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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Tobago  [Trinidad & Tobago]

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.


Barbour, T. 1916. Amphibians and reptiles from Tobago. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 221-224.

Boettger, O. 1895. A contribution to the herpetological fauna of the island of Tobago. Journal Trinidad Club 2: 145-146.

Dinsmore, J.J. 1970. Reptiles of Little Tobago Island, West Indies. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 32: 307-309.

Gorman, G.C.; Kim, Y.J. 1978. The genetics of colonization: loss of variability among introduced populations of Anolis lizards (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 47-51.

Hardy, J.D. 1984. Herpetology of Tobago: additions, deletions, and taxonomic changes. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 20(1): 12-19.

Law, A.; Clovis, T.; Lalsingh, G.R.; Downie, J.R. 2010. The influence of lunar, tidal and nocturnal phases on the nesting activity of leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea) in Tobago, West Indies. Marine Turtle Newsletter 127: 12-17.

Mertens, R. 1969. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf der Insel Tobago. Salamandra 5(1-2): 63-70.

Mertens, R. 1970. Herpetologisch Neues von der Insel Tobago. Salamandra 6: 42-44.

Mertens, R. 1972. Herpetofauna tobagana. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 252: 1-22.

Mertens, R. 1974. Ergänzende Bemerkungen zur 'Herpetofauna tobagana'. Salamandra 10(2): 78-79.

Reid, K. 2008. Sea Turtles in Tobago: report from a University of Glasgow undergraduate expedition. Testudo 6(5): 25-39.

Tuck, R.G.; Hardy, J.D. 1973. Status of the Ober Tobago collection Smithsonian Institution, and the proper allocation of Amiva surinamensis tobaganus Cape (Sauria, Teiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86(19): 231-241.

Walker, G.; Gibson, K.W. 2015. First documented evidence of a rookery of the critically endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in North East Tobago. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 14(1): 95-99.