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Some papers are available as PDFs.
Figure. - A female Trionyx muticus fitted
with a homemade 27 MHz
transmitter (circa 1973). Despite
the huge battery, the expected
life
of this transmitter package was only about 35 days
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.
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.
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.
Figure. - Opheodrys
aestivus in a typical sleeping
posture on
the tip of an alder branch.
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.
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.
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)
Figure. -
Arboreal habitat of Opheodrys aestivus at Ransom Lake
- the well defined middle stratum of Alnus
(alder) is preferred.
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.
Figure. - A
gravid female Opheodrys aestivus attempting to enter a small opening 4 m
up in a hollow
hickory tree for the purpose of nesting.
This site had been used by nesting Opheodrys for
at least three previous years as judged by the old eggshells
found within the hollow.
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.
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.
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)
Figure. - Copulating Heterodon platirhinos.
The male is death-feigning.
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.
58.
Plummer, M.V. 1996. Heterodon platirhinos. mortality. Herpetological Review 27:146.
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.
Figure. - Can
you believe this killer clam?
Figure. -
This remarkable photograph of the extruded mantle (with eyespot) of a
pocketbook mussel (Lampsilis subangulata) renders
the killer clam photo on the right a little easier to believe.
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.
Figure. - A
male and larger female Trionyx spiniferus from Gin
Creek, Arkansas. The hands belong to Nathan Mills.
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.
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.
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.
71.
Plummer, M.V. 2001. Trionyx muticus. foraging. Herpetological Review 32:250.
72.
Plummer, M.V. 2002. Observations on hibernacula and
overwintering ecology of eastern hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos).
Herpetological Review 33:89-90.
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)
Figure. - After 25+ years, the Arkansas 
herp book finally happened!
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
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)
Figure. - Gin
Creek habitat disturbance
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.
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. (request 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. In
Press
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. In Press
110. What’s in the mill?
Figure. -
Childhood Opheodrys memories
