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1 7132 Alexy, K. J., K. J. Brunjes, J. W. Gassett, and K. V. Miller. 2003. Continuous remote monitoring of gopher tortoise burrow use. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:12407–1243.
2 8686 Antonio, F. 2008. Eastern indigo snake studbook, Drymarchon couperi. Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Lake Monroe, Florida, USA. 79pp.
3 9312 Antonio, F., and R. A. Odum. 2010. Eastern indigo snake studbook Drymarchon couperi. AZA North American regional studbook, 2nd edition. Project Orianne, LTD. 59pp.
4 9078 Bolt, M. R., and S. K. Weiss. 2009. Den site selection of radio-tagged eastern indigo snakes in east central Florida, and implications for habitat and management. Abstract in 31st Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting, 2–3 October 2009, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
5 1749 Deckert, R. F. 1918. A list of reptiles from Jacksonville, Florida. Copeia 1918:30–33.
6 8369 DeVivo, J. C. 2004. Appendix 5 – Summary of natural resource issues at Southeast Coast Network Parks. National Park Service, Southeast Coast Network, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 71pp.
7 10000 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.
8 2579 Gassett, J. W., K. L. Johannsen, K. A. Dasher, and K. V. Miller. 1998. Remote monitoring of herpetofauna in armadillo and gopher tortoise burrows in the Florida Panhandle. Page 25 (abstract) in R. A. Moranz, J. L. Hardesty, and K. Maute, compilers. Research report, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1998: a compilation of inventory, monitoring and research conducted in support of ecosystem management. The Nature Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
9 6514 Gentry, J. B., and M. H. Smith. 1968. Food habits and burrow associates of Peromyscus polionotus. Journal of Mammalogy 49:562–565.
10 2826 Hallinan, T. 1923. Observations made in Duval County, northern Florida, on the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Copeia 1923:11–20.
11 3066 Hipes, D. L., and D. R. Jackson. 1996. Rare vertebrate fauna of Camp Blanding Training Site, a potential landscape linkage in northeastern Florida. Florida Scientist 59:96–114.
12 6835 Irwin, K. J., T. E. Lewis, J. D. Kirk, S. L. Collins, and J. T. Collins. 2003. Status of the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi) on St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge, Franklin County, Florida. Journal of Kansas Herpetology No. 7:13–20.
13 6961 Johannsen, K. L., J. W. Gassett, K. A. Dasher, and K. V. Miller. 1999. Remote monitoring of herpetofauna in armadillo and gopher tortoise burrows in the Florida panhandle. Page 105 (abstract) in J. S. Kush, compiler. Longleaf pine: a forward look. Proceedings of the Second Longleaf Alliance Conference, 17–19 November 1998, Charleston, South Carolina. Longleaf Alliance Report No. 4.
14 3471 Kent, D. M., and E. Snell. 1994. Vertebrates associated with gopher tortoise burrows in Orange County, Florida. Florida Field Naturalist 22:8–10.
15 3541 Knizley, E. J. 1997. Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) relocation project: monitoring the tortoise population and associate species of the tortoise burrow. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 108pp.
16 7130 Krown, D. E. 2004. Drymarchon corais couperi, the eastern indigo snake...a natural history. Natural History Booklets Volunteer Project, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 24pp.
17 3667 Lawler, H. E. 1977. The status of Drymarchon corais couperi (Holbrook), the eastern indigo snake, in the southeastern United States. Herpetological Review 8:76–79.
18 6483 Layne, J. N., and T. M. Steiner. 1996. Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi): summary of research conducted on Archbold Biological Station. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. 64pp.
19 3796 Lips, K. R. 1991. Vertebrates associated with tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in four habitats in south-central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 25:477–481.
20 4358 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, USA. 17pp. (Unpublished Report)
21 4629 Neill, W. T. 1971. The last of the ruling reptiles: alligators, crocodiles, and their kin. Columbia University Press, New York, New York, USA. 486pp.
22 9619 Rohani, I. B., and H. L. Cromroy. 1979. Taxonomy and distribution of chiggers (Acarina: Trombiculidae) in northcentral Florida. Florida Entomologist 62:363−376.
23 5475 Smith, C. R. 1987. Ecology of juvenile and gravid eastern indigo snakes in north Florida. M.S. Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 116pp.
24 6505 Smith, M. H. 1966. The evolutionary significance of certain behavioral, physiological, and morphological adaptations of the old-field mouse, Peromyscus polionotus. M.S. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 187pp.
25 5538 Speake, D. W. 1983. Report of the survey of indigo snake/gopher tortoise density on the Margo study area of Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Unpublished Report to NASA. 24pp.
26 5540 Speake, D. W., and J. A. McGlincy. 1981. Response of indigo snakes to gassing their dens. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 35:135–138.
27 5541 Speake, D. W., and R. H. Mount. 1973. Some possible ecological effects of "rattlesnake roundups" in the southeastern coastal plain. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of Southeastern Game and Fish Commissioners 27:267–277.
28 9179 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 9:1–18.
29 5653 Stiner, J. 1994. Protecting endangered species at Canaveral National Seashore. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 19(2):16–17.
30 5804 Thornton, D. W. 1977. Reminiscences on the indigo. Florida Naturalist 50(2):18–19.
31 6256 Witz, B. W., D. S. Wilson, and M. D. Palmer. 1991. Distribution of Gopherus polyphemus and its vertebrate symbionts in three burrow categories. American Midland Naturalist 126:152–158.
32 10221 Zappalorti, R., and B. Callaghan. 2008 The importance of gopher tortoise burrows for eastern indigo snakes. Pages 42−43 (abstract) in 30th Annual Meeting of the Gopher Tortoise Council, 3−5 October 2008, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA.