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One Author (Journal format)

BATCHELDER, C.F. 1951. A bibliography of the published writings of Charles Johnson Maynard [1845-1929]. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 2(7): 227-260.

LEHR, E. 2001. A new species of Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the eastern Andean slopes of central Peru. Salamandra, 37: 11-20. 

_________. 2005.  A new species of the Eleutherodactylus nigrovittatus group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), from Andean Peru.  Herpetologica, 61: 199-208.

Two Authors
BILLO, R., AND M.H. WAKE. 1987. Tentacle development in Dermophis mexicanus (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) with an hypothesis of tentacle origin. Journal of Morphology, 192: 101-111.

Multiple Authors
CARROLL, R.L., A. KUNTZ, AND K. ALBRIGHT. 1999. Vertebral development and amphibian evolution. Evolution & Development, 1: 36-48.

Book
DE BEER, G.R. 1937. The Development of the Vertebrate Skull. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. xxiii + 552 pp.

LAKJER, T. 1926. Studien über die Trigeminus-Versorgte Kaumuskulatur der Sauropsiden. Kopenhagen: C.A. Reitzel. 154 pp.

Chapters or Pages in a Book (Eds format)
NUSSBAUM, R.A. 1984. Amphibians of the Seychelles, pp. 379-415. In D.R. Stoddart (ed.), Biogeography and Ecology of the Seychelles Islands. The Hague: Dr. W. Junk Publishers.

LOMBARD, R.E., AND J.R. BOLT. 1988. Evolution of the stapes in Paleozoic tetrapods: conservative and radical hypotheses, pp. 37-67. In B. Fritzsch, M.J. Ryan, W. Wilczynski, T.E. Hetherington, and W. Walkowiak (eds.), The Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory System. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Volume from a Book Series
SARASIN, P., AND F. SARASIN. 1887-1890. Ergebnisse naturwissenschaftlicher forschungen auf Ceylon in den Jahren 1884-1886. Vol. 2. Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte und Anatomie der Ceylonesischen blindwühle Ichthyophis glutinosus, L. Wiesbaden, Germany: C.W. Kreidel’s Verlag. 252 pp.

Webpage
AmphibiaWeb [amphibian biology and conservation web application]. Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley; c.2000-2006 [cited 5 January 2007]. Available from: http://amphibiaweb.org/.

Appendices
MAYNARD, C.J. 1913a [January]. Descriptions of some species of the family Cerionidae. Records of Walks and Talks with Nature, 5(Appendix): 117-182.

_________. 1913b [February 1]. Descriptions of some species of the family Cerionidae. Records of Walks and Talks with Nature, 5(Appendix): 183-186.

Text Figures, Plates, and Maps
PILSBRY, H.A., AND E.G. VANATTA. 1896. Catalogue of the species of Cerion, with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, (1896): 315-338, pl. 11.

MAYNARD, C.J. 1919a [October 16]. Contributions to the history of the Cerionidae with descriptions of many new species and notes on evolution in birds and plants. Records of Walks and Talks with Nature, 10(1, Appendix): 1-24, text figs. 1-3, pls. 5, 6.

_________. 1920d [September 30]. Contributions to the history of the Cerionidae with descriptions of many new species and notes on evolution in birds and plants. Records of Walks and Talks with Nature, 10(7, Appendix): 111-126, text figs. 90-92, Map 1, pls. 1-4, 20-25.

Portraits
TURNER, R.D. 1957. Charles Johnson Maynard and his work in malacology. Occasional Papers on Mollusks, 2(21): 137-152, portrait.

Published by Institutions
ICZN. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Fourth ed. London: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. xxix + 306 pp.