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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Hispaniola  [Dominican Republic / Haiti]

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.


Cochran, D. 2005. The Herpetology of Hispaniola. (Reprint, first published in 1947). Center for North American Herpetology, Lawrence, Kansas. 398 pp.

Cochran, D.M. 1934. Herpetological collections made in Hispaniola by the Utowana Expedition, 1934. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 163-188.

Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bulletin U.S. Natl. Mus. 177: 1-398.

Cochran, D.M. 2005. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Iguana (West Hartford) 12(4): 263-268.

Grant, C. 1956. Report on a collection of Hispaniolan reptiles. Herpetologica 12: 85-90.

Harmon, K. 1998. Plants, iguanas and islands: a zoo horticulturist visits Hispaniola. pp. 249-251. In: Anonymous. Proceedings of the 1998 joint conference AAZK EMA AZH, Indianapolis 1998. Indianapolis Zoological Society, Inc., Indianapolis. 286 pp.

Henderson, R.W. 1984. The diets of Hispaniolan colubrid snakes. 1. Introduction and prey genera. Oecologia (Berlin) 62(2): 234-239.

Henderson, R.W.; Noeske-Hallin, T.A.; Crother, B.I.; Schwartz, A. 1988. The diets of Hispaniolan colubrid snakes. 2. Prey species, prey size, and phylogeny. Herpetologica 44(1): 55-70.

Henderson, R.W.; Schwartz, A. 1984. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Museum Special Publications in Biology and Geology 4: 1-70.

Henderson, R.W.; Schwartz, A.; Incháustegui, S.J. 1984. Guia para la identificacion de los anfibios y reptiles de la Hispaniola. Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Serie Monografica (Santo Domingo) 1: 1-128.

Lenart, L.A.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S.; Lathrop, A.; Smith, D.D. 1997. Anoline diversity in three differentially altered habitats in the Sierra de Baoruco, Republica Dominicana, Hispaniola. Biotropica 29(1): 117-123.

Mertens, R. 1939. Herpetologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach der Insel Hispaniola, Westindien. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Frankfurt) 449: 1-84.

Mertens, R. 1950. Zur Taxonomie und Verbreitung der hispaniolischen Eidechsen der Gattung Ameiva. Senckenbergiana 31(1-2): 3-7.

Moermond, T.C. 1978. Complex color changes in Anolis (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 12(3): 319-325.

Powell, R. 1993. Comments on the taxonomic arrangement of some Hispaniolan amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 24(4): 135-137.

Powell, R.; Ottenwalder, J.A.; Incháustegui, S.J. 1999. The Hispaniolan herpetofauna: diversity, endemism, and historical perspectives, with comments on Navassa Island. pp. 93-168. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Rogner, M. 1997. Zur Herpetofauna des Nordens der Dominikanischen Republik. Teil 2 (Schluss): Maskenleguan, Geckos, Regenwurmschlange und Schmuckschildkröte. Aquarium (Bornheim) 339: 50-53.

Schwartz, A. 1980. The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies. Uitgaven Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen 103: 86-127.

Schwartz, A.; Klinikowski, R.F. 1966. The Ameiva (Lacertilia, Teiidae) of Hispaniola. 2. Geographic variation in Ameiva Chrysolaema Cope. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 133: 425-487.

Thomas, R.; Schwartz, A. 1983. Variation in Hispaniolian Sphaerodactylus (Sauria: Gekkonidae). pp. 86-98. 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.

Thorbjarnarson, J.B. 1987. The present status and distribution of Crocodylus acutus on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 7: 195-202.

Vanzolini, P.E.; Williams, E.E. 1962. Jamaican and Hispaniolan Gonatodes and allied forms (Sauria, Gekkonidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127: 479-498.

Wetherbee, D.K. 1996. Ninth contribution on larvae and/or larval host plants of Hispaniolan butterflies, with explanation of Ascia migrations at Monte Cristi, and pupal mimicry of lizard modality by Hamadryas. pp. 255-287. In: Wetherbee, D.K. La xaiba prieta and la xaiba pinita (Epilobocera, Decapoda) in Hispaniola, and 20+ further contributions on Hispaniolan fauna. Published by the author, Santo Domingo. 465 pp.

White, L.; Powell, R.; Parmerlee, J.S.; Lathrop, A.; Smith, D.D. 1992. Food habits of three syntopic reptiles from the Barahona Peninsula, Hispaniola. Journal of Herpetology 26(4): 518-520.