Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Varanus salvator listed in key words.

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REFTypeCut-and-Paste Reference
16159 Web Page Annon. 2007. Trappers search for large monitor lizard in West Palm Beach. http://www.nbc6.net/news/13277499/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news (accessed 5/14/2007).
13176 Journal Article Belleville, B. 1994. Critter Patrol. Florida Magazine 41(22):8-12,15.
24369 Database Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 2019. EDDMapS: Early detection and distribution mapping system. The University of Georgia, Tifton, GA. https://www.eddmaps.org/tools/query/. Accessed on 01/27/2019.
12109 Other Cut-and-paste reference not available due to unhandled reference type. Please contact support to request the addition of the 'Other' type.
13363 Web Page Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 1997. GFC needs information about montior lizard. http://www.floridaconservation.org.
13177 Journal Article Frank, J.H., and E.D. McCoy. 1995. Introduction to Insect Behavioral Ecology: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Non-indigenous Species in Florida. Invasive Adventive Insects and other Organisms in Florida. Florida Entomologist 78(1):1-15.
33367 News Hooper, B. 2019. Texas police warn of large monitor lizard on the loose. UPI. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2019/06/28/Texas-police-warn-of-large-monitor-lizard-on-the-loose/3101561733006/. Created on 07/28/2019. Accessed on 07/02/2019.
33765 Journal Article Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., A.A.T. Amarasinghe, and E.M.K.B. Ekanayake. 2008. Observed Predation on a Suckermouth Catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus) by a Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) in Bellanwila-Attidiya Sanctuary. Biawak 2(1):37-39. http://varanidae.org/Vol_2_No_1.pdf.
15976 Book Lemm, Jeffrey M. 2006. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of the San Diego Region. University of California Press.
13359 Web Page Minnesota Zoo. 1997. The Tropics: Water Monitor (Malayan Monitor).
13360 Web Page The Zoological Society of Philadelphia. 1998. Water or Malay Monitor. http://www.phillyzoo.org.
25944 Database Ueda, K., J. Belmonte, A. Shepard, P. Leary, and S. Loarie. 2021. iNaturalist.org. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. http://www.inaturalist.org/. Accessed on 11/23/2021.
33368 Web Page Williamson County Sheriff Chody. 2019. The water monitor lizard that escaped from his home two days ago has been caught and is in the process of being returned to its owner.#InCustody. https://twitter.com/SheriffChody/status/1145136517863608323. Created on 06/29/2019. Accessed on 07/02/2019.
18747 Book Zhao, E.-M., and K. Adler. 1993. Herpetology of China. Contributions to Herpetology. Volume 10. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.



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