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Scientific Name References

Amphibians and Reptiles:

Collins, J.T., editor. 1997. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles. Fourth Edition. Herpetological Circular No. 25, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, Kansas. 40 pp.

Cook, F.R. 1984. Introduction to Canadian Amphibians and Reptiles. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario. 200 pp.

Crother, B.I., J. Boundy, J.A. Campbell, K. de Queiroz, D.R. Frost, R. Highton, J.B. Iverson, P.A. Meylan, T.W. Reeder, M.E. Seidel, J.W. Sites, Jr., T.W. Taggart, S.G. Tilley, and D.B. Wake. 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. SSAR (Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles) Herpetological Circular No. 29: iv + 82.

Birds:

American Ornithologists' Union. 1957. Check-list of North American Birds. 5th ed.. American Ornithologists' Union, Baltimore. 691 pp.

American Ornithologists' Union. 1983. Check-list of North American Birds. 6th ed.. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. 877 pp.

American Ornithologists' Union. 1993. Thirty-Ninth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 110(3):675-682.

James, R.D. 1991. Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Ontario. 2nd ed., rev. Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. 128 pp.

Butterflies:

Opler, P. A., and A. D. Warren. 2002. Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico. C.P Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 79 pp.

Dragonflies and Damselflies:

Dragonfly Society of the Americas. 2006. North American Odonata [Online] Available from: http://www.ups.edu/x7015.xml [Updated August 2006]

Mammals:

Dobbyn, J.S. 1994. Atlas of the Mammals of Ontario. Federation of Ontario Naturalists, Toronto. 120 pp.

Mosses:

Anderson, L.E. 1990. A checklist of Sphagnum in North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):500-501.

Anderson, L.E., H.A. Crum and W.R. Buck. 1990. List of the mosses of North America north of Mexico. The Bryologist 93(4):448-499.

Vascular Plants:

Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A Synonymized Checklist and Atlas with Biological Attributes for the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First Edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.

Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, P.W.C. Uhlig, S. McMurray and M.J. Oldham. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Forest Research Information Paper No. 123, Ontario Forest Research Institute, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 550 pp. + appendices.