Selected Publications

The following is a list of selected publications, including Popular Publications and Scientific Journal Articles, with links to the full documents (.pdf). For a complete list of publications, see Dr. J's full Curriculum vitae below. To view .pdf documents, you will need to download the free adobe reader.
 

Popular Publications & Extension Fact Sheets

• McGarrity, M.E., and S. A. Johnson. 2011 (1st Quarter)   Get REDDy for Non-native Reptiles! Florida Animal Control Association FACA TRAX Newsletter.
• Johnson, S.A., M.E. McGarrity, and D. Smith. 2011. Options for Unwanted Exotic Pets.  Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 308.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Quick Reference Guide: Large Lizards in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 307.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Quick Reference Guide: Native Snakes Easily Mistaken for Introduced Constrictors in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 305.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Florida Invader: Cuban Treefrog. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 301.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Possible Florida Invader: Ball Python. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 296.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Florida Invader: Common Boa. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 297.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Quick Reference Guide: Introduced Constrictors in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 302.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Florida Invader: Cane Toad. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 300.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2011. Florida Invader: Tegu Lizards. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 295.
• Johnson, S.A., and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Free Online Educational Tool--Trains Observers to Document Invasive Reptile Species. Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Outreach and Research Updates. 12 Nov 2010
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Possible Florida Invader: Reticulated Python. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 294.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Florida Invader: Nile Monitor Lizard. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 293.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2010. Identification Guide to the Frogs of Florida. Published and distributed by the IFAS-Extension Bookstore as Special Publication 468.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Florida Invader: Burmese Python. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 288.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Florida Invader: African Python. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 287.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Possible Florida Invader: Green Anaconda. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 289.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Possible Florida Invader: Yellow Anaconda. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 290.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2010. Introduced Reptile Early Detection and Documentation Training (REDDy). Florida Cooperative Extension Continuing Education Solutions Online Course.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2010. Introduced Reptile Early Detection and Documentation Training: Instructor Guide. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 292.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Identification Guide to the Snakes of Florida. Published and distributed by the IFAS-Extension Bookstore as Special Publication 456.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. How to Make a Treefrog House. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 263.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: An Overview. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 252.
• Johnson, S.A. and G. Donaldson-Fortier. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 256.
• Johnson, S.A. and H. Violett. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: European House Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 260.
• Johnson, S.A. and W. Givens. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 255.
• Johnson, S.A. and J. Sox. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 253.
• Johnson, S.A. and S. Logue. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 257.
• Johnson, S.A. and M. Hawk. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 254.
• Johnson, S.A. and M. McGarrity. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 267.
•  Johnson, S.A. and M. McGarrity. 2009. Florida's Introduced Birds: Purple Swamphen(Porphyrio porphyrio). Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 270.
• Johnson, S.A., Miller, K.E. and T. Blunden. 2009. The Florida Scrub-Jay: A Species in Peril. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 261.
• Miller, G.J., Johnson, S.A. and L.L. Smith. 2009. The Florida Pinesnake: Pituophis melanoleucus mugitus. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 251.
• Roznik, E.A. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Gopher Frogs, Burrows, and Fire: Interactions in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 250.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2008. Venomous Snakes of the Southeast. Educational Poster SP 453.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2008. Las Serpientes Venenosas del Sureste de los EEUU. Educational Poster SP 454.
• Miller, G.J., Johnson, S.A. and L.L. Smith. 2008. Ecological Engineers: Southeastern Pocket Gophers Are One of Nature's Architects. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 244.
• Johnson, S.A. 2007. Venomous Snakes of the Southeast: Identification, Safety & Exclusion. Educational CD/DVD Set SP 454.
• Johnson, S.A. Venomous Snakes and Specimens. Educational Video Series. Florida Knowledge Network, Florida Department of Education.
• Johnson, S.A. 2007. The Cuban Treefrog in Florida. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 218.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Introduction. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 219.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Identifying commonly encountered snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 220.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Preventing encounters. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 221.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2007. Dealing with snakes in Florida’s residential areas: Emergency planning. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 222.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.E. McGarrity. 2006. “Black Snakes”: Identification and Ecology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 214.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Recognizing Florida's Venomous Snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 202.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Preventing Encounters between Children and Snakes. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 201.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Dealing with Venomous Snakes in Florida School Yards. University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 199.
• Johnson, S.A. and M.B. Main. 2005. Emergency Snakebite Action Plan. Florida Cooperative Extension Service Publication WEC 200.
• King, F.W. and S.A. Johnson. 2002. A Plague of Frogs or a Jubilee of Toads. 8 p. [Online]
• Johnson, S.A. 1995. Study finds way to keep turtles and turtle watchers happy. Fathom 7:17-18.

Scientific Journal Articles

• McMahon T.A., N.T. Halstead, S. Johnson, T.R. Raffel, J.M. Romansic, P.W. Crumrine, R.K. Boughton, L.B. Martin, and J.R. Rohr. 2011. The fungicide Chlorothalonil is nonlinearly associated with corticosterone levels, immunity, and mortality in amphibians. Environmental Health Perspectives 119:1098-1103.
• Campbell, K.R., T.S. Campbell, and S.A. Johnson. 2010. The use of PVC refugia to evaluate spatial and temporal distributions of native and introduced treefrogs at a natural area in west-central Florida. Florida Scientist 73:78-88.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2010. A Radio Telemetry Study of Invasive Cuban Treefrogs (574 KB pdf). Florida Scientist 73: 225-235.
• Krysko, K. L., S. A. Johnson, K. E. Giddens, K. H. Gielow, T. S. Lowke, W. M. Moore, E. Suarez, C. D. Thomas, A. S. Shoeslon, J. P. Burgess, C. A. Smith, and B. A. Garner. 2010. The African Five-lined Skink, Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein 1823): A New Established Species in Florida (5.36 MB pdf). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 17(3): 183-184.
• Marr, S.R., Johnson, S.A., Hara, A.R., and McGarrity, M.E. 2010 Preliminary Evaluation of the Potential of the Helminth Parasite Rhabdias elegans as a Biological Control Agent for Invasive Puerto Rican Coquís (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaii (444 KB pdf). Biological Control 54: 69-74.
• Johnson, S.A., M.E. McGarrity and C.L. Staudhammer. 2010. An Effective Chemical Deterrent for Invasive Cuban Treefrogs (Osteopilus septentrionalis). Human-Wildlife Conflicts 4:112-117.
• Hoffmann, K.E., Johnson, S.A., and M.E. McGarrity. 2009. Interspecific Variation in Use of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe Refuges by Hylid Treefrogs: A Potential Source of Capture Bias. (762KB pdf) Herpetological Review 40:423-426.
• Roznik, E. A. and S. A Johnson. 2009. Rana capito (Gopher frog). Burrow cohabitation. Herpetological Review 40:209.
• Roznik, E.A., S.A. Johnson, C.H. Greenberg, and G.W. Tanner. 2009. Terrestrial movements and habitat use of gopher frogs in longleaf pine forests: a comparative study of juveniles and adults (380KB pdf). Forest Ecology and Management 259:187-194.
• Roznik, E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Burrow use and survival of juvenile Gopher Frogs (Rana capito) (176KB pdf). Journal of Herpetology 43:431-437.
• Campbell, T.S., P. Irvin, K.R. Campbell, K. Hoffmann, M.E. Dykes, A.J. Harding, and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Evaluation of a new technique for marking anurans (150KB pdf). Applied Herpetology 6:247-256.
• Roznik, E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Canopy closure and emigration by juvenile Gopher Frogs (343KB pdf). Journal of Wildlife Management 73:260-268.
• McGarrity, M.E. and S.A. Johnson. 2009. Geographic trend in sexual size dimorphism and body size of Osteopilus septentrionalis: implications for invasion of the southeastern United States (291KB pdf). Biological Invasions 11:1411-1420.
• Hoffmann, K., M.E. McGarrity, and S.A. Johnson. 2008. Technology meets tradition: A combined VIE-C technique for individually marking anurans (825KB pdf). Applied Herpetology 5:265-280.
• Dodd, C.K., Jr. and S.A. Johnson. 2007. Breeding ponds colonized by Striped Newts after 10 or more year (28KB pdf). Herpetological Review 38:150-152.
• Dodd, C.K., Jr., W.J. Barichivich, S.A. Johnson, and J.S. Staiger. 2007. Changes in a Northwestern Florida Gulf Coast Herpetofaunal Community over a 28-year Period. American Midland Naturalist 158:29-48.
• Johnson, S.A. 2005. Conservation and Life History of the Striped Newt: The Importance of Habitat Connectivity (2.36MB pdf). Pp. 91-98 in: Amphibians and Reptiles: Status and Conservation in Florida, W.E. Meshaka and K. J. Babbitt (eds.). Krieger Publishing, Malabar, FL, 318 pp.
• Johnson, S.A. and R. B. Owen. 2005. Amphiuma means, Two-toed Amphiuma (1.27MB pdf). Pp. 642-645 in: Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. M.J. Lanoo (ed.). University of California Press, Berkley, CA, 1094 pp.
• Casey, L.I., J.E. Earl, and S.A. Johnson. 2005. Attempted predation at a Pileated Woodpecker nest by a Gray Ratsnake (1.45MB pdf). Florida Field Naturalist 33:55-56.
• Krysko, K.L, K.M. Enge, J.H. Townsend, E. M. Langan, S.A. Johnson, and T.S. Campbell. 2005. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Florida (310KB pdf). Herpetological Review 36:85-87.
• Johnson, S.A. and W.J. Barichivich. 2004. A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertina, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates (805KB pdf). Journal of Freshwater Ecology 19:263-269.
• Means, D.B., C.K. Dodd, Jr., S.A. Johnson, and J.G. Palis. 2004. Amphibians and fire in longleaf pine ecosystems: A response to Schurbon and Fauth (90KB pdf). Conservation Biology 18:1149-1153.
• Johnson, S.A. 2003. Orientation and migration distances of a pond-breeding salamander (Notophthalmus perstriatus,Salamandridae) (1.65MB pdf). Alytes 21:3-22.
• Johnson, S.A. 2002. Life history of the striped newt at a north-central Florida breeding pond (196KB pdf). Southeastern Naturalist 1:381-402.
• Johnson, SA. 2001. Life History, Ecology and Conservation Genetics of the Striped Newt (7.71MB pdf). Unpublished dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Johnson, S.A., A.L. Bass, B. Libert, M. Marshall, and D. Faulk. 1999. Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi) nesting activity in Florida (4.12MB pdf). Florida Scientist 62:194-204.
• Johnson, S.A. and R. Franz.1999. Notophthalmus perstriatus coloration (4.68MB pdf). Herpetological Review 30:89.
• Johnson, S.A., K.A. Bjorndal, and A. B. Bolten. 1996. Effects of organized turtle watches on loggerhead (Caretta caretta) nesting behavior and hatchling production in Florida (773KB pdf). Conservation Biology 10:570-577.
• Johnson, S.A., K.A. Bjorndal, and A. B. Bolten. 1996. A survey of organized turtle watch participants on sea turtle nesting beaches in Florida (5.29MB pdf). Chelonian Biology and Conservation 2:60-65.
• Johnson, S.A. and L.M. Ehrhart. 1996. Reproductive ecology of the Florida green turtle: clutch frequency (308KB pdf). Journal of Herpetology 30:407-410.

Curriculum vitae (272KB pdf)