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Recommended reading

Behler, J.L. and F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 742pp.

Johnson, B. 1989. Familiar Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario. Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. Toronto. 168pp.

Conant, R. 1975. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. 429pp.

Cook, F.R. 1984. Introduction to Canadian Amphibiana and Reptiles. National Museums of Canada. 200pp.

Mackey et al. 1994. A new digital elevation model of Ontario. Nat. Resour. Can., Can. For. Serv. - Ont., Sault Ste. Marie, ON. NODA/NFP Tech. Rep. TR-6.

McKenney, D.W., Mackey, B.G., Bogart, J. P., McKee, J.E., Oldham, M.J., Chek, A.. 1998. Bioclimatic and spatial analysis of Ontario reptiles and amphibians. Ecoscience, vol. 5 (1): 18-30.

McKenney, D.W., Mackey, B.G., Sims, R.A., Campbell, K.L, Welsh, D. and Oldham, M. 1996. Quantifying species distributions for biodiversity assessments: Some examples applied to trees, herpetofauna, and birds in Ontario. Nat. Resour. Can., Can. For. Serv. - Ont., Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Noda Note No. 22.

Nix, H.A. 1986. A biogeographic analysis of elapid snakes. p 4-15 in R. Longmore, ed. Atlas of elapid snakes of Australia. Aust. Gov. Publ. Serv., Canberra, Australia. Aust. Flora Fauna Ser. No. 7

Oldham, M.J., W.F. Weller, C. Seburn and D. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 11p.

Oldham, M.J., W.F. Weller, D. Seburn and C. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Eastern Hognose Snake,Heterodon platirhinos. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 25 pp.

Oldham, M.J., W.F. Weller, D. Seburn and C. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Blanding's Turtle,Emydoidea blandingii. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 33 pp.

Oldham, M.J., W.F. Weller, D. Seburn and C. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Eastern Milk Snake,Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 21 pp.

Oldham, M.J., W. Weller, C. Seburn and D. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Spotted SalamanderAmbystoma maculatum. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 29 pp.

Oldham, M.J., W.F. Weller and R. Case. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus maculosus. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 21 pp.

Stebbins, R.C. 1985. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.

Tyning, T.F. 1990. A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 400pp.

Weller, W.F. and M.J. Oldham, eds. 1988. Ontario Herpetofaunal Summary 1986. Ontario Field Herpetologists. 221 pp.

Weller, W.F., M.J. Oldham and R. Case. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Gray Treefrog, Hyla versicolor. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 23 pp.

Weller, W.F., M.J. Oldham, and R. Case. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Four-toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 13 pp.

Weller, W.F., M.J. Oldham, C. Seburn and D. Seburn. 1995. Atlas of Ontario Amphibians and Reptiles - Draft Species Account - Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Field Herpetologists, Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre. 15 pp.

"Bioclimatic Mapping of Ontario Reptiles and Amphibians". Frontline Express Bulletin No. 27.