Publications
Leavitt, D. J. In press. Rodent assemblages in riparian forests along the Rio Grande, Big Bend National Park, Texas: current and historic insights on the effects of saltcedar invasion. Southwestern Naturalist.
Dittmer, D. E., D. J. Leavitt, W.A. Ryberg and L. A. Fitzgerald. In press. Arizona elegans elegans (Kansas Glossy Snake). Diet and Feeding Behavior. Herpetological Review.
Leavitt, D. J. and T. J. Hibbitts. In press. Lepidophyma gaigeae. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles.
Acre, M. R., Leavitt, D. J., and C. M. Schalk. 2012. A second occurrence of a patternless morph of the marbled whiptail (Aspidoscelis marmorata). Southwestern Naturalist. 57(2).
Leavitt, D. J. and R. H. Dean. 2010. Coluber flagellum testaceus (Western Coachwhip) Diet. Herpetological Review,41:499-500.
Leavitt, D. J., A. F. Leavitt, and C. M. Ritzi. 2010. Post-grazing vegetation changes in Big Bend National Park, Texas: A 50-year perspective. Southwestern Naturalist. 55:493-500. pdf
Leavitt, D. J., S. R. Goldberg, C. R. Bursey, and C. M. Ritzi. 2010. Aspidoscelis scalaris septemvittata (Big Bend Spotted Whiptail). Endoparasites. Herpetological Review. 41:351-352.
Leavitt, D. J. 2010. Sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (Desert Massasauga). Diet, Prey Size, and Feeding Related Mortality. Herpetological Review. 41:98.
Leavitt, D. J. and L. A. Fitzgerald. 2009. Diet of non-native Hyla cinerea, in a Chihuahuan desert wetland. Journal of Herpetology 43:541-545. pdf
Leavitt, D. J. 2009. Geographic Distribution: Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider). Herpetological Review. 40:363.
Leavitt, D. J. and A. F. Leavitt. 2009. Common Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis gularis). In: eds. L. L. C. Jones and R. E. Lovich. Lizards of the American Southwest. Tucson, AZ: Rio Nuevo. p. 346-349.
Leavitt, D. J. 2009. Plateau Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis scalaris). In: eds. L. L. C. Jones and R. E. Lovich. Lizards of the American Southwest. Tucson, AZ: Rio Nuevo. p. 378-381.
Platt, S. G., T. R. Rainwater, D. J. Leavitt, and S. M. Miller. 2009. Diet of Barn Owls (Tyto alba) in northern Belize. Southwestern Naturalist 54:104-107. pdf
Leavitt, D. J. 2008. Book Review: Gage H. Dayton et al. Frogs and Toads of Big Bend National Park. Herpetological Review, 39:493.
Leavitt, D. J., C. M. Ritzi, and S. G. Platt. 2007. Late season nesting of Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) in Big Bend National Park. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society, 40:83.
Leavitt, D. J., T. C. Mullet, C. M. Ritzi and J. R. Skiles. 2007. Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog). Geographical distribution. Herpetological Review, 38:97.
Leavitt, D. J., J. M. Mueller, and C. M. Ritzi. 2007. Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas Horned Lizard) Winter Activity. Herpetological Review, 38:80.