Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Pacific Ocean Ecuador Reptiles Lizards Iguanidae Phyllodactylidae Tropiduridae Snakes Colubridae Elapidae [marine species] Turtles Cheloniidae Dermochelyidae Testudinidae Bibliography of the reptiles of Galapagos Islands  [Ecuador] 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. Anonymous. 1970. Tortoises v. rats and goats in the Galapagos. Oryx 10: 298-301. Anonymous. 1973. Cambridge and London Galapagos expedition 1972. Cambridge Exped. J. 1973: 25-31. Anonymous. 1974. Cambridge and London Galapagos expedition 1973. Cambridge Exped. J. 1974: 3-4. Anonymous. 1986. News from Academy Bay. Noticias de Galapagos 43: 2-9. Agustin, H. 1958. Dos Iguanas de Galapagoes. Div. 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