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Bibliography of the reptiles of
British Virgin Islands  [United Kingdom]

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.


Carey, W.M. 1972. The herpetology of Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Caribbean Journal of Science 12(1-2): 79-89.

Carey, W.M. 1975. The rock iguana, Cyclura pinguis on Anegada, British Virgin Islands, with notes on Cyclura ricardi and C. cornuta. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 19(4): 189-233.

Edgar, P. 2010. The Amphibians and Reptiles Of the UK Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and Sovereign Base Areas. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Boscombe, United Kingdom. 132 pp.

Grant, C. 1932. Herpetology of Tortola; notes on Anegada and Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands. Journal Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 16: 339-346.

Grant, C. 1933. The growth of herpetology in the Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands area. Journal Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 16 [1932]: 401-404.

Grant, C. 1936. Two new reptilian records from Jost van Dyke, B.V.I., with notes on distribution and squamation. Copeia 1936: 9-14.

Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. Journal Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522.

Hasting, M. 2003. A conservation success: Leatherback Turtles in the British Virgin Islands. Marine Turtle Newsletter 99: 5-7.

Heatwole, H.; Levins, R.; Byer, M.D. 1981. Biogeography of the Puerto Rican Bank. Atoll Research Bulletin 251: 1-62.

Heatwole, H.; Torres, F. 1967. Distribution and geographic variation of the ameivas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 24: 63-111.

Lazell, J.D. 1983. Biogeography of the herpetofauna of the British Virgin Islands, with description of a new anole (Sauria: Iguanidae). pp. 99-117. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

MacLean, W.P. 1982. Reptiles and amphibians of the Virgin Islands. Macmillan Caribbean, London. 54 pp.

McGowan, A.; Broderick, A.C.; Frett, G.; Gore, S.; Hastings, M.; Pickering, A.; Wheatley, D.; White, J.; Witt, M.J.; Godley, B.J. 2008. Down but not out: Marine Turtles of the British Virgin Islands. Animal Conservation 11(2): 92-103.

Perry, G.; Gerber, G.P. 2006. Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in the British Virgin Islands: status and patterns. Applied Herpetology 3(3): 237-256.

Perry, G.; Gerber, G.P. 2011. Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in the British Virgin Islands: Status and patterns. pp. 105-128. In: Hailey, A.; Wilson, B.S. & Horrocks, J.A. (eds.). Conservation of Caribbean Island herpetofaunas. Vol. 2. Regional accounts of the West Indies. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 439 pp.

Perry, G.; Powell, R.; Watson, H. 2006. Keeping invasive species off Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. Iguana (West Hartford) 13(4): 272-277.

Philibosian, R.; Yntema, J.A. 1978. Records and status of some reptiles and amphibians in the Virgin Islands. 2. 1975-1976. Herpetologica 34(1): 47-51.

Rivero, J.A.; Heatwole, H. 1979. Herpetogeography of Puerto Rico. 6. A bibliography of the herpetology of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 43: 1-17.

Scott, P. 1960. BBC/IUC Darwin Centenary Expedition to the British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Panama, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. January-March 1959. Rep. Wildf. Tr. 11(1958-59): 61-76.

Zhao, E. 1996. [Notes on some amphibians and reptiles of British Virgin Islands]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 15(4): 165-167.