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- ↑ Taber, Stephen Welton; Fleenor, Scott B. (2005). Invertebrates of Central Texas Wetlands. Texas Tech University Press. p. 3-26. ISBN 978-0-89672-550-8.
- ↑ Raun, G. G. (1959). "Terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates of a moist, relict area in central Texas". Texas Journal of Science. 11: 158–171.
- ↑ Swanson, Romey Lynn (2009). Temporal and Spatial Trends of the Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals of the Relict Ottine Wetlands (M.S.). Texas State University-San Marcos.
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