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White, James F. Jr. and White, Amy Wendt. 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of DELMARVA. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD. 248 pages.
For additional information or to order see: http://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/merchandise/reptilebook.htm
Virginia Specific Resources
Linzey, Donald W. and Michael J. Clifford. 1981. Snakes of Virginia. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. 173 pages.
Martof, B.S., W.M. Palmer, J.R. Bailey, J.R. Harrison III and J. Dermid. 1980. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. University of North Carolina Press,
Chapel Hill, NC. 264 pages.
Mitchell, Joseph C. and Reay, Karen K. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians & Reptiles in Virginia. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Special Publication Number 1, Wildlife Diversity Division, Richmond, VA. 122 pages.
Mitchell, Joseph C. 1994. The Reptiles of Virginia. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 352 pages.
Pinder, M.J. and J.C. Mitchell. 2001. A Guide to the Snakes of Virginia. Wildlife Diversity Special Publication Number 2, Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries. Richmond, VA. 32 pages.
General Resources
Frogs & Toads
Wright, Albert H. & Anna A, Wright. 1933. Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 640 pages.
Salamanders
Bishop, Sherman C. 1943. Handbook of Salamanders. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 555 pages.
Petranka, James W. 1998. Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 587 pages.
Snakes
Ernst, Carl H. and Ernst, Evelyn M. 2003.
Snakes of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press,
Washington, D.C. 668 pages.
Ernst, C.H. and G.R. Zug. 1996. Snakes in Question. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 203 pages.
Tennant, Alan and R.D. Bartlett. 2000. Snakes of North America Eastern and Central Regions. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX. 588 pages.
Turtles
Ernst, C.H., J.E. Lovich and R.W Barbour. 1994. Turtles of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 578 pages.
Reptiles & Amphibians
Behler, John L., King, F. Wayne. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, NY. 743 pages.
Conant, R. and J.T. Collins. 1998. A Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles, Eastern and Central North America. Expanded, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Co., Boston, MA. 616 pages.
Green, N. Bayard and Thomas K. Pauley. 1987. Amphibians & Reptiles in West Virginia. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA. 241 pages.
Hulse, Authur C., McCoy C. J., Censky, Ellen. 2001. Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY. 419 pages.