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Archer, M. 1978. Modern fauna and flora of the Texas Caves area, southeastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(1): 111-119.

Bowles, F.D. 2000. A short note on the herpetofauna of Brisbane and its suburbs. Herpetological Bulletin 73: 27-29.

Brien, M.L.; Gienger, C.M.; Browne, C.A.; Read, M.A.; Joyce, M.J.; Sullivan, S. 2017. Patterns of human-crocodile conflict in Queensland: a review of historical estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) management. Wildlife Research 44(4): 281-290

Brooker, M.G.; Caughley, G. 1966. The vertebrate fauna of 'Gilruth Plains', Southwest Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 238-341.

Broom, R. 1898. On the lizards of the Chillagoe District, northern Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 639-645.

Bruton, M.J.; Maron, M.; Franklin, C.E.; McAlpine, C.A. 2016. The relative importance of habitat quality and landscape context for reptiles in regenerating landscapes. Biological Conservation 193: 37-47.

Bruton, M.J.; McAlpine, C.A.; Maron, M. 2013. Regrowth woodlands are valuable habitat for reptile communities. Biological Conservation 165: 95-103.

Burbidge, A.A. 1987. The management of crocodiles in Queensland, Australia. pp. 129-140. 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.

Bustard, R. 1966. Turtle biology at Heron Island. Australian Natural History 15: 262-264.

Bustard, R. 1967. Turtle biology at Heron Island. International Turtle and Tortoise Society Journal 1(6): 6-8.

Bustard, R. 1968. Queensland Sea Turtles: research and conservation. Wildlife in Australia 5: 2-6.

Bustard, R. 1969. Queensland protects Sea Turtles. Oryx 10: 23-26.

Bustard, R. 1973. Marine turtles in Queensland, Australia. pp. 23-28. In: Marine turtles. Proceedings of the 2nd working meeting of marine turtle specialists. Organized by the Survival Service Commission, IUCN, 8-10 March 1971, at Morges, Switzerland. 109 pp.

Bustard, R. 1974. Barrier reef Sea Turtle populations. Proceedings Int. Coral Reef Symp. 2(1): 227-234.

Bustard, R.; Greenham, P.; Limpus, C. 1975. Nesting behaviour of loggerhead and Flatback Turtles in Queensland, Australia. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Biol. Med. Sci.) 78(2): 111-122.

Cameron, E.E.; Cogger, H.G. 1992. The herpetofauna of the Weipa region, Cape York Peninsula. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 7: 1-200.

Chaloupka, M.Y. 2002. Phase 1 - Assessment of suitability of Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service Sea Turtle Data for use in models of the population dynamics of the Southern Great Barrier Reef Turtle Stock. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Research Publication 74: 1-42.

Chaloupka, M.Y.; Limpus, C.J. 2001. Trends in the abundance of Sea Turtles resident in southern Great Barrier Reef waters. Biological Conservation 102(3): 235-249.

Christian, T. 1997. A field trip to the McIlwraith Range - Cape York Peninsula. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(3): 160-169.

Clerke, R.B.; Alford, R.A. 1993. Reproductive biology of four species of tropical Australian lizards and comments on the factors regulating lizard reproductive cycles. Journal of Herpetology 27(4): 400-406.

Cogger, H.G. 1961. An expedition to Cape York Peninsula. Australian Museum Mag. 13: 362-367.

Conroy, S. 1999. Lizard assemblage response to a forest ecotone in northeastern Australia: a synecological approach. Journal of Herpetology 33(3): 409-419.

Covacevich, J.A. 1968. The snakes of Brisbane. Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

Covacevich, J.A. 1974. An unusual aggregation of snakes following major flooding in the Ipswich-Brisbane area, south-eastern Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 7(1): 21-24.

Covacevich, J.A. 1985. Rainforests and reptiles of Cape York Peninsula. Wildlife in Australia 22(2): 20-23, 25.

Covacevich, J.A. 1987. Reptiles of far northern Cape York Peninsula. Queensland Naturalist 28(1-4): 22-30.

Covacevich, J.A. 1996. Realities in the biodiversity holy grail: prospects for reptiles of Queensland's Brigalow Biogeographic Region. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 106(1): 1-9.

Covacevich, J.A.; Couper, P.J.; Ingram, G.J. 1993. New reptile records from rainforests of south and mideastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 185-187.

Covacevich, J.A.; Couper, P.J.; McDonald, K.R. 1998. Reptile diversity at risk in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 475-486.

Covacevich, J.A.; Ingram, G.J. 1975. The reptiles of Stradbroke Island. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 86: 55-60.

Covacevich, J.A.; Ingram, G.J.; Czechura, G.V. 1982. Rare frogs and reptiles of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Biological Conservation 22(4): 283-294.

Covacevich, J.A.; McDonald, K. 1991. Rainforest animals. Atlas of vertebrates endemic to Australia's wet tropics. Reptiles. Kowari 1: 69-82.

Covacevich, J.A.; McDonald, K.R. 1993. Distribution and conservation of frogs and reptiles of Queensland rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 189-199.

Covacevich, J.A.; Mulcahy, P.E.; Roberts, L.J.; Shurcliff, K. 2012. Terrestrial vertebrates of the Starcke-Dharrba Lands, Cape York Peninsula. Queensland Naturalist 50(1-3): 9-16.

Cribb, R.B. 1978. Aspects of the nesting behaviour of Sea Turtles, Tryon Island. Queensland Naturalist 22(1-4): 6-7.

Crocombe, J. 2003. Field trip reports 2001-2002. Boydii 2003 (Autumn): 12-13.

Crossman, D.G.; Reimer, D.S. 1986. Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the Taroom Shire, central Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 43(1): 55-72.

Czechura, G.V. 1976. Additional notes on the Conondale Range herpetofauna. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 8(2): 2 pp.

Czechura, G.V. 1986. Distant exiles: frogs and reptiles recorded from Kroombit Tops, southeastern Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 27(1-4): 61-67.

Czechura, G.V.; Covacevich, J. 1985. Poorly known reptiles in Queensland. pp. 471-476. In: Grigg, G.; Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty & the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton (NSW). 527 pp.

Czechura, G.V.; Ingram, G.J. 1990. Notes on the distribution and occurrence of some striped skinks (genus Ctenotus) in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(2): 366.

Dale, F.D. 1973. Forty Queensland Lizards. Queensland Museum Booklet no. 8.

Deer, R. 1996. Reptile diversity in a Callitris forest in central Queensland's Brigalow Belt. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 390.

Devanny, J. 1951. Travels in North Queensland. Jarrolds, London. 251 pp.

Dobbs, K.; Fernandes, L.; Slegers, S.; Jago, B.; Thompson, L.; Hall, J.; Day, J.; Cameron, D.; Tanzer, J.; Macdonald, F.; Limpus, C. 2007. Incorporating Marine Turtle habitats into the marine protected area design for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 13(4): 293-302.

Downey, F.J.; Dickman, C.R. 1993. Macro- and microhabitat relationships among lizards of sandridge desert in central Australia. pp. 133-138. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Dryden, J.; Grech, A.; Moloney, J.; Hamann, M. 2008. Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: does it afford greater protection for Marine Turtles? Wildlife Research 35(5): 477-485.

Emmott, A.; Wilson, S.G. 2009. Snakes of western Queensland: a field guide. Desert Channels, Longreach, Queensland. 136 pp.

Feck, A.D.; Hamann, M. 2013. Effect of Sea Turtle rehabilitation centres in Queensland, Australia, on people's perceptions of conservation. Endangered Species Research 20(2): 153-165.

Fischer, P.H. 1966. Instincts et tropismes chez les tortues mariner du Queensland. Cahs. Pacif. 9: 7-9.

Garden, J.G.; McAlpine, C.A.; Possingham, H.P. 2010. Multi-scaled habitat considerations for conserving urban biodiversity: native reptiles and small mammals in Brisbane, Australia. Landscape Ecology 25(7): 1013-1028.

Garden, J.G.; McAlpine, C.A.; Possingham, H.P.; Jones, D.N. 2007. Habitat structure is more important than vegetation composition for local-level management of native terrestrial reptile and small mammal species living in urban remnants: A case study from Brisbane, Australia. Austral Ecology 32(6): 669-685.

Garden, J.G.; McAlpine, C.A.; Possingham, H.P.; Jones, D.N. 2007. Using multiple survey methods to detect terrestrial reptiles and mammals: what are the most successful and cost-efficient combinations? Wildlife Research 34(3): 218-227.

Gillett, K.; McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and adjacent isles. Coral Press Pty., Ltd., Sydney. 194 pp.

Goodall, K.; Mathieson, M.; Smith, G.C. 2004. Ground-dwelling reptile assemblages in selectively harvested dry sclerophyll forest in south-east Queensland. pp. 875-887. In: Lunney, D. (ed.). Conservation of Australia's forest fauna. 2nd ed. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Mosman. 1073 pp.

Goosem, M. 1993. Critters, cars, carnage, connectivity and culverts. Repercussions of rainforest roads. North Queensland Naturalist 195: 24-28.

Gribble, N.A.; McPherson, G.; Lane, B. 1998. Effect of the Queensland shark control program on non-target species: whale, dugong, turtle and dolphin: a review. Marine and Freshwater Research 49(7)(Special issue): 645-651.

Hannah, D.S.; Smith, G.C. 1995. Effects of prescribed burning on herptiles in southeastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 529-531.

Hannah, D.S.; Smith, G.C. 1996. The baiting of pitfall traps with vegetable oils - its effect on the captures of herptiles in a coastal lowland community. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(2): 16-18.

Hannah, D.S.; Smith, G.C.; Agnew, G. 1998. Reptile and amphibian composition in prescribed burnt dry sclerophyll forest, southern Queensland. Australian Forestry 61(1): 34-39.

Harvey, M.; Lawton, T.; Ryan, D.; Lyon, B. 2011. Significant additions to the vertebrate fauna lists of the Steve Wildlife Reserve, Cape York Peninsula. Queensland Naturalist 49(1-3): 18-20.

Hines, H.B.; Leggett, R. 1996. Herpetofauna of Scawfell Island, with a review of museum specimens from the Cumberland group of islands. Queensland Naturalist 34(1-3): 1-8.

Horsup, A.; James, C.; Porter, G. 1993. Vertebrates of dry rainforest of south and mideastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 215-228.

Hosmer, W. 1958. List of snakes recorded from Cairns and hinterland. North Queensland Naturalist 27(120): 5.

Hosmer, W. 1959. Notes on a small herpetological collection from St. George, S.W. Queensland. 1. Serpents. N. Qd. Nat. 27(122): 1-3.

Ingram, C.J.; Covacevich, J. 1981. Frog and reptile type specimens in the Queensland Museum, with a checklist of frogs and reptiles in Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20(2): 291-306.

Ingram, G.J. 1979. The occurrence of lizards of the genus Emoia (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 431-437.

Ingram, G.J.; Raven, R.J. (eds.) 1991. An atlas of Queensland's frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. Board of Trustees of the Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Queensland. 391 pp.

Kikkawa, J.; Monteith, G.B.; Ingram, G. 1981. Cape York Peninsula: major region of faunal interchange. Monographiae Biologicae 41(3): 1695-1742.

King, D. 1992. North Queensland safari - 1991 - some of the lower animals. Geelong Naturalist 28(4): 81-83.

Kinghorn, J.R. 1935. Reptiles and amphibians from Princess Charlotte Bay, North Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum 5(3): 366.

Kirkpatrick, T.H.; Lavery, H.J. 1979. Fauna surveys in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 36(2): 181-188.

Kofron, C.P.; Smith, R. 2001. Status of Estuarine Crocodiles in the populated coast of northeast Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(2): 603-610.

Kowarsky, J. 1978. Observations on Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) in north-eastern Australia during the 1975/76 nesting season. Biological Conservation 13(1): 51-62.

Kutt, A. 1997. Terrestrial vertebrate survey in the coastal wetlands surrounding Cairns International Airport, north Queensland. Australian Zoologist 30(3): 300-309.

Kutt, A.S.; Bateman, B.L.; Vanderduys, E.P. 2011. Lizard diversity on a rainforest-savanna altitude gradient in north-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 59(2): 86-94.

Laurance, W.F.; Garesche, J.; Payne, C.W. 1993. Avian nest predation in modified and natural habitats in tropical Queensland: an experimental study. Wildlife Research 20(6): 711-723.

Leggett, R. 1988. Reptiles of Carlisle Island, December 1986. Queensland Naturalist 29(1-2): 13-14.

Leggett, R. 1989. Reptiles and amphibians of North Keppel Island August-September 1987. Queensland Naturalist 29(3-6): 78-79.

Leggett, R. 2004. Observations on mammals and reptiles of Bukkulla. Queensland Naturalist 42(4-6): 61-65.

Limpus, C.J. 1982. The reptiles of Lizard Island. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 13(2): 1-6.

Limpus, C.J. 1997. Marine turtles of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority Workshop Series 23: 256-258.

Limpus, C.J.; Fleay, A. 1983. Management and turtles. pp. 535-540. In: Baker, J.T., Carter, R.M., Sammarco, P.W. & Stark, K.P. (eds.). Proceedings of the inaugural Great Barrier Reef conference, August 28 - September 2, 1983. 545 pp.

Limpus, C.J.; Miller, J.D.; Limpus, D.J.; Hamann, M. 2002. The Green Island Green Turtle rookery: Y2K update. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC 477: 132-134.

Limpus, C.J.; Parmenter, C.J.; Baker, V.; Fleay, A. 1983. The Crab Island Sea Turtle rookery in the north-eastern Gulf of Carpentaria. Australian Wildlife Research 10(1): 173-184.

Limpus, C.J.; Reed, P.C. 1985. The Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas in Queensland: a preliminary description of the population structure in a coral reef feeding ground. pp. 47-52. In: Grigg, G., Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons & Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 527 pp.

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

Longman, H.A. 1918. Notes on some Queensland and Papuan reptiles. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 6: 37-44.

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

Lönnberg, E.; Andersson, L.G. 1915. Reptiles collected in northern Queensland. (Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 7.). Vet. Ak. Handl. (Stockholm) 52(7): 9.

Low, T. 1978. The reptiles of Magnetic Island, Nth Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 9(2): 10-14.

Lyon, B.J.; Couper, P.J.; Amey, A.P.; Roberts, L.J.; Covacevich, J.A. 2010. Frogs and reptiles of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, Cape York. Queensland Naturalist 48(1-3): 13-21.

Macleay, W. 1885. Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 432-436.

Manicom, C.; Schwarzkopf, L.; Alford, R.A.; Schoener, T.W. 2008. Self-made shelters protect spiders from predation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(39): 14903-14907.

Marsh, H.; Saalfeld, W.K. 1989. Aerial surveys of Sea Turtles in the northern Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Australian Wildlife Research 16(3): 239-249.

Mather, P.; Bennett, I. 1993. A coral reef handbook - a guide to the geology, flora and fauna of the Great Barrier Reef. 3rd ed. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW. 264 pp.

Mathieson, M.; Johnson, R.; Hobson, R. 1999. Additional vertebrate fauna records for Lake Broadwater Conservation Park. Queensland Naturalist 37(1-3): 12-17.

Mattingley, A.H.E. 1935. The sea serpent? Strange marine creature observed off coast of Queensland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 52(4): 74-75.

McAlpin, S. 2000. Addition to the herpetofauna of Queensland's Brigalow Biogeographic Region. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 394.

McConnel, U. 1957. Myths of the Munkan. Melbourne University Press.

McEvoy, J.S.; McDonald, K.R.; Searle, A.K. 1979. Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the Kilcoy Shire, Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 36(2): 167-180.

McGreevy, D.G. 1987. Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the Bullo Shire, Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences 44(1): 75-93.

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McKay, L.; Clarke, R.H. 1999. Some reptile range extensions at Lawn Hill National Park, Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 29(1): 21-24.

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Midtgaard, R. 2003. Broget varan (Varanus varius) i Eungella-nationalparken i Queensland, Australien [The Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) in Eungella National Park in Queensland, Australia.] (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 46(6): 162-177.

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Mrosovsky, N. 1980. New national parks protecting turtle habitat in Queensland. Marine Turtle Newsletter 15: 11-12.

Musgrave, A. 1926. In the Queensland bush. Australian Museum Magazine 2: 295-303.

Palmer, R.A.; Shea, G.M. 2000. Eastern range extension for Morethia ruficauda Courtesy of a cat stomach. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 226.

Pearson, J.H. 1983. Reptiles observed at Hinchinbrook Island in 1979. Queensland Naturalist 24(1-4): 64.

Pearson, O.; Reeves, G. 1978. Reptiles of Hinchinbrook Island. Queensland Naturalist 22(1-4): 69-71.

Phillips, S. 1993. Conserving the herpetofauna of Queensland - a look at the Nature Conservation Act 1992. pp. 377-381. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Pocock, C. 2006. Tourists riding turtles. Australian Zoologist 33(4): 425-435.

Pollock, A.B. 1996. Pitfall trapping within two habitat types at Slade Point Natural Resources Reserve, central Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 34(1-3): 16-19.

Porter, R.; Irwin, S.; Irwin, T.; Rodrigues, K. 1997. Records of marine snake species from the Hey-Embley and Mission Rivers, far north Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(2): 2-7.

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Queensland National Parks & Wildlife Service 1983. Raine Island a special sanctuary. Australian Fisheries 42(1): 21-23.

Rankin, P.R. 1975. Exploitation of a woodpile in northern Queensland by a community of amphibians and reptiles. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 7(2): 4-6.

Reeves, G. 1982. List of reptiles, south-west Queensland, August 1978. Queensland Naturalist 23(5-6): 11-12.

Reis, T. 2010. The reptiles. pp. 173-184. Kitching, R.; Braithwaite, R.; Cavanaugh, J. (eds.). Remnants of Gondwana: a natural and social history of the Gondwana rainforests of Australia. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Baulkham Hills. 351 pp.

Richardson, P. 1975. Snakes of the Bundaberg region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 7(2): 16-18.

Richardson, P. 1976. Freshwater tortoises and lizards of the Bundaberg region. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 8(2): 2 pp.

Robins, J.B. 1995. Estimated catch and mortality of Sea Turtles from the East Coast Otter Trawl Fishery of Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation 74(3): 157-167.

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Rogers, R.W. 1989. The influence of Sea Turtles on the terrestrial vegetation of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 100: 67-70.

Ryan, M. (ed.). 2000. Wildlife of tropical north Queensland: Cooktown to Mackay. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane. 368 pp.

Schmida, G. 1999. Matildas Drachen. Zur Herpetologie von Zentralqueensland, Australien - Teil 2 (Schluss). Aquarium (Bornheim) 362: 56-62.

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Schneider, C.; Moritz, C. 1999. Rainforest refugia and evolution in Australia's Wet Tropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B Biological Sciences 266(1415): 191-196.

Schneider, C.; Smith, T.B.; Larison, B.; Moritz, C. 1999. A test of alternative models of diversification in tropical rainforests: ecological gradients vs. rainforest refugia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 96(24): 13869-13873.

Schnittmann, W. 2007. Beobachtungen bei der Eiablage von Meeresschildkröten. Ein Besuch des Naturschutzgebietes Mon Repos in Queensland, Australia. Radiata 16(2): 23-28.

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Singh, S.; Smyth, A.K.; Blomberg, S.P. 2002. Effect of a control burn on lizards and their structural environment in a eucalypt open-forest. Wildlife Research 29(5): 447-454.

Sonnemann, N. 1997. Field trip to North Queensland. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1): 10-12.

Sprackland, R.G. 2000. The reptiles of Fitzroy Island. Expedition Reports. Project 1999 01.

Sprackland, R.G. 2001. Reptiles of Fitzroy Island. Reptilia (GB) 15: 56-60.

Sprackland, R.G.; Sprackland, T.; Diessner, D. 2004. Reptiles and mammals of Fitzroy Island, Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(2): 733-739.

Stammer, D. 1976. Reptiles. pp. 131-159. In: Horton, H. 1976. Around Mt. Isa. A guide to the flora and fauna. University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia. 181 pp.

Stock, R. 1997. Frogs & reptiles of the Atherton (Nth. Q'land) region. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(3): 171-173.

Storr, G.M. 1978. Notes on the Ctenotus (Lacertilia, Scincidae) of Queensland. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(3): 319-332.

Stuart-Fox, D.M.; Schneider, C.J.; Moritz, C.; Couper, P.J. 2001. Comparative phylogeography of three rainforest-restricted lizards from mid-east Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 49(2): 119-127.

Stubbs, B.J. 2000. Observed mating of pygopodid lizards. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 30(1): 56.

Thomson, D.F. 1935. Preliminary notes on a collection of snakes from Cape York Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 105(3): 723-731.

Thomson, J.M. 1978. Vertebrates of the Brisbane River Valley. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 89: 121-128.

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Torr, G.A. 1993. A survey of the reptiles and amphibians of the Mossman Gorge section of Daintree National Park, Queensland. pp. 75-79. In: Lunney, D. & Ayers, D. (eds.). Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 414 pp.

Torr, G.A. 1996. Further additions to the herpetofauna of the Mossman Gorge section of Daintree National Park, Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 26(1): 49.

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Waldren, I. 1996. Rainforests of northern Cape York Peninsula and their exploitation by herptiles. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(1): 5-14

Webber, P. 1993. Miscellaneous herpetological field notes from north Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 23(2): 37-38.

White, A.W. 2003. Herpetofauna of Boodjamulla National Park and the Riversleigh World Heritage area, north-western Queensland. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(2): 65-77.

Williams, S.; Pearson, R.; Burnett, S. 1993. Survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Dotswood area, north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 361-378.

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