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QUALITY HERPETOLOGY WEB SITES
       Alligators, Crocodiles, Gharials -- Dr Adam Britton, Wildlife Management International
       Amphibia Directory -- Google
       Amphibian Populations Task Force -- IUCN
       Amphibian Species of the World -- American Natural History Museum
       AmphibiaWeb -- Taxonomy, Range, Photographs, Declining Populations
       Aquatic Snakes -- Field Museum
       California and Baja Herpetology -- San Diego Natural History Museum
       California Coastal Reptiles & Amphibians -- USGS Western Ecological Research Station
       California Herps -- California Reptile and Amphibian Information
       E-Nature Field Guides to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
       CNAH - Center for North American Herpetology -- Portal to North American Herpetology
       Gila Monster Site -- Dr. Mark Seward
       Global Amphibian Assessment -- IUCN
       Herpetological Literature -- Bibliomania
       Information Resources on Reptiles -- USDA / AWIC
       Reptile Database -- International contributors
       Reptilia Directory -- Google
       Reptiles & Amphibians of Coastal Southern California / San Diego Field Station -- USGS
       Salamanders, Frogs & Toads of North America -- USGS Identification Guide
       Seaturtle.org

       SSAR ---Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
       Turtles of the World -- Based on Iverson's Checklist

SPECIALTY HERPETOLOGY DATABASES
       Bibliomania -- HerpLit Database with 50,000 citations dating from 1586 and links to many other bibliographies

HUSBANDRY
       ASZK Reptile Husbandry Manuals -- Australiasian Society of Zoo Keeping
       Husbandry, Feeding and Diseases of Reptiles -- Advice from practicing veterinarians
       APHIS Animal Care Policy Manual
       Lizard Care Sheets -- Animal Allsorts
       Species Information Network -- Captive Husbandry Information from European Zoos
       Chelonian Care Sheets -- World Chelonian Trust
       Snake Care Sheets -- Animal Allsorts
       Turtle Husbandry -- Zoo Atlanta
       Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection -- excellent resource

BITES AND ENVENOMATION
       Antivenoms Recommended for Common Zoo Snakes -- Sherman Minton for AZA
       AZA Antivenom Index -- AZA & American Association of Poison Control Centers
       Brown Snake Envenomation -- Shaun J. Chun, MD, FACEP & David Cheng, MD
       Cobra Envenomation -- Robert Norris, MD & Sherman Minton, MD
       Coral Snake Envenomation -- Robert Norris, MD
       Lizard Envenomation - Gila Monster and Beaded Lizard -- Robert Norris, MD
       Moccasin (pit viter) Envenomation -- Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP
       Mojave Rattle Snake Envenomation -- Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP
       Rattle Snake Envenomation -- Sean P. Bush, MD, FACEP
       Sea Snake Envenomation -- James Foster, MD, MS

TAXONOMIC INFORMATION
       Amphibian Species of the World -- American Museum of Natural History
       Chelonian Taxonomy -- World Chelonian Trust
       Classification of Living Things -- A tutorial on taxonomy
       Database for Reptile Taxonomy
       InfoNatura -- Animals of Latin America and the Caribbean
       ISIS -- Zoo Resource - Click on Species Holdings. Use the 'Internet Explorer' Browser for full functionality
       ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System -- Excellent Resource: US, Canada and Mexican Governments
       NatureServe -- Animals of the U.S. and Canada
       Taxonomic Name Server -- UBio - Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer
       World Taxonomist Database
       Index to Organism Names -- Zoological Record

PHOTOS, VIDEOS & VOCALIZATIONS

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