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Publications (33)      

1. Abraham, Robin K., R. A. Pyron & Ansil B. R. 2013 Two novel genera and one new species of treefrog (Anura: Rhacophoridae) highlight cryptic diversity in the Western Ghats of India Zootaxa 3640(2): 177-199.
2. Arteaga, Alejandro, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, Konrad Mebert, Nicolás Peñafiel, Gabriela Aguiar, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, R. A. Pyron, Timothy J. Colston, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Pablo J. Venegas, Juan M. Guayasamin & Omar Torres-Carvajal. 2018 Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru ZooKeys 766: 79-147.
3. Arteaga, Alejandro, R. A. Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson M. Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio-Amorós, Claudia Koch, Stefanie Agne, Jorge H. Valencia, Lucas Bustamante, Kyle J. Harris & Juan M. Guayasamin. 2024 Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15-64.
4. Arteaga, Alejandro, R. A. Pyron, Nicolás Peñafiel, Jaime Culebras, Lucas Bustamante, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz & Juan M. Guayasamin. 2016 Comparative phylogeography reveals cryptic diversity and repeated patterns of cladogenesis for amphibians and reptiles in northwestern Ecuador Public Library of Science, ONE.
5. Bauer, Aaron M., Wolfgang Denzer, Alain Dubois, Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Thierry Frétey, Annemarie Ohler & R. A. Pyron. 2024 The specimens of green anaconda, Boa murina Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Serpentes, Boidae, Eunectes), from the collection of Albertus Seba, and recommendations for tracing historical specimens Bionomina 38(1): 007-029.
6. Colston, Timothy J., R. A. Pyron & Aaron M. Bauer. 2020 A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia Zootaxa 4779(2): 190–200.
7. Dalman, Sebastian, Mark A. Loewen, R. A. Pyron, Steven E. Jasinski, D. E. Malinzak, B. Holchman-Spector, Philip J. Currie & Nicholas R. Longrich. 2024 A giant tyrannosaur from the Campanian-Maastrichtian of southern North America and the evolution of tyrannosaurid gigantism Scientific Reports 14(22124).
8. Dubois, Alain, Annemarie Ohler & R. A. Pyron. 2021 New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians (Lissamphibia): corrigenda and addenda Megataxa 6(1): 73–76.
9. Dubois, Alain, R. A. Pyron & David A. Beamer. 2022 The taxonomic and nomenclatural status of the nomina Salamandra fusca Green, 1818 and Salamandra quadramaculata Holbrook, 1840 (Amphibia, Urodela) Bionomina 27(1): 44–57.
10. Dubois, Alain, Wolfgang Denzer, Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Thierry Frétey, Annemarie Ohler, Aaron M. Bauer & R. A. Pyron. 2024 Nomenclatural problems raised by the recent description of a new anaconda species (Squamata, Serpentes, Boidae), with a nomenclatural review of the genus Eunectes Bionomina 37(1): 8-58.
11. Guayasamin, Juan M., Mauricio Rivera-Correa, Alejandro Arteaga, Jaime Culebras, Lucas Bustamante, R. A. Pyron, Nicolás Peñafiel, Carlos Morochz & Carl R. Hutter. 2015 Molecular Phylogeny of Stream Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hyloscirtus bogotensis Group), with a new Species from the Andes of Ecuador Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 2-21.
12. Guo, Peng, Fei Zhu, Qin Liu, Liang Zhang, Jian X. Li, Yu Y. Huang & R. A. Pyron. 2014 A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species Zootaxa 3873(4): 425–440.
13. Murphy, John C., Michael J. Jowers, Richard M. Lehtinen, Stevland P. Charles, R. A. Pyron, Catronia R. Hendry, Guarino R. Colli & Aryton Peres. 2016 Cryptic, sympatric diversity in tegu lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the description of three new species. Public Library of Science, ONE 11(8): e0158542.
14. Pyron, R. A. 2017 Comment (Case 3688) – On the proposed suppression of Charinidae Gray, 1849 (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes): a counter-application Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 73(2-4).
15. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2020 The herpetological legacy of Jacob Green and the nomenclature of some North American lizards and salamanders Zootaxa 4838(2): 221–247.
16. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2022 A nomenclatural and taxonomic review of the salamanders (Urodela) from Holbrook’s North American Herpetology Zootaxa 5134(2): 151-196.
17. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2022 Allocation of Salamandra auriculata Holbrook, 1838, with a new species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Atlantic Coastal Plain Zootaxa 5188(6): 587-595.
18. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2022 Nomenclatural solutions for diagnosing ‘cryptic’ species using molecular and morphological data facilitate a taxonomic revision of the Black-bellied Salamanders (Urodela, Desmognathus ‘quadramaculatus’) from the southern Appalachian Mountains Bionomina 27(1): 1–43.
19. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2022 Systematics of the Ocoee Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus ocoee), with description of two new species from the southern Blue Ridge Mountains Zootaxa 5190(2): 207-240.
20. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2023 A systematic revision of the Shovel-nosed Salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus marmoratus), with re-description of the related D. aureatus and D. intermedius Zootaxa 5270(2): 262-280.
21. Pyron, R. A. & David A. Beamer. 2023 Systematic revision of the Spotted and Northern Dusky Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus conanti and D. fuscus), with six new species from the eastern United States Zootaxa 5311(4): 451-504.
22. Pyron, R. A. & Van Wallach. 2014 Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81.
23. Pyron, R. A., Alejandro Arteaga, Lourdes Y. Echevarria & Omar Torres-Carvajal. 2016 A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis Zootaxa 4171(2): 293–320.
24. Pyron, R. A., Juan M. Guayasamin, Nicolás Peñafiel, Lucas Bustamante & Alejandro Arteaga. 2015 Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador ZooKeys 541: 109-147.
25. Pyron, R. A., Kyle A. O’connell, Jennifer Y. Lam & David A. Beamer. 2022 A new, narrowly endemic species of swamp-dwelling dusky salamander (Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi and Alabama Zootaxa 5133(1): 53-82.
Pyron, R. A., R. G. Reynolds & Frank T. Burbrink. 2014 A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae) Zootaxa 3846(2): 249–260.
Pyron, R. A., S. R. Ganesh, Amit Sayyed, Vivek Sharma, Van Wallach & Ruchira Somaweera. 2016 A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) Zoosystema 38(4): 453-506.
Pyron, R. A., Steve Gotte & Frank T. Burbrink. 2021 Additional comments on the types and nomina of several North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex, Colubridae, Serpentes) Bionomina 25(1): 70–75.
Rajabizadeh, Mahdi, R. A. Pyron, Roman A. Nazarov, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Dominique Adriaens & Anthony Herrel. 2020 Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae) PeerJ 8(e9016).
Ray, Julie M., Paola Sánchez-Martínez, Abel Batista, Daniel G. Mulcahy, Coleman M. Sheehy III, Eric N. Smith, R. A. Pyron & Alejandro Arteaga. 2023 A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama ZooKeys 1145: 131-167.
Vijayakumar, S. P., R. A. Pyron, K. P. Dinesh, Varun R. Torsekar, Achyuthan N. Srikanthan, Priyanka Swamy, Edward L. Stanley, David C. Blackburn & Kartik Shanker. 2019 A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India PeerJ 7(e6457).
Wickramasinghe, L. J. M., Dulan R. Vidanapathirana, H. K. D. Kandambi, R. A. Pyron & Nethu Wickramasinghe. 2017 A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka Zootaxa 4347(2): 275–292.
Wilenzik, Ian V. & R. A. Pyron. 2025 European origins of Squamata supported by biogeographic analysis of fossil-tip-dated phylogenies using paleocontinental plate-tectonic models Comptes Rendus Palevol 24(9): 139-158.
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