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List of works by Frank T. Burbrink

A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)

scientific article (publication date: August 2014)

A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification

scientific article

A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaeferi among the Alethinophidia

scholarly article by Robin Lawson et al published July 2004 in Journal of Zoology

A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 September 2022

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

academic work

A phylogeny of the Lampropeltis mexicana complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences suggests evidence for species-level polyphyly within Lampropeltis

scientific article published on 09 December 2006

Assessing species boundaries and the phylogenetic position of the rare Szechwan ratsnake, Euprepiophis perlaceus (Serpentes: Colubridae), using coalescent-based methods

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Asynchronous demographic responses to Pleistocene climate change in Eastern Nearctic vertebrates.

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Biogeographic barriers, Pleistocene refugia, and climatic gradients in the southeastern Nearctic drive diversification in cornsnakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex)

scientific article published on 09 February 2020

Claims of potential expansion throughout the U.S. by invasive python species are contradicted by ecological niche models ⬇️

scientific article

Coalescent Species Tree Inference of Coluber and Masticophis

scientific article published in November 2017

Coalescent species delimitation in milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and impacts on phylogenetic comparative analyses.

scientific article

Coalescent-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy

scientific article

Comparative mitochondrial genomics of snakes: extraordinary substitution rate dynamics and functionality of the duplicate control region

scientific article

Comparing species tree estimation with large anchored phylogenomic and small Sanger-sequenced molecular datasets: an empirical study on Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snakes

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Complex longitudinal diversification across South China and Vietnam in Stejneger's pit viper, Viridovipera stejnegeri (Schmidt, 1925) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Viperidae).

scientific article

Contrasting models of parity-mode evolution in squamate reptiles.

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

Demographic and phylogeographic histories of two venomous North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon

scientific article published on 14 April 2008

Does dispersal across an aquatic geographic barrier obscure phylogeographic structure in the diamond-backed watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)?

scientific article

Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Effectiveness of phylogenomic data and coalescent species-tree methods for resolving difficult nodes in the phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes: Caenophidia).

scientific article

Environmental heterogeneity and not vicariant biogeographic barriers generate community-wide population structure in desert-adapted snakes

scientific article published on 11 August 2019

Estimating synchronous demographic changes across populations using hABC and its application for a herpetological community from northeastern Brazil

scientific article

Evidence for determinism in species diversification and contingency in phenotypic evolution during adaptive radiation

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2012)

Exploring Chihuahuan Desert diversification in the gray-banded kingsnake, Lampropeltis alterna (Serpentes: Colubridae)

article

Extinction, ecological opportunity, and the origins of global snake diversity

scientific article

Female-biased gape and body-size dimorphism in the New World watersnakes (tribe: Thamnophiini) oppose predictions from Rensch's rule

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka.

scientific article

Hibernation in bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) did not evolve through positive selection of leptin

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Historical versus contemporary migration in fragmented populations

scientific article

Host susceptibility to snake fungal disease is highly dispersed across phylogenetic and functional trait space

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World?

scientific article

How does ecological opportunity influence rates of speciation, extinction, and morphological diversification in New World ratsnakes (tribe Lampropeltini)?

scientific article published on 6 November 2009

Identifying traits that enable lizard adaptation to different habitats

scientific article published on 13 December 2021

Independent Demographic Responses to Climate Change among Temperate and Tropical Milksnakes (Colubridae: Genus Lampropeltis)

scientific article

Inferring the phylogenetic position of Boa constrictor among the Boinae

scientific article

Integrating natural history collections and comparative genomics to study the genetic architecture of convergent evolution

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Interrogating genomic-scale data for Squamata (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) shows no support for key traditional morphological relationships

scientific article published on 24 September 2019

Lineage diversification and historical demography of a sky island salamander, Plethodon ouachitae, from the Interior Highlands

scientific article

Lineage diversification in a widespread species: roles for niche divergence and conservatism in the common kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula

scientific article

Local-scale environmental variation generates highly divergent lineages associated with stream drainages in a terrestrial salamander, Plethodon caddoensis.

scientific article

Lycodon and Dinodon: one genus or two? Evidence from molecular phylogenetics and morphological comparisons.

scientific article

Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of tree boas (Corallus spp.).

scientific article

Morphological Differentiation in Ouachita Mountain Endemic Salamanders

scientific article published in December 2011

Morphological description of a new specimen of Herpetoreas burbrinki Guo et al 2014 (Serpentes: Colubridae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 16 September 2021

Neogene diversification and taxonomic stability in the snake tribe Lampropeltini (Serpentes: Colubridae).

scientific article

Out of Asia: natricine snakes support the Cenozoic Beringian Dispersal Hypothesis

scientific article published on 12 March 2012

Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal a Unique Species of Elaphe (Serpentes, Colubridae) New to Science ⬇️

scientific article published on 25 December 2010

Phylogenetic estimates of speciation and extinction rates for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses

scientific article published on 10 October 2013

Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation.

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic range evolution in cat-eyed snakes, Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 August 2020

Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

scientific article (publication date: 30 July 2013)

Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses.

scientific article published in December 2002

Phylogeographic and demographic effects of Pleistocene climatic fluctuations in a montane salamander, Plethodon fourchensis

scientific article

Phylogeographical structure withinBoa constrictor imperatoracross the lowlands and mountains of Central America and Mexico

Phylogeography across a continent: The evolutionary and demographic history of the North American racer (Serpentes: Colubridae: Coluber constrictor)

scientific article published on 09 November 2007

Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake

scientific article

Predicting community structure in snakes on Eastern Nearctic islands using ecological neutral theory and phylogenetic methods.

scientific article published in November 2015

Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex)

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Speciation at the Mogollon Rim in the Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana).

scientific article

Speciation with gene flow in whiptail lizards from a Neotropical xeric biome

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex ⬇️

scientific article published in 2005

Systematics of the Eastern Ratsnake Complex (Elaphe obsoleta)

The Biogeography of Deep Time Phylogenetic Reticulation.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

The Cat-eyed Snakes of Madagascar: Phylogeny and Description of a New Species of Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from the Tsingy of Ankarana

scientific article published in October 2016

The Origins and Diversification of the Exceptionally Rich Gemsnakes (Colubroidea: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) in Madagascar

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

The Taming of the Skew: Estimating Proper Confidence Intervals for Divergence Dates

scientific article published on 01 April 2008

The impact of gene-tree/species-tree discordance on diversification-rate estimation.

scientific article published on 19 March 2011

The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae)

scientific article (publication date: 10 November 2014)

The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees

scientific article

Understanding the formation of ancient intertropical disjunct distributions using Asian and Neotropical hinged-teeth snakes (Sibynophis and Scaphiodontophis: Serpentes: Colubridae).

scientific article published on 5 October 2012

Uniting genetic and geographic databases to understand the relationship between latitude and population demography

scientific article published in 2022

Unrecognized species diversity and new insights into colour pattern polymorphism within the widespread Malagasy snake Mimophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae)

scientific article published in 2017

Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes

scientific article

When are adaptive radiations replicated in areas? Ecological opportunity and unexceptional diversification in West Indian dipsadine snakes (Colubridae: Alsophiini)

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