PUBLICATIONS Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences are available directly from: CAS Scientific Publications. Publications resulting from the Myanmar Herpetofaunal Survey Project: Bauer, A.M. 2002. Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 53, No. 7:73-86. PDF (4.02MB) Bauer, A.M. 2003. Descriptions of seven new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with a key to the species of Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 54, No. 25:461-496. Gonzalez, M., K.S. Lwin and J.V. Vindum. 2005. New records for Scincella victoriana (Shreve, 1940) from the Chin Hills, Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 56, Short Communications:391-392. PDF (127KB) Gonzalez, M. and J.V. Vindum. 2005. Eutropis longicaudata (Long-tailed Sun Skink). Herpetological Review 36:336-337. Lawson, R., J.B. Slowinski, and F.T. Burbrink. 2004. A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaferi among the Alethinophidia. Journal of Zoology, London 263:285-294. Lawson, R., J.B. Slowinski, B.I. Crother, and F.T. Burbrink. 2005. Phylogeny of Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:581-601. Leviton, A.E., G.O.U. Wogan, M.S. Koo, G.R. Zug, R.S. Lucas, and J.V. Vindum. 2003. The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. Illustrated checklist with keys. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 54, No. 24:407-460. PDF (2.27MB) Leviton, A.E., G.R. Zug, J.V. Vindum, and G.O.U. Wogan. 2008. Handbook to the Dangerously Venemous Snakes of Myanmar. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA. 122 pp. S.W. Kyi and G.R. Zug. 2003. Unusual foraging behaviour of Naja kaouthia at the Moyingye Wetlands Bird Sanctuary, Myanmar. Hamadryad 27:265-266. Schmalz, T.D. and G.R. Zug. 2001. Observations on geographic variation in the Asian frog Hoplobatrachus rugulosa (Anura: Ranidae). Hamadryad 27:90-98. Schulte II, J.A., J.V. Vindum, H. Win, T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, and A.K. Shein. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Ptyctolaemus (Squamata: Agamidae) with a description of a new species from the Chin Hills of Western Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 55, No. 12:222-247. PDF (1.15MB) Slowinski, J.B. and W. Wüster. 2000. A new cobra (Elapidae: Naja) from Myanmar (Burma). Herpetologica 56:257-270. Slowinski, J.B., S.S. Pawar, H. Win, T. Thin, S.W. Gyi, S.L. Oo, and H. Tun. 2001. A new Lycodon (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Northeast India and Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 52, No. 20: 397-405. PDF (4.29MB) Vindum, J.V., H. Win, T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, A.K. Shein and H. Tun. 2003. A new Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Indo-Burman Range of Western Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 54, No. 1:1-16. PDF (392KB) Wilkinson, J.A., T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, and A.K. Shein. 2005. A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 56, No. 4: 42-52. PDF (381KB) Wilkinson, J.A., H. Win, T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, A.K. Shein and H. Tun. 2003. A new species of Chirixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Western Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 54, No. 2:17-26. PDF (238KB) Wilkinson, J.A. and D. Rao. 2004. Taxonomic status of Rhacophorus taronensis Smith, 1940. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 55, No. 26: 451-457. PDF (161KB) Wogan, G.O.U. and H. Win. 2005. Trimeresaurus albolabris (White-lipped Pitviper). Resting Site. Herpetological Review 36(1):72. Wogan, G.O.U. 2004. Fejervarya limnocharis (Boie's Wart Frog) Ophiophagy. Herpetological Review 35(4):372. Wogan, G.O.U., K.S. Lwin, H. Win, T. Thin, A.K. Shein, and H. Tun. 2004. The advertisement call of Brachytarsophrys feae (Boulenger, 1897) (Anura: Megophryidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 55, Short Communications: 251-254. Wogan, G.O.U., H. Win, T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, A.K. Shein, S.W. Kyi, and H. Tun. 2003. A new species of Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae) from Myanmar (Burma), and redescription of the little known species Bufo stuarti Smith 1929. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 54, 7:141-153. PDF (240KB) Wogan, G.O.U., J.V. Vindum, J.A. Wilkinson, M.S. Koo, J.B. Slowinski, H. Win, T. Thin, S.W. Kyi, S.L. Oo, K.S. Lwin, and A.K. Shein. 2008. New country records and range extensions for Myanmar amphibians and reptiles. Hamadryad, 83:83-96. PDF (473KB) Wogan, G.O.U., J.A. Wilkinson, H. Win, T. Thin, K.S. Lwin, A.K. Shein and H. Tun. 2004. Natural History Notes. Amolops viridimaculatus arboreal activity. Herpetological Review 35:369. Wogan, G.O.U. and G.R. Zug. 2002. Amphibian research in Myanmar. FrogLog 51:3. Zug, G.R., J.H. Blackburn III, S.W. Kyi. 2006. Checkered keelbacks (Xenochrophis - Reptilia: Serpentes: Natricidae) at the Moyingyi Wetland Bird Sanctuary, Myanmar. Hamadryad 30 (1 & 2):157-166. Zug, G.R., H.H.K. Brown, J.A. Schulte II, and J.V. Vindum. 2006. Systematics of the garden lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone populations. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 57(2):35-68. PDF (904KB) ZUG, G.R., J.V. VINDUM, and M.S. KOO. 2007. Burmese Hemidactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae): Taxonomic Notes on Tropical Asian Hemidactylus. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, Vol. 58, 19:387-405. PDF (342KB) Other publications utilizing specimens, tissue samples or data from the Myanmar Project: Alfaro, M.E., D.R. Karns, H.K. Voris, E. Abernathy, and S.L. Sellins. 2004. Phylogeny of Cerberus (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) and phylogeography of Cerberus rynchops: diversification of a coastal marine snake in Southeast Asia. J. Biogeography 31:1277-1292. Alfaro, M.E., D.R. Karns, H.K. Voris, C.D. Brock, and B.L. Stuart. 2008. Phylogeny, evolutionary history, and biogeography of Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubroidea: Homalopsidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:576-593. Bain, R.H., T.Q. Nguyen, K.V. Doan. 2009. A new species of the genus Theloderma Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Northwestern Vietnam. Zootaxa 2191: 58-68. Bain, R.H., and B.L. Stuart. 2005. A new species of cascade frog (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Thailand, with new data on Rana banaorum and Rana morafkai. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 53(1): 3-16. Bauer, A.M., V.B. Giri, E. Greenbaum, T.R. Jackman, M.S. Dharne, and Y.S. Shouche. 2008. On the systematics of the Gekkonid genus Teratolepis Günther, 1869: another one bites the dust. Hamadryad 33:13-27. Bordoloi, S., T. Bortamuli, and A. Ohler. 2007. Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam. Zootaxa 1653:1-20. Bossuyt, F., R.F. Brown, D.M. Hillis, D.C. Cannatella, and M.C. Milinkovitch. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of a cosmopolitan frog radiation: Late Cretaceous diversification resulted in continent-scale endemism in the family Ranidae. Systematic Biology 55 (4):579-594. Broadley, Donald G. and W. Wüster. 2004. A review of the southern African 'non-spitting' cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja). African Journal of Herpetology 53(2):101-122. Brown, R.M. and J.C. Gonzalez. 2007. A new forest frog of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island, Philippines. Copeia 2007:251-266. Brown, R.M., C.D. Siler, A.C. Diesmos, and A.C. Alcala. 2009. Philippine frogs of the genus Leptobrachium (Anura; Megophryidae): Phylogeny-based species delimitation, taxonomic review, and descriptions of three new species. Herpetological Monographs 23:1-44. Burbrink, F.T. and R. Lawson. 2007. How and when did Old World rat snakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:173-189. Carranza, S. and E.N. Arnold. 2006. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38:531-545. Castoe, T.A. and C.L. Parkinson. 2006. Bayesian mixed models and the phylogeny of pitvipers (Viperdae: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:91-110. Castoe, T.A., E.N. Smith, R.M. Brown, and C.L. Parkinson. 2007. Higher-level phylogeny of Asian and American coralsnakes, their placement within the Elapidae (Squamata), and the systematic affinities of the enigmatic Asian coralsnake Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann, 1834). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151:809-831. Chakma, S. 2007. Rhacophorus htunwini (Htunwin's Treefrog). Herpetological Review 38:478. Das, I. and N.C. Gayen. 2004. Addenda and corrigenda to the catalogue of reptile types in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India. Hamadryad 28:95-97. David, P., R.H. Bain, N.Q. Truong, N.L. Orlov, G. Vogel, V.N. Thanh, and T. Ziegler. 2007. A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae). Zootaxa 1462: 41-60. Fritz, U., D. Guicking, M. Auer, R.S. Sommer, M. Wink, and A.K. Hundsdorfer. 2008. Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life? Zoological Scripta 37:367-390. Frost, D.R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R.H. Bain, A. Haas, C.F.B. Haddad, R.O. De Sá, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Raxworthy, J.A. Campbell, B.L. Blotto, P. Moler, R.C. Drewes, R.A. Nussbaum, J.D. Lynch, D.M. Green, and W.C. Wheeler. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the Amercian Museum of Natural History 297:1-370. Guo P., A. Malhotra, C. Li, S. Creer, C.E. Pook, and T. Wen. 2009. Systematics of the Protobothrops jerdonii complex (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae) inferred from morphometric data and molecular phylogeny. Herpetological Journal 19: 18-96. Guo P., A. Malhotra, S. Creer, and C.E. Pook. 2009. An evaluation of the systematic value of skull morphology in the Trimeresurus radiation (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) of Asian Pitvipers. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 47: 378-384. Guo, P., A. Malhotra, R.S. Thorpe, S. Creer, and C.E. Pook. 2009. Comments on the systematic status of specimens belonging to the genus Viridovipera (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of southwestern China, with a redescription of V. yunnanensis. Herpetological Journal 19:151-162. Huang, S., S. Liu, P. Guo, Y. Zhang, and E. Zhao. 2009. What are the closest relatives of the hot-spring snakes (Colubridae, Thermophis), the relict species endemic to the Tibetian Plateau? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 438-446. Jackman, T.R., A.M. Bauer, and E. Greenbaum. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of geckos of the genus Nactus and their relatives (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Acta Herpetologica 3(1):1-18. Kalyabina-Hauf, S., N.B. Ananjeva, U. Joger, P. Lenk, R.W. Murphy, B.L. Stuart, N.L. Orlov, C.T. Ho, And M. Wink. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Acanthosaura (Agamidae). Current Herpetology 23:7-16. Kuch, U., D. Kizirian, N.Q. Truong, R. Lawson, M.A. Donnelly, and D. Mebs. 2005. A new species of krait (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Red River system of northern Vietnam. Copeia 2005:818-833. Macey, J.R., J.A. Schulte, II, A. Larson, N.B. Ananjeva, Y. Wang, R. Pethiyagoda, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, and T.J. Papenfuss. 2000. Evaluating trans-tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 49:233-256. Macey, J.R., J.A. Schulte, II, and A. Larson. 2000. Evolution and phylogenetic information content of mitochondrial genomic structural features illustrated with acrodont lizards. Systematic Biology 48:257-277. Malhotra, A. and R.S. Thorpe. 2004. A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:83-100. Matsui, Masafumi, Amir Hamidy, Robert W. Murphy, Wichase Khonsue, Paul Yambun, Tomohiko Shimada, Norhayati Ahmed, Daicus M. Belabut, and Jian-Ping Jiang. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of megophryid frogs of the genus Leptobrachium (Amphibia, Anura) as revealed by mtDNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56:259-272. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.014 Mausfeld, P. and A. Schmitz. 2003. Molecular phylogeography, intraspecific variation and speciation of the Asian scincid lizard genus Eutropis Fizinger, 1843 (Squamata: Reptilia: Scincidae): taxonomic and biogeographic implications. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 3:161-171. Nagy, Z.T., R. Lawson, U. Joger, and M. Wink. 2004. Molecular systematics of racers, whipsnakes and relatives (Reptilia: Colubridae) using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 42:223-233. Perry L. Wood JR., L. Lee Grismer, Jesse L. Grismer, Thy Neang, Thou Chav, and Jermey Holden. 2010. A new cryptic species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Thailand and Cambodia. Zootaxa 2488:22-38. Praschag, P., A.K. Hundsdörfer, and U. Fritz. 2009. Further specimens and phylogenetic position of the recently described leaf turtle species Cyclemys gemeli (Testudines: Geoemydidae). Zootaxa 2008:29-37 (2009). Rao, D.-Q., J.A. Wilkinson, and H.-N. Liu. 2006. A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Guangxi Province, China. Zootaxa 1258:27-31. Rao, D.-Q., J.A. Wilkinson. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of the mustache toads inferred from mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:61-73. Rocha, S., I. Ineich, and D.J. Harris. 2009. Cryptic variation and recent bipolar range expansion within the Stumped-Toed Gecko Gehyra mutilata across Indian and Pacific Ocean islands. Contributions to Zoology 78:1-8. Roelants, K., J. Jiang, and F. Bossuyt. 2004. Endemic ranid (Amphibia: Anura) genera in southern mountain ranges of the Indian subcontinent represent ancient frog lineages: evidence from molecular data. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31:730-740. Sanders, K.L., A. Malhotra, A. Gumprecht, R.S. Thorpe and U. Kuch. 2004. Popeia inornata, A new species of pitviper from west Malaysia (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 11:171-184. Sanders, K.L., A. Malhotra and R.S. Thorpe. 2006. Combining molecular, morphological and ecological data to infer species boundaries in a cryptic tropical pitviper. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 87:343-364. Schulte II, J.A. and E.M. Cartwright. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships among iguanian lizards using alternative partitioning methods and TSHZ1: A new phylogenetic marker for reptiles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50:391-396. Slowinski, J.B. and R. Lawson. 2005. Elapid relationships. pp. 174-189 in M. A. Donnelly, B.I. Crother, C. Guyer, M. H. Wake, and M.E. White, eds., Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Slowinski, J.B. and R. Lawson. 2002. Snake phylogeny: evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24:194-202. Stuart, B.L. 2008. The phylogenetic problem of Huia (Amphibia: Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:49-60. Stuart, B.L. and R.H. Bain. 2005. Three new species of spinule-bearing frogs allied to Rana megatympanum Bain, Lat hrop, Murphy, Orlov and Ho, 2003 from Laos and Vietnam. Herpetologica 61:478-492. Stuart, B.L., Y. Chuaynkern, T. Chan-ard, and R.F. Inger. 2006. Three new species of frogs and a new tadpole from eastern Thailand. Fieldiana, Zoology New Series 111:1-19. Townsend, T., A. Larson, E. Louis, and J.R. Macey. 2004. Molecular phylogenetics of Squamata: the position of snakes, amphisbaenians, and dibamids, and the root of the Squamate Tree. Syst. Biol. 53:735-757. Trape, Jean-François Trape, L. Chirio, D.G. Broadley, and W. Wüster. 2009. Phylogeography and systematic revision of the Egyptian cobra (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja haje) species complex, with the description of a new species from West Africa. Zootaxa 2236: 1-25. Van Bocxlaer, I., S.D. Biju, S.P. Loader, and F. Bossuyt. 2009. Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:131. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-131 Van der Meijden, A., M. Vences, S. Hoegg, R. Boistel, A. Channing, and A. Meyer. 2007. Nuclear gene phylogeny of narrow-mouthed toads (Family: Microhylidae) and a discussion of competing hypotheses concerning their biogeographical origins. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1017-1030. Vogel, G., P. David, and O.S.G. Pauwels. 2004. A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 727:1-63. Wagner, P., W. Böhme, O.S.G. Pauwels, and A. Schmitz. 2009. A review of the African red-flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (Burton, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation. Zootaxa 2050:1-30. Wallach, V. 2003. Scolecophidia miscellanea. Hamadryad 27:222-240. Wallach, V. and O.S.G. Pauwels. 2004. Typhlops Lazelli, a new species of Chinese blindsnake from Hong Kong (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Breviora 512: 1-21. Wiens, J.J., C.A. Kuczynski, S.A. Smith, D.G. Mulcahy, J.W. Sites Jr., T.M. Townsend, and T.W. Reeder. 2008. Branch Lengths, Support, and Congruence: Testing the Phylogenomic Approach with 20 Nuclear Loci in Snakes. Systematic Biology 57:420-431. Wilkinson, J. A., R.C. Drewes, and O.L. Tatum. 2002. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Rhacophoridae with an emphasis on the Asian and African genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 24:243-273. Wüster, W. and D.G. Broadley. 2007. Get an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja). Zootaxa 1532:51-68. Wüster, W. and D.G. Broadley. 2003. A new species of spitting cobra (Naja) from north-eastern Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae). The Zoological Society of London 259:345-359. Wüster, W. and S. Crookes, I. Ineich, Y. Mané, C.E. Pook, J.F. Trape, and D.G. Broadley. 2007. The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja nigricollis complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:437-453. Wüster, W., J.E. Ferguson, J.A. Quijada-Mascarenas, C.E. Pook, M.D.G. Salomao and R.S. Thorpe. 2005. Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus). Molecular Ecology 15:1-14. Wüster, W., L. Peppin, C.E. Pook, and D.E. Walker. 2008. A nesting of vipers: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:445-459. Van Bocxlaer I., S.P. Loader, K. Roelants, S.D. Biju, M. Menegon and F. Bossuyt. 2010. Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion initiated the global radiation of toads. Science 327: 679-682. Van der Meijden, A., M. Vences, S. Hoegg, R. Boistel, A. Channing, and A. Meyer. 2007. Nuclear gene phylogeny of narrow-mouthed toads (Family: Microhylidae) and a discussion of competing hypotheses concerning their biogeographical origins. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1017-1030. Vogel, G., P. David, and O.S.G. Pauwels. 2004. A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 727:1-63. Zheng Y., S. Li, and J. Fu. 2008. A phylogenetic analysis of the frog genera Vibrissaphora and Leptobrachium, and the correlated evolution of nuptial spine and reversed sexual size dimorphism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:695-707.
|