bibliographies for the fauna and flora of island waters of Mesoamerica and the Caribbean region). San Diego State University, San Diego. 529 pp.

Meerwarth, H. 1901. Die westindischen Reptilien und Batrachier des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Mitt. Mus. Hamburg 18(2): 1-41.

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Murphy, J.C. 1996. Crossing Bond's Line: the herpetofaunal exchange between the eastern Caribbean and mainland South America. pp. 207-216. In: Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 457 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 12).

Naganuma, K.H.; Roughgarden, J.D. 1990. Optimal body size in Lesser Antillean Anolis lizards - a mechanistic approach. Ecological Monographs 60(2): 239-256.

Nietschmann, B. 1982. The cultural context of Sea Turtle subsistence hunting in the Caribbean and problems caused by commercial exploitation. pp. 439-445. In: Bjorndal, K.A. (ed.). Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 583 pp.

Parker, H.W. 1933. Some amphibians and reptiles from the Lesser Antilles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 11(10): 151-158.

Powell, J.H. 1971. The status of crocodilians in the United States, Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. pp. 72-82. In: Crocodiles. Proceedings of the first working meeting of crocodile specialists sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and organized by the Survival Service Commission, lUCN, at the Bronx Zoo, New York 15-17 March 1971. lUCN, Switzerland. 191 pp.

Powell, R. 2003. Exploitation of reptiles in the West Indies: a long history. Iguana (West Hartford) 10(3): 67-70.

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Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (eds.). 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2-3): 85-166.

Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. 1996. A brief history of West Indian herpetology. pp. 29-50. In: Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 457 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 12).

Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. 1999. Addenda to the checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 30(3): 137-139.

Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. 2003. A second set of addenda to the checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 34(4): 341-345.

Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. 2003. Some historical perspectives. pp. 9-20. In: Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. (eds.). Islands and the sea. Essays on herpetological exploration in the West Indies. [Contributions to Herpetology 20]. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City. 372 pp.

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Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W.; Adler, K.; Dundee, H.A. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 51-93. In: Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles). 457 pp. (Contributions to Herpetology no. 12).

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Pregill, G.K.; Crother, B.I. 1999. Ecological and historical biogeography of the Caribbean. pp. 335-356. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

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Rainey, W.E.; Pritchard, P.C.H. 1972. Distribution and management of Caribbean Sea Turtles. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 37: 135-145.

Rebel, T.P. 1974. Sea Turtles and the turtle industry of the West Indies, Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. 2nd rev. ed. University Of Miami Press, Coral Gables. 250 pp.

Richardson, P.; Ranger, S. 2003. Turtles in the Caribbean overseas territories (TCOT). Testudo 5(5): 61-65.

Richardson, P.B.; Broderick, A.C.; Campbell, L.M.; Godley, B.J.; Ranger, S. 2006. Marine Turtle fisheries in the UK overseas territories of the Caribbean: domestic legislation and the requirements of multilateral agreements. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 9(3): 223-246.

Ricklefs, R.E.; Bermingham, E. 2004. Application of Johnson et al.'s speciation threshold model to apparent colonization times of island biotas. Evolution 58(8): 1664-1673.

Ricklefs, R.E.; Lovette, I.J. 1999. The roles of island area per se and habitat diversity in the species-area relationships of four Lesser Antillean faunal groups. Journal of Animal Ecology 68(6): 1142-1160.

Rodriguez-Robles, J.A.; Greene, H.W. 1996. Ecological patterns in Greater Antillean macrostomatan snake assemblages, with comments on body-size evolution in Epicrates (Boidae). Contributions to Herpetology 12: 339-357.

Roughgarden, J.D. 1979. A local concept of structural homology for ecological communities with examples from simple communities of West Indian Anolis lizards. Fortschritte der Zoologie 25(2-3): 149-157.

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Sajdak, R.A.; Henderson, R.W. 1991. Status of West Indian Racers in the Lesser Antilles. Oryx 25(1): 33-38.

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