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A new blue-tailed Monitor lizard (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanus) of the Varanus indicus group from Mussau Island, Papua New Guinea

scientific article

A new hip-pocket frog from mid-eastern Australia (Anura: Myobatrachidae: Assa)

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of Philoria (Anura: Limnodynastidae) from the uplands of the Gondwana Rainforests World Heritage Area of eastern Australia

scholarly article

A new species of barred frog, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) from south-eastern Australia identified by molecular genetic analyses

scientific article published in 2023

A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia

scientific article (publication date: 8 March 2007)

A new species ofRattus(Rodentia: Muridae) from Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

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A universal method for the study of CR1 retroposons in nonmodel bird genomes

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Analysis and visualization of complex macroevolutionary dynamics: an example from Australian scincid lizards

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Ancestry of the Australian termitivorous numbat.

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Birth of a biome: insights into the assembly and maintenance of the Australian arid zone biota.

scientific article

Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 August 2010)

C-mos, a nuclear marker useful for squamate phylogenetic analysis.

scientific article

Closing the mitochondrial circle on paraphyly of the Monogenea (Platyhelminthes) infers evolution in the diet of parasitic flatworms.

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Cold Code: the global initiative to DNA barcode amphibians and nonavian reptiles

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Comparative analysis of cutaneous evaporative water loss in frogs demonstrates correlation with ecological habits

scientific article published on 28 July 2005

Conservation genomics of an endangered subspecies of Southern Emu-Wren, Stipiturus malachurus (Passeriformes: Maluridae)

Contrasting scales of local persistence between monsoonal and arid biomes in closely related, low‐dispersal vertebrates

scientific article published on 21 September 2019

De-novo emergence of SINE retroposons during the early evolution of passerine birds

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Delimiting species in recent radiations with low levels of morphological divergence: a case study in Australian Gehyra geckos.

scientific article published on 16 March 2013

Development of 15 microsatellite loci from mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Pisces: Sciaenidae) using next generation sequencing and an assessment of their cross amplification in other sciaenids

Dicyemid fauna composition and infection patterns in relation to cephalopod host biology and ecology

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Disulfide-containing peptides from the glandular skin secretions of froglets of the genus Crinia: Structure, activity and evolutionary trends

scientific article published on 17 June 2008

Diversification and persistence at the arid-monsoonal interface: australia-wide biogeography of the Bynoe's gecko (Heteronotia binoei; Gekkonidae).

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Evaluating evolutionary history in the face of high gene tree discordance in Australian Gehyra (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

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Fiddling with the proof: the Magpie Fiddler Ray is a colour pattern variant of the common Southern Fiddler Ray (Rhinobatidae: Trygonorrhina)

scientific article (publication date: 6 July 2015)

First comparative insight into the architecture of COI mitochondrial minicircle molecules of dicyemids reveals marked inter-species variation

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

Five new species of the pelodryadid genus Litoria Tschudi from the southern versant of Papua New Guinea’s Central Cordillera, with observations on the diversification of reproductive strategies in Melanesian treefrogs ⬇️

scientific article published on 5 April 2023

Genetic diversity is largely unpredictable but scales with museum occurrences in a species-rich clade of Australian lizards

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Genetic variation in the invasive avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera, Muscidae) on the Galápagos archipelago. ⬇️

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Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops) ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 4 July 2013)

Host-defence peptide profiles of the skin secretions of interspecific hybrid tree frogs and their parents, female Litoria splendida and male Litoria caerulea

scientific article published on 5 July 2006

Human-assisted invasions of pacific islands by litoria frogs: a case study of the bleating tree frog on Lord Howe Island. ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Immunological Relationships and Generic Revision of the Australian Lizards Assigned to the Genus Leiolopisma (Scincidae, Lygosominae) ⬇️

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Is The Amphibian Tree of Life really fatally flawed?

scientific article published in 2008

Isolation of additional polymorphic tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama)

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Isolation of polymorphic tri- and tetranucleotide microsatellite loci for the highly endangered Baw Baw frog (Philoria frosti).

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Litoria aplini sp. nov., a new species of treefrog (Pelodryadidae) from Papua New Guinea

Long-term genetic consequences of mammal reintroductions into an Australian conservation reserve

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Looks can deceive: molecular phylogeny of a family of flatworm ectoparasites (Monogenea: Capsalidae) does not reflect current morphological classification.

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Molecular genetic data provide support for a model of transmission dynamics in an Australian reptile tick, Bothriocroton hydrosauri.

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Molecular genetic evidence for the place of origin of the Pacific rat, Rattus exulans

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Molecular identification of python species: development and validation of a novel assay for forensic investigations

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and habitat preference evolution of marsupials

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Morphological differentiation correlates with ecological but not with genetic divergence in a Gehyra gecko.

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

Multilocus phylogeography reveals nested endemism in a gecko across the monsoonal tropics of Australia.

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Multiple geographic origins of commensalism and complex dispersal history of Black Rats

scientific article published in 2011

Multiple trans-Torres Strait colonisations by tree frogs in the Litoria caerulea group, with the description of a new species from New Guinea ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 May 2021

Navigating the mtDNA road map out of the morphological maze: interpreting morphological variation in the diverseMonomorium rothsteini(Forel) complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 26 December 2013

Newly discovered young CORE-SINEs in marsupial genomes

scientific article published on 12 October 2007

Out of southern East Asia of the brown rat revealed by large scale genome sequencing

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Panmixia supports divergence with gene flow in Darwin's small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa, on Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands.

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Parasites as biological tags to assess host population structure: Guidelines, recent genetic advances and comments on a holistic approach

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Phylogenetic analysis of diprotodontian marsupials based on complete mitochondrial genomes

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Phylogenetic disassembly of species boundaries in a widespread group of Australian skinks (Scincidae: Ctenotus).

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Phylogenetic endemism: a new approach for identifying geographical concentrations of evolutionary history

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Phylogenetic reconstruction of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequences from the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and NADH1 genes: implications for classification, biogeography, and the evolution of web building behavior

scientific article published in March 2006

Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial Australo-Papuan elapid snakes (subfamily Hydrophiinae) based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences.

scientific article

Phylogenetics and genetic diversity of the Cotesia flavipes complex of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), biological control agents of lepidopteran stemborers ⬇️

scientific article published on March 17, 2012

Phylogenomics, biogeography and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace's line

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity.

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Phylogeography of the prehensile‐tailed skinkCorucia zebrataon the Solomon Archipelago ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Population structure in a wide-ranging coastal teleost (Argyrosomus japonicus, Sciaenidae) reflects marine biogeography across southern Australia

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Positive selection in the N-terminal extramembrane domain of lung surfactant protein C (SP-C) in marine mammals

scientific article published on 12 June 2007

Purifying selection drives the evolution of surfactant protein C (SP-C) independently of body temperature regulation in mammals.

scientific article published on 21 February 2007

Real-world conservation planning for evolutionary diversity in the Kimberley, Australia, sidesteps uncertain taxonomy

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Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2013)

Reinstatement of Varanus douarrha Lesson, 1830 as a valid species with comments on the zoogeography of monitor lizards (Squamata : Varanidae) in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea

scientific article published in 2016

Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates.

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Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species

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Skin peptide and cDNA profiling of Australian anurans: genus and species identification and evolutionary trends

scientific article published on 13 October 2010

Species identification of protected carpet pythons suitable for degraded forensic samples.

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Systematic assessment of the brown tree frog (Anura: Pelodryadidae: Litoria ewingii) reveals two endemic species in South Australia

scientific article published in 2024

Taxonomic revision of south-eastern Australian giant burrowing frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae: Heleioporus Gray)

scholarly article published in 2021

Taxonomic revision of the Australian arid zone lizards Gehyra variegata and G. montium (Squamata, Gekkonidae) with description of three new species

scientific article (publication date: 9 June 2014)

Telomere length and age in pinnipeds: The endangered Australian sea lion as a case study

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The Amphibian Tree of Life ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

The Australian scincid lizard Menetia greyii: a new instance of widespread vertebrate parthenogenesis.

scientific article

The Leafy Seadragon, Phycodurus eques, a Flagship Species with Low But Structured Genetic Variability

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The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

scientific article (publication date: 19 March 2015)

The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes

scientific article published on 22 February 2024

Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation

scientific article published on 23 November 2012

Two new frog species from the Litoria rubella species group from eastern Australia

scholarly article published in 2021

Using the giant Australian cuttlefish (Sepia apama) mass breeding aggregation to explore the life cycle of dicyemid parasites

scientific article published on 13 December 2013

Variation in Telomere Length of the Common Carp,Cyprinus carpio(Cyprinidae), in Relation to Body Length

Worms in the sand: Systematic revision of the Australian blindsnake Anilios leptosoma (Robb, 1972) species complex (Squamata: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae) from the Geraldton Sandplain, with description of two new species

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

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