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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Nevada  [USA]

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.


Banta, B.H. 1953. Some herpetological notes from southern Nevada. Herpetologica 9: 75-76.

Banta, B.H. 1965. A distributional checklist of the recent reptiles inhabiting the state of Nevada. Occasional Papers Biological Society of Nevada 5: 1-8.

Banta, B.H. 1965. An annotated chronological bibliography of the herpetology of Nevada. Wasmann Journal of Biology 23(1/2): 1-224.

Banta, B.H. 1967. Some miscellaneous remarks on recent Nevada lizards. Occasional Papers Biological Society of Nevada 16: 1-5.

Bateman, H.L.; Merritt, D.M.; Glenn, E.P.; Nagler, P.L. 2015. Indirect effects of biocontrol of an invasive riparian plant (Tamarix) alters habitat and reduces herpetofauna abundance. Biological Invasions 17(1): 87-97.

Beever, E.A.; Brussard, P.F. 2004. Community- and landscape-level responses of reptiles and small mammals to feral-horse grazing in the Great Basin. Journal of Arid Environments 59(2): 271-297.

Bradley, W.G.; Deacon, J.E. 1966. Amphibian and reptile records for southern Nevada. Southwestern Naturalist 11: 132-134.

Bradley, W.G.; Deacon, J.E. 1967. The biotic communities of southern Nevada. Anthrop. Pap. Nevada St. Mus. 13: 201-295.

Brattstrom, B.H. 1954. Amphibians and reptiles from Gypsum Cave, Nevada. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 53(1): 8-12.

Cowles, R.B.; Bogert, C.M. 1936. The herpetology of the Boulder Dam region (Nev., Ariz., Utah). Herpetologica 1936(1): 33-42.

Denburgh, J. van 1897. The reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: an account of the species known to inhabit Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 5: 1-236.

Denburgh, J. van; Slevin, J.R. 1921. A list of the amphibians and reptiles of Nevada, of Idaho and of Lower California, with notes on the species in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11: 27-72.

Gustafson, J.R. 1975. Vertabrate structure of a sagebrush community, Washoe County, Nevada. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 35(7): 3668-3669.

Jones, L.L.C.; Lovich, R.E. (eds.). 2009. Lizards of the American southwest. A photographic field guide. Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, Arizona. 568 pp.

Linsdale, J.M. 1940. Amphibians and reptiles in Nevada. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 73(8): 197-257.

Llewellyn, J.B. 1980. Notes on mammals and reptiles inhabiting a pinyon-juniper woodland in western Nevada. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 87(1): 36-38.

Macey, J.R. 1986. The biogeography of a herpetofaunal transition between the Great Basin and Mojave deserts. pp. 119-128. In: Hall, C.A., Jr & Young, D.J. (eds.). Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California and Western Nevada and High Altitude Physiology: University of California, White Mountain Research Station Symposium. Vol. 1, August 23-25, 1985. The Regents of the University of California, California. 240 pp.

Medica, P.A.; Saethre, M.B.; Hunter, R.B.; Drumm, J.D. 1994. Trends in reptile populations on the Nevada Test Site. pp. 1-49. In: Hunter, R.B. (ed.). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1989-91. Results of continuing basic environmental monitoring, January through December 1989-1991. Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Las Vegas. 377 pp.

Medica, P.A.; Turner, F.B. 1984. Natural longevity of iguanid lizards in southern Nevada. Herpetological Review 15(2): 34-35.

Papenfuss, T.J. 1986. Amphibian and reptile diversity along elevational transects in the White-Inyo Range. pp. 129-136. In: Hall, C.A., Jr & Young, D.J. (eds.). Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California and Western Nevada and High Altitude Physiology: University of California, White Mountain Research Station Symposium. Vol. 1, August 23-25, 1985. The Regents of the University of California, California. 240 pp.

Parker, J.M.; Brito, S. 2013. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Mojave Desert – A Field Guide. Snell Press, Las Vegas. 184 pp.

Rivers, I. la 1942. Some new amphibian and reptile records for Nevada. Journal Ent. Zool. 34: 53-68.

Ruthven, A.G.; Gaige, H.T. 1915. The reptiles and amphibians collected in northeastern Nevada by the Walker-Newcomb Expedition of the University of Michigan. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 8: 1-33.

Setser, K.; Meik, J.M.; Mulcahy, D.G. 2002. Herpetofauna of the southern Snake Range of Nevada and surrounding valleys. Western North American Naturalist 62(2): 234-239.

Tanner, W.W. 1969. New records and distributional notes for reptiles of the Nevada Test Site. Great Basin Naturalist 29: 31-34.

Tanner, W.W. 1982. Herpetological notes from the Nevada Test Site. Great Basin Naturalist 42(2): 219-222.

Tanner, W.W.; Jorgensen, C.D. 1963. Reptiles of the Nevada test site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin Biol. 3(3): 1-31.

Taylor, W.P. 1912. Field notes on amphibians, reptiles and birds of northern Humboldt county, Nevada, with a discussion of some of the faunal features of the region. University of California Publications in Zoology 7: 319-436.

Tomback, D.F. 2000. Reptiles. California Natural History Guides 60: 273-289.

Woodbury, A.M.; Smart, E.W. 1950. Unusual snake records from Utah and Nevada. Herpetologica 6(2): 45-47.

Woodward, B.D. 1994. Status of reptile and amphibian populations on the Nevada Test Site, 1992. pp. 31-83. In: Hunter, R.B. (ed.). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1992. Results of continuing basic environmental monitoring, January through December 1992. Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Las Vegas. 200 pp.

Yarrow, H.C. 1876. Report upon the collections of batrachians and reptiles made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874. U.S. Geogr. Geol. Explor. Surv. West 100th Meridian 5: 509-584.