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Sources are classified as Wizards Publications, Other d20 Publications, and Additional Sources. References to the Wizards of the Coast Monster Index indicate sourcebooks which I don't own.

Wizards Publications

General sourcebooks include Monster Manual I, Monster Manual II, Magic of Incarnum, Manual of the Planes, Masters of the Wild, Miniatures Handbook, Oriental Adventures, Planar Handbook, Expanded Psionics Handbook, Races of Destiny, Races of the Dragon, Races of Stone, Races of the Wild, Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, Sandstorm, Savage Species, The Speaker in Dreams, The Standing Stone, Stormwrack, The Sunless Citadel, Tome of Battle, and Tome of Magic.

Forgotten Realms sourcebooks include Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Dragons of Faerûn, Lost Empires of Faerûn, Magic of Faerûn, Monsters of Faerûn, Races of Faerûn, Serpent Kingdoms, Shadowdale, Shining South, Silver Marches, Unapproachable East, and Underdark.

Eberron sourcebooks include Magic of Eberron, Secrets of Sarlona, Secrets of Xen'drik, and Sharn: City of Towers.

General Sourcebooks

Monster Manual I [17755]
aasimar, aboleth, abomination, achaierai, air elemental, allip, androsphinx, animated object, ankheg, annis, giant ant, ape, dire ape, aquatic elf, aranea, arrowhawk, assassin vine, astral deva, athach, grimlock, azer, babau, baboon, bactrian, badger, dire badger, baleen whale, balor, barbed devil, barghest, greater barghest, basilisk, bat, dire bat, bat swarm, bearded devil, bebilith, giant bee, behir, beholder, belker, bison, black bear, black dragon, black pudding, blink dog, blue dragon, blue slaad, boar, dire boar, bodak, giant bombardier beetle, bone devil, bralani, brass dragon, bronze dragon, brown bear, dire brown bear, bugbear, bulette, cachalot whale, carrion crawler, cat, cauchemar, half–celestial, celestial creature, centaur, centipede, centipede swarm, chain devil, chaos beast, cheetah, chimera, choker, chuul, clay golem, cloaker, cloud giant, cockatrice, constrictor snake, giant constrictor snake, copper dragon, couatl, criosphinx, crocodile, giant crocodile, darkmantle, dark naga, death slaad, deepdwarf, deep halfling, deinonychus, delver, derro, destrachan, devourer, digester, displacer beast, djinni, noble djinni, dog, riding dog, donkey, doppelganger, half–dragon, dragonne, dragon turtle, dread wraith, dretch, drider, dromedary, drow, dryad, duergar, eagle, giant eagle, earth elemental, efreeti, elasmosaurus, elephant, half–elf, erinyes, ethereal filcher, ethereal marauder, ettercap, ettin, half–fiend, fiendish creature, giant fire beetle, fire elemental, fire giant, flesh golem, forest gnome, formian myrmarch, formian queen, formian taskmaster, formian warrior, formian worker, frost giant, frost worm, gargoyle, gauth, gelatinous cube, ghaele, ghast, ghost, ghoul, gibbering mouther, girallon, githyanki, githzerai, glabrezu, gnoll, goblin, gold dragon, gorgon, gray elf, gray ooze, gray render, gray slaad, green dragon, green hag, green slaad, grick, griffon, grig, grimlock, guardian naga, gynosphinx, halfblood, harpy, hawk, hellcat, hell hound, hellwasp swarm, hezrou, hieracosphinx, high elf, hill dwarf, hill giant, hippogriff, hobgoblin, homonculus, horned devil, heavy horse, light horse, heavy warhorse, light warhorse, hound archon, howler, hyena, ice devil, illithid, imp, invisible stalker, iron golem, janni, kapoacinth, kobold, kolyarut, kraken, krenshar, kuo–toa, lacedon, lamia, lammasu, lantern archon, lemure, leonal, leopard, lich, lightfoot halfling, lillend, lion, dire lion, lizard, lizardfolk, locathah, locust swarm, magmin, malenti, manta ray, manticore, marilith, marut, medusa, megaraptor, merfolk, merrow, mimic, minotaur, mohrg, monitor lizard, monkey, mountain dwarf, mule, mummy, mummy lord, nalfeshnee, Nessian warhound, nightcrawler, night hag, nightmare, nightwalker, nightwing, nixie, nymph, ochre jelly, octopus, giant octopus, ogre, ogre mage, orc, half–orc, orca, otyugh, owl, giant owl, owlbear, pegasus, phantom fungus, phase spider, phasm, pit fiend, pixie, planetar, polar bear, pony, war pony, porpoise, giant praying mantis, pseudodragon, pureblood, purple worm, quasit, rakshasa, rast, rat, dire rat, rat swarm, raven, ravid, red dragon, red slaad, remorhaz, retriever, rhinoceros, roc, rock gnome, roper, rust monster, sahuagin, salamander, satyr, scorpion, scrag, sea cat, sea hag, shadow, shadow mastiff, shambling mound, shark, dire shark, shield guardian, shocker lizard, shrieker, silver dragon, skeleton, skum, solar, spectre, spider, spider eater, spider swarm, spirit naga, squid, giant squid, giant stag beetle, stirge, stone giant, stone golem, storm giant, succubus, svirfneblin, tallfellow halfling, tarrasque, tendriculos, thoqqua, tiefling, tiger, dire tiger, titan, toad, tojanida, treant, triceratops, triton, troglodyte, troll, trumpet archon, tyrannosaurus, umber hulk, unicorn, vampire, vampire spawn, vargouille, violet fungus, viper, vrock, giant wasp, water elemental, water naga, weasel, dire weasel, brown werebear, wereboar, wererat, weretiger, werewolf, werewolf lord, white dragon, wight, wild elf, will–o'–wisp, winter wolf, wolf, dire wolf, wolverine, dire wolverine, wood elf, worg, wraith, wyvern, xill, xorn, yeth hound, yrthak, zelekhut, and zombie.
Monster Manual II [88268]
abeil queen, abeil soldier, abeil vassal, abyssal maw, abyssal ravager, abyssal skulker, adamanine horror, advespa, air weird, allosaurus, amethyst dragon, amnizu, ankylosaurus, legendary ape, ash rat, asperi, avolakia, banshee, legendary black bear, bladeling, blood ape, boggle, bogun, bone naga, bone ooze, brass golem, braxat, breathdrinker, bronze serpent, legendary brown bear, catoblepas, cervidal, chain golem, chaos roc, cloaked ape, cloud ray, dire constrictor snake, legendary constrictor snake, corollax, corpse gatherer, corpse tearer, crested felldrake, crimson death, cryptoclidus, crystal dragon, darktentacles, deathbringer, desmodu, dragonflesh golem, dread guard, dread linnorm, dune stalker, durzagon, legendary eagle, earth weird, effigy, electrum horror, dire elephant, dire elk, emerald dragon, ethereal doppelganger, ethereal slayer, ether scarab, famine spirit, fiendwurm, fihyr, great fihyr, firbolg, fire bat, fire weird, flesh jelly, fomorian, forest giant, forest sloth, frost salamander, galeb duhr, gambol, glimmerskin, gold horror, gravecrawler, gravorg, gray linnorm, greenvise, grell, grimalkin, grizzly mastodon, guard bat, hammerer, dire hawk, hellfire wyrm, hook horror, horned felldrake, dire horse, legendary horse, hunting bat, immoth, ixitxachitl, jahi, jarilith, jermlaine, jovoc, juggernaut, julajimus, kelvezu, kopru, leechwalker, leviathan, loxo, lupinal, malebranche, mountain giant, ocean giant, palrethee, platinum horror, legendary polar bear, pulverizer, quetzalcoatlus, sapphire dragon, seismosaurus, legendary shark, spinosaurus, spitting felldrake, stained glass golem, sun giant, legendary tiger, dire toad, topaz dragon, twig blight, vampiric ixitxachitl, dire viper, legendary viper, war bat, water weird, legendary wolf, wyste, and zovvut.
Magic of Incarnum [88579]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
azurin, dissolution ooze, duskling, incarnum dragon, incarnum golem, incarnum wraith, lost, midnight construct, necrocarnum zombie, rilkan, skarn, souleater, soulfused construct, soulspark, and totem giant.
Manual of the Planes [88242]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
anarchic creature, armanite, astraldreadnought, axiomatic creature, Bahamut, bariaur, canoloth, dao, dusk beast, ecalypse, half–elemental, element creature, firre, githyanki, githzerai, goristro, ice paraelemental, kolyarut, leonal, magma paraelemental, marid, marut, mercane, mezzoloth, narzugon, nycaloth, ooze paraelemental, petitioner, shadow creature, smoke paraelemental, spinagon, Tiamat, ultroloth, umbral banyan, uridezu, xag–ya, xeg–yi, and zelekhut.
Masters of the Wild [88164]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
legendary ape, legendary bear, bogun, legendary eagle, dire elephant, dire elk, dire hawk, dire horse, legendary horse, legendary shark, dire snake, legendary snake, legendary tiger, dire toad, and legendary wolf.
Miniatures Handbook [96582]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
abyssal eviscerator, cave ankylosaurus, aspect of Asmodeus, aspect of Bahamut, bright naga, catfolk, crucian, cursed spirit, aspect of Demogorgon, displacer serpent, equiceph, ghirash, gravehound, aspect of Hextor, khumat, aspect of Kord, kruthik, aspect of Lolth, mad slasher, magma hurler, aspect of Mephistopheles, aspect of Nerull, nothic, aspect of Orcus, phargion, protectar, ramadeen, scaled stalker, spark lasher, stonechild, thaskor, aspect of Tiamat, cave triceratops, cave tyrannosaurus, aspect of Vecna, and walking wall.
Oriental Adventures [88244]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
akuma no oni, ashi no oni, asp naga, bajang, bakemono, bisan, bog hag, byoki no oni, least spirit centipede, lesser spirit centipede, small spirit centipede, chameleon naga, chiang lung, cobra naga, common oni, constrictor naga, crow–headed tengu, doc cu'o'c, dokufu, einsaung nat, fire toad, gekido no oni, ghost, go–zu oni, greensnake naga, haino no oni, hannya, hebi–no–onna, hengeyokai, hkum yeng nat, hopping vampire, human–headed tengu, ice toad, jiki–ketsu–gaki, jiki–niku–gaki, kamu no oni, kappa, ki–rin, korobokuru, kyoso no oni, li lung, lu nat, lung wang, mamono, me–zu oni, nature spirit, nezumi, onikage, pan lung, pennaggolan, poisonous toad, rokuro–kubi, sanru no oni, shen lung, shikibu no oni, shikki–gaki, shinen–gaki, shirokinu–katsukami, spirit folk, tako, tasloi, t'ien lung, tigbanua buso, giant toad, tsuburu no oni, tsuno, tun mi lung, ugulu no oni, wang–liang, yattoko no oni, yeti, yuki–on–na, and yu lung.
Planar Handbook [17920]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
air elementite swarm, anarchic creature, astral kraken, axiomatic creature, dharculus, earth elementite swarm, elsewhale, Elysian thrush, entropic creature, fire gnome, fire elementite swarm, frost dwarf, gaspar, limbo stalker, lesser nightmare, pack fiend, shadow jelly, unraveler, ur'epona, vivacious creature, void ooze, water elementite swarm, xac–yel, xac–yij, xap–yaup, xong–yong, and xor–yost.
Expanded Psionics Handbook [96666]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
aboleth, astral construct, blue, brain mole, caller in darkness, cerebrilith, couatl, crysmal, dromite, duergar, elan, flesh harrower, folugub, half–giant, githyanki, githzerai, gray glutton, illithid, intellect devourer, maenad, neothelid, phrenic creature, phthisic, psicrystal, psion–killer, puppeteer, temporal filcher, thought eater, thought slayer, thri–kreen, udaroot, unbodied, xeph, and yuan–ti.
Races of Destiny [17737]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
aasimar, doppelganger, illumian, mongrelfolk, half–ogre, sea kin, sharakim, skulk, tiefling, and underfolk.
Races of the Dragon [95369]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
draconic creature, dragonborn of Bahamut, and spellscale.
Races of Stone [96567]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
chaos gnome, deep hound, dream dwarf, dire eagle, earth whisper, feral gargun, hammer archon, stone drake, thrum worm, and whisper gnome.
Races of the Wild [17928]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
brixashulty, chordevoc, elven hound, dire hawk, and raptoran.
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil [88237]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
blade spirit, burning skeleton, half–elemental, giant frog, grell, and shocker.
Sandstorm [17739]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
giant ant lion, ashen husk, asherati, ashworm, bactrian, giant banded lizard, bhuka, brine ooze, brine swimmer, camelopardel, canisphinx, chekryan, crawling apocalypse, crocosphinx, crucian, cursed cold one, death scarab swarm, desert devil, diprotodon, dromedary, dry lich, dune hag, dunewinder, dustblight, dustform creature, dust twister, forlorn husk, glass mephit, hippopotamus, dire hippopotamus, horned lizard, ironthorn, jackal, dire jackal, half–janni, lava ooze, marrulurk, marrusault, marruspawn, marruspawn abomination, marrutact, mirage mullah, porcupine cactus, protoceratops, dire puma, saguaro sentinel, sand dragon, sand golem, sand hunter, saurosphinx, scorpion swarm, serval, sulphur mephit, termite queen, termite soldier, termite worker, threskisphinx, thunderbird, dire tortoise, tumbling mound, vulture, dire vulture, war camel, waste crawler, wasteland troll, and werecrocodile.
Savage Species [88158]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
anthropomorphic animal, desmodu, loxo, and thri–kreen.
The Speaker in Dreams [88062]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
wyste.
The Standing Stone []
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
gravewright and hobyah.
Stormwrack [17867]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
albatross, amphibious creature, anguillian, aquatic elf, archelon, aventi, barracuda, dire barracuda, blackskate, caller from the deeps, coral golem, crab, darfellan, diving spider, echinoloth, eel, dire eel, hadozee, hammerclaw, hippocampus, ichthyosaur, jellyfish swarm, giant leech, leech swarm, mosasaur, nereid, otter, piranha swarm, pleiosaur, ramfish, scyllan, seal, sea lion, sea snake, sea wolf, sisiutl, snapping turtle, stingray, and uchuulon.
The Sunless Citadel [11640]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
twig blight.
Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords [95378]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
naityan, reth dekala, and valkyrie.
Tome of Magic [95365]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
crow swarm, dark creature, deadly dancer, deathshead, ephemeral hangman, garbler, horned beast, karsite, khayal, logokron, loquasphinx, painspeaker, roving mauler, shadow elemental, and tooth beast.

Forgotten Realms Sourcebooks

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [11836]
death tyrant, dracolich, kir–lanan, pack lizard, riding lizard, rothé, shade, spitting crawler, tressym, two–headed adder, and winged viper.
Dragons of Faerûn [95379]
bluespawn stoneglider, krathbairn, mercury dragon, mist dragon, redspawn birther, spectral creature, and steel dragon.
Lost Empires of Faerûn [17738]
baneguard, battle horror, crawling claw, curst, deepspawn, direguard, dread, dread warrior, flameskull, foulwing, ghour, gorynych, greenbound creature, helmed horror, ixzan, metalmaster, nighthaunt, nishruu, phaerimm, giant whip scorpion, giant sun spider, giant whip spider, tomb tapper, tressym, giant velvet worm, werebat, werecat, werecrocodile, and wereshark.
Magic of Faerûn [11964]
crossroads guardian, crypt spawn, The Magister, scalamagdrion, spectator, and spectral mage.
Monsters of Faerûn [11832]
aarakocra, aballin, air genasi, alaghi, arctic dwarf, asabi, banedead, baneguard, banelar naga, beast of Malar, beast of Xvim, black abishai, black unicorn, blue abishai, bonebat, broodguard, brown dragon, bullywug, chitine, choldrith, chosen one, cloaker lord, crawling claw, curst, darkenbeast, dark tree, death kiss, deep dragon, deepspawn, Dekanter goblin, diamond golem, direguard, greater doppelganger, draegloth, dragonkin, dread warrior, duergar, earth genasi, emerald golem, eyeball, fang dragon, fey'ri, fire genasi, firenewt, fog giant, ghaunadan, ghost, ghour, gibberling, gold dwarf, gouger, green abishai, green warder, groundling, gulguthydra, hairy spider, helmedhorror, hybsil, ibrandlin, ice serpent, leucrotta, lich, malaugrym, meazel, myrlochar, night hunter, nishruu, nyth, peryton, phaerimm, phaerlin giant, pterafolk, quaggoth, red abishai, revenant, ruby golem, shadow dragon, shalarin, sharn, shield dwarf, sinister, siv, song dragon, spectral panther, stinger, stingtail, giant strider, sword spider, tainted one, tall mouther, tanarukk, Thayan golem, tomb tapper, tyrantfog zombie, urdunnir, water genasi, wemic, werebat, werecrocodile, wereshark, white abishai, wild dwarf, and yochlol.
Races of Faerûn [88578]
cavvekan, deathfang, flying snake, hound, ibis, lynx, osquip, and steeder.
Serpent Kingdoms [96566]
amphisbaena, banelar naga, bone naga, ceratosaur, deathcoils, dung snake, Faerûnian ha–naga, glacier snake, holy guardian, iridescent naga, jaculi, lizard king, mageslayer, mlarraun, muckdweller, nagahydra, nifern, pteranadon, reed snake, sarrukh, serpentflesh golem, sewerm, stegosaurus, tree python, tren, wereserpent, and whipsnake.
Shadowdale: The Scourging of the Land [95569]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
beast of bane, fire spider swarm, shadow simulacrum, shadowslain, and snake head.
Shining South [17929]
beguiler, Halruaan behir, cyclops, dark tree, rattelyr dragon, laraken, loxo, mantimera, starsnake, tall mouther, tasloi, and thri–kreen.
Silver Marches [88567]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
branta, deer, elk, giant raven, red tiger, rock wyrm, and snowcloak.
Unapproachable East [17665]
bheur hag, blightspawned, blooded one, dread warrior, fell troll, hagspawn, ice troll, juju zombie, mur–zhagul, nilshai, orglash, shadow–walker, shrieking hag, spiritfolk, taer, telthor, thomil, uthraki, and volodni.
Underdark [88581]
all–consuming hunger, annihilator, arachnoid creature, baphitaur, chameleon creature, giant cockroach, earth glider, elder brain, faerzress–infused creature, gloura, half–illithid, ineffable horror, kuo–toa leviathan, lith, lurker, giant maggot, maur, mineral warrior, phaerlock, portal drake, and stone flyer.

Eberron Sourcebooks

Magic of Eberron [88291]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
arbalester, breed leech, crawling gauntlet, dolghast, packmate, persistent harrier, shadow sibling, spellwurm, stormstalk, throwing scarab, urdark, vour, and winter cyst.
Secrets of Sarlona [95372]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
du'ulora quori, essence reaver, hashalaq quori, kalaraq quori, quorbound creature, and quorbred creature.
Secrets of Xen'drik [95372]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
alchemy beetle, dream serpent, jungle giant, primordial giant, quorcraft warforged, scorrow, tentacle spider, warforged scorpion, and wretchling.
Sharn: City of Towers [86420]
This list is taken from the Wizards Monster Index.
feral spirit, forgewraith, radiant idol, rancid beetle swarm, rancid beetle zombie, roach thrall, and spiretop dragon.

Other d20 Publications

Additional Sources

Websites include Xaeyruudh Campaign and Wikipedia.

Xaeyruudh Campaign
ash mephit, ash quasielemental, dire black bear, noble dao, noble djinni, dust quasielemental, noble efreeti, human, lightning mephit, lightning quasielemental, noble marid, mineral mephit, mineral quasielemental, dire polar bear, radiance mephit, radiance quasielemental, salt quasielemental, smoke mephit, steam quasielemental, void mephit, void quasielemental, dire werebat, black werebear, dire black werebear, dire brown werebear, polar werebear, dire polar werebear, dire wereboar, dire werecrocodile, werelion, dire werelion, wererat, dire wereshark, dire weretiger, and dire werewolf.
Wikipedia
xag–az.