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1 359 Anonymous. 1987. Listing protection proposed for two plants and three animals: two Florida lizards. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin 12(2):6–7.
2 836 Bartlett, R. D. 1995. A stroll on the Lake Wales Ridge. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 43(8):110, 112, 114, 116–118, 120, 126, 128, 131.
3 842 Bartlett, R. D. 1999. Subsurface skinks 101—random notes. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist 5(3):22–28.
4 7259 Branch, L. C., A. M. Clark, P. E. Moler, and B. W. Bowen. 2003. Fragmented landscapes, habitat specificity, and conservation genetics of three lizards in Florida scrub. Conservation Genetics 4:199–212.
5 1565 Collazos, A. 1998. Microhabitat selection in Neoseps reynoldsi, the Florida sand swimming skink. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 81pp.
6 1600 Cooper, B. W. 1954. Notes on the life history of the lizard, Neoseps reynoldsi Stejneger. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 16:235–238.
7 2098 Duellman, W. E., and A. Schwartz. 1958. Amphibians and reptiles of southern Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 3:181–324.
8 9184 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 + 178pp.
9 2594 Gianopulos, K. D. 2001. Response of the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) and other herpetofaunal species to burning and clearcutting in the Florida sand pine scrub habitat. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 91pp.
10 2592 Gianopulos, K., H. Mushinsky, and E. McCoy. 2001. Response of the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) to controlled burning and clear-cutting in Florida sand pine scrub habitat. Page 15 in D. P. Zattau, editor. Proceedings of the Florida Scrub Symposium 2001, 5–7 June 2001, Orlando, Florida. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
11 2593 Gianopulos, K., H. Mushinsky, and E. McCoy. 2001. Response of the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) to controlled burning and clear-cutting in Florida scrub habitat. Pages 73–74 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 27–31 July 2001, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
12 9659 Hauch, B. A. 2011. Using microhabitat data to determine appropriate models for estimating suitable scrub habitat for the Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi). M.S. thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 102pp.
13 3726 Lee, D. S. 1969. Moisture toleration: a possible key to dispersal ability in three fossorial lizards. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 5:53–56.
14 4040 McCoy, E. D., P. E. Sutton, and H. R. Mushinsky. 1999. The role of guesswork in conserving the threatened sand skink. Conservation Biology 13:190–194.
15 4058 Meshaka, W. E., Jr., and J. N. Layne. 2002. Herpetofauna of a long-unburned sandhill habitat in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 65:35–50.
16 4525 Mushinsky, H. R., A. Collazos, and E. D. McCoy. 1999. Microhabitat requirements of the sand skink, Neoseps reynoldsi. Page 168 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 15th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 47th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 24–30 June 1999, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
17 4535 Mushinsky, H. R., and E. D. McCoy. 1995. Vertebrate species composition of selected scrub islands on the Lake Wales Ridge of central Florida. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Nongame Wildlife Program Project Report, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 325pp.
18 4538 Mushinsky, H. R., and E. D. McCoy. 1999. Studies of the sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) in central Florida. Report submitted to Walt Disney Imagineering. Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 131pp.
19 7330 Mushinsky, H. R., E. D. McCoy, K. Gianopulos, K. Penney, and C. Meyer. 2001. Biology of the threatened sand skink on restored scrub habitat and its responses to land management practices. Report submitted to Walt Disney Imagineering. Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 123pp.
20 4586 Navratil, G. 1999. A study of selected land management practices on the sand pine scrub habitat of Florida: a measure of the effects of land management on the sand skink, Neoseps reynoldsi. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 48pp.
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 9506 Osman, N. P. 2010. Experimental translocation of the Florida sand skink (Plestiodon [=Neoseps] reynoldsi): success of a restricted species across diverse microhabitats. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
23 4877 Penney, K. M. 2001. Factors affecting translocation success and estimates of dispersal and movement patterns of the sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi on restored scrub. M.S. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA. 71pp.
24 9038 Pike, D. A., and E. A. Roznik. 2009. Drowning in a sea of development: distribution and conservation status of a sand-swimming lizard, Plestiodon reynoldsi. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 4:96–105.
25 7802 Pike, D. A., K. S. Peterman, and J. H. Exum. 2006. Preconceived notions of rare species occurrence: the case of the endemic sand skink, Pleistodon reynoldsi. Florida Scientist 69(Supplement 1):39 (abstract).
26 8566 Pike, D. A., K. S. Peterman, and J. H. Exum. 2007. Use of altered habitats by the endemic sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi Stejneger). Southeastern Naturalist 6:715–726.
27 10161 Pike, D. A., K. S. Peterman, and J. H. Exum. 2008. Habitat structure influences the presence of sand skinks (Plestiodon reynoldsi) in altered habitats. Wildlife Research 35:120–127.
28 8671 Pike, D. A., K. S. Peterman, R. S. Mejeur, M. D. Green, K. D. Nelson, and J. H. Exum. 2008. Sampling techniques and methods for determining the spatial distribution of sand skinks (Plestiodon reynoldsi). Florida Scientist 71:93–104.
29 5135 Riggs, C. H. 1999. Microhabitat requirements of a lizard endemic to Florida scrub habitat (sand skink, Neoseps reynoldsi). Page 192 (abstract) in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 15th Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society, 47th Annual Meeting of the Herpetologists' League, and the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 24–30 June 1999, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
30 5474 Smith, C. R. 1982. Food resource partitioning of fossorial Florida reptiles. Pages 173–178 in N. J. Scott, editor. Herpetological communities. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Research Report No. 13.
31 5719 Sutton, P. E., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy. 1999. Comparing the use of pitfall drift fences and cover boards for sampling the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi). Herpetological Review 30:149–151.
32 5764 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1959. A study of the sand skink Neoseps reynoldsi Stejneger. Copeia 1959:110–119.
33 5766 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1962. New locality records for the sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) in central Florida, with comments on the habitat. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 25:76–77.
34 5774 Telford, S. R., Jr. 1992. Factors affecting the distribution of Neoseps reynoldsi, the sand skink, in Ocala National Forest. Unpublished U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Contract Report, Ocala National Forest, Silver Springs, Florida. 35pp.
35 7104 Trani (Griep), M. K. 2002. Maintaining species in the South. Pages 113–150 in D. N. Wear and J. G. Greis, editors. The southern forest resource assessment: summary report. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report SRS-54, Southern Research Station, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
36 5926 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1993. Recovery plan for the sand skink and blue-tailed mole skink. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 30pp.
37 6345 Wright, A. H. 1935. Some rare amphibians and reptiles of the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 21:340–345.