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Literature Used in the Analysis for The Literature Used in the Analysis for the Proposed Rule to List the Northern Mexican (Thamnophis eques megalops) and Narrow-headed (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) Gartersnakes and Designate Proposed Critical Habitat under the Endangered Species Act Abarca, F. J. and D. Weedman. 1993. Native fishes of Tonto Creek, Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department Technical Report. Phoenix, Arizona. 51 pp. Abbate, D., A. Stingelin, and S. Lowery. 2007. Mexican gartersnake surveys along the lower Santa Cruz River Corridor: Arizona Army National Guard Silverbell / Marana Training Area in Pima County. Report submitted to Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, Arizona Army National Guard. 13 pp. 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. Akins, C. 2012. E-mail correspondence from Christina Akins (Arizona Game and Fish Department) (June 22, 2012; 1813 hrs). Alfaro, M. E. 2002. Forward attack modes of aquatic feeding garter snakes. Functional Ecology 16:2004-215. Alvarez-Torres, P., A. Díaz-de-León-Corral, O. Ramírez-Flores, and E. Bermúdez-Rodríguez. 2002. National fisheries chart 2000: a new instrument for fisheries management in inland waters. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 12:317-326. American Rivers. 2006. Verde River among America’s “Most Endangered”. Available at: http://www.americanrivers.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8501&security=1&ne ws_iv_ctrl=1137 Amin, O.M. 1969. Helminth fauna of suckers (Catostomidae) of the Gila River System, Arizona. American Midland Naturalist 82(2): 429-443. Andrews K. M. and J. W. Gibbons. 2005. How do highways influence snake movement? Behavioral responses to roads and vehicles. Copeia (4):772-782. Anderson, D. C. and P. B. Shafroth. 2010. 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