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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Jamaica

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.


Ahrenfeldt, R.H. 1954. Identification of the amphibia and reptilia recorded in Jamaica by Hans Sloane (1688-89). Copeia 1954: 105-111.

Barbour, T. 1910. Notes on the herpetology of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 52: 271-301.

Barbour, T. 1923. An annotated list of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Jamaica. Handbook of Jamaica for 1922.: Unpaginated.

Baum, T. 2008. Jamaika, seine Leguane und der Riesenanolis Anolis garmani. Reptilia (D) 13(72): 73-80.

Campbell, D.G. 1951. Notes on snakes near Malvern. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 51: 54-56.

Crombie, R.I. 1999. Jamaica. pp. 63-92. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.). Caribbean amphibians and reptiles. Academic Press, San Diego. 495 pp.

Duerden, J.E. 1896. The Lizards of Jamaica. Journal Inst. Jamaica 2: 263-265.

Fairbairn, P. 1983. Turtle flotilla in Galleon Harbour, Jamaica. Marine Turtle Newsletter 26: 2.

Grant, C. 1940. The herpetology of Jamaica. II. The reptiles. Bull. Inst. Jamaica Sci. Ser. 1: 61-148.

Grant, C. 1947. Notes on the reptiles and amphibians of Jamaica, with diagnoses of new species and subspecies. In: Sherlock, P.M. (ed.). Jamaica today. London. 1940: 151-157.

Haefner, J.W. 1984. Assembly models for the management of nongame wildlife communities. pp. 108-120. In: McComb, W.C. (ed.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Management of Nongame Species and Ecological Communities. Publisher & place of publication not given. 404 pp.

Hedges, S.B.; Burnell, K.L. 1990. The Jamaican radiation of Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae): an analysis of relationships and biogeography using sequential electrophoresis. Caribbean Journal of Science 26(1-2): 31-44.

Hilgendorf, R.J. 1998. Eine herpetologische Reise nach Nordost-Jamaika unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gattung Anolis Daudin, 1802 - Teil 2. Sauria (Berlin) 20(3): 3-10.

Hilgenhof, R. 1998. Eine herpetologische Reise nach Nordost-Jamaika unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gattung Anolis Daudin, 1802 - Teil 1. Sauria (Berlin) 20(2): 15-24.

Lambert, M.R.K. 1986. Herpetology in Jamaica with general reference to conservation. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 18: 3-8.

Landwer, A.J.; Ferguson, G.W. 2002. Long-term structural habitat use of male individuals of two native and one introduced Anolis (Iguanidae) species on the north coast of Jamaica. Texas Journal of Science 54(1): 51-58.

Lazell, J.D. 1996. Careening Island and the Goat Islands: evidence for the arid-insular invasion wave theory of dichopatric speciation in Jamaica. pp. 195-205. 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).

Macedonia, J.M.; James, S.; Wittle, L.W.; Clark, D.L. 2000. Skin pigments and coLoration in the Jamaican radiation of Anolis lizards. Journal of Herpetology 34(1): 99-109.

Mittermeier, R.A. 1972. Jamaica's endangered species. Oryx 11(4): 258-262.

Rand, A.S. 1967. The ecological distribution of the anoline lizards around Kingston, Jamaica. Breviora 272: 1-18.

Ruthven, G. 1920. Large specimens of two Jamaican reptiles. Copeia 1920(80): 21-22.

Schoener, T.W.; Schoener, A. 1971. Structural habitats of West Indian Anolis lizards. 1. Lowland Jamaica. Breviora 368: 1-52.

Tole, L. 2001. Habitat loss and anthropogenic disturbance in Jamaica's Hellshire Hills area. Biodiversity and Conservation 11(4): 575-598.

Underwood, G. 1949. Notes on a hitherto unpublished Gosse illustration of Jamaican herpetology. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 39: 46-48.

Underwood, G. 1950. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. I. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 41: 104-107.

Underwood, G. 1950. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. II. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 42: 127-131.

Underwood, G. 1950. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. III. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 43: 144-147.

Underwood, G. 1950. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. IV. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 44: 161-163.

Underwood, G. 1951. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. V. Chelonia, pp. 209-213, no. 46. VII. Lizards, Geckonidae, pp. 15-21, no. 49. VIII. Lizards Iguanidae, pp. 57-65, no. 51. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 1951: Unpaginated.

Underwood, G. 1952. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. IX. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 52: 77-82.

Underwood, G. 1952. Introduction to the study of Jamaican reptiles. X. Serpentes. Natural History Notes of the Natural History Society of Jamaica 53: 97-105.

Underwood, G. 1959. The anoline lizards of Jamaica. Bulletin Inst. Jamaica Sci. Ser. 9: 1-48.

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.

Wilson, B.S. 2011. Conservation of Jamaican amphibians and reptiles. pp. 273-310. 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.

Wilson, B.S.; Vogel, P. 2000. A survey of the herpetofauna of the Hellshire Hills, Jamaica, including the rediscovery of the blue-tailed galliwasp (Celestus duquesneyi Grant). Caribbean Journal of Science 36(3-4): 244-249.