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List of works by Ronald A. Nussbaum

A Nest Site of the Olympic Salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige)

scientific article published in 1969

A New Genus of Lungless Tetrapod: A Radically Divergent Caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

scientific article (publication date: 22 September 1995)

A New Mabuya (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of the Aureopunctata-Group from Southern Madagascar

scientific article published in 1995

A New Madagascan Phelsuma, with a Review of Phelsuma trilineata and Comments on Phelsuma cepediana in Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

scientific article

A New Species of Heteroliodon (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Montagne Des Français, far Northern Madagascar

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A New Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Southern Madagascar

A New Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from the High Plateau (Isalo National Park) of South-Central Madagascar

A New Species of Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae) of the Malabaricus Group

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A New Species of Uroplatus Duméril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southern Madagascar

A Revision of the Fish Scale Geckos, Genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros

scientific article published in December 2009

A Taxonomic Review of Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson (Amphibia: Caudata: Salamandridae)

A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): out of India or out of South East Asia?

scientific article (publication date: 7 August 2002)

A new species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) from northern Madagascar

A new species of small and highly abbreviated caecilian (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the Seychelles island of Praslin, and a recharacterization of <i>Hypogeophis</i> <i>brevis</i> Boulenger, 1911.

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A rainforest survey of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals at Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar

scientific article published in 1994

A review of the Madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea, and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae)

Additional Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Western Madagascar

scientific article published in 1999

Aligning conservation priorities across taxa in Madagascar with high-resolution planning tools.

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An Egg-Laying Aggregation of Five Species of Oregon Reptiles

scientific article published in 1969

Antipredator Adaptations of Asian Salamanders (Salamandridae)

Antipredator Behavior of Chinese Salamanders (Salamandridae)

scientific article published on 22 February 1990

CAECILIIDAE Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) and CAECILIIDAE Kolbe, 1880 (Insecta, Psocoptera): proposed removal of the homonymy by the revocation of Opinion 1462 and the adoption of the spelling CAECILIUSIDAE for the psocopteran ...

scientific article published in 1994

Caecilian Phylogeny and Biogeography Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences of the 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA Genes (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

scientific article published in 1993

Case 2616 Ichthyophiidae Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia, Gymphiona): proposed conservation

scientific article published in 1988

Changes in serum proteins associated with metamorphosis in salamanders of the family ambystomatidae

scientific article published on 01 January 1976

Chthonerpeton onorei, a new caecilian (Ampibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Ecuador

scholarly article by R. A. Nussbaum published 1986 in Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Comparative morphology and evolution of the lungless caecilian Atretochoana eiselti (Taylor) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae)

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Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in theUroplatusleaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar

Cytological Evidence for Monophyly of the Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the Seychelles Archipelago

scientific article published in 1988

Dicamptodon copei

scientific article published in 1983

Dicamptodon copei, n. sp., from the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. (Amphibia: Caudata: Ambystomatidae)

Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)

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Experimental Examination of Burrowing Behavior in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Effects of Soil Compaction on Burrowing Ability of Four Species

Four New Species of Amphiglossus from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae)

Genetic Divergence and Heterozygosity among Frogs of the Family Sooglossidae

scientific article published in 1988

Head Dimorphism and Burrowing Speed in the African Caecilian Schistometopum thomense (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Herpetology of Africa: A Checklist and Bibliography of the Orders Amphisbaenia, Sauria and Serpentes

scientific article published on 6 May 1983

Heterotopic Bones in the Hindlimbs of Frogs of the Families Pipidae, Ranidae and Sooglossidae

scientific article published in 1982

Immunological Insights into the Evolutionary History of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Relationships of the Seychellean Caecilians and a Preliminary Report on Family-Level Relationships

scientific article published in 1993

Is The Amphibian Tree of Life really fatally flawed?

scientific article published in 2008

Life-history evolution and mitogenomic phylogeny of caecilian amphibians

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Microsatellite discovery in an insular amphibian (Grandisonia alternans) with comments on cross-species utility and the accuracy of locus identification from unassembled Illumina data

Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis).

scientific article published on 9 June 2007

Molecular systematics of caeciliid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the Western Ghats, India

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Morphological Assessments and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Seychellean Frogs of the Family Sooglossidae (Amphibia: Anura)

scientific article published in May 2007

Nests and Eggs of the Pacific Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz)

scientific article published in 1969

New Character Useful in the Systematics of the Scincid Lizard GenusMabuya

scientific article published in May 2000

New Long-Tailed Mabuya Fitzinger from Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae)

scientific article published on 3 February 1998

New Microhylid Frog (Plethodontohyla) from Madagascar, with Semiarboreal Habits and Possible Parental Care

scientific article published in December 2003

New Rain-Forest Species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar

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New Species of Day Gecko,PhelsumaGray (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Southern Madagascar

scientific article published in August 2000

New Uroplatus Duméril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the ebenaui-Group from the Anosy Mountains of Southern Madagascar

Next-Generation Mitogenomics: A Comparison of Approaches Applied to Caecilian Amphibian Phylogeny

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Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar

On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a Critical Review

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On the Phylogenetic Position of the Uraeotyphlidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

On the Status of Copeotyphlinus syntremus, Gymnopis oligozona, and Minascaecilia sartoria (Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae): A Comedy of Errors

scientific article published on 28 December 1988

Parental care and EGG size in salamanders: An examination of the safe harbor hypothesis

scientific article published on 12 October 2006

Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian

scientific article published in April 2006

Partitioning of the Salamandrid Genus Tylototriton Anderson (Amphibia: Caudata) with a Description of a New Genus

scientific article published in 1982

Phylogenetic Implications of Amplectic Behavior in Sooglossid Frogs

Phylogenetic relationships within the Madagascan boophids and mantellids as elucidated by mitochondrial ribosomal genes

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Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar

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Review of the Scincine Genus Pseudoacontias Barboza du Bocage (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of Madagascar

Revision of East African Caecilians of the Genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae)

Revision of the Genus Ebenavia Boettger (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Revision of the Madagascan Snake Genus Heteroliodon Boettger (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae)

scientific article published in 2000

Rhinatrematidae: a new family of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

Scolecomorphus lamottei, a New Caecilian from West Africa (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae)

scientific article published on 15 May 1981

Seasonal shifts in clutch size and egg size in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard

scientific article published on May 1981

Six New Species of Occipital-lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma Brevicorne

scientific article published in December 2006

Specimen collection: an essential tool

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Supernumerary chromosome variation and heterochromatin distribution in the endemic New Zealand frog Leiopelma hochstetteri

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Surinam Caecilians, with notes on Rhinatrema Bivittatum and the description of a new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona)

scientific article published in 1979

Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gnther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species

Systematics of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the family Scolecomorphidae

Systematics, speciation and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons (Brookesia; Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae) of northern Madagascar

Taricha

scientific article published in 1981

Taricha granulosa

scientific article published in 1981

Taricha torosa

The Amphibian Tree of Life

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

The Brahminy Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) in the Seychelles Archipelago: Distribution, Variation, and Further Evidence for Parthenogenesis

scientific article published in 1980

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

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

The Taxonomic Status of the Rough-Skinned Newt, Taricha granulosa (Skilton), in the Rocky Mountains

scientific article published in 1971

The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna

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The genusParagehyra(Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in southern Madagascar

The ghost geckos of Madagascar: A further revision of the malagasy leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)

The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

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The roles of vicariance and isolation by distance in shaping biotic diversification across an ancient archipelago: evidence from a Seychelles caecilian amphibian

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

The taxonomic status of the caecilian genus Uraeotyphlus Peters

The trunk musculature of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)

scientific article published on 01 December 1980

Two new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Brazil

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

scientific article published in 2017

Vertebrate with protrusible eyes

scientific article published in Nature

Vocalization in Frogs of the Family Sooglossidae

scientific article published in 1982