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Bibliography of the reptiles of
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.


Auguste, R.J. (ed.). 2018. A Field Guide to the Amphibians & Reptiles of Trinidad & Tobago. Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, Port of Spain. 336 pp.

Bacon, P.R. 1973. Sea Turtles in Trinidad and Tobago. pp. 79-83. 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. IUCN, Switzerland. 109 pp.

Boos, H.E.A. 1987. Evaluation and development of wildlife resources, Trinidad and Tobago. Status and distribution of reptiles and amphibians in Trinidad and Tobago. Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Food Production, Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations & Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago Inc., Port of Spain. 16 pp.

Boos, H.E.A. 2001. The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A & M University Press, Tamu, Texas. 270 pp.

Brongersma, L.D. 1956. On some reptiles and amphibians from Trinidad and Tobago, B.W.I. I-II. Proceedings ned. Akad. Wet. 59C(2): 165-188.

Emsley, M.G. 1977. Snakes, and Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 13(4): 201-304.

Feuer, R.C. 1981. Herpetological bibliography of Trinidad and Tobago. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 28: 18-19.

Gibbs, K. 1975. Nature conservation in Trinidad and Tobago. Newsletter N. Wales Nat. Trust 34: 3-4.

Godley, B.; Broderick, A.; Blackwood, S.; Collins, L.; Glover, K.; McAldowie, C.; McCulloch, D.; McLeod, J. 1993. 1991 Survey of marine turtles nesting in Trinidad and Tobago. Marine Turtle Newsletter 61: 15-18.

Hailey, A.; Cazabon-Mannette, M. 2011. Conservation of herpetofauna in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. pp. 183-217. In: Hailey, A.; Wison, B.S.; Horrocks, J.A. (eds.). Conservation of Caribbean Island herpetofaunas. Vol. 1. Conservation biology and the wider Caribbean. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 227 pp.

Hardy, J.D. 1982. Biogeography of Tobago, West Indies, with special reference to amphibians & reptiles: a review. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 18(2): 1-142.

Hardy, J.D.; Boos, H.E.A. 1995. Snakes of the genus Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(3): 158-190.

Krintler, K. 1982. Die Geckos der Gattung Gonatodes auf Trinidad und Tabago. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 35(9): 349-350.

Lum, L.L. 2006. Assessment of incidental Sea Turtle catch in the artisanal gillnet fishery in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. Applied Herpetology 3(4): 357-368.

Moonen, J. 1977. [Some field observations on Trinidad and Tobago]. (In Dutch). Lacerta 35(12): 187-196.

Murphy, J.C. 1997. Amphibians and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago. Krieger, Malabar, Florida. 245 pp.

Temple, S.A. 1996. Distributional ecology of selected plants and animals on Trinidad's Five Islands Archipelago. Living World 1995-1996: 22-26.