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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Northern Territory [Australia]

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Blamires, S.J. 2000. Estimating the number of Varanus inhabiting an Australian tropical beach from track characteristics. Herpetological Review 31(3): 155-158.

Blamires, S.J. 2000. Some habitat and behaviour observations of varanids in the Northern Territory. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(2): 42-45.

Braithwaite, R.W. 1987. Effect of fire regimes on lizards in the wet-dry Tropics of Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 3(3): 265-275.

Chatto, R. 1997. Marine turtles in the Northern Territory. A brief overview of nesting. pp. 181-183. In: Noor, Y.R.; Lubis, I.R.; Ounsted, R.; Troeng, S. & Abdullah, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the Workshop on Marine Turtle Research and Management in Indonesia. Jember, East Java - Indonesia, November 1996. Wetlands International, Bogor. 197 pp.

Cogger, H.G. 1973. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Coburg Peninsula. Australian Natural History 17(9): 311-316.

Cogger, H.G. 1981. A biogeographic study of the Arnhem Land herpetofauna. pp. 148-155. In: Banks, C.B. & Martin, A.A. Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium May 19-21, 1980. Zoological Board of Victoria, The Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, Parkville, Victoria 3052. 199 pp.

Cogger, H.G.; Lindner, D.A. 1974. Frogs and reptiles. Fauna survey of the Port Essington District, Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory of Australia. Technical Pap. Wildl. Surv. Sect. CSIRO 28: 63-107.

Davis, G.W.; Heard, D.J.; Chatto, R.E. 1993. Legislation in relation to herpetofauna in the Northern Territory. pp. 333-335. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Edgar, P. 1987. Notes on some skinks from the Northern Territory of Australia. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 19: 9-17.

Edgar, P. 1987. Reptiles and amphibians of the Gregory National Park. Rephiberary 114: 1-2.

Eidenmüller, B. 2001. Die Warane des Northern Territory, Australien. Draco 2(3) (7): 30-41.

Fisher, K.; Fisher, L. 1985. Some observations of Jasper Gorge, Victoria River Downs, N.T. Northern Territory Naturalist 8: 13-16.

Friend, G.R.; Cellier, K.M. 1990. Wetland herpetofauna of Kakadu National Park, Australia: seasonal richness trends, habitat preferences and the effects of feral ungulates. Journal of Tropical Ecology 6(2): 131-152.

Friend, G.R.; Dudzinski, M.L. 1981. Measures of variability in bird and reptile survey data in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Technical Memorandum CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research 16: 1-27.

Fyfe, G. 1985. A comparison of the ground-dwelling vertebrate faunas found in hummock grassland and mulga shrubland in central Australia. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 16(2): 49-52.

Gambold, N.; Metters, D. 2003. Reptiles and frogs of Alice Springs. Alice Springs Land for Wildlife Program, Natural Heritage Trust & Alice Springs Town Council, Alice Springs. 71 pp.

Gambold, N.; Woinarski, J.C.Z. 1993. Distributional patterns of herpetofauna in monsoon rainforests of the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 18(4): 431-449.

Gardner, S.; Finlayson, C.M.; Pidgeon, R.W.J. (eds.). 2002. Description and literature review of the fLora and vertebrate fauna of Magela Creek, Alligator Rivers Region, northern Australia. Supervising Scientist Report 169: 1-145.

Gillam, M.W.; Cawood, I.S.; Honner, G.J. 1978. New reptile records from central Australia Northern Territory. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 9(2): 18-25.

Gow, G.F. 1981. Checklist of reptiles and amphibians of the southern sector of the N.T.; checklist of reptiles and amphibians of the northern sector of the N.T. Northern Territory Naturalist 4: 14-19.

Graham, S.P. 2012. The Top End of Down Under, Part 2: More amphibians and reptiles of Northern Territory, Australia. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(3): 191–214.

Graham, S.P. 2012. The Top End of Down Under: The amphibians and reptiles of Northern Territory, Australia. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19(1): 14–41.

Hamann, M.; Schäuble, C.S.; Simon, T.; Johnson, J.; Evans, S.; Dorr, T.; Kennett, R. 2006. Sea Turtles nesting in the Sir Edward Pellew Islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 52(1): 71-77.

Hill, R.; Webb, G.J.W.; Smith, A.M.A. 1987. Floating vegetation mats on a floodplain billabong in the Northern Territory of Australia. Hydrobiologia 150(2): 153-164.

Hoatson, D.M.; Australian Geological Survey Organisation 2000. Kakadu & Nitmiluk. A guide to the rocks, landforms, plants, animals, Aboriginal culture, and human impact. Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra. 110 pp.

Horner, P. 1992. Skinks of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum Handbook Series no. 2, Darwin. 174 pp.

James, C.D. 1994. Spatial and temporal variation in structure of a diverse lizard assemblage in arid Australia. pp. 287-317. In: Vitt, L.J. & Pianka, E.R. (eds.). Lizard ecology: historical and experimental perspectives. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 403 pp.

Johansen, T. 2012. A field guide to the geckos of Northern Territory. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana. 81 pp.

Kennett, R.; Georges, A. 1989. Freshwater turtles of the top end. Northern Territory Naturalist 11: 31.

Kennett, R.; Robinson, C.J.; Kiessling, I.; Yunupingu, D.; Munungurritj, M.; Yunupingu, D. 2004. Indigenous initiatives for co-management of Miyapunu/Sea Turtle. Ecological Management and Restoration 5(3): 159-166.

Leseberg, N.; Campbell, I. 2015. Birds & Animals of Australia's Top End: Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, and Kununurra. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 272 pp.

Longman, H.A. 1915. Reptiles from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 30-34.

Longman, H.A. 1918. Snakes and lizards from Queensland and the Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 5: 46-51.

Loveridge, A. 1949. On some reptiles and amphibians from the Northern Territory. Transactions Royal Society of South Australia 72(2): 208-215.

Manolis, S.C.; Webb, G.J.W. 1990. Crocodile management and research in the Northern Territory: 1987-88. IUCN (International Union For Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 9(2): 38-68.

Martin, K. 1975. Reptiles of the Alice Springs area. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 7(2): 6-7.

Martin, K.C.; Freeland, W.J. 1988. Herpetofauna of a northern Australian monsoon rain forest: seasonal changes and relationships to adjacent habitats. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4(2): 227-238.

Masters, P. 1996. The effects of fire-driven succession on reptiles in spinifex grasslands at Uluru National Park, Northern Territory. Wildlife Research 23(1): 39-48.

McDonald, P.J.; Pavey, C.R.; Fyfe, G. 2012. The lizard fauna of litter mats in the stony desert of the southern Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 60(3): 166-172.

Mekisic, A.P.; Wardill, J.R. 1992. Crocodile attacks in the Northern Territory of Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 157(11-12): 751-754.

Mitchell, F.J. 1955. Preliminary account of the Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the National Geographic Society - Commonwealth Govt. - Smithsonian Institution expedition to Arnhemland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(4): 373-408.

Mitchell, F.J. 1964. Reptiles and amphibians of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land. 4. Zoology. Edit. R. L. Specht. Pp. 309-343.

Morris, I. 1996. Kakadu National Park, Australia. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield, Queensland. 224 pp.

Morris, I. 2002. Kakadu National Park, Australia. Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield, Queensland. 224 pp.

Rosauer, D.F.; Blom, M.P.K.; Bourke, G.; Catalano, S.; Donnellan, S.; Gillespie, G.; Mulder, E.; Oliver, P.M.; Potter, S.; Pratt, R.C.; Rabosky, D.L.; Skipwith, P.L.; Moritz, C. 2016. Phylogeography, hotspots and conservation priorities: an example from the Top End of Australia. Biological Conservation 204(A): 83-93.

Sadlier, R.A. 1990. The terrestrial and semiaquatic reptiles (Lacertilia, Serpentes) of the Magela Creek region, Northern Territory. Supervising Scientist For the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Memorandum 32: 1-77.

Shine, R. 1986. Diets and abundances of aquatic and semi-aquatic reptiles in the Alligator Rivers region. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region Technical Memorandum 16: 1-52.

Simbotwe, M.P.; Friend, G.R. 1985. Comparison of the herpetofaunas of tropical wetland habitats from Lochinvar National Park, Zambia and Kakadu National Park, Australia. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 14: 141-151.

Taylor, J.A.; Friend, G.R.; Dudzinski, M.L. 1984. Influence of sampling strategy on the relationships between fauna and vegetation structure, plant lifeform and floristics. Australian Journal of Ecology 9(3): 281-287.

Thomas, A. 1989. An overview of crocodile management in Australia 1985-86, with particular reference to the Northern Territory. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 8: 185-199.

Trainor, C.R.; Woinarski, J.C.Z. 1994. Responses of lizards to three experimental fires in the savanna forests of Kakadu National Park. Wildlife Research 21(2): 131-148.

Webb, G. 1985. Saltwater crocodile conservation in the Northern Territory. Australian Natural History 21(11): 458-463.

Webb, G.J.W. 1989. Crocodilian research in the Northern Territory, 1984-86. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 8: 16-21.

Webb, G.J.W.; Bayliss, P.G.; Manolis, S.C. 1989. Population research on crocodiles in the Northern Territory 1984-86. IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) Publications New Series 8: 22-59.

Webb, G.J.W.; Manolis, S.C.; Cooper-Preston, H. 1990. Crocodile management and research in the Northern Territory: 1988-90. pp. 253-273. In: Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 10th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN - the World Conservation Union Convened at Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A., 23rd to 27th April 1990. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 345 pp.

Webb, G.J.W.; Manolis, S.C.; Otley, B.; Heyward, A. 1992. Crocodile management and research in the Northern Territory: 1990-92. pp. 233-275. In: IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group. Crocodiles: proceedings of the 11th working meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN - the World Conservation Union convened at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 2 to 7 August 1992. Vol. 2. IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland. 283 pp.

Webb, G.J.W.; Whitehead, P.J.; Manolis, S.C. 1987. Crocodile management in the Northern Territory of Australia. pp. 107-124. In: Webb, G.J.W., Manolis, S.C. & Whitehead, P.J. (eds.). Wildlife management: crocodiles and alligators. Surrey Beatty & Sons & Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, New South Wales. 552 pp.

Wells, G. 1980. Kakadu - a sanctuary for crocodiles? Tigerpaper (Bangkok) 7(2): 6-8.

Woinarski, J.C.Z. 1993. The status of herpetofauna and herpetology in the Northern Territory. pp. 81-107. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Gambold, N. 1992. Gradient analysis of a tropical herpetofauna: distribution patterns of terrestrial reptiles and amphibians in Stage III of Kakadu National Park, Australia. Wildlife Research 19(2): 105-127.

Woinarski, J.C.Z.; Horner, P.; Fisher, A.; Brennan, K.; Lindner, D.; Gambold, N.; Chatto, R.; Morris, I. 1999. Distributional patterning of terrestrial herpetofauna on the Wessel and English Company Island groups, northeastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 24(1): 60-79.

Worrell, E. 1947. A new sanctuary. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1946-47: 33.