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1. Plummer,
M.V. and H.W. Shirer. 1975. Movement patterns in a river population of the
softshell turtle, Trionyx muticus. University of Kansas Museum of
Natural History Occasional Papers 43:1-26. (PDF)
2. Fitch,
H.S. and M.V. Plummer. 1975. A preliminary ecological study of the soft-shelled
turtle, Trionyx muticus, in the Kansas River. Israel Journal of Zoology
24:1-15. (PDF)
3. Plummer,
M.V. 1976. Reproduction and growth in the turtle, Trionyx muticus.
Herpetological Review 7:96.
4. Plummer, M.V.
1976. Some aspects of nesting success in the turtle, Trionyx muticus.
Herpetologica 32:353-359. (PDF)
5. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Vertebrates. In, Dept. of Biology, Harding College. An inventory of
plants and animals found on the site of a proposed LP-gas storage cavern, Bald
Knob, White Co. Arkansas. Report submitted to Blackwood Associates, Little
Rock.
6. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Predation by black rat snakes in bank swallow colonies. Southwestern
Naturalist 22:147-148. (PDF)
7. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Notes on the courtship and mating behavior of the softshell turtle, Trionyx muticus (Reptilia, Testudines, Trionychidae). Journal of Herpetology
11:90-92. (PDF)
8. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Activity, habitat, and population structure of the turtle, Trionyx
muticus. Copeia 1977:431-440. (PDF)
9. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Reproduction and growth in the turtle, Trionyx muticus.
Copeia 1977:440-447. (PDF)
10. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Geographic distribution: Rana areolata circulosa. Herpetological Review 8:38.
11. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Geographic distribution: Scaphiopus
holbrooki hurteri.
Herpetological Review 8:39.
12. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Observations on breeding migrations of Ambystoma texanum. Herpetological Review 8:79-80. (PDF)
13. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Yucatan herps: A neophyte's view. Arkansas Herpetological Society
Newsletter 1:3-4.
14. Plummer,
M.V. 1977. Activity, habitat, and population structure of the turtle, Trionyx
muticus. Herpetological Review 8(supplement):15.
15. Plummer, M.V.
1979. Collecting and marking turtles. Pp. 45-60, In M. Harless and H. Morlock
(eds.), Turtles: Perspectives and Research. Wiley-Interscience. New
York. (PDF)
16. Plummer,
M.V. and J.C. Godwin. 1979. Geographic distribution: Rana sylvatica.
Herpetological Review 10:23.
17. Plummer,
M.V. 1980. Ventral scute anomalies in a population of Opheodrys aestivus.
Journal of Herpetology 14:199. (PDF)
18. Plummer,
M.V. 1980. Geographic distribution: Regina septemvittata.
Herpetological Review 11:81.
19. Plummer,
M.V. 1981. Communal nesting of Opheodrys aestivus in the laboratory.
Copeia 1981:243-246. (PDF)
20. Plummer,
M.V. and D.B. Farrar. 1981. Sexual dietary differences in a population of Trionyx
muticus. Journal of Herpetology 15:175-179. (PDF)
21. Plummer,
M.V. 1981. Habitat utilization, diet and movements of a temperate arboreal
snake, Opheodrys aestivus. Journal of Herpetology 15:425-432. (PDF)
22. Dove,
L.B., D.A. Baeyens, and M.V. Plummer. 1982.
Evaporative water loss in Opheodrys aestivus (Colubridae). Southwestern
Naturalist 27:228-230. (PDF)
23. Plummer,
M.V. and G. Turnipseed. 1982. Geographic distribution: Scaphiopus
bombifrons. Herpetological Review 13:80.
24. Plummer,
M.V. 1982. The status of the Caddo Mountain and Fourche Mountain salamanders (Plethodon caddoensis,
P. fourchensis) in Arkansas. Report submitted
to the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. Little Rock. (PDF)
25. Plummer, M.V.
1983. Annual variation in stored lipids and reproduction in green snakes (Opheodrys
aestivus). Copeia 1983:741-745. (PDF)
26. Plummer,
M.V. 1984. Female reproduction in an Arkansas population of rough green snakes
(Opheodrys aestivus). Pp. 105-113, In R.A. Seigel, L.E. Hunt, J.L.
Knight, L. Malaret, and N.L. Zuschlag (editors), Vertebrate Ecology and
Systematics: A Tribute to Henry S. Fitch. University of Kansas Museum of Natural
History Special Publication Number 10. (PDF)
27. Plummer,
M.V. and J.M. Goy. 1984. Ontogenetic dietary shift of water snakes (Nerodia
rhombifera) in a fish hatchery. Copeia 1984:550-552. (PDF)
28. McDaniel,
R.C., W.A. Grunow, J.J. Daly, and M.V. Plummer.
1984. Serum chemistry of the diamond-backed water snake (Nerodia rhombifera
rhombifera) in Arkansas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 20:44-46.
29. Korfmacher, W.A., K.R. Rowland, R.K. Mitchum,
J.J. Daly, R.C. McDaniel, and M.V. Plummer. 1984. Analysis of snake tissue and
snake eggs for 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-di-benzo-p-dioxin via fused silica GC combined
with atmospheric pressure ionization MS. Chemosphere 13:1229-1233.
30. Plummer,
M.V. 1985. Growth and maturity in green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus).
Herpetologica 41:28-33. (PDF)
31. Jacob,
J.S., J.J. Greenhaw, J.M. Goy, and M.V.
Plummer. 1985. Pectoral glands of Scaphiopus
and Megophrys. Journal of Herpetology
19:419-420. (PDF)
32. Plummer,
M.V. 1985. Arkansas turtles. Arkansas Game and Fish Magazine 16:13-20. (PDF)
33. Plummer,
M.V. 1985. Demography of green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus).
Herpetologica 41:373-381. (PDF)
34. Plummer,
M.V. 1987. Geographic variation in body size of green snakes (Opheodrys
aestivus). Copeia 1987:483-485. (PDF)
35. Parker,
W.S. and M.V. Plummer. 1987. Population ecology. Pp. 253-301, In R.A. Seigel,
J.T. Collins, and S.S. Novak (editors), Snakes: Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology. Macmillan Publishing Co. New York.
36. McDaniel,
R.C., W.A. Grunow, J.J. Daly, and M.V. Plummer. 1987.
Thrombocyte phagocytosis in a yellowbellied water snake (Nerodia
erythrogaster flavigaster).
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 106:273-276.
37. Daly,
J.J., W.A. Korfmacher, A. Perkins, S. Yaich, R.K. Mitchum, R.C.
McDaniel, K.R. Rowland, and M.V. Plummer. 1987. Dioxin content of wildlife from
the vicinity of Jacksonville, Arkansas. Wildlife Diseases Association
Conference. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. (abstract)
38. Congdon,
J.D., M.E. Seidel, I.R. Swingland, and M.V. Plummer.
1987. An assessment of the sufficiency and accuracy of available data regarding
the status of the flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus). Report
submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of
Interior, Washington.
39. Plummer,
M.V. and H.L. Snell. 1988. Nest site selection and water relations of the eggs
in the snake, Opheodrys aestivus. Copeia 1988:58-64. (PDF)
40. Plummer,
M.V. 1989. Observations on the nesting ecology of green snakes, Opheodrys
aestivus. Herpetological Review 20:87-89. (PDF)
41. Plummer,
M.V. 1990. (review of) Ernst, C.H. and R.W. Barbour. 1989. Snakes of Eastern
North America. Copeia 1990:253-255. (PDF)
42. Plummer, M.V.
1990. Nesting movements, nesting behavior, and nest sites of green snakes (Opheodrys
aestivus) revealed by radiotelemetry. Herpetologica 46:190-195. (PDF)
43. Plummer,
M.V. 1990. High predation on green snakes, Opheodrys aestivus. Journal
of Herpetology 24: 327-328. (PDF)
44. Aldridge,
R.D., J.J. Greenhaw, and M.V. Plummer. 1990. The male
reproductive cycle of the rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus).
Amphibia-Reptilia 11:165-172. (PDF)
45. Plummer,
M.V. 1991. Patterns of feces production in free-living green snakes, Opheodrys
aestivus. Journal of Herpetology 25:222-226. (PDF)
46. Plummer,
M.V. and J.D. Congdon. 1992. Life history: Coluber constrictor.
predation. Herpetological Review 23:80-81. (PDF)
47. Plummer,
M.V. and J.D. White. 1992. Geographic distribution: Rana areolata
circulosa. Herpetological Review 23:87.
48. Plummer,
M.V. and B.A. Dye. 1992. Geographic distribution: Ambystoma talpoideum. Herpetological Review 23:84.
49. Plummer,
M.V. 1992. The relationships among mothers, litters, and neonates in
diamondback water snakes (Nerodia rhombifera). Copeia 1992:1096-1098. (PDF)
50. Plummer,
M.V. 1993. Thermal ecology of arboreal green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus).
Journal of Herpetology 27:254-260. (PDF)
51. Plummer,
M.V. 1993. (review of) Campbell, J. A. and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1992. Biology of
the Pitvipers. Copeia 1993:1191-1193. (PDF)
52. Plummer,
M.V. and J.D. Congdon. 1994. Radiotelemetric study of activity and movements of
racers (Coluber constrictor) associated with a Carolina bay in South
Carolina. Copeia 1994:20-26. (PDF)
53. Plummer,
M.V., C.E. Shadrix, and R.C. Cox. 1994. Thermal
limits of incubation in embryos of softshell turtles (Apalone mutica).
Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1:141-144. (PDF)
54. Slade,
J.H., W.B. Arnold, and M.V. Plummer, M.V. 1994. Efficiencies of digestion and
assimilation in the gecko Hemidactylus turcicus. Journal of Herpetology
28:513-514. (PDF)
55. Plummer,
M.V. and N.E. Mills. 1996. Observations on trailing and mating behaviors in
hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Journal of Herpetology 30:80-82.
(PDF)
56. Plummer,
M.V. and J.D. Congdon. 1996. Rates of metabolism and water flux in free-ranging
racers, Coluber constrictor. Copeia 1996:8-14. (PDF)
57. Plummer,
M.V. 1996. Heterodon platirhinos. defensive behavior. Herpetological
Review 27:24. (PDF)
58. Plummer,
M.V. 1996. Heterodon platirhinos. mortality. Herpetological Review
27:146. (PDF)
59. Plummer,
M.V. 1997. Speed and endurance of gravid and non-gravid green snakes, Opheodrys
aestivus. Copeia 1997:191-194. (PDF)
60. Plummer,
M.V. and J.W. Goy. 1997. Sternotherus odoratus. mortality.
Herpetological Review 28:88.
61. Plummer, M.V. 1997. Population ecology of
green snakes (Opheodrys aestivus) revisited. Herpetological Monographs
11:102-123. (PDF)
62. Plummer,
M.V. and J.C. Burnley. 1997. Behavior, hibernacula, and thermal relations of
softshell turtles (Trionyx spiniferus) overwintering in a small stream.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:489-493. (PDF)
63. Plummer,
M.V., N.E. Mills, and S.L. Allen. 1997. Activity, habitat, and patterns of
movement of softshell turtles (Trionyx spiniferus) in a small stream.
Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:514-520. (PDF)
64. Carlyle,
J.C., D.E. Sanders, and M.V. Plummer. 1998. Eurycea lucifuga.
reproduction. Herpetological Review 29:37-38. (PDF)
65. Plummer,
M. 1998. The turtle and the clam. Annals of Improbable Research 4:9.
66. Ransom,
R.E. and M.V. Plummer. 1999. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. activity. Herpetological Review 30:96-97.
(PDF)
67. Plummer,
M.V. 2000. Ecological aspects of shedding in free-ranging hognose snakes
(Heterodon platirhinos).
Herpetological Natural History 7:91-94.
68. Plummer,
M.V. 2000. Crotalus scutulatus.
thermal stress. Herpetological Review 31:104-105. (PDF)
69. Plummer,
M.V. and N.E. Mills. 2000. Spatial ecology and survivorship of resident and
translocated hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Journal of Herpetology
34:565-575. (PDF)
70. Walley,
H.D. and M.V. Plummer. 2000. Opheodrys aestivus. Catalogue of American
Amphibians and Reptiles:718.1-718.14. (PDF)
71. Plummer,
M.V. 2001. Trionyx muticus. foraging. Herpetological Review 32:250. (PDF)
72. Plummer,
M.V. 2002. Observations on hibernacula and overwintering ecology of eastern
hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Herpetological Review
33:89-90. (PDF)
73. Nagle,
R.D., M.V. Plummer, J.D. Congdon, and R.U. Fischer. 2003. Parental investment,
embryo growth, and hatchling lipid reserves in softshell turtles (Apalone
mutica) from Arkansas. Herpetologica 59:145-154. (PDF)
74. Plummer, M.V.,
B. K. Williams, M.M. Skiver, and J.C. Carlyle. 2003. Effects of dehydration on
the critical thermal maximum of the desert box turtle (Terrapene ornata
luteola). Journal of Herpetology 37:747-750. (PDF)
75. Plummer,
M.V. 2003. Activity and thermal ecology of the box turtle, Terrapene ornata,
at its southwestern range limit in Arizona. Chelonian Conservation and
Biology 4:569-577. (PDF)
76. Trauth, S.E., H.R. Robinson, and M.V. Plummer. 2004. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas. University of Arkansas Press.
77.
Plummer, M. V. 2004. Seasonal inactivity of the desert box turtle, Terrapene
ornata luteola, at the species' southwestern range limit in Arizona.
Journal of Herpetology 38:589-593. (PDF)
78. Plummer,
M.V. and D.F. McKenzie. 2004. Geographic distribution: Pseudacris
triseriata. Herpetological Review 35:406.
79.
Plummer, M.V. and D.F. McKenzie. 2004. Geographic distribution: Regina rigida sinicola. Herpetological
Review 35:412.
80.
Plummer, M.V. and D.F. McKenzie. 2004. Geographic distribution: Eumeces fasciatus. Herpetological
Review 35:408.
81.
Plummer, M.V., and D.F. McKenzie. 2005. Geographic distribution: Pseudacris
crucifer. Herpetological Review 36:77.
82.
Plummer, M.V., and D.F. McKenzie. 2005. Geographic distribution: Acris crepitans. Herpetological Review 36:73.
83.
Plummer, M.V., and J. Shaver. 2005. Geographic distribution: Opheodrys
aestivus. Herpetological Review 36:339.
84.
Plummer, M.V., T.L. Crabill, N.E. Mills, and S.L. Allen. 2005. Body temperatures of
free-ranging softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in a small stream.
Herpetological Review 36:371-375. (PDF)
85.
Plummer, M.V., and D.F. McKenzie. 2006. Geographic distribution: Ambystoma opacum. Herpetological Review 37:97.
86.
Plummer, M.V., and N.E. Mills. 2006. Heterodon platirhinos. road
crossing behavior. Herpetological Review 37:352. (PDF)
87
88.
Lee, T.N., M.V. Plummer, and N.E. Mills. 2007. Utilization of posthatching yolk and external forage to maximize early
growth in Apalona mutica hatchlkings. Journal of Herpetology 41:492-500. (PDF)
89. Plummer, M.V. 2008. A notching system for marking
softshell turtles. Herpetological Review 39:64-65. (PDF)
90. Plummer, M.V., and D.F. McKenzie. 2008.
Geographic distribution: Notopthalmus viridescens. Herpetological Review 39:104.
91. Plummer, M.V., S. G. Johnson, and J. R.
Johnson. 2008. Geographic distribution: Amphiuma tridactylum. Herpetological
Review 39:103.
92. Plummer, M.V., T.N. Lee, and N.E. Mills.
2008. The effect of a sand substrate on the growth and condition of Apalone
mutica hatchlings. Journal of Herpetology 42:550-554. (PDF)
93. Plummer, M.V., D.G. Krementz, L.A. Powell,
and N.E. Mills. 2008. Effects of habitat disturbance on survival rates of
softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) in an urban stream. Journal of
Herpetology 42:555-563. (PDF)
94. Plummer, M.V., and N.E. Mills. 2008.
Structure of an urban population of softshell turtles (Apalone spinifera) before
and after stream alteration. Pp. 95-105, In R.E. Jung and J.C. Mitchell
(Eds.) Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation Vol. 3. Society
for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Salt Lake City, UT.
95. Plummer, M.V. 2009. Victims in the
honeysuckle. Pp. 149-154, In J.K. Reaser
(Ed.), Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with Reptiles and Amphibians. ESI Institute, Hiraeth Press. (PDF)
96. Plummer, M.V., and S.E. Trauth. 2009. The
structure of Rathke's glands in the softshell turtles Apalone mutica and
A. spinifera. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 4:207-220. (PDF)
97. Greene, H. W., W. E. Duellman, M. V.
Plummer, R. W. Henderson, D. M. Hillis,
R. A. Seigel, R. B. Huey, and G. R. Pisani. 2009. Henry S. Fitch (1909-2009):
Field notes on a wonderful life. Herpetological Review 40:393-400. (PDF)
98. Plummer, M.V., and J.S. Doody. 2010.
Terrestrial burrowing in nesting softshell turtles (Apalone mutica and A.
spinifera). Reptiles and Amphibians,
Conservation and Natural History 17:79-81. (PDF)
99. Plummer, M. V., and N. E. Mills. 2010. Body
temperature variation
in free-ranging Hognose Snakes (Heterodon platirhinos). Journal
of Herpetology 44:471-474. (PDF)
100. Plummer, M.V. 2010.
Habitat use and movements of kingsnakes (Lampropeltis
getula holbrooki) in a partially abandoned and reforested agricultural
landscape.
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
5:214-222. (PDF)
101. Plummer, M.V., and M.
Pappas. 2010. Le Trionyx mutique,
Apalone mutica. Chéloniens 18:8-15. (PDF)
102. Van Dyke, J.U., M.V. Plummer, and S.J. Beaupre.
2011. Residual yolk energetics and postnatal shell growth in Smooth Softshell
Turtles, Apalone mutica. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 158:37-46. (PDF)
103. Plummer, M. V. 2011. Review of: Gibbons,
J.W., and J. Greene. 2009. Turtles: The Animal Answer Guide. Southeastern
Biology 58:90-91. (PDF)
104. Plummer, M.V., and J.W. Ferner. 2012. Marking
reptiles. Pp. 143-150, In R.W. McDiarmid, M.S.
Foster, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff (Eds.), Reptile Biodiversity:
Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring. University of California Press.
(PDF)
105. Steen, D.A., J.P. Gibbs, K. A. Buhlmann,
J.L. Carr, B.W. Compton, J.D. Congdon, J.S. Doody,
J.C. Godwin, K.L. Holcomb, D.R. Jackson, F.J. Janzen, G. Johnson, M.T. Jones,
J.T. Lamer, T.A. Langen, M.V. Plummer, J.W. Rowe,
R.A. Saumure, J.K. Tucker, and D.S. Wilson. 2012.
Terrestrial habitat requirements of nesting freshwater turtles. Biological
Conservation 150:121-128. (PDF)
106. Wilhelm, C. E., and M. V. Plummer. 2012. Diet
of radiotracked Musk Turtles, Sternotherus
odoratus, in a small urban stream. Herpetological Conservation and Biology
7:258-264. (PDF)
107. McAllister, C. T.,
S. E. Trauth and M. V. Plummer. 2013. A new host
record for Mesocestoides sp. (Cestoidea:
Cyclophyllidea: Mesocestoididae)
from a Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus (Ophidia: Colubridae),
in Arkansas, U.S.A. Comparative Parasitology 80:130-133. (PDF)
108. Ghaffari, H., M.V. Plummer, B. S. Mahroo, M. Karami., F. Ahmadzadeh, and D. Rödder.
2013. Notes on a nest and emergence of hatchlings of the
Euphrates Softshell Turtle (Rafetus euphraticus) at the Dez River, Iran. Chelonian Conservation and Biology
12:319-323. (PDF)
109. Trauth, S.E., and
M.V. Plummer. 2013. Comparative histology, histochemistry, and
ultrastructure of Rathke’s Glands in hatchlings of two species of North
American Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina and T.
ornata). Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12:268-274. (PDF)
110.
Plummer, M. V. 2014. Spatial relationships of the Desert Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata luteola) captured
at a stock tank in southeastern Arizona. Herpetological Conservation and
Biology 9:156-162. (PDF)
111. Ghaffari, H., F. Ihlow,
M.V. Plummer, M. Karami, N. Khorasani,
B.S. Mahroo, and D. Rödder.
2014. Home range and habitat selection of the endangered Euphrates Softshell
Turtle Rafetus euphraticus in a
fragmented habitat in southwestern Iran. Chelonian Conservation and Biology
13:202-215. (PDF)
112. Plummer, M. V., and N. E. Mills. 2016. Growth and maturity of Spiny
Softshell Turtles (Apalone spinifera)
in a small urban stream. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10:688-694. (PDF)
113. Ferner, J.W., and M.V. Plummer.
2016. Marking and measuring reptiles, In C.K. Dodd, Jr. (ed.) Reptile Ecology
and Conservation
A Handbook of
Techniques. Oxford University Press.
114. Plummer, M.V. 2016. Geographic distribution: Regina septemvittata
(Queen Snake). Herpetological Review 47:264.
115. Plummer, M.V. 2016. Geographic distribution: Storeria dekayi (Dekay’s Brown Snake).
Herpetological Review 47:267.
116. Plummer, M.V., and J.M. Goy. 2016. Geographic distribution:
Regina septemvittata
(QueenSnake). Herpetological Review 47:264.
117. Plummer, M.V., and Steven E. Seitz. 2016. Geographic
distribution: Lampropeltis triangulum amaura (Louisiana Milksnake). Herpetological Review 47:263.
118. Konvalina, J.D., S.E. Trauth, and
M.V. Plummer. 2018. Spermatogenesis
and testicular cycle in Rough Greensnakes, Opheodrys aestivus,
from Arkansas. Journal of Herpetology 52:185-192. (PDF)
119. Plummer, M.V. 2018. Movement Patterns in a
River Population of the Softshell Turtle, Trionyx
muticus. Classic Reprint Series Forgotten Books.
London.
120. Plummer, M.V., and C.S. O’Neal. 2019. Aerobic pushups:
cutaneous ventilation in overwintering Smooth Softshell Turtles (Apalone mutica). Journal of Herpetology
53:27-31.
121. Plummer,
M.V. 2019. Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys aestivus. In
K.L. Krysko, K. Enge, P. Moler, eds. Amphibians and Reptiles of Florida. University of
Florida Press. In Press
122. What’s in the mill?