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A Molecular and Functional Evaluation of the Egg Mass Color Polymorphism of the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum

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A New Banded Sphaerodactylus from Eastern Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

A New Burrowing Frog from Hispaniola with Comments on the Inoptatus Group of the Genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

scientific article published in 1987

A New Frog of the Genus Eleutherodactylus from Eastern Cuba (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

scholarly article by Alberto R Estrada & S Blair Hedges published 1996 in Herpetologica

A New Gecko from the Sierra de Neiba of Hispaniola (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Sphaerodactylus)

A New Species of Anolis (Sauria: Iguanidae) from the Sierra de Neiba, Hispaniola

scientific article published in 1989

A New Species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti

scientific article (publication date: 9 December 1987)

A New Species of Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Perú

A genomic timescale for the origin of eukaryotes

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A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land

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A major clade of prokaryotes with ancient adaptations to life on land

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A molecular timescale of eukaryote evolution and the rise of complex multicellular life

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A morphological and molecular revision of lizards of the genus Marisora Hedges & Conn (Squamata: Mabuyidae) from Central America and Mexico, with descriptions of four new species

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

A new dune-dwelling lizard of the genus Leiocephalus (Iguania, Leiocephalidae) from the Dominican Republic

scientific article (publication date: 13 June 2016)

A new semifossorial snake of the genus Arrhyton (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from eastern Cuba, with taxonomic comments on other species

scholarly article published in 2021

A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from the Guanahacabibes Peninsula of Western Cuba

scholarly article by Michel Domínguez et al published 1 August 2006 in Amphibia-Reptilia

A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola

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A new species of Phyllodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Phyllodactylidae) from Isla de Guanaja in the Honduran Bay Islands

scientific article (publication date: August 2013)

A new species of frog from the Caribbean island of Montserrat (Eleutherodactylidae, Eleutherodactylus) ⬇️

scientific article published on 12 December 2022

A new species of skink from the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuya) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

A new tuberculated Pristimantis (Anura, Terrarana, Strabomantidae) from the Venezuelan Andes, redescription of Pristimantis pleurostriatus, and variation within Pristimantis vanadisae

scientific article (publication date: 8 May 2013)

A replacement name for the Hispaniolan anole formerly referred to as, Anolis chlorocyanus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

A review of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in Central America (Squamata: Teiidae), with comments on other species in the group

scientific article (publication date: 23 October 2013)

A revision of the genus Audantia of Hispaniola with description of four new species (Reptilia: Squamata: Dactyloidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2014

Accurate timetrees require accurate calibrations

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Advances in Time Estimation Methods for Molecular Data

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Afrotheria: plate tectonics meets genomics

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Ameiva taeniura (Hispaniolan Blue-tailed Ameiva). Distribution ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Amniote phylogeny and the position of turtles ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 27 July 2012)

Anolis coelestinus (Southern Green Anole). Distribution ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Another new cryptic frog related to Eleutherodactylus varleyi (Amphibia: Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), from eastern Cuba ⬇️

scientific article published in 2015

At the Lower Size Limit in Tetrapods: A New Diminutive Frog from Cuba (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus)

scholarly article by Alberto R. Estrada & Stephen Blair Hedges published 27 December 1996 in Copeia

Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 August 2010)

COHERENT Experiment: current status

Calibration of avian molecular clocks

scientific article published in February 2001

Caribbean biogeography: molecular evidence for dispersal in West Indian terrestrial vertebrates

scientific article (publication date: March 1992)

Caribbean hot spot

scientific article published in Nature

Caribmap: A Mobile-friendly Web Resource for Caribbean Maps that Facilitates Quantitative Historical Analysis

Colonizing the Caribbean: New geological data and an updated land‐vertebrate colonization record challenge the GAARlandia land‐bridge hypothesis

scientific article published on 17 August 2021

Comparison of mode estimation methods and application in molecular clock analysis

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Constraining fossil calibrations for molecular clocks

scientific article published in July 2006

Continental breakup and the ordinal diversification of birds and mammals

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Convergence and divergence in the evolution of aquatic birds.

scientific article published in July 2001

Cryptic Species of Snakes (Typhlopidae: Typhlops) from the Puerto Rico Bank Detected by Protein Electrophoresis

Cuban Snakes of the Genus arrhyton: Two New Species and a Reconsideration of A. Redimitum Cope

Cytogenetic studies on Gonatodes (Reptilia, Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae).

scientific article published on 21 October 2014

Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklistand recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians andreptiles ⬇️

scientific article published in 2019

Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations

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Discovery of a population of Spondylurus powelli (Squamata: Mabuyidae) on Île Tintamarre (Saint-Martin, French Antilles) and comments on relationships among skinks of the Anguilla Bank ⬇️

scientific article published in 2017

Divergence time estimates for the early history of animal phyla and the origin of plants, animals and fungi

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Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes

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Eleutherodactylus amadeus ⬇️

Eleutherodactylus caribe (Haitian Marsh Frog). Reproduction ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Eleutherodactylus chlorophenax ⬇️

Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides (La Selle Grass Frog). Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Eleutherodactylus jugans (La Selle Dusky Frog). Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Eleutherodactylus parapelates ⬇️

scientific article published in 1998

Eleutherodactylus paulsoni (Hispaniolan Pink-rumped Frog). Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Eleutherodactylus thorectes ⬇️

Eleven new species of snakes of the genus Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Hispaniola and Cuba

scientific article (publication date: 29 January 2007)

Endemism, invasion, and overseas dispersal: the phylogeographic history of the Lesser Antillean frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei

scientific article published in 2022

Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals

Evolutionary sequence analysis of complete eukaryote genomes

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Evolutionary time drives global tetrapod diversity

scientific article published in February 2018

Genome maps 10. Comparative genomics. Mammalian radiations. Wall chart

scientific article published in Science

Genomic clocks and evolutionary timescales

scientific article published in April 2003

Genomics. Vertebrate genomes compared

scientific article published in August 2002

Global mammal beta diversity shows parallel assemblage structure in similar but isolated environments

scientific article published in August 2016

Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity.

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HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF WEST INDIAN VERTEBRATES

scholarly article by Stephen Blair Hedges published November 1996 in Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Haiti's biodiversity threatened by nearly complete loss of primary forest

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Hidden species diversity of Australian burrowing snakes (Ramphotyphlops) ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 4 July 2013)

Higher-level relationships of caenophidian snakes inferred from four nuclear and mitochondrial genes

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Higher-level relationships of snakes inferred from four nuclear and mitochondrial genes

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Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal

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Making the impossible possible: rooting the tree of placental mammals

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Methodological congruence in phylogenomic analyses with morphological support for teiid lizards (Sauria: Teiidae).

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Molecular and morphological data support recognition of a new genus of New World direct-developing frog (Anura: Terrarana) from an under-sampled region of South America

scientific article (publication date: 16 July 2015)

Molecular clocks do not support the Cambrian explosion

scientific article published on 10 November 2004

Molecular evidence for a terrestrial origin of snakes

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2004)

Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia

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Molecular evidence for multiple origins of Insectivora and for a new order of endemic African insectivore mammals ⬇️

scientific article published on August 18, 1998

Molecular evidence for the early colonization of land by fungi and plants

scientific article (publication date: 10 August 2001)

Molecular evidence for the origin of birds

scientific article (publication date: 29 March 1994)

Molecular evidence for the paraphyly of Scolecophidia and its evolutionary implications

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Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of West Indian frogs of the genus Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae).

scientific article published on 26 November 2006

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Antillean geckos Phyllodactylus wirshingi, Tarentola americana, and Hemidactylus haitianus (Reptilia, Squamata).

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Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of deuterostome animals

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Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus).

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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Epictia goudotii Species complex (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) in Middle America and northern South America

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

Molecular phylogeny of blindsnakes (Ramphotyphlops) from western Australia and resurrection of Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Peters, 1857)

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

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Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes)

scientific article (publication date: 10 November 2015)

More on West Indian Zoogeography

On the taxonomic recognition of skinks from the Guadeloupe Archipelago (Squamata, Mabuyidae, Mabuya) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2019

Origin of invasive Florida frogs traced to Cuba ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 June 2011)

Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2008)

Osteopilus vastus (Hispaniolan Giant Treefrog). Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE ANTILLES AND ORIGIN OF WEST INDIAN TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES1

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Pancreatic polypeptide and the sister group of birds ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 November 1991

Performance of relaxed-clock methods in estimating evolutionary divergence times and their credibility intervals

scientific article (publication date: June 2010)

Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae)

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Phylogenomic support for evolutionary relationships of New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terraranae).

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Phylogeny and biogeography of ratite birds inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Placing confidence limits on the molecular age of the human-chimpanzee divergence

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Precision of molecular time estimates

scientific article published on May 2004

Pushing Back the Expansion of Introns in Animal Genomes

Rapid evolution to terrestrial life in Jamaican crabs

scientific article published in Nature

Relations of fish and tetrapods ⬇️

scientific article published on June 10, 1993

Reply to Wampler et al.: Deforestation and biodiversity loss should not be sugarcoated

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Report on the twelfth international workshop on the identification of transcribed sequences: functional, expression and evolutionary analysis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Revision shock in taxonomy

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2013)

Species diversity as a surrogate for conservation of phylogenetic and functional diversity in terrestrial vertebrates across the Americas

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Sphaerodactylus copei (Haitian Big-scaled Sphaero). Distribution ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Sphaerodactylus elegans (Ashy Sphaero). Distribution ⬇️

scientific article published in 2010

Spondylurus magnacruzae (Greater Saint Croix Skink). Conservation ⬇️

scientific article published in 2013

The Arboranan Frogs: Introduction

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

The Arboranan Frogs: Materials and Methods

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

The Arboranan Frogs: Results and Discussion

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

The Chromosomes of Terraranan Frogs. Insights into Vertebrate Cytogenetics ⬇️

scientific article published on October 30, 2010

The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap

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The Timetree of Prokaryotes: New Insights into Their Evolution and Speciation

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The coelacanth of frogs ⬇️

scientific article published on October 16, 2003

The colonization of land by animals: molecular phylogeny and divergence times among arthropods

scientific article published in 2004

The conservation status of the world’s reptiles

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The evolutionary position of nematodes

scientific article published on 8 April 2002

The hemiphractid frogs. Phylogeny, embryology, life history, and cytogenetics

scientific article published in January 2012

The high-level classification of skinks (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincomorpha)

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2014)

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

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The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians

scientific article (publication date: 2009)

The number of replications needed for accurate estimation of the bootstrap P value in phylogenetic studies ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 1992

The phylogeny and classification of caenophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear protein-coding genes

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The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes

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The platypus is in its place: nuclear genes and indels confirm the sister group relation of monotremes and Therians

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The signature of human pressure history on the biogeography of body mass in tetrapods

scholarly article by Giovanni Rapacciuolo et al published 3 July 2017 in Global Ecology and Biogeography

Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015.

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

Three New Species of Eleutherodactylus from Eastern Cuba, with Notes on Vocalizations of Other Species (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

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TimeTree2: species divergence times on the iPhone

scientific article (publication date: 15 July 2011)

TimeTree: A Resource for Timelines, Timetrees, and Divergence Times

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Tracing the history and biogeography of the Australian blindsnake radiation

scientific article published on 23 November 2012

Tree of life reveals clock-like speciation and diversification

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Two New Geckos (Sphaerodactylus) from the Sierra Martin Garcia of Hispaniola

scientific article published in 1988

Two New Species of Eleutherodactylus from Remnant Cloud Forest in Haiti (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

article by S Blair Hedges & Richard Thomas published 1992 in Herpetologica

Two New Species of Sphaerodactylus from Eastern Cuba (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

scholarly article by Richard Thomas et al published 1992 in Herpetologica

Two additional new species of Sphaerodactylus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonoidea, Sphaerodactylidae) from the Honduran Bay Islands

scientific article (publication date: August 2013)

Undersampling Genomes has Biased Time and Rate Estimates Throughout the Tree of Life

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Vicariance and Dispersal in Caribbean Biogeography

scholarly article by S Blair Hedges published 1996 in Herpetologica

Wormholes record species history in space and time ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2013)

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