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Literature Cited for the Reptilia LITERATURE CITED FOR THE REPTILIA ABC (1988). Land of Flood and Fire. The Nature of Australia. Videotape series Vandenbelt, J. (producer). Australian Broadcasting Corporation : Melbourne Abduschukurova, R.U. (1965). Pitjaniji wodjanogo uzha v taschkentskom rybopitomnikie v osennij period. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 44: 462–463 Abel, J.H. & Ellis, R.A. (1966). Histochemical and electron microscopic observations on the salt secreting lacrymal glands of marine turtles. American Journal of Anatomy 118: 337-358 ABRS (1993). Guide to Requirements for Collecting Australian Plants and Animals. Australian Nature Conservation Agency : Canberra 20 pp. Ackerman, R.A. (1980). Physiological and ecological aspects of gas exchange by sea turtle eggs. American Zoologist 20: 575-583 Adamson, M.L. (1984). Descriptions of Pharyngodon asterostoma n. sp. and P. tiliquae Baylis, 1930, (Nematoda: Oxyuroidea) from Egernia cunninghami (Scincidae) in Australia. Systematic Parasitology 6: 39–46 Adler, K. (1989). Herpetologists of the past. Pp. 5-41 in Adler, K. (ed.) Contributions to the History of Herpetology. [Contributions to Herpetology No. 5]. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles : Ithaca Agar, N.S., Board, P.G., Gruca, M.A. & Shine, R. (1977). Studies on the blood of Australian elapid snakes 2. Red cell enzymes and glycolytic intermediates. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 56B: 357–360 Alberts, A.C. (1991). Phylogenetic and adaptive variation in lizard femoral gland secretions. Copeia 1991: 69–79 Albright, R.G. & Nelson, E.M. (1959a). Cranial kinetics of the generalised colubrid snake Elaphe obsoleta quadrivettata. I. Descriptive morphology. Journal of Morphology 105: 193–240 Albright, R.G. & Nelson, E.M. (1959b). Cranial kinetics of the generalised colubrid snake Elaphe obsoleta quadrivettata. II. Functional morphology. Journal of Morphology 105: 241–292 Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. Blanford : London 190 pp. Ali, J.H., Riley, J. & Self, J.T. (1984). Further observation of blunt-hooked raillietiellids (Pentastomida: Cephalobaenida) from lizards with descriptions of three new species. Systematic Parasitology 6: 147–160 Allen, G.G. (1993). Conservation action statement for the Carpet Python Morelia spilota variegata in Victoria. Fauna and Flora Guarantee, Mildura Region, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources : Victoria Allen, G.R. (1974). The marine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, from Ponape, eastern Caroline Islands, with notes on food habits of crocodiles from the Palau Archipelago. Copeia 1974: 553 Allison, A.C. (1953). The morphology of the olfactory system in the vertebrates. Biological Reviews 28: 195–244 Alvarez del Toro, M. (1974). Los crocodylia de Mexico. Instituto Mexicano de Recursos Naturales Renovables : Mexico, D.F. 1 Ananjeva, N.B. (1977). Morphometric analysis of limb proportions of five sympatric species of desert lizards (Sauria, Eremias) in the southern Balkhash Lake region. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Science (U.S.S.R.) 74: 3–13 Ananjeva, N.B., Dilmuchamedov, M.E. & Matveyeva, T.N. (1991). The skin sense organs of some iguanian lizards. Journal of Herpetology 25: 186–199 Anastasiadis, J.M. & Whitaker, A.H. (1987). Longevity of free-living Hoplodactylus maculatus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 10: 141–142 Anderson, S.C. (1963). Amphibians and reptiles from Iran. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 31: 417–498 Andrews, R.M. (1982). Patterns of growth in reptiles. Pp. 273–320 in Gans, C. & Pough, F.H. (eds) Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 13 Physiology D Physiological Ecology. Academic Press : New York Andrews, R.M. & Pough, F.H. (1985). Metabolism of squamate reptiles: allometric and ecological relationships. Physiological Zoology 58: 214–231 Angel, L.M. & Mawson, P.M. (1968). Helminths from some lizards mostly from South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 92: 59– 72 Annable, T. (1983). Some observations on vocalization and the use of limb flaps in the pygopodid lizard, Delma inornata Kluge. Herpetofauna 14: 80–82 Annable, T. (1985). Subcaudal scalation analysis of Pseudonaja textilis (Dumeril and Bibron) in the eastern Riverina region. Herpetofauna 16: 40– 44 Anonymous (1967). Atlas of Australian Resources. 2nd series. Surface Water Resources. Department of Natural Development : Canberra 26 pp. Aoki, R. (1976). On the generic status of Mecistops (Crocodylidae), and the origin of Tomistoma and Gavialis. Bulletin of the Atagawa Institute 6/7: 23–30 [in Japanese] Aoki, R. (1988). Protruded toothed fossil crocodilian from the Solomon Islands – Gavalis papuanus. Kiiyoh to Seibutu (Aquabiology) 10: 60 [in Japanese, spelling of scientific name in error] Archer, M. & Hand, S. (1984). Background to the search for Australia’s oldest mammals. Pp. 517–565 in Archer, M. & Clayton, G. (eds) Vertebrate Zoogeography & Evolution in Australia. Hesperian Press : Carlisle, Western Australia Archer, M., Godthelp, H., Hand, S.J. & Megirian, D. (1989). Fossil mammals of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland: preliminary overview of biostratigraphy, correlation and environmental change. Australian Zoologist 25: 29–65 Archer, M., Hand, S. & Godthelp, H. (1991). Riversleigh: the story of ancient rainforests of inland Australia. Reed : Sydney 264 pp. Armstrong, G., Reid, J.R.W. & Hutchinson, M.N. (1993). Discovery of a population of the rare scincid lizard Tiliqua adelaidensis (Peters). Records of the South Australian Museum 26: 153–155 Arnold, E.N. (1984a). Variation in the cloacal and hemipenial muscles of lizards and its bearing on their relationships. Pp. 47–85 in Ferguson, M.W.J. (ed.) The Structure, Development and Evolution of Reptiles. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, No 52. Academic Press : London 2 Arnold, E.N. (1984b). Evolutionary aspects of tail shedding in lizards and their relatives. Journal of Natural History 18: 127–169 Arnold, E.N. (1988). Caudal autotomy as a defence. Pp. 235–273 in Gans, C. & Huey, R.B. (eds) Biology of the Reptilia Vol. 16 Ecology B Defense and Life History. Alan R. Liss : New York Ashley, L.M. (1955). Laboratory Anatomy of the Turtle. W.M.C. Brown & Co. : Iowa Athavale, M.V. & Mulherkar, L. (1967). Studies in nitrogenous excretion during the development of Calotes versicolor (Daud.). Journal of Animal Morphology and Physiology 14: 89–-97 Audley-Charles, M.G. (1987). Dispersal of Gondwanaland: relevance to the dispersal of the angiosperms. Pp. 2–25 in Whitmore, T.C. (ed) Oxford Monographs in Biogeography No. 4: Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago. Oxford : Clarendon Press Audley-Charles, M.G. (1991). Tectonics of the New Guinea area. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 19: 17–41 Auffenberg, W. (1966). The vertebral musculature of Chersydrus (Serpentes). Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 29: 155–162 Auffenberg, W. (1981). The Behavioral Ecology of the Komodo Monitor. University of Florida Press : Gainesville 406 pp. Auffenberg, W. (1983). Courtship behavior in Varanus bengalensis. Pp. 535– 551 in Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds) Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University : Cambridge Auffenberg, W. (1988). Gray’s Monitor Lizard. University of Florida Press : Gainesville 419 pp. Avery, R.A. (1973). Morphometric and functional studies on the stomach of the lizard Lacerta vivipara. Journal of Zoology 169: 157–167 Avery, R.A. (1982). Field studies of body temperatures and thermoregulation. Pp. 93–166 in Gans, C. & Pough, F.H. (eds) Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 12 Physiology. Academic Press : London Axelsson, M., Fritsche, S. Holmgren, D., Grove, J. & Nilsson, S. (1991). Acta Physiologica Scandinavia 142: 509–516 Ayala, S.C. (1978). Checklist, host index, and annotated bibliography of Plasmodium from reptiles. Journal of Protozoology 25: 87–275 in Gans, C. & Parsons, T.S. (eds) Biology of the Reptilia. Vol. 2 Morphology B. Academic Press : London Backhouse, J. (1843). A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies. Hamilton Adams : London 560 pp. Bacolod, P.T. (1983). Reproductive biology of two sea snakes of the genus Laticauda from central Philippines. Philippine Scientist 20: 39–56 Bacon, P.R. (1969). Report on the Trinidad sea turtle conservation project. Annual Report of the Trinidad Field Naturalist Club 1969: 18–35 Badham, J.A. (1976). The Amphibolurus barbatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 423–443 3 Baird, I.L. 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