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Amphibian & Reptile Publications

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Brunell, A. M., V. Deem, B. Bankovich, F. Bled, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2023. Effects of translocation on American crocodile movements and habitat use in South Florida. The Journal of Wildlife Management 87(6):e22427. Access Publication.

Carr, J. L., T. Jerry, D. B. Ligon, K. M. Enge, C. J. Krueger, T. M. Thomas, G. Brashear, G. R. Johnston, M. Gordon, G. Lloyd, E. P. Hill, D. J. Stevenson, and D. A. Steen. 2023. Nesting emergences and other terrestrial movements of Macrochelys (Testudines: Chelydridae). Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):378-387. Request Publication.

Davis, L. R., A. C. Hipps, K. M. Enge, and D. A. Steen. 2023. Nerodia fasciata (southern watersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 54(2):316-317. Request Publication.

Devitt, T. J., K. M. Enge, A. L. Farmer, P. Beerli, S. C. Richter, J. G. Hall, and S. L. Lance. 2023. Population subdivision in the gopher frog (Rana capito) across the fragmented longleaf pine-wiregrass savanna of the southeastern USA. Diversity 15(1), 93. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., A. L. Farmer, B. Bankovich, A. Heupel Greene, and M. T. Fedler. 2023. Status and distribution of the gopher frog (Rana capito) in Florida, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 18(1):57-70. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., J. D. Mays, T. M. Thomas, E. P. Hill, E. T. Stonecypher, and M. T. Fedler. 2023. Distribution and relative abundance of Macrochelys (alligator snapping turtles) in the Florida Panhandle. Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):84-99. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., J. Scott, J. Serrao, K. Gederes-Smith, and J. C. Rager. 2023. Anaxyrus terrestris (Southern toad). Aberrant phenotypes. Herpetological Review 54(2):261-262. 

Enge, K. M., T. M. Thomas, G. Brashear, and J. R. Willmott. 2023. Observations of male combat in alligator snapping turtles in Florida and Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):388-392. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., R. Zambrano, N. Warraich, A. Pereyra, and M. T. Fedler. 2023. Successful translocation of the Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi) in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 18(1):94-99. Access Publication.

Farrell, T. M. and K. M. Enge. 2023. Agkistrodon conanti (Florida cottonmouth). Diet. Herpetological Review 54(1):74. Request Publication.

Fedler, M. T. and K. M. Enge. 2023. Siren reticulata (reticulated siren, leopard siren). Juvenile description. Herpetological Review 54(2):261. Request Publication.

Fedler, M. T., K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler. 2023. Unraveling Siren (Caudata: Sirenidae) systematics and description of a small, seepage specialist. Zootaxa 5258(4):351-378. Access Publication.

Fiorillo, B. F., J. G. Himes, and K. M. Enge. 2023. Pseudoboa nigra (black false boa). Amelanism. Herpetological Review 54(2):318-319. Request Publication.

Hipps, A. C., K. M. Enge, and D. A. Steen. 2023. Pantherophis guttatus (red corn snake). Attempted predation. Herpetological Review 54(2):318. Request Publication.

Johnston, G. R., J. S. Geiger, T. M. Thomas, K. M. Enge, E. Suarez, and B. Davis. 2023. Maximum body size of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis). Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):418-428. Request Publication.

Marshall, C. D., B. A. Crawford, L. L. Smith, K. M. Enge, M. Elliott, S. McGuire, and J. C. Maerz. 2023. Using ancillary data to model the terrestrial distribution of gopher frogs. The Journal of Wildlife Management 87(4):e22397. Access Publication.

Roberts, H. P., L. L. Wiley, M. T. Jones, D. I. King, T. S. B. Akre, J. Kleopfer, D. J. Brown, S. W. Buchanan, H. C. Chandler, P. deMaynadier, M. Winters, L. Erb, K. D. Gipe, G. Johnson, K. Lauer, E. B. Liebgold, J. D. Mays, J. R. Meck, J. Megyesy, J. L. Mota, N. H. Nazdrowicz, K. J. Oxenrider, M. Parren, T. S. Ransom, L. Rohrbaugh, S. Smith, D. Yorks, and B. Zarate. 2023. Effects of landscape structure and land use on turtle communities across the eastern United States. Biological Conservation 283:110088. Request Publication

Roberts, H. P., L. L. Willey, M. T. Jones, T. S. B. Akre, D. I. King, J. Kleopfer, D. J. Brown, S. W. Buchanan, H. C. Chandler, P. deMaynadier, M. Winters, L. Erb, K. D. Gipe, G. Johnson, K. Lauer, E. B. Liebgold, J. D. Mays, J. R. Meck, J. Megyesy, J. L. Mota, N. H. Nazdrowicz, K. J. Oxenrider, M. Parren. T. S. Ransom, L Rohrbaugh, S. Smith, D. Yorks, and B. Zarate. 2023. Is the future female for turtles? Climate change and wetland configuration predict sex ratios of a freshwater species. Global Change Biology 29(10):2643-2654. Request Publication.

Scott, J., K. M. Enge, L. A. Somma, and R. D. Bartlett. 2023. Plestiodon egregius insularis (Cedar Key mole skink). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 54(2):299-300. Request Publication.

Shook, A. K., C. D. Battaglia, K. M. Enge, C. J. Franklin, J. C. Godwin, A. C. Johnson, E. J. Kessler, E. Munscher, K. Norrid, L. Pearson, V. Ricardez, D. J. Stevenson, T. M. Thomas, and J. L. Carr. 2023. Anthropogenic threats to alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys). Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):25-55. Request Publication.

Stanberry, R. and K. M. Enge. 2023. Anaxyrus quercicus (oak toad). Leucism. Herpetological Review 54(2):262. Request Publication.

Steele, W. and K. Enge. 2023. Predation of the Cuban treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) and three nonnative lizard species by Eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio) in Manatee County, Florida, USA. Reptiles and Amphibians 30(1):e18253. Access Publication.

Stevenson, D. J., K. M. Enge, J. C. Beane, E. P. Hill, C. J. Coppola, and J. G. Hall. 2023. Status, distribution, and ecology of the mimic glass lizard (Ophisaurus mimicus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 18(2):254-266. Access Publication.

Thomas, T. M., K. M. Enge, E. Suarez, S. C. Barry, and S. A. Johnson. 2023. Variation in relative abundance, population structure, and body size of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in the Suwannee River. Southeastern Naturalist 22(sp12):264-274. Request Publication.

Wetterer, J. K., V. Deem, and A. Osuna. 2023. Red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) at onshore and offshore nests of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in a Florida lake. Herpetology Notes 16:219-222. Access Publication.


Barrow Jr., M. V. and A. R. Woodward. 2022. Acting in the face of uncertainty: the campaign to save the American Alligator. Environmental History 27(2):328-333. Request Publication

Borgan Jr., J. E., D. A. Steen, B. O'Hanlon, M. M. Garner, H. D. S. Walden, and J. F. X. Wellehan, Jr. 2022. Drymarchon couperi (Eastern Indigo Snake). Death associated with Raillietiella orientalis. Herpetological Review 53(1):147. Access Publication.

Cardenas, H., K. M. Enge, D. A. Steen, P. E. Moler, J. D. Mays, and A. Heupel Greene. 2022. Farancia abacura (Red-bellied Mudsnake). Predation. Herpetological Review 53(2):341. Request Publication.

Castellón, T. D., A. C. Deyle, A. L. Farmer, J. M. Bauder, E. A. Roznik, and S. A. Johnson. 2022. Effects of translocation on gopher frog survival and movement. Herpetologica 78(3):161-168. Request Publication.

Castellón, T. D., B. B. Rothermel, J. L. Beck, J. L. Fort, and K. M. O'Connor. 2022. Divergent size-class distributions of gopher tortoise burrows in scrub and flatwoods habitats in Peninsular Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 21(1):112-121. Request Publication.

Chandler, H. C., B. S. Stegenga, and J. D. Mays. 2022. Compensating for small body size: the reproductive ecology of southern spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) populations. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(2):268-277. Request Publication.

Crawford, B. A., A. L. Farmer, K. M. Enge, A. Heupel Greene, L. Diaz, J. C. Maerz, C. T. Moore. 2022. Breeding dynamics of gopher frog metapopulations over 10 years. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 13(2):422-436. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., B. Bankovich, P. Braisted, and J. D. Mays. 2022. Status and distribution of the Eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon couperi, in the Florida Keys, USA. Herpetological Review 53(4):565-572. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., H. F. Clamp, Jr., R. Walters, and J. Adams. 2022. Lampropeltis getula (Eastern Kingsnake). Aberrant phenotype. Herpetological Review 53(1):151-152. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., B. Clemons, M. Keigtley, G. R. Johnston, and L. Straub. 2022. Trachemys scripta scripta (Yellow-bellied Slider). Kyphoscoliosis. Herpetological Review 53(2):315. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. and M. T. Fedler. 2022. Micrurus fulvius (Harlequin Coralsnake). Arboreality. Herpetological Review 53(1):154. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., J. A. Gray, C. M. Sheehy III, T. Ferraro, D. M. Martin, and J. D. Mays. 2022. What killed the rarest snake in North America? Ecology 104(1):e3857. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., T. M. Thomas, and G. R. Johnston. 2022. Macrochelys suwanniensis (Suwannee Alligator Snapping Turtle). Kyphosis. Herpetological Review 53(1):122-123. Access Publication.

Himes, J. G., A. Arteaga, L. E. Vera-Pérez, and K. M. Enge. 2022. The geographic distribution of Atractus lehmanni (Boettger, 1898) (Serpentes, Colubridae, Dipsadinae) in Columbia, and clarification of its status and type locality in Ecuador. Check List 18(4):815-820. Access Publication.

Jenkins, A. J., J. C. Godwin, D. A. Warner, and D. A. Steen. 2022. Movement ecology of flattened musk turtles (Sternotherus depressus). Journal of Herpetology 56(1):1-7. Request Publication.

Thomas, T. M., K. M. Enge, E. Suarez, and G. R. Johnston. 2022. Population status of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis) in the Suwannee River, Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 21(1):2-10. Request Publication.

Threadgill, M. and K. M. Enge. 2022. Macrochelys apalachicolae (Apalachicola Alligator Snapping Turtle). Unusual Juvenile Movement. Herpetological Review 53(2):312-313. Request Publication.

Willey, L. L., M. T. Jones, P. R. Sievert, T. S. B. Akre, M. Marchand, P. deMaynadier, D. Yorks, J. Mays, J. Dragon, L. Erb, B Zarate, J. D. Kleopfer, K. D. Gipe, S. Parren, J. Andrews, H. P. Roberts, J. W. Tamplin, C. Raithel, L. Johnson, A. M. Ross, A. Breisch, G. Johnson, S. Angus, J. Drasher, and B. Wicklow. 2022. Distribution models combined with standardized surveys reveal widespread habitat loss in a threatened turtle species. Biological Conservation 266:109437. Request Publication.


Broussard, M. A., J. Byers, and D. A. Steen. 2021. Incilius nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad). Diet. Herpetological Review 52(3):609. Access Publication.

Broussard, M. A., J. Roach, M. Hoffman, and D. A. Steen. 2021. Drymarchon melanurus (Central American Indigo Snake). Behavior/Male-Male Combat. Herpetological Review 52(1):154-155. Access Publication.

Deem, V. R., A. W. Letter, A. R. Woodward, R. M. Ford, and B. C. Moore. 2021. Maximum size of female American alligators and a new record total length and weight. Southeastern Naturalist 20:N7-N14. Request Publication.

Edwards, M., C. M. Sheehy, M. T. Fedler, and H. B. Lillywhite. 2021. Thirst and drinking in North American watersnakes (Nerodia spp.). Journal of Experimental Biology 224(5):jeb242424. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., F. B. Antonio, and D. M. Strasser. 2021. Micrurus fulvius (Harlequin Coralsnake). Phenotypic aberrancies. Herpetological Review 52(3):672-673. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. and J. R. Murray. 2021. Macrochelys suwanniensis (Suwannee alligator snapping turtle). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 52(2):392-393. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., C. M. Sheehy III, A. Dupuis, J. Howze, M. R. Gacheny, K. Guyton II, and E. P. Hill. 2021. Lampropeltis elapsoides (Scarlet Kingsnake). Phenotypic aberrancies. Herpetological Review 52(3):669. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., B. Smith, B. Talley, T. Cannon, T. Thomas, and D. Catizone. 2021. Coastal observations of alligator snapping turtles in the Florida panhandle. Florida Field Naturalist 49(3):138-147. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., D. J. Stevenson, T. M. Thomas, G. R. Johnston, J. B. Jensen, B. S. Stegenga, H. C. Chandler, and P. E. Moler. 2021. Distribution and relative abundance of the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys suwanniensis). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20(2):184-199. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., B. Tornwall, and B. Bankovich. 2021. A status and distribution of the Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16(2):281-294. Access Publication.

Goetz, S. M., D. A. Steen, M. A. Miller, C. Guyer, J. Kottwitz, J. F. Roberts, E. Blankenship, P. R. Pearson, D. A. Warner, and R. N. Reed. 2021. Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range. PLoS One 16(3):e0245877. Access Publication.

Jones, M. T., L. L. Willey, J. D. Mays, and C. K. Dodd Jr. 2021. Wildfire, depredation, and synergistic management challenges contribute to the decline of a significant population of Florida box turtles (Terrapene bauri). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20(2):200-210. Request Publication.

Roberto, I. J., M. T. Felder, T. Hrbek, I. P. Farias, and D. C. Blackburn. 2021. The taxonomic status of Florida caiman: a molecular reappraisal. Journal of Herpetology 55(3):279-284. Access Publication

Robertson, E. P. E. P. Tanner, R. D. Elmore, S. D. Fuhlendorf, J. D. Mays, J. Knutson, J. R. Weir, and S. R. Loss. 2021. Fire management alters the thermal landscape and provides multi-scale thermal options for a terrestrial turtle facing a changing climate. Global Change Biology 28(3):782-796. Request Publication.

Shamblin, B. M., M. G. Dodd, S. M. Pate, M. H. Godfrey, J. B. Pfaller, K. L. Williams, B. L. Ondich, D. A. Steen, E. S. Darrow, P. Hillbrand, R. Boettcher, M. S. Coyne, and C. J. Nairn. 2021. In search of the "missing majority" of nesting loggerhead turtles: improved inter-seasonal recapture rates through subpopulation-scale genetic tagging. Marine Biology 168:16. Request Publication.

Smith, L. L., J. M. Howze, J. S. Staiger, D. Burr, and K. M. Enge. 2021. Added value: Gopher tortoise surveys provide estimates of gopher frog abundance in tortoise burrows. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 12(1):3-11. Access Publication.

Suarez, E., T. M. Thomas, W. M. Turner, R. L. Gandy, K. M. Enge, and S. A. Johnson. 2021. Population size and structure of the ornate diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota) on small Gulf Coast islands in Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 20(2):265-272. Request Publication.


Barrett, K., C. Guyer, and D. A. Steen. 2020. The evolutionary community concept is fully armed and operational: a reply to Sagoff. Biology & Philosophy 35:57. Request Publication.

Broussard, M. A., A. Hetrick, C. Hetrick, B. Ondich, and D. A. Steen. 2020. Sonora semiannulata (western groundsnake): behavior and male-male combat. Herpetological Review 51(2):359–360. Access Publication.

Castellón, T. D., C. D. Anderson, B. B. Rothermel, and J. L. Beck. 2020. Differential effects of elevation and microtopography on gopher tortoise burrow distributions in southern Florida. Copeia 108(1):140-150. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., J. C. Blush, J. Hickson, A. Lee, and S. Miller. 2020. A striped newt population at the southern extent of its range in Osceola County, Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 19(1):62-73. Request Publication.

Greene, A. H., D. B. Miller, D. Rubadou, R. H. Robins, and D. A. Steen. 2020. Nerodia clarkii compressicauda (mangrove saltmarsh watersnake): diet. Herpetological Review 51(4):870-871. Access Publication.

Harman, M. E. A., B. B. Rothermel, and A. Heupel Greene. 2020. Anaxyrus quercicus (Oak toad). Aberrant coloration. Herpetological Review 51(3):559-560. Access Publication.

Holler, C. Jr., J. D. Mays, and M. L. Niemiller. 2020. The fauna of caves and other subterranean habitats of North Carolina, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82(4): 221-260. Access Publication.

Mays, J. D. and E. P. Hill. 2020. Distribution, abundance, and status of Barbour’s map turtle (Graptemys barbouri) in Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 19(2):155–164. Request Publication.

McNabb, N. A., M. C. Bernhard, A. Brunell, R. H. Lowers, Y. Katsu, D. D. Spyropoulos, and S. Kohno. 2020. Oil dispersant Corexit 9500 is weakly estrogenic, but does not skew the sex ratio in Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Applied Toxicology, 40(2):245-256. Request Publication.

Meck, J. R., M. T. Jones, L. L Willey, and J. D. Mays. 2020. Autecological study of Gulf Coast box turtles (Terrapene carolina major) in the Florida Panhandle, USA, reveals unique spatial and behavioral characteristics. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 15(2):293-305. Access Publication.

Moler, P. E., K. M. Enge, B. Tornwall, A. L. Farmer, and B. B. Harris. 2020. Status and current distribution of the pine barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii) in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 19(2):380-394. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., E. D. Stonecypher, E. P. Hill, M. T. Fedler, and J. D. Mays. 2019. Status and distribution of the alligator snapping turtle in Florida’s Panhandle. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 44pp.

Holland, A., K. M. Enge, and B. L. Talley.  2019. Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus (Florida pinesnake). Reproduction/nest site. Herpetological Review 50:398–399.

Hoffman, E. A., A. L. Farmer, and K. M. Enge. 2019. Population genomics of striped newts. Final Report, USFWS Grant Award Number FL-E-F16AP00227. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. 18pp.

Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, and P. E. Moler, eds. 2019. Amphibians and reptiles of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 706 pp.

Nilsen, F. M., J. A. Bowden, T. R. Rainwater, A. M. Brunell, B. L. Kassim, P. M. Wilkinson, L. J. Guillette, Jr., S. E. Long, and T. B. Schock. 2019. Examining toxic trace element exposure in American alligators. Environment international 128:324-334. Access Publication.

Woodward, A. R., E. H. Leone, H. J. Dutton, J. E. Waller, and L. Hord. 2019. Characteristics of American alligator bites on people in Florida. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(6):1437-1453. Request Publication.


Castellón, T. D., B. B. Rothermel, J. M. Bauder. 2018. Gopher tortoise burrow use, home range, seasonality, and habitat fidelity in scrub and mesic flatwoods of southern Florida. Herpetologica 74(1):8–21. Request Publication.

Dziadzio, M. C., E. R. Sievers, and D. Burr. 2018. Investigation of a large-scale gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) mortality event on a public conservation land in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54:809-813.

Enge, K. M., B. Tornwall, and B. Bankovich. 2018. Florida scrub lizard status survey. Final Report, Grant Award No. FL-E-F16AP00227. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 107pp.

Enge, K. M., B. Tornwall, W. Kruger, and R. E. Dews.  2018.  Drymarchon couperi (eastern indigo snake). Mortality / entanglement in plastic mesh.  Herpetological Review 49:751-752. Access Publication.

Farmer, A. L., E. A. Hoffman, S. A. Johnson, S. Lance, and K. M. Enge. 2018. Genetic assessment of striped newt populations. Final Report, Conserve Wildlife Tag Grants Project No. CWT 1516-05. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 35pp.

Kahui, V., B. Moyle, and A. M. Brunell. 2018. Alligator conservation and hunting efficiency. Natural Resource Modeling 31(2):e12155. Request Publication.

Stevenson, D. J., K. M. Enge, and W. S. Kellner.  2018.  Heterodon simus (southern hog-nosed snake). Use of pocket gopher mounds and gopher tortoise burrows. Herpetological Review 49:547-548. Access Publication.

Williams, C. E., N. A. McNabb, A. Brunell, R. H. Lowers, Y. Katsu, D. D. Spyropoulos, and S. Kohno. 2018. Feminizing effects of exposure to Corexit-enhanced water-accommodated fraction of crude oil in vitro on sex determination in Alligator mississippiensis. General and comparative endocrinology 265:46-55. Request Publication.


Bangma, J. T., J. A. Bowden, A. M. Brunell, I. Christie, B. Finnell, M. P. Guillette, M. Jones, R. H. Lowers, T. R. Rainwater, J. L. Reiner, P. M. Wilkinson, and L. J. Guillette, Jr. 2017. Perfluorinated alkyl acids in plasma of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from Florida and South Carolina. Environmental toxicology and chemistry 36(4):917-925. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., T. J. Devitt, A. L. Farmer, S. Lance, S. C. Richter, and P. Beerli. 2017. Genetic assessment of gopher frog populations in Florida. Final report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Lovett E. Williams, Jr. Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 37 pp. Access Publication.

Farmer, A. L., K. M. Enge, J. B. Jensen, D. J. Stevenson, and L. L. Smith. 2017. A range-wide assessment of the status and distribution of the striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 12:585−598. Access Publication.

Goldberg N. and T. D. Castellón. 2017. Experiential learning in an undergraduate ecology course: a case study with gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus Daudin). Florida Scientist 80(2):117–127. Request Publication.

Mays, J. D., K. M. Enge, A. Emerick, and E. P. Hill.  2017. New island records in the Florida Keys, Monroe County, Florida, USA. Herpetological Review 48:145−146. Access publication.

Enge, K. M., D. R. Jackson, P. A. Meylan, P. E. Moler, and T. M. Thomas. 2017. Alligator snapping turtle species biological status review report. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 49pp.

Nilsen, F. M., B. L. Kassim, J. P. Delaney, T. R. Lange, A. M. Brunell, L. J. Guillette, Jr., S. E. Long, and T. B. Schock. 2017. Trace element biodistribution in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Chemosphere 181:343-351. Request Publication.

Walls, S.C., L. C. Ball, W. J. Barichivich, C. K. Dodd, Jr., K. M. Enge, T. A. Gorman, K. M. O’Donnell, J. G. Palis, and R. D. Semlitsch. 2017. Overcoming challenges to the recovery of declining amphibian populations in the United States. BioScience 67:156−165. Access Publication.


Brandt, L. A., J. H. Nestler, A. M. Brunell, J. S. Beeauchamp, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2016. Variation in body condition of Alligator mississippiensis in Florida. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 54(1):1-12. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., and J. D. Mays. 2016. Micrurus fulvius (harlequin coralsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47:480.

Enge, K. M., J. D. Mays, E. P. Hill, and B. B. Harris. 2016. Status assessments of the southern hog-nosed snake, Florida pinesnake, short-tailed kingsnake, and eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake in Florida. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 93pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., and P. E. Moler. 2016. Population assessment of the Pine Barrens treefrog. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 15pp.

Krysko, K. L., L. A. Somma, D. C. Smith, C. R. Gillette, D. Cueva, J. A. Wasilewski, K. M. Enge, S. A. Johnson, T. S. Campbell, J. R. Edwards, M. R. Rochford, R. Tompkins, J. L. Fobb, S. Mullin, C. J. Lechowicz, D. Hazelton, and A. Warren. 2016. New verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida through 2015, with a summary of over 152 years of introductions. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23:110−143. Access Publication.

Mays, J. D., and K. M. Enge. 2016. Survey of state-listed reptile species in the Lower Keys. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 41pp. Access Publication.

Nilsen, F. M., B. B. Parrott, J. A. Bowden, B. L. Kassim, S. E. Somerville, T. A. Bryan, C. E. Bryan, T. R. Lange, J. P. Delaney, A. M. Brunell, S. E. Long, and L. J. Guillette, Jr. 2016. Global DNA methylation loss associated with mercury contamination and aging in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Science of the Total Environment, 545:389-397. Request Publication.

Wilkinson, P. M., T. R. Rainwater, A. R. Woodward, E. H. Leone, and C. Carter. 2016. Determinate growth and reproductive lifespan in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis): evidence from long-term recaptures. Copeia 104(4): 843-852. Request Publication.


Brunell, A. M., T. R. Rainwater, M. Sievering, and S. G. Platt. 2015. A new record for the maximum length of the American alligator. Southeastern Naturalist. 14(3):N38-N43. Access Publication.

Castellón, T. D., B. B. Rothermel, and S. Z. Nomani. 2015. A comparison of line-transect distance sampling methods for estimating gopher tortoise population densities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(4):804–812. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., and K. D. Benfield. 2015. Lampropeltis elapsoides (scarlet kingsnake). Maximum size.  Herpetological Review 46:209. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., G. Craft, J. T. Schmitt, and G. L. Bartolotti. 2015. Lampropeltis extenuata (short-tailed kingsnake). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 46:451. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., C. D. Godwin, P. E. Moler, and J. D. Mays.  2015. Plestiodon egregius onocrepis (peninsula mole skink). Albinism. Herpetological Review 46:259. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., and K. Smith. 2015. Sistrurus miliarius barbouri (dusky pygmy rattlesnake). Albinism.  Herpetological Review 46:454.

Mays, J. D., and E. P. Hill. 2015. Macrochelys apalachicolae (Apalachicola alligator snapping turtle).  Aerial basking. Herpetological Review 46:425. Request Publication.

Mays, J. D., and E. P. Hill. 2015. Barbour’s map turtle survey. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Mays, J., T. Thomas, and K. Enge. 2015. Alligator snapping turtle survey. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Section, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 22pp. Access Publication.

Caudill, D., G. Caudill, B. Carpenter, K. M. Enge, and R. L. Engleman. 2014. Scaphiopus holbrookii (Eastern spadefoot). Predation. Herpetological Review 45:481. Request Publication.

Caudill, G., D. Caudill, B. Carpenter, K. M. Enge, and H. N. Curry. 2014. Ophisaurus ventralis (Eastern glass lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 45:698. Request Publication.

Bartolotti, G. L., and K. M. Enge. 2014. Cemophora coccinea coccinea (Florida scarletsnake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 45:141.

Diemer Berish, J. E., and E. H. Leone. 2014. Follow-up demographic survey of a Florida gopher tortoise population. Southeastern Naturalist 13:639–648.

Enge, K. M. 2014. Short-tailed snake reproduction. Threatened and Non-game Management Species Annual Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 9pp.

Enge, K. M., N. J. Douglass, J. A. Gore, J. A. Hovis, K. D. Meyer, G. E. Wallace, and A. L. Farmer. 2014. Rare vertebrate survey of the Fisheating Creek area, Glades County, Florida. Florida Scientist 77:15‒42.

Enge, K. M., A. L. Farmer, J. D. Mays, T. D. Castellón, E. P. Hill, and P. E. Moler. 2014. Survey of winter-breeding amphibian species.  Final report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Lovett E. Williams, Jr. Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 136pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., P. E. Moler, and T. M. Thomas. 2014. Distributional survey of the alligator snapping turtle.  Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 4pp.

Enge, K. M., T. M. Thomas, and E. Suarez. 2014. Population status, distribution, and movements of the alligator snapping turtle in the Suwannee River, Florida. Final Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 47pp. 

Folk, M. J., A. R. Woodward, and M. G. Spalding. 2014. Predation and scavenging by American alligators on Whooping Cranes and Sandhill Cranes in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist. 13(1):64-80. Request Publication.

Hayman, R. B., R. G. Harvey, F. J. Mazzotti, G. D. Israel, and A. R. Woodward. 2014. Who complains about alligators? Cognitive and situational factors influence behavior toward wildlife. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 19(6), 481-497. Request Publication.

Rothermel, B. B., and T. D. Castellón. 2014. Factors influencing reproductive output and egg size in a southern population of gopher tortoises. Southeastern Naturalist 13(4):705–720. Request Publication.

Thomas, T. M., M. C. Granatosky, J. R. Bourque, K. L. Krysko, P. E. Moler, T. Gamble, E. Suarez, E. Leone, and J. Roman. 2014. Taxonomic assessment of alligator snapping turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3786(2);141-165. Request Publication.


Brunell, A. M., J. P. Delaney, R. G. Spratt, D. A. Carbonneau, and J. E. Waller. 2013. Record total lengths of the American Alligator in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist. 12(4):N9-N17. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., D. J. Stevenson, M. J. Elliott, and J. Bauder.  2013.  The historical and current distribution of the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8:288–307. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., T. M. Thomas, and E. Suarez. 2013. Population status and distribution of the alligator snapping turtle in the Suwannee River, Florida.  Final Report, Conserve Wildlife Tag Grants Project No. CWT 1112-04. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 39pp. Access Publication.

Godley, J. S., and P. E. Moler. 2013. Population declines of eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi) over three decades in the Gulf Hammock Wildlife Management Area, Florida, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8:359–365.

Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, and C. A. MacKenzie-Krysko. 2013. The red-banded butterfly lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata Mertens 1961 (Sauria: Leiolepididae), a newly documented established nonindigenous species in Florida. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians 20:197‒198.

Kaiser, B. W., K. J. Osorio, K. M. Enge, and R. M. Engeman. 2013. Tupinambis merianae (Argentine giant tegu), Pantherophis guttatus (red cornsnake).  Non-predatory killing. Herpetological Review 44:329.

Landsberg, J. H., Y. Kiryu, M. Tabuchi, T. B. Waltzek, A. P. Pessier, K. M. Enge, and S. Reintjes-Tolen. 2013. Co-infection of alveolate parasites and frog virus 3-like ranavirus during an amphibian larval mortality event in Florida. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 105:89–99. Request Publication.


Anderson, C. and K.M. Enge. 2012. Ctenosaura similis (Gray’s spiny-tailed iguana), Iguana iguana (green iguana). Carrion feeding. Herpetological Review 43:131. Request Publication.

Castellón, T. D., B. B. Rothermel, and S. Z. Nomani. 2012. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow densities in scrub and flatwoods habitats of Peninsular Florida. Chelonian Conse​rvation Biology 11(2):153–161. Request Publication.

Diemer Berish, J. E., R.A. Kiltie, and T. M. Thomas. 2012. Long-term population dynamics of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a pine plantation in northern Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11:50-58. Request Publication

Diemer Berish, J. E. and T. J. Miller. 2012. A device for restraining gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) during blood extraction. Herpetological Review 43:59-61. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., A. Jernigan, R. Johnson, J. E. Diemer Berish, P. E. Moler, T. M. Thomas, and R. A. Kiltie. 2012. What the world needs is a better gopher tortoise trap. Herpetological Review 43:574–578. Request Publication.

Krysko, K. L., C. R. Gillette, R. M. Reichart, L. P. Nuñez, N. T. Coutu, J. A. Wasilewski, K. M. Enge, and A. P. Borgia. 2012. Preliminary diet analysis for the non-indigenous Oustalet’s chameleon, Furcifer oustaleti (Mocquard 1894) (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), in southern Florida. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 19:280–287. Request Publication.

Krysko, K.L., L.A. Somma, M.R. Rochford, C.R. Gillette, K.M. Enge, and D. Cueva. 2012. Taxonomic corrections of certain verified non-indigenous reptiles from Florida reported by Krysko et al. (2011). Zootaxa 3199:66-68. Access Publication.


Berish (Diemer), J. E., P. E. Moler, and C. Sinclair-Winters. 2011. Microsatellite analysis of the genetic variation in panhandle gopher tortoise populations, with comparisons to peninsula populations. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee. Final Report. 34 pp.

Cohen, M. J., and K. M. Enge. 2011. Iguana iguana (green iguana). Predation. Herpetological Review 42:430−431.

Delany, M. F., A. R. Woodward, R. A. Kiltie, and C. T. Moore. 2011. Mortality of American alligators attributed to cannibalism. Herpetologica. 67(2):174-185. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. 2011. Statewide survey for the striped newt. Final Report. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 44pp.

Krysko, K.L., J.P. Burgess, M.R. Rochford, C.R. Gillette, D. Cueva, K.M. Enge, L.A. Somma, J.L. Stabile, D.C. Smith, J.A. Wasilewski, G.N. Kieckhefer, III., M.C. Granatosky, and S.V. Nielsen. 2011. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028:1-64. Request Publication.

Woodward, A. R., H. F. Percival, R. H. Rauschenberger, T. S. Gross, K. G. Rice, and R. Conrow. 2011. Abnormal alligators and organochlorine pesticides in Lake Apopka, Florida. Wildlife Ecotoxicology. Springer, New York, NY. 3(5):153-187. Request Publication.


Butler, J.A. and G.L. Heinrich. 2010. Survey of the distribution and population status of the ornate diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin macrospilota) in the Big Bend Region of Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Nongame Wildlife Report No. NG06-021, Tallahassee, Florida.

Diemer Berish, J. E., L. D. Wendland, R. A. Kiltie, E. P. Garrison, and C. A. Gates. 2010. Effects of mycoplasmal upper respiratory tract disease on morbidity and mortality of gopher tortoises in northern and central Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 46:695-705. Request Publication.

Krysko, K.L., K.M. Enge, E.M. Donlan, E.A. Golden, J.P. Burgess, and K.W. Larson. 2010. The non-marine herpetofauna of Key Biscayne, Florida. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:132–142. Request Publication.

Krysko, K. L., D. J. Smith, and C. A. Smith. 2010. Historic and current geographic distribution and preliminary evidence of population genetic structure in the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) in the southeastern United States. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee. Final Report. 36 pp.

Stevenson, D. J., M. R. Bolt, D. J. Smith, K. M. Enge, N. L. Hyslop, T. M. Norton, and K. J. Dyer. 2010. Prey records for the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi). Southeastern Naturalist 9(1):1-18. Request Publication.

Wendland, L. D., J. Wooding, C. L. White, D. Demcovitz, R. Littell, J. Diemer Berish, A. Ozgul, M. K. Oli, P. A. Klein, M. C. Christman, and M. B. Brown. 2010. Social behavior drives the dynamics of respiratory disease in threatened tortoises. Ecology 91(5):1257-1262. Request Publication.

Endries, M., B. Stys, G. Mohr, G. Kratimenos, S. Langley, K. Root, and R. Kautz. 2009. Wildlife habitat conservation needs in Florida. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Technical Report TR-15. x + 178 pp. Access Publication.

Stevenson, D. K., K. M. Enge, L. D. Carlile, K. J. Dyer, T. M. Norton, N. L. Hyslop, and R. A. Kiltie. 2009. An eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) mark-recapture study in southeastern Georgia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 40:30-42. Request Publication.

Telford, S. R., Jr., T. M. Norton, P. E. Moler, and J. B. Jensen. 2009. A new haemogregarina species of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), in Georgia and Florida that produces macromeronts in circulating erythrocytes.  Journal of Parasitology 95:208–214.

Wendland, L., H. Balbach, M. Brown, J. Diemer Berish, R. Littell, and M. Clark. 2009. Handbook on gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) health evaluation procedures for use by land managers and researchers. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Final Report. 71pp.


Camposano, B. J., K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, E. M. Donlan, and M. Granatosky. 2008. The knight anole (Anolis equestris) in Florida. Iguana 15:212–219. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. and G. E. Wallace. 2008. Basking survey of map turtles (Graptemys) in the Choctawhatchee and Ochlockonee rivers, Florida and Alabama. Florida Scientist 71:310–322. Request Publication.

Krysko, K. L., J. C. Nifong, R. W. Snow, K. M. Enge, and F. J. Mazzotti. 2008. Invasive species distribution notes: reproduction of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivattatus) in southern Florida. Reproduction. Applied Herpetology 5:93–95. Request Publication.


Herman, T. A., and K. M. Enge. 2007. Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 38:176.

Krysko, K.L., K.M. Enge, E.M. Donlan, J.C. Seitz, and E.A. Golden. 2007. Distribution, natural history, and impacts of the introduced green iguana (Iguana iguana) in Florida. Iguana 14(3):142–151. Request Publication.

Snow, R. W., K. L. Krysko, K. M. Enge, L. Oberhofer, A. Warren-Bradley, and L. Wilkins. 2007. Introduced populations of Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Python molurus bivittatus (Pythonidae) in southern Florida. Pages 416–438 in R.W. Henderson and R. Powell, editors. Biology of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, Utah. Request Publication.


Bishop, D. C., J. G. Palis, K. M. Enge, D. J. Printiss, and D. J. Stevenson. 2006. Capture rate, body size, and survey recommendations for larval flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum). Southeastern Naturalist 5:9–16.

Enge, K. M., J. E. Berish, R. Bolt, A. Dziergowski, and H. R. Mushinsky. 2006. Biological status report - gopher tortoise. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee. 60 pp.

Ewert, M.A., D.R. Jackson, and P.E. Moler. 2006. Macrochelys temminckii – alligator snapping turtle. Pages 58–71 in P.A. Meylan, editor. Biology and conservation of Florida turtles. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 3.

Greenberg, C.H. and G.W. Tanner. 2006. Amphibians using isolated ephemeral ponds in Florida longleaf pine uplands: population and metapopulation dynamics. Final report. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida. 22 pp. Access Publication.

Krysko, K. L., J. C. Seitz, J. H. Townsend, and K. M. Enge. 2006. The introduced brown basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus) in Florida. Iguana 13:24–30.


Enge, K. M. 2005. Commercial harvest of amphibians and reptiles in Florida for the pet trade. Pages 198–211 in W. E. Meshaka, Jr., and K. J. Babbitt, editors.  Amphibians and reptiles: status and conservation in Florida. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida.

Enge, K. M. 2005. Herpetofaunal drift-fence surveys of steephead ravines in the Florida Panhandle. Southeastern Naturalist 4:657–678.

Krysko, K. L. and K. M. Enge. 2005. A new non-native lizard in Florida, the butterfly lizard, Leiolepis belliana (Sauria: Agamidae). Florida Scientist 68:247–249. Access Publication.


Enge, K. M. 2004. Lampropeltis triangulum elapsoides (scarlet kingsnake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 35:177–178.

Enge, K. M. 2004. Record clutch size for the southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 40:76.

Enge, K. M., and K. L. Krysko. 2004. A new exotic species in Florida, the bloodsucker lizard, Calotes versicolor (Daudin 1802) (Sauria: Agamidae). Florida Scientist 67:226–230. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., K. L. Krysko, K. R. Hankins, T. S. Campell, and F. W. King. 2004. Status of the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) in southwestern Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 3: 571–582. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M., K. L. Krysko, and B. L. Talley. 2004. Distribution and ecology of the introduced African rainbow lizard, Agama agama africana (Sauria: Agamidae), in Florida. Florida Scientist 67:303–310. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., M. S. Robson, and K. L. Krysko. 2004. Reptile surveys of pine rockland habitat in six Miami-Dade County parks. Florida Scientist 67:194–204. Request Publication.

Krysko, K. L., K. M. Enge, and F. W. King. 2004. The veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus Duméril and Bibron 1851 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): a new exotic species in Florida. Florida Scientist 67:249–253.


Enge, K. M., B. A. Millsap, T. J. Doonan, J. A. Gore, N. J. Douglass, and G. L. Sprandel. 2003. Conservation plans for biotic regions in Florida containing multiple rare or declining wildlife taxa. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee.  228pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M., and K. N. Wood.  2003.  A pedestrian road survey of the southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus) in Hernando County, Florida. Florida Scientist 66:189–203.

Greenberg, C.H., A. Storfer, G.W. Tanner, and S.G. Mech. 2003. Amphibians using isolated, ephemeral ponds in Florida longleaf pine uplands: population dynamics and assessment of monitoring methodologies. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Nongame Project Report NG99-104. Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, Tallahassee. 63 pp. Access Publication.

Krysko, K. L., F. W. King, K. M. Enge, and A. T. Reppas. 2003. Distribution of the introduced black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) on the southwestern coast of Florida. Florida Scientist 66:74–79.

Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, and K. M. Enge. 2003. The identity of spiny-tailed iguanas, Ctenosaura, introduced to Florida, USA (Squamata: Sauria: Iguanidae). Herpetozoa 16:67–72.

Townsend, J. H., K. L. Krysko, and K. M. Enge. 2003. Introduced iguanids in southern Florida: more than 35 years of establishment and range expansion. Iguana 10:111–119.


Butler, J.A. 2002. Population ecology, home range, and seasonal movements of the Carolina diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin centrata, in northeastern Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 65 pp. Access Publication.

Butler, J.A. 2002. Status and distribution of the Carolina diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin centrata, in Duval County. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 52 pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. 2002. An updated, indexed bibliography of the herpetofauna of Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Technical Report No. 19, Tallahassee. 410pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. 2002. Herpetofaunal drift-fence survey of two seepage bogs in Okaloosa County, Florida. Florida Scientist 65:67–82. Request Publication.

Enge, K.M. 2002. Herpetofaunal drift-fence survey of steephead ravines and seepage bogs in the western Florida Panhandle. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 66 pp. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. and K. N. Wood. 2002. A pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 1:365–380.

Gates, C. A., M. J. Allen, J. E. Diemer Berish, D. M. Stillwaugh, and S. R. Shattler. 2002. Characterization of a gopher tortoise mortality event in west-central Florida. Florida Scientist 65: 185-197.

Jackson, D.R. 2002. Survey of an important distribution gap in the Florida range of the river cooter and other freshwater turtles. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 27 pp. Access Publication.

Johnson, S.A. 2002. Conservation genetics of the striped newt. Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission Nongame Project Report NG99-011. Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, Tallahassee. 26 pp. Access Publication.


Berish (Diemer), J. E. 2001. Management considerations for the gopher tortoise in Florida. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee. Project Report (018). 44 pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. 2001. The pitfalls of pitfall traps. Journal of Herpetology 35:467–478. Request Publication.

Enge, K. M. and K. N. Wood. 2001. Herpetofauna of Chinsegut Nature Center, Hernando County, Florida. Florida Scientist 64:283–305.


Cox, J. A. and R. S. Kautz. 2000. Habitat conservation needs of rare and imperiled wildlife in Florida. Office of Environmental Services, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida. 156 pp. Access Publication.

Diemer Berish, J. E., L. D. Wendland, and C. A. Gates. 2000. Distribution and prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease in gopher tortoises in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 34:5-12. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. and N. J. Douglass. 2000. Easement Documentation Report (Volume II: vertebrate surveys) for Fisheating Creek Ecosystem–Phase I, Glades County, Florida. Prepared for the Conservation and Recreational Lands Program and the Division of State Lands, Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida. 72 pp.

Enge, K. M., H. F. Percival, K. G. Rice, M. L. Jennings, G. R. Masson, and A. R. Woodward. 2000. Summer nesting of turtles in alligator nests in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 34:497–503.

Enge, K. M., and J. D. Sullivan. 2000. Seasonal activity of the scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea, in Florida. Herpetological Review 31:82–84.

Enge, K. M. and K. N. Wood. 1999–2000. A herpetofaunal survey of Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area, Hernando County, Florida. Herpetological Natural History 7:117–144. Request Publication.

Foster, G. W., P. E. Moler, J. M. Kinsella, S. P. Terrell, and D. J. Forrester. 2000. Parasites of eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon corais couperi) from Florida, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 67(1):124-128. Request Publication.

Franz, R. and Smith, L.L. 1999. Distribution and status of the striped newt and Florida gopher frog in peninsular Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Nongame Project Report NG90-035. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. 46 pp. Access Publication.

Rice, K G., H.F. Percival, A.R. Woodward, and M.L. Jennings. 1999. Effects of egg and hatchling harvest on American alligators in Florida. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:1193–1200. Access Publication.

Roman, J., S.D. Santhuff, P.E. Moler, and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Population structure and cryptic evolutionary units in the alligator snapping turtle. Conservation Biology 13(1):135-142. Access publication.


Diemer Berish, J.E. 1998. Characterization of rattlesnake harvest in Florida. Journal of Herpetology 32:551–557. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. 1998. Amphiuma means (two-toed amphiuma). Diet. Herpetological Review 29:162.

Enge, K.M. 1998. Herpetofaunal survey of an upland hardwood forest in Gadsden County, Florida. Florida Scientist 61:141–159. Access Publication.

Enge, K. M. 1998. Herpetofaunal drift-fence survey of an upland hardwood forest, Gadsen County, Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 26 pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K.M. 1998. Herpetofaunal drift-fence survey of steephead ravines in the Apalachicola and Ochlockonee river drainages. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 46 pp. Access Publication.

Enge, K.M. and K.N. Wood. 1998. Herpetofaunal surveys of the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area, Taylor County, Florida. Florida Scientist 61:61–87.


Enge, K.M. 1997. Use of silt fencing and funnel traps for drift fences. Herpetological Review 28:30–31.

Enge, K. M. 1997. A standardized protocol for drift-fence surveys. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Technical Report No. 14, Tallahassee, Florida. 68 pp. Access Publication.


Enge, K.M., R.L. Cailteux, and J.J. Nordhaus. 1996. Geographic distribution: Graptemys barbouri (Barbour's map turtle). Herpetological Review 27:150–151.

Enge, K. M., D. T. Cobb, G. L. Sprandel, and D. L. Francis. 1996. Wildlife captures in a pipeline trench in Gadsden County, Florida. Florida Scientist 59:1–11.

Moler, P E. 1996. Alligator snapping turtle distribution and relative abundance. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report Study No. 7544, Tallahassee, Florida. 21 pp. Access Publication.

Moler, P.E. 1996. Forensic identification of alligator snapping turtle meat. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7545, Tallahassee, Florida. 9 pp. Access Publication.


Berish (Diemer), J. E. 1995. Identification of gopher tortoise restocking sites. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. Final Report. 8 pp.

Moler, P.E. and J.E. Berish. 1995. Impact of commercial exploitation on softshell turtle populations. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Final Report Study No. 7542, Tallahassee, Florida. 18 pp. Access Publication.

Woodward, A.R. 1995. Determination of appropriate harvest strategies for alligator management units. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7562, Tallahassee, Florida. 49 pp. Access Publication.


Berish, J.E. 1994. Harvest assessment for rattlesnakes. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7543, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9 pp. Access Publication.

Ewert, M.A. and D.R. Jackson. 1994. Nesting ecology of the alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminkii), along the lower Apalachicola River, Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Nongame Project Report NG89-020, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. 45 pp. Access Publication.


Diemer Berish, J. E. and C. T. Moore. 1993. Gopher tortoise response to large-scale clearcutting in northern Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 47:419-427. Access Publication.

Enge, K.M. 1993. Herptile use and trade in Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Performance Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 102 pp. Access Publication.


Berish, J.E. 1992. Annual size/sex class distribution of harvested rattlesnakes. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. 7531, Tallahassee, Florida. 18 pp. Request Publication.

Diemer, J. E. 1992. Demography of the tortoise Gopherus polyphemus in northern Florida. Journal of Herpetology 26(3):281-289. Access Publication.

Diemer, J. E. 1992. Home range and movements of the tortoise Gopherus polyphemus in northern Florida. Journal of Herpetology 26:158-162.

Enge, K.M. 1992. The basics of snake hunting in Florida. Florida Wildlife 46(1):2–8. Request Publication.

Moler, P.E. 1992. Impact of commercial exploitation on softshell turtle populations (feasibility study). Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Statewide Wildlife Research Final Performance Report Study No. 7541, Tallahassee, Florida. 32 pp. Access Publication.


Berish (Diemer), J. E. 1991. Identification of critical gopher tortoise habitat in south Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. Final Report. 23 pp. Request Publication.

Enge, K.M. 1991. Herptile exploitation. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Section Annual Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 55 pp.
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Christman, S.P. 1988. Endemism in Florida's interior sand pine scrub. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Nongame Wildlife Program Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 246 pp. Access Publication.

Diemer, J.E. 1988. Gopher tortoise status and harvest impact determination. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 169 pp.


Moler, P. E. 1987. Delicate balance. Species: eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi). Florida Wildlife 41(4):19. Request Publication.

O’Meara, T. E. and M. J. Abbott. 1987. Gopher tortoise response to summer burning in longleaf pine/turkey oak sandhills. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Tallahassee. Annual Report. 16 pp. Request Publication.

Woodward, A.R., D.N. David, and T.C. Hines. 1987. American alligator management in Florida. Pages 98–113 in Proceedings of the 3rd Southeastern Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Symposium, Athens, Georgia. Access Publication.


Anderson, K. and P.E. Moler. 1986. Natural hybrids of the Pine Barrens treefrog, Hyla andersonii with H. cinerea and and H. femoralis (Anura, Hylidae): morphological and chromosomal evidence. Copeia (1):70-76. 

Diemer, J. E. 1986. The ecology and management of the gopher tortoise in the southeastern United States. Herpetologica 42:125-133.

Moler, P. E. 1986. Barbour's map turtle census. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. E-1-10 III-A, Tallahassee, Florida. 9pp.

Moler, P. E. 1986. Barbour's map turtle habitat. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Research Final Report Study No. E-1-10 III-A, Tallahassee, Florida. 4pp.

Moler, P.E. 1986. Commercially exploited reptiles and amphibians. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau Wildlife Research Final Report, Tallahassee, Florida. 18 pp.


Moler, P. E. 1985. Distribution of the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, in Florida. Herpetological Review 16(2):37-38. Request Publication.


Diemer, J. E. and D. W. Speake. 1983. The distribution of the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, in Georgia. Journal of Herpetology 17(3):256-264. Request Publication.


Diemer, J. E. and P. E. Moler. 1982. Gopher tortoise response to site preparation in northern Florida. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 36:634-637. Access Publication.

Moler, P. E. 1982. Home range and seasonal activity of the eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi, in northern Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Wildlife Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida. 17 pp. Access Publication.

Speake, D. W., J. Diemer, and J. McGlincy. 1982. Eastern indigo snake recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia. 23 pp.


Moler, P. E. 1981. Notes on Hyla andersonii in Florida and Alabama. Journal of Herpetology 15(4):441-444. Request Publication.


Moler, P. E. 1980. The Florida population of the Pine Barrens treefrog (Hyla andersonii): a status review. Pine Barrens Treefrog Population Completion Report (unpublished), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Means, D. B. and P. E. Moler. 1978. The Pine Barrens treefrog: fire, seepage bogs, and management implications. Proceedings of the Rare and Endangered Wildlife Symposium. Technical Bulletin WL 4: 77-83. Request Publication.