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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Guyana

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Anonymous. 1966. Provisional list of fauna of Guyana. Journal Guyana Mus. Zoo. 42: 58-60.

Anonymous. 1969. Guyana protects turtles. Kingfisher 4(5): 14.

Abuys, A. 2003. De slangen van Suriname en de andere Guyana's. Gopher Publishers, Groningen. 592 pp.

Allen, E.R.; Neill, W.T. 1957. Some interesting rattlesnakes from southern British Guiana. Herpetologica 13: 67-74.

Attenborough, D. 1956. Zoo quest to Guiana. Lutterworth Press, London. 187 pp.

Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2005. Reptiles. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 13: 25-40.

Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2005. Reptiles. pp. 25-40. In: Hollowell, T. & Reynolds, R.P. (eds.). Checklist of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Guiana Shield. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 13(1): 1-98.

Beebe, W. 1919. The higher vertebrates of British Guiana with special reference to the fauna of the Bartica district. 7. List of Amphibia, Reptilia and Mammalia. Zoologica (New York) 2: 205-227.

Beebe, W. 1919. The higher vertebrates of British Guiana with special reference to the fauna of the Bartica district. 8. Birds of Bartica District. Zoologica (New York) 2: 228-234.

Beebe, W. 1925. Studies of a tropical jungle. One quarter of a square mile of jungle at Kartabo, British Guiana. Zoologica (New York) 6(1): 1-193.

Beebe, W. 1944. Field notes on the lizards of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. 1. Gekkonidae. Zoologica (New York) 29: 145-160.

Beebe, W. 1944. Field notes on the lizards of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. 2. Iguanidae. Zoologica (New York) 29: 195-216.

Beebe, W. 1945. Field notes on the lizards of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. 3. Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae and Scincidae. Zoologica (New York) 30: 7-32.

Beebe, W. 1946. Field notes on the snakes of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. Zoologica (New York) 31: 11-52.

Boulenger, G.A. 1900. Report on a collection made by Messrs. F.V. McConnell and J.J. Quelch at Mount Roraima in British Guiana. Reptilia, Batrachia. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) (Ser. 2) 8(2): 51-76.

Cole, C.J.; Townsend, C.R.; Reynolds, R.P.; MacCulloch, R.D.; Lathrop, A. 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(4): 317-620.

Crawford, S.C. 1931. Field keys to the lizards and amphibians of British Guiana. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 21(1): 11-42.

Donnelly, M.A.; Chen, M.H.; Watkins, G.G. 2005. Sampling amphibians and reptiles in the Iwokrama Forest ecosystem. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 154: 55-69.

Donnelly, M.A.; Chen, M.H.; Watkins, G.G. 2005. The Iwokrama herpetofauna: an expLoration of diversity in a Guyanan rainforest. pp. 428-460. In: Donnelly, M.A.; Crother, B.I.; Guyer, C.; Wake, M.H.; White, M.E. (eds.). Ecology and evolution in the tropics: a herpetological perspective. University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London. 675 pp.

Frétey, J. 2005. Les tortues marines de Guyane. Plume Verte, Cayenne. 190 pp.

Gorzula, S. 2006. Highlights from a boid survey in Guyana. Herptile 31(2): 38-56.

Hoevers, L. 1967. Herpetological collections from the Atkinson-Maduni-Laluni area, East Demerara, Guyana. Timehri 43: 34-50.

Hollowell, T.; Reynolds, R. (eds.). 2005. Checklist of the terrestrial vertebrates of the Guiana Shield. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 13: 1-98.

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1979. The herpetofauna of the Guianan region. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Monograph 7: 241-279.

Kalamandeen, M.; Silva, P. da 2005. A preliminary survey of the Herpetofauna of Lori Beach, Shell Beach, Guyana. May 27th - July 9th 2002. Contributions to the Study of Biological Diversity 2: 53-78.

Kok, P.J.R.; Pauwels, O.S.G. 2015. Book review: Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Herpetological Review 46(2): 283-287.

Kok, P.J.R.; Roze, J.A.; Lenglet, G.L.; Sambhu, H.; Arjoon, D. 2003. Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) (Serpentes, Elapidae): an addition to the herpetofauna of Guyana, with comments on other species of Coral Snakes from Guyana. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 73: 73-79.

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.

MacCulloch, R.D.; Lathrop, A. 2009. Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana: results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 35 pp.

MacCulloch, R.D.; Reynolds, R.P. 2012. Amphibians and reptiles from Paramakatoi and Kato, Guyana. Check List 8(2): 207-210.

MacCulloch, R.D.; Reynolds, R.P. 2013. Baseline inventory of amphibians and reptiles in the vicinity of Kurupukari, Guyana. Check List 9(6): 1378-1382.

McPherson, T.Y. 2014. Landscape scale species distribution modeling across the Guiana Shield to inform conservation decision making in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(8): 1931-1948.

Noble, G.K. 1923. New lizards from the Tropical Research Station, British Guiana. Zoologica (New York) 3: 301-305.

Parker, H.W. 1935. The frogs, lizards and snakes of British Guiana. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1935: 505-530.

Pogoda, P. 2018. Auf Expedition in der 'verlorenen Welt' – herpetologische Eindrücke aus dem Naturreservat Iwokrama in Zentral-Guyana. Reptilia (D) 23(129): ?

Poonai, N.O. 1973. Report from Guiana. Oryx 12(2): 281-284.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1964. Turtles of British Guiana. Journal brit. Guiana Mus. 39: 19-45.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1966. Sea Turtles of Shell Beach, Guiana. Copeia 1966: 123-125.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1969. Sea Turtles of the Guianas. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 13: 85-140.

Pritchard, P.C.H. 1989. New hope for Sea Turtles in Guyana. Florida Naturalist 62(4): 9.

Quelch, J.J. 1898. The poisonous snakes of British Guiana. Timehri 2(12): 26-36.

Quelch, J.J. 1899. The poisonous snakes of British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) 3: 402-409.

Reynolds, R.P.; MacCulloch, R.D. 2012. Preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Baramita, Guyana. Check List 8(2): 211-214.

Reynolds, R.P.; MacCulloch, R.D.; Tamessar, M.; Watson, C.; Cole, C.J.; Townsend, C. 2008. Preliminary Checklist of the Herpetofauna of Guyana. www.mnh.si.edu/biodiversity/bdg/guyherps.html (viewed 2008 04 04).

Rödder, D.; Schlüter, A.; Lötters, S. 2010. Is the 'lost world' lost? High endemism of aphibians and reptiles on South American tepuis in a changing climate. pp. 401-416. In: Habel, J.C. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Relict species: phylogeography and conservation biology. Springer, Heidelberg, Dordrecht, etc. 449 pp.

Roth, V. 1946. Wild life resourced of British Guiana. Handbook Nat. Res. Brit. Guiana (Georgetown) 1946: 224-231.

Schulz, J.P. 1982. Status of Sea Turtle populations nesting in Surinam with notes on Sea Turtles nesting in Guyana and French Guiana. pp. 435-437. In: Bjorndal, K.A. (ed.). Biology and conservation of sea turtles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 583 pp.

Smith, M. 1956. These are the reptiles of British Guiana. Zoo Life 10: 116-119.

Tambiah, C. 1994. Saving Sea Turtles or killing them: the case of U.S. regulated TEDs in Guyana and Suriname. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 351: 149-151.