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q       AIKEN  J.J., GODLEY  B.J., BRODERICK  A.C., AUSTIN  T., EBANKS-PETRIE   G. & HAYS  G.C. (2001) Two hundred years after a commercial marine turtle fishery: the current status of marine turtles nesting in the Cayman Islands. Oryx 35(2): 145-151 (Cita Nicaragua).

q       ALFORD  R.A., BRADFIELD  K.S. & RICHARDS  S.J. (2007) Global warming and Amphibian losses. Ecology. Nature 447: E3-E6.

q       AMOROCHO D.F. (2001) Estado de Coservacion y Distribución de la Tortuga Carey, Eretmochelys imbricata, en la Region del Gran Caribe. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 43-47.

q       ANÓNIMO (2002)  Cooperative Agreement for the Conservation of Sea Turtles of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 5: 179-188.

q       Anónimo (xxxx) La vida de las tortugas marinas. 54 pp.

q       ANÓNIMO (xxxx)  15.- Geographic Distribution. Historical Units, Faunal Areas, Endemism, and General Patterns. Biogeography and Evolutions, pp. 794-815.

q       ANONIMO (xxxx)  16.- Development of the Herpetofauna. Biogeography and Evolution, pp815-837 (Cita Nicaragua).

q       Barbour T. & Loveridge A. (1929) Reptiles and Amphibians. en : Peters J.L. Vertebrates from the Corn Islands. Bull. Mus. Com. Zool., Harvard, 69(7):130-138.

q       BARRIO-AMOROS  C.L. & FUENTES  O. (1999)  Sinopsis de la Familia Dendrobatidae (Amphibia: Anura) de Venezuela. Sinopsis of the family Dendrobatidae ( Amphibia: Anura) of Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez., 19(3): 1-10

q       BARRIO-AMOROS  C.L. & FUENTES  O. (1999) Bolitoglossa spongai una nueva especie de salamandra (Caudata: Plethodontidae) de los Andes venezolanos, con comentarios sobre el Genero en Venezuela. Bolitoglossa spongai  A new species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae) of Venezuelan Andes, with comments on the Genus in Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez., 19(4): 9-19.

q       BARRIO-AMOROS  C.L. & CALCAÑO  D. (2003) First record of Micrurus  lemniscatus (LINNAEUS, 1758) from western Venezuela with comments on coral snakes from the eastern Andean piedmont (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetozoa 16(1-2): 73-78.

q       BARRIO-AMOROS  C.L. & FUENTES-RAMOS  O. (2004) Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. Bolitoglossa spongai Barrio-Amoros and Fuentes-Ramos. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2pp.

q       BARRIO-AMOROS  C.L. (2004)  Amphibians of Venezuela Systematic List, Distribution and References, an Update. Rev. Ecol. Lat. Am., 9(3):1-48

q       BARRIO AMOROS  C.L. (xxxx) Coluber constrictor en cautividad. Terrariofilia. C/ Gelabert 40, 08029-Barcelona, 2pp.

q       BARRIO AMOROS  C.L. (xxxx) Frogs of the Genus Hyla in Venezuela. Reptilia, pp. 29-33.

q       BARRIO AMOROS  C.L. (xxxx) Anfibios de Venezuela. Vision Aproximativa. Reptilia, 9pp.

q       BASS  A. L., LAGUEUX  C. J. & BOWEN  B. W. (1998) Origin of Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas, at “Sleeping Rocks” off the Northeast Coast of Nicaragua. Copeia, 4: 1064-1069.

q       BAUER  A.M., TCHIBOZO  S., PAUWELS  O.S.G. & LENGLET  G. (2006) A review of the gekkotan lizards of Benin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Zootaxa 1242: 1-20.

q       BELL  E.L., SMITH  H.M. & CHISZAR  D. (2003) An annotated list of the species-group names applied to the lizard Genus Sceloporus . Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s), 90:103-174.

q       BERNARDO  J. & SPOTILA  J. R. (2005) Physiological constraints on organismal response to global warming: mechanistic insights from clinally varying populatios and implications for assessing endangerment. Biology Letters, 2: 135-139.

q       BUCKLEY  D., ALCOBENDAS  M., GARCIA-PARIS  M. & WAKE  M.H. (2007) Heterochrony, cannibalism, and the evolution of viviparity in Salamandra salamandra. Evolution and Development, 9(1): 105-115.

q       CABRERA PEÑA  J., PROTTI QUESADA  M., URRIOLA HERNANDEZ  M. & CUBERO MURILLO  R. (2003) Distribución y abundancia de Caiman crocodilus en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Caño Negro, Costa Rica. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(2) 571-578.

q       CAMPBELL  L.M. (1998) Use them or lose them? Conservation and the consumptive use of marine turtle eggs at Ostional, Costa Rica. Environmental Conservation, 25(4): 305-319. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       CAMPBELL  L.M., GODFREY M.H. & DRIF O. (2002) Community-Based Conservation via Global Legislation? Limitation for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles. Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 5:121-143.

q       CAMPBELL C.L. (2002) Survival estimates of large juvenile and adult green turtles in the western Caribbean. pp. 4. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       CAMPBELL C.L. (2003) Population assessment and management needs of a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, population in the Western Carribean. PhD Thesis University of Florida, 139 pp. [Cita Nicaragua].

q       CAMPBELL  C. L. & LAGUEUX  C.J.  (2005) Survival probability estimates for  large juvenile and adult green turtles (Quelonia mydas) exposed to an artisanal marine turtle fishery in the western Caribbean. Herpetologica, 61(2):91-103. [Cita Nicaragua].

q       CANNATELLA  D.C. & RYAN  M.J. (2006) Sexual selection drives speciation in Amazonian frog. Proc. R. Soc. B., 8pp.

q       Carr A.F., Carr M.H. & Meylan A.B. (1978) The ecology and migrations of sea turtles. 7, The West Caribbean green turtle colony. Bulletin of the AMNH, 162(1):1-46.

q       CARRILLO L. & PAVAJEAU L. (2007) Arca de los anfibios. 2008 año de las ranas. Guía informativa gobal. Las ranas son importantes. Adaptado de Amphibian Ark, Global InfoPack. 64 pp.

q       CHACON  D., RODRIGUEZ  J., PORRAS  O., MATAMOROS  Y., ROJAS  L. & SOLANO  M.A. (2001) Primer reunion de dialogo de los Estados de distribución de la carey en el Gran Caribe. Informe Nacional. Preparado por la Autoridad Nacional CITES, Costa Rica, 16pp.

q       CHACON D. (2002) Nesting of the hawksbill turtle in the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. pp. 135-136. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       CHACON  D. & MACHADO H.  J. (2003) Anidacion de Dermochelys coriacea en Playa Gandoca. Proyecto de Conservación de tortugas marinas Salamanca, Caribe Sur, Costa Rica. Informe temporada 2003, 90pp. [cita Nicaragua]

q       CHACON- CHAVERRI  D. (2004) Sinopsis sobre la tortuga baula (Dermochelys coriacea) Convencion Interamericana para la Proteccion y Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas. Documento: INF-16-04, 33pp.

q       CHAVES-PORTILLA  G., CORTES-HERRERA  O. & MORALES-SANCHEZ  J.E. (2006) Redescubrimiento y ampliación del area de distribución de Bolitoglossa capitana (Caudata: Plethodontidae), Especie endemica y amenazada de Colombia. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc: xxx(117): 4pp.

q       CITES (2002) Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Carribean region: Basic Biological Characteristics and Population Status. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 52 pp.

q       CLUCAS  B., OWINGS  D.H. & ROWE  M.P. (2007) Donning your enemy´s cloack: ground squirrels exploit rattlesnake scent to reduce predation risk.. Proc. R. Soc. B., 6pp.

q       COE F.G. & ANDERSON G.J. (2005) Snakebite ethnopharmacopoeia of eastern Nicaragua. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 96: 303-323.

q       COPE  E.D. (1874) Description of some species of reptiles obtained by Dr. John F Bransford, assistant surgeon United States Navy, while attached to the Nicaraguan surveying expedition in 1873.  Proceedings of The Academy Of Sciences. Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 9pp.

q       COPE E.D. (1875) Art. IV. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp.93-154.

q       COPE E.D. (1875) Art. V. On the Batrachia and Reptilia collected by Dr. John M. Bransford during the  Nicaraguan Canal Survey of 1874. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp.155-157.

q       COPE E.D. (1875) On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Atlas. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, lams. I-VI (Cita Nicaragua).

q       CRAWFORD  A.J., BERMINGHAM  E. & POLANIA  C. (2007) The role of tropical dry forest as a long.term barrier to dispersal: a comparative phylogeographical analysis of dry forest tolerant and intolerant frogs. Molecular Ecology, 19pp.

q       DARST  C.R. & CUMMINGS  M.E. (2006) Predator learning favours mimicry of a less-toxic model in poison frogs. Nature, 440: 208-211.

q       DAVES N.K. & ECKERT K.L. (2002) Preventing illegal trade in sea turtle products by members of the travelling public: preliminary data from the Caribbean region. pp. 15-16. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       DEEM S.L., STARR L., NORTON T.M. & KARESH W.B. (2002) Sea turtle health assessment program in the Caribbean and Atlantic. pp. 65-66. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       Devender R.W.van & Cole Ch.J. (1977) Notes on a Colubrid Snake, Tantilla vermiformis, from Central America. American Museum Novitates, 2625:1-12.

q       DUELLMAN  W. E. (1971) The Burrowing Toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis, on the Caribbean Lowlands of Central America. Herpetologica, 27(1): 55-56.

q       ECKERT  K.L. (2001) Estado de Conservación y Distribución de la Tortuga Laud, Dermochelys coriacea, en la Region del Gran Caribe. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 25-33.

q       ECKERT  K.L. & ABREU GROBOIS   F.A. (2001) ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999. pp. 25-58. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       EILERS  K., KOOPS  W., UDO  H., VAN KEULEN  H. & NOORDHUIZEN  J. (2002) Análisis of Iguana iguana Farming Systems in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. INCI, 27(11): 21pp.

q       Engstrom T.N., Meylan P.A. & Meylan A.B. (2002) Origin of juvenile loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) in a tropical developmental habitat in Caribbean Panamá. Animal Conservation, 5:125-133.

q       ESQUIVEL  F. (1999) Aspectos biologicos del manejo de la iguana en el Proyecto Comunitario de la Cooperativa Omar Baca en la Peninsula de Cosigüina (Nicaragua). 1ª. Ed. San Jose, C. R.:UICN, 92pp.

q       FLORES-VILLELA  O. & CANSECO-MARQUEZ  L. (2004) Nuevas especies y cambios taxonomicos para la Herpetofauna de Mexico.  Acta Zoologica Mexicana (n.s.) 20(2): 115-144.

q       GOLDBERG   S. R. & BURSEY  C.R. (2004) Lepidopharis xanthostigma  (Orange-tailed Gecko). Endoparasites. Herpetological Review 35(3): pp268. {cita Nicaragua}

q       GÓMEZ  MARTINEZ   M. J. (2007) Relación entre la diversidad de Herpetofauna en sitemas silvopastoriles, la calidad del agua y el bienestar de los productores el municipio de Matiguás (Matagalpa,Nicaragua). Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster Scientiae en Agricultura Ecológica. CATIE, 139pp.

q       GONZALEZ  L.I. (2001) Informe Nacional sobre Tortugas Carey. Nicaragua. MARENA, 6pp.

q       GUAYASAMIN    J.M., BUSTAMANTE  M.R., ALMEIDA-REINOSO  D. & FUNK  W.C. (2006) Glass Frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics.  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147: 489-513.

q       GUTIERREZ MONTES   I.A.  (1996) Aportes de un proyecto de manejo de vida silvestre a la calidad de vida de las poblaciones rurales- El caso de la Cooperativa Omar Baca, Cosigüina Nicaragua. Tesis sometida, para optar al grado Magíster Scientiae. CATIE, 133pp.

q       HACC (2004) Guidelines for use of live amphibians and reptiles in field and laboratory research. Second Edition. Herpetological Animal Care and Use Committee (HACC), American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 42 pp.

q       HAGEMANN  S. & PRÖHL  H. (2007) Mitochondrial paraphyly in a polymorphic poison frog species (Dendrobatidae; D. pumilio). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 8pp. Article in press. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       HALLOWELL (1955). (Descripción de Anolis cupreus). Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 12:481.

q       HASBUN  C.R., GOMEZ  A., KÖHLER  G. & LUNT  D.H. (2005) Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the Mesoamerican spiny-tailed lizards (Ctenosaura quinquecarinata complex): historical biogeography, species status and conservation. Molecula Ecology, 14:3095-3107. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       HEDGES  S. B. (2008) At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from  the Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa 1841: 1-30.

q       HEINICKE  M.P., DUELLMAN  W.E. & HEDGES  S.B. (2006) Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. PNAS, 104(24): 10092-10097 (incluye mapa donde aparece Nicaragua).

q       HERNANDEZ  G. (2002) Casi la mitad de Anfibios de Mesoamerica en peligro de extinction. Comunicado de Prensa de NatureServe y UICN-Mesoamerica, 2pp.

q       HERNANDEZ  O. & SCHWARTZ  R. (1998) Participation in the Aprovechamiento Program and Turtle Protection Behaviors in the Buffer Zone of the La Flor Refuge Nicaragua. Exploratory Qualitative Study. GreenCOM, AID, 45pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       Hernández O., Schwartz R., Pineda E.M., Braddock M. & Rurh Hernández S. (1998) Participation in the Aprovechamiento Program and Turtle Protection behaviors in the buffer zone of the La Flor Refuge, Nicaragua. Exploratory Qualitative Study. GreenCOM, USAID-Nicaragua, 44 pp.

q       HOKE   K.L., RYAN  M.J. & WILCZYNSKI  W. (2006) Integration of sensoryand motor processing underlying social behaviour in tungara frogs. Proceedings of The Royal Society B, 9pp.

q       HOPE  R.A. (2002)  Wildlife harvesting, conservation and poverty: the economics of olive ridley egg exploitation. Environmental Conservation 29(3): 375-384. [cita Nicaragua]

q       HOWER  L.M. & HEDGES  S.B. (2003) Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of West Indian Teiid Lizards of the Genus Ameiva. Caribbean Journal of Science 39(3): 298-306.

q       HUTCHINSON  D.A., MORI  A., SAVITZKY  A.H., BURGHARDT  G.M., WU  X., MEINWALD  J. & SCHROEDER  F.C. (2006) Dietary sequestration of defensive steroids in nuchal glands of the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus .  PNAS, 104(7): 2265-2270.

q       JANSEN  M. & KÖHLER  G. (2002) Biogeografische Analyse der Herpetofauna von ausgewählten Hochlandgebieten Nicaraguas. Salamandra, Rheinbach, 38(4): 269-286.

q       JANSEN  M. (2006) Primeros registros de Bothrops pauloensis Amaral, 1925 (Serpentes: Viperidae) en Bolivia., Kempffiana, 2(1): 66-71.

q       JANSEN M., GROßERICHTER  A. & CONSUL   A. (2006) Primeros especimenes de Leptodactylus laticeps (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Bolivia. Kempffiana, 2(1): 63-65.

q       JANSEN  M. & KÖHLER  G. (xxxx) Ecología de la Salamandra del Mombacho, Bolitoglossa mombachoensis  Köhler & McCranie, 1999, en el volcán Mombacho, Nicaragua (Caudata, Plethodontidae). 6pp.

q       Kohler G. (2002) A new species of Salamander of the Genus Nototriton from Nicaragua (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae). (Cerro Saslaya, BOSAWAS, RAAN). Herpetologica, 58(2):205-210.

q       KÖHLER  G., PONCE   M., SUNYER  J. & BATISTA  A. (2007) Four New Species of Anoles (Genus Anolis) From the Serrania de Tabasara, West-Central Panama (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Herpetologica 63(3): 375-391.

q       KÖHLER  G. (xxxx) Anfibios y Reptiles de Nicaragua. p.1-33.

q       KRAJICK  K. (2006) The Lost World of the Kihansi Toad. Science, 311: 1230-1232.

q       KUPFER  A., MÜLLER   H., ANTONIAZZI  M.M., JARED  C., GREVEN  H.,  NUSSBAUM  R.A. & WILKINSON  M. (2006) Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian. Nature, 440: 926-929.

q       LAGUEUX  C.J.  (2001) Estado De Conservación y Distribución de la Tortuga Verde, Chelonia mydas, en la Region del Gran Caribe. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 34-37. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       LAGUEUX C.J., CAMPBELL C.L., McCOY W.A., SCHROEDER B.A. & BALAZS G.H. (2002) Migrations routes and dive patterns of post-nesting hawksbills from the Pearl Cays, Nicaragua. pp. 54. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp.

q       LAGUEUX  C.J. & CAMPBELL  C.L. (2005) Marine turtle nesting and conservation needs on the south-east coast of Nicaragua. Oryx, 39(4):1-8.

q       LAURANCE  W.F. (2008)  Global warming and amphibian extinctions in eastern Australia. Austral Ecology, 33: 1-9.

q       LEAL  M., KNOX  A.K. & LOSOS  J.B. (2002) Lack of convergence in Aquatic Anolis lizards. Evolution 56(4): 785-791.

q       Lynch J.D. & Myers Ch.W. (1983) Frogs of the fitzingeri group of Eleutherodactylus in eastern Panama and Chocoan South America (Leptodactylidae). Bulletin of the AMNH, 175(5):481-572.

q       MARCOVALDI  M.A. (2001) Estado de Conservación y Distribución de la Tortuga Golfita, Lepidochelys olivacea, en el Océano Atlantico Occidental. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 54-58.

q       MARQUEZ  MILLAN R. (1996) Las Tortugas Marinas y Nuestro Tiempo. Fondo de Cultura Economica, 104pp.

q       MARQUEZ  MILLAN R. (2001) Estado de Conservación y Distribución de la Tortuga Lora, Lepidochelys kempii, en la Region del Gran Caribe. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 48-53.

q       MARQUEZ MILLAN R. & CARRASCO A. M.A. (2002) The investigation and conservation of the black turtle in Mexico: the first years. pp. 80-81. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       MARQUEZ MILLAN R. (2004) Sea turtles population dynamics, with special emphasis on sources of mortality and relative importance of fisheries impacts – Atlantic Ocean. Pp. 1-26. En Papers presented at the Expert Consultation on Interactions between Sea Turtles and Fisheries within an Ecosystem Context. Rome, 9-12 March 2004, 238 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       Martínez-Sánchez J.C. (1999) La Flor: el último refugio para las Tortugas Marinas. 2 pp.

q       MATSUBARA K., TARUI H., TORIBA M., YAMADA K., NISHIDA-UMEHARA C., AGATA K. & MATSUDA Y. (2006) Evidence for different origin of sex chromosomes in snakes, birds, and mammals and step-wise differentiation of snake sex chromosomes. PNAS, 103(48):18190-18195.

q       MAYORGA  H. (1967) Informe sobre una colección de anfibios (Salientia) procedentes de Nicaragua. Carib. J. Sci. 7(1-2): 69-78.

q       McCRANIE  J.R., TOWNSEND  J.H. & WILSON  L.D. (2003) Hyla miliaria (Anura: Hylidae) in Honduras, with Notes on Calling Site. Caribbean Journal of Science, 39(3): 398-399.

q       MEAD J. I., CUBERO R., VALERIO ZAMORA A. L., SWIFT S. L., LAURITO C. & GOMEZ  L.D. (2006) Plio-Pleistocene Crocodylus (Crocodylia) from southwestern Costa Rica. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 41(1):1-7.

q       MENDELSON  J.R. et al. (2006) Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions. Science 313: p48.

q       MEYLAN  A.B. (1999) Status of the Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata ) in the Caribbean Region. Quelonium Conservation and Biology, 3(2): 177-184.

q       MEYLAN  A.B. (1999) International Movements of Immature and Adult Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Caribbean Region. Quelonium Conservation and Biology, 3(2): 189-194. [cita Nicaragua]

q       MITCHELL  K.M., CHURCHER  T.S., GARNER  T.W.J. & FISHER  M.C. (2007) Persistence of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outside the amphibian host greatly increases the probability of host extinction. Proc. R. Soc. B. 6pp.

q       MONCADA GAVILAN  F. (2001) Estado de Coservacion y Distribución de la Tortuga Caguama, Caretta caretta, en la Region del Gran Caribe. En Eckert K.L. & Abreu Grobois F.A. ”Conservacion de Tortugas Marinas en la Region del Gran Caribe-Un Dialogo para el Manejo Regional Efectivo” Santo Domingo, 16.18 de noviembre de 1999, pp. 38-42. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       MONTIEL-VILLALOBOS M.G. & BARRIOS-GARRIDO H. (2002) Abundance of sub-adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) captured in the Gulf of Venezuela. pp. 291. En Seminoff J.A. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual  Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-503., 336 pp. (Cita Nicaragua).

q       Moravec F. (2001) Some helminth parasites from Morelet’s crocodile, Crocodylus moreletii, from Yucatan, Mexico. Folia Parasitologica, 48:47-62.

q       MORTIMER  J.A. (1981) The Feeding Ecology of the West Caribbean Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Nicaragua. Biotropica, 13(1): 49-58.

q       Mrosovsky N. (2003) Translocating turtles: trials, tribulations and triumphs. Pp.121-151.

q       Noble G.K. (1918) The amphibians collected by the American Museum Expedition to Nicaragua in 1916. Bulletin of the AMNH, 38(10):311-347, plates XIV-XIX.

q       NOONAN B.P. & CHIPPINDALE P.T. (2006) Dispersal and vicariance: the complex evolutionary history of boid snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 12 pp.

q       PAGE  R.A. & BERNAL  X.E. (2006) Tungara frogs. Current Biology 16(23) : 979-980

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