List of works - J. Scott Keogh

A 3D MRI-based atlas of a lizard brain

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

A multi-locus molecular phylogeny for Australia's iconic Jacky Dragon (Agamidae: Amphibolurus muricatus): phylogeographic structure along the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Australia

scientific article

A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma

scientific article (publication date: 7 January 2014)

A new species of Australian frog (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the New South Wales mid-north coast sandplains

scientific article (publication date: 3 November 2016)

A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa

scientific article (publication date: 16 July 2015)

Activity predicts male reproductive success in a polygynous lizard.

scientific article

Adult frogs and tadpoles have different macroevolutionary patterns across the Australian continent

article

Ancient phylogeographic divergence in southeastern Australia among populations of the widespread common froglet, Crinia signifera.

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Behavioral and morphological traits interact to promote the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in a lizard.

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Behavioral syndromes influence mating systems: floater pairs of a lizard have heavier offspring

scientific article published in 2005

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

scientific article

Complex mating system and dispersal patterns in a social lizard, Egernia whitii.

scientific article published in April 2005

Conservation genetics and species status of an endangered Australian dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla (Reptilia: Agamidae)

article

Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

scientific article published on 20 April 2021

Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species ⬇️

article

Convergent evolution across the Australian continent: ecotype diversification drives morphological convergence in two distantly related clades of Australian frogs.

scientific article published on 7 September 2015

Current and historical patterns of drainage connectivity in eastern Australia inferred from population genetic structuring in a widespread freshwater fish Pseudomugil signifer (Pseudomugilidae).

scientific article

Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

scholarly article published in 2011

Direct effects of incubation temperature on morphology, thermoregulatory behaviour and locomotor performance in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus).

scientific article

Ecological Divergence, Adaptive Diversification, and the Evolution of Social Signaling Traits: An Empirical Study in Arid Australian Lizards.

scientific article

Ecology of Wahlberg’s velvet gecko, Homopholis wahlbergii, in southern Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2007

Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles

article

Ectoparasites modify escape behaviour, but not performance, in a coral reef fish

Effects of vicariant barriers, habitat stability, population isolation and environmental features on species divergence in the south-western Australian coastal reptile community.

scientific article

Evidence for Concerted and Mosaic Brain Evolution in Dragon Lizards

scientific article

Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism inLiopholis(Squamata�:�Scincidae)

scientific article published in 2008

Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes.

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Evolutionary and natural history of the turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a bizarre myobatrachid frog in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot

scientific article

Evolutionary, behavioural and molecular ecology must meet to achieve long-term conservation goals.

scientific article published in September 2009

Experimental evidence for sexual selection against inbred males

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Extreme sequential polyandry insures against nest failure in a frog.

scientific article

Fitness consequences of artificial selection on relative male genital size

scientific article

Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals

scientific article (publication date: 25 February 2009)

Group Structure and Stability in Social Aggregations of White's Skink, Egernia whitii

Head shape evolution in monitor lizards (Varanus): interactions between extreme size disparity, phylogeny and ecology.

scientific article published on 6 January 2014

How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Impact of Plio-Pleistocene arid cycling on the population history of a southwestern Australian frog.

scientific article

Influence of alternate reproductive tactics and pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection on paternity and offspring performance in a lizard

scientific article published in 2013

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

Invasive cane toads are unique in shape but overlap in ecological niche compared to Australian native frogs ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

Life in the “dead heart” of Australia: The geohistory of the Australian deserts and its impact on genetic diversity of arid zone lizards

scientific article published on 24 February 2021

Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognize rivals.

scientific article published on 19 September 2012

Mate recognition in a freshwater fish: geographical distance, genetic differentiation, and variation in female preference for local over foreign males.

scientific article published in May 2004

Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 2001

Molecular phylogenetic dating supports an ancient endemic speciation model in Australia's biodiversity hotspot.

scientific article published on 23 December 2006

Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (hydrophiinae): evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations.

scientific article published on 31 March 2008

Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus.

scientific article

Molecular phylogeography and systematics of the arid-zone members of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group.

scientific article

Novel microsatellite loci identified from the Australian eastern small-eyed snake (Elapidae: Rhinocephalus nigrescens) and cross species amplification in the related genus Suta

article

Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity

scientific article published in 2022

Paleoenvironmental models for Australia and the impact of aridification on blindsnake diversification

scientific article published in 2023

Parallel adaptive radiations in arid and temperate Australia: molecular phylogeography and systematics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 September 2004

Perched at the mito-nuclear crossroads: divergent mitochondrial lineages correlate with environment in the face of ongoing nuclear gene flow in an Australian bird

scientific article published on 9 April 2013

Phylogenetic generalised dissimilarity modelling: a new approach to analysing and predicting spatial turnover in the phylogenetic composition of communities

article

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

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia's iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii.

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Phylogeography of Australia's king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) reveals Pliocene divergence and Pleistocene dispersal of a top predator

scientific article

Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Population genetic differentiation and multiple paternity determined by novel microsatellite markers from the Mountain Log Skink (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)

scientific article published in 2003

Positive Darwinian selection results in resistance to cardioactive toxins in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae).

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

scientific article published in 2021

Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates.

scientific article

Sexual selection on male body size, genital length and heterozygosity: Consistency across habitats and social settings.

scientific article published on 16 August 2017

Sexual selection predicts brain structure in dragon lizards.

scientific article published in October 2016

ShapeRotator: An R tool for standardized rigid rotations of articulated three-dimensional structures with application for geometric morphometrics.

scientific article

Spatial ecology of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, in an extremely dense population: implications for conservation.

scientific article

Speciation across mountains: phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae)

scientific article published on 03 June 2019

Speciation on the rocks: integrated systematics of the Heteronotia spelea species complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia.

scientific article

Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of melanesia and Australia

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny ofUperoleiatoadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

article

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

article

The first complete mitochondrial genome of Pygopodidae (Aprasia parapulchella Kluge)

scientific article published in 2015

The role of phylogeny and ecology in shaping morphology in 21 genera and 127 species of Australo-Papuan myobatrachid frogs

scientific article

The unexpected genetic mating system of the red-backed toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea ): A species with prolonged terrestrial breeding and cryptic reproductive behaviour

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Twenty-five new polymorphic microsatellites for the eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Actinopterygii : Poeciliidae), an invasive species in Australia

article

Two snakes from eastern Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae); a revised concept of Antaioserpens warro (De Vis) and a redescription of A. albiceps (Boulenger)

scientific article

What are the consequences of being left-clawed in a predominantly right-clawed fiddler crab?

article

List of works by J. Scott Keogh

A 3D MRI-based atlas of a lizard brain

A multi-locus molecular phylogeny for Australia's iconic Jacky Dragon (Agamidae: Amphibolurus muricatus): phylogeographic structure along the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Australia

A new frog species (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the Northern Deserts region of Australia, with a redescription of U. trachyderma

A new species of Australian frog (Myobatrachidae: Uperoleia) from the New South Wales mid-north coast sandplains

A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa

Activity predicts male reproductive success in a polygynous lizard.

Adult frogs and tadpoles have different macroevolutionary patterns across the Australian continent

Ancient phylogeographic divergence in southeastern Australia among populations of the widespread common froglet, Crinia signifera.

Behavioral and morphological traits interact to promote the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics in a lizard.

Behavioral syndromes influence mating systems: floater pairs of a lizard have heavier offspring

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

Complex mating system and dispersal patterns in a social lizard, Egernia whitii.

Conservation genetics and species status of an endangered Australian dragon, Tympanocryptis pinguicolla (Reptilia: Agamidae)

Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk

Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species ⬇️

Convergent evolution across the Australian continent: ecotype diversification drives morphological convergence in two distantly related clades of Australian frogs.

Current and historical patterns of drainage connectivity in eastern Australia inferred from population genetic structuring in a widespread freshwater fish Pseudomugil signifer (Pseudomugilidae).

Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

Direct effects of incubation temperature on morphology, thermoregulatory behaviour and locomotor performance in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus).

Ecological Divergence, Adaptive Diversification, and the Evolution of Social Signaling Traits: An Empirical Study in Arid Australian Lizards.

Ecology of Wahlberg’s velvet gecko, Homopholis wahlbergii, in southern Africa

Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles

Ectoparasites modify escape behaviour, but not performance, in a coral reef fish

Effects of vicariant barriers, habitat stability, population isolation and environmental features on species divergence in the south-western Australian coastal reptile community.

Evidence for Concerted and Mosaic Brain Evolution in Dragon Lizards

Evolution and maintenance of colour pattern polymorphism inLiopholis(Squamata�:�Scincidae)

Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes.

Evolutionary and natural history of the turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a bizarre myobatrachid frog in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot

Evolutionary, behavioural and molecular ecology must meet to achieve long-term conservation goals.

Experimental evidence for sexual selection against inbred males

Extreme sequential polyandry insures against nest failure in a frog.

Fitness consequences of artificial selection on relative male genital size

Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals

Group Structure and Stability in Social Aggregations of White's Skink, Egernia whitii

Head shape evolution in monitor lizards (Varanus): interactions between extreme size disparity, phylogeny and ecology.

How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America's most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae)

Impact of Plio-Pleistocene arid cycling on the population history of a southwestern Australian frog.

Influence of alternate reproductive tactics and pre- and postcopulatory sexual selection on paternity and offspring performance in a lizard

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

Invasive cane toads are unique in shape but overlap in ecological niche compared to Australian native frogs ⬇️

Life in the “dead heart” of Australia: The geohistory of the Australian deserts and its impact on genetic diversity of arid zone lizards

Male tawny dragons use throat patterns to recognize rivals.

Mate recognition in a freshwater fish: geographical distance, genetic differentiation, and variation in female preference for local over foreign males.

Molecular Phylogeny of the Australian Frog Genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and Allied Taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae) ⬇️

Molecular phylogenetic dating supports an ancient endemic speciation model in Australia's biodiversity hotspot.

Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (hydrophiinae): evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations.

Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus.

Molecular phylogeography and systematics of the arid-zone members of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group.

Novel microsatellite loci identified from the Australian eastern small-eyed snake (Elapidae: Rhinocephalus nigrescens) and cross species amplification in the related genus Suta

Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity

Paleoenvironmental models for Australia and the impact of aridification on blindsnake diversification

Parallel adaptive radiations in arid and temperate Australia: molecular phylogeography and systematics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia: Scincidae) species group ⬇️

Perched at the mito-nuclear crossroads: divergent mitochondrial lineages correlate with environment in the face of ongoing nuclear gene flow in an Australian bird

Phylogenetic generalised dissimilarity modelling: a new approach to analysing and predicting spatial turnover in the phylogenetic composition of communities

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

Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannahs: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia's iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii.

Phylogeography of Australia's king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) reveals Pliocene divergence and Pleistocene dispersal of a top predator

Polyploidy breaks speciation barriers in Australian burrowing frogs Neobatrachus

Population genetic differentiation and multiple paternity determined by novel microsatellite markers from the Mountain Log Skink (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii)

Positive Darwinian selection results in resistance to cardioactive toxins in true toads (Anura: Bufonidae).

Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction

Resources for phylogenomic analyses of Australian terrestrial vertebrates.

Sexual selection on male body size, genital length and heterozygosity: Consistency across habitats and social settings.

Sexual selection predicts brain structure in dragon lizards.

ShapeRotator: An R tool for standardized rigid rotations of articulated three-dimensional structures with application for geometric morphometrics.

Spatial ecology of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, in an extremely dense population: implications for conservation.

Speciation across mountains: phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae)

Speciation on the rocks: integrated systematics of the Heteronotia spelea species complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia.

Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of melanesia and Australia

The biogeographical boundaries of northern Australia: evidence from ecological niche models and a multi-locus phylogeny ofUperoleiatoadlets (Anura: Myobatrachidae)

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

The first complete mitochondrial genome of Pygopodidae (Aprasia parapulchella Kluge)

The role of phylogeny and ecology in shaping morphology in 21 genera and 127 species of Australo-Papuan myobatrachid frogs

The unexpected genetic mating system of the red-backed toadlet (Pseudophryne coriacea ): A species with prolonged terrestrial breeding and cryptic reproductive behaviour

Twenty-five new polymorphic microsatellites for the eastern mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki (Actinopterygii : Poeciliidae), an invasive species in Australia

Two snakes from eastern Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae); a revised concept of Antaioserpens warro (De Vis) and a redescription of A. albiceps (Boulenger)

What are the consequences of being left-clawed in a predominantly right-clawed fiddler crab?