Snake species of the Osa Peninsula - Suggested Reading and References

  1. Dorcas, Michael E., and Wilson, John D.  “Innovative Methods for Studies of Snake Ecology and Conservation.”  Snakes: Ecology and Conservation.   Cornell University, in print.

  2. Shine, R., and X. Bonnet. 2000. Snakes: a new ‘model organism’ in ecological research? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:221–222.

  3. Lind, A. J., H.H. Welsh, Jr., and D.A. Tallmon. 2005. Garter snake population dynamics from a 16-year study: considerations for ecological monitoring. Ecological Applications 15(1):294-303. 

  4. Savage, J. M.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two seas.  Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2002.

  5. Zamudio, K.R., and H.W. Greene. 1997. Phylogeography of the bushmaster (Lachesis muta: Viperidae): implications for Neotropicalbiogeography, systematics, and conservation 62: 421-442.

  6. Whitfield, S. M.; etc (2007) Amphibian and reptile declines over 35 years at La Selva, Costa Rica. Available at www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/0611256104/DC1, March 6, 2007.

  7. Camper, J.D. and J.R. Dixon. 1988. Evaluation of a microchip marking system for amphibians and reptiles. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Research publication, 7100-159:1-22.

  8. Greene, H.W.  Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature.  Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1997.

  9. Campbell, J.A. and W.W. Lamar.  The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere: Volumes 1 and 2.  Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, 2004.

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Snake species of the Osa Peninsula
Suggested Reading and References