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Literature Cited Literature Cited References having one or two authors appear alphabetically by author and then by year. Citations having three or more authors appear alphabetically by first author and then are ordered by year, not alphabetically by subsequent authors. Foreign literature from languages having non-Roman scripts (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian) are transliterated into Roman script. For these articles, titles trans- lated into English are frequently provided in the original. These are used whenever provided. Otherwise, I provide a translation of the title and place it in brackets to indicate that it is not from the original publication. For many of these articles, English summaries are also provided. I make note of that when applicable; other- wise, I simply note the original language of the article. For languages using Roman script, I don’t make note of the original language, presuming that will be self-evident. Abarca, J., and A.M. Monge. 2007. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus mabouia. Herpetological Review 38: 351–352. Abbott, S.R. 1922. The horned lizard or toad (Phrynosoma cornutum). Maine Naturalist 2: 167–169. Achaval, F., and E. Gudnyas. 1983. Hallazgo de Tarentola mauritanica (L., 1758) (Lacertilia, Gekkonidae), en el Uruguay. Boletín de la Sociedad Zoologica del Uruguay, segunda epoca 1: 7–10. Achor, K.L., and P.E. Moler. 1982. Geographic distribution: Anolis equestris. Herpetological Review 13: 131. Acosta-Galvis, A.R. 2000. Ranas, salamandras y caecilias (Tetrapoda: Amphibia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 1: 289–319. Adams, C.K. 2007. Geographic distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus. Herpetological Review 38: 352. Adams, M.J. 1999. Correlated factors in amphibian decline: exotic species and habitat change in western Washington. Journal of Wildlife Management 63: 1162–1171. Adams, M.J. 2000. Pond permanence and the effects of exotic vertebrates on anurans. Ecological Applications 10: 559–568. Adams, M.J., R.B. Bury, and S.A. Swarts. 1998. Amphibians of the Fort Lewis Military Reservation, Washington: sampling techniques and community patterns. Northwestern Naturalist 79: 12–18. Adams, M.J., C.A. Pearl, and R.B. Bury. 2003. Indirect facilitation of an anuran invasion by non- native fishes. Ecology Letters 6: 343–351. Adrados, L.C. 2002. Assessment of ecological threat of potential replacement species. Pp. III17–III27 in Adrados, L.C., and L. Briggs (eds.), Study of application of EU wildlife trade regulations in relation to species which form an ecological threat to EU fauna and flora, with 371 372 Literature Cited case studies of American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) and red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans). Study report to the European Commission. Amphi Consult, Odense, Denmark. Agosta, F., and L. Parolini. 1999. Autoecologia e rapporti sinecologici di popolazioni introdotte in Lombardia di Trachemys scripta elegans: dati preliminari. Rivista di Idrobiologia 38: 421–430. 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Population biology of Bufo marinus in northern Australia. Pp. 173–181 in Finlayson, M. (ed.), Wetland research in the wet-dry tropics of Australia. Office of the Supervising Scientist Report 101, Canberra. Alford, R.A., L. Schwarzkopf, G. Brown, B. Phillips, and R. Shine. 2006. Characteristics of Bufo marinus in old and recently established populations. Pp. 42–46 in Molloy, K.L., and W.R. Henderson (eds.), Science of cane toad invasion and control. Proceedings of the Invasive Animals CRC/CSIRO/Qld NRM&W Cane Toad Workshop, June 2006, Brisbane. Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, Australia. Literature Cited 373 Allan, G.M., C.J. Prelypchan, and P.T. Gregory. 2000. “Habitat trap” for the capture of small- to medium-sized lizards. Herpetological Review 31: 160–161. Allan, G.M., C.J. Prelypchan, and P.T. Gregory. 2006. Population profile of an introduced species, the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), on Vancouver Island, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology 84: 51–57. Allan, S.A., L.A. Simmons, and M.J. Burridge. 1998. Establishment of the tortoise tick Amblyomma marmoreum (Acari: Ixodidae) on a reptile-breeding facility in Florida. Jounal of Medical Entomology 35: 621–624. Allen, E.R., and R. Slatten. 1945. A herpetological collection from the vicinity of Key West, Florida. Herpetologica 3: 25–26. Allen, E.R., and W.T. Neill. 1953. The treefrog, Hyla septentrionalis, in Florida. Copeia 1953: 127–128. Allen, E.R., and W.T. Neill. 1955. Establishment of the Texas horned toad, Phrynosoma cornutum, in Florida. Copeia 1955: 63–64. Allen, E.R., and W.T. Neill. 1956. Effect of marine toad toxins on man. Herpetologica 12: 150–151. Allen, E.R., and W.T. Neill. 1958. Giant toad from the tropics. Florida Wildlife 12: 30–32, 42. Allen, W.R. 1928. Banana stowaways. Copeia 1928: 98–99. Altman, J., T. Griffiths, and P. Whitehead. 2003. Invasion of the rubbish frogs. Nature Australia 27(10): 44–51. Alvarez, T., and S. 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