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Publications (39)      

1. Bernstein, Justin M., Robert W. Murphy, Amy Lathrop, Sang Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov & Bryan L. Stuart. 2024 Incorporating New Datatypes to Enhance Species Delimitation: A Case Study in Rice Paddy Snakes (Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus) Zootaxa 5501(1): 039-055.
2. Edwards, Taylor, Alice E. Karl, Mercy Vaughn, Philip C. Rosen, Cristina M. Torres & Robert W. Murphy. 2016 The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai–G. agassizii group ZooKeys 562: 131-158.
3. Kilunda, Felista K., Werner Conradie, Domnick V. Wasonga, Jie-qiong Jin, Min-sheng Peng, Robert W. Murphy, Patrick K. Malonza & Jing Che. 2019 Revalidation and resurrection of Panaspis massaiensis (Angel, 1924) and the description of a new species of Panaspis Cope (Squamata: Scincidae) from south-eastern Kenya Zootaxa 4706(2): 255–274.
4. Lam, Ngon Q., Tran T. A. Thu, Luan T. Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy & Sang N. Nguyen. 2021 A new species of Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam Zootaxa 4966(3): 290–304.
5. Le, Manh V., Vu D. H. Nguyen, Hoa T. Phan, Attapol Rujirawan, Anchalee Aowphol, Thi-dieu-hien Vo, Robert W. Murphy & Sang N. Nguyen. 2021 A new skink of the genus Subdoluseps Freitas, Datta-Roy, Karanth, Grismer & Siler, 2019 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4952(2): 257–274.
6. Le, Minh D., Luan T. Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Tuyet-dzung T. Tran, Sang Nguyen & Jing Che. 2025 A new fanged frog of the genus Limnonectes Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam Zootaxa 5570(1): 057-080.
7. Liu, Qin, Jiaowen Yan, Shaobing Hou, Ping Wang, Sang N. Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che & Peng Guo. 2020 A new species of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from China and Vietnam Zoological Research.
8. Liu, Shaoying, Chengran Zhou, Guanliang Meng, Tao Wan, Mingkun Tang, Chentao Yang, Robert W. Murphy, Zhenxin Fan, Liu Yang, Tao Zeng, Yun Zhao & Shanlin Liu. 2022 Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae) Communications Biology 5(1): 1417.
9. Liu, Shaoying, Mingkun Tang, Robert W. Murphy, Yinxun Liu, Xuming Wang, Tao Wan, Rui Liao, Keyi Tang, Jiao Qing, Shunde Chen & Song Li. 2022 A new species of Tamiops (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from Sichuan, China Zootaxa 5116(3): 301-333.
10. Murphy, Robert W., Kristin H. Berry, Taylor Edwards, A. E. Leviton, Amy Lathrop & J. D. Riedle. 2011 The dazed and confused identity of Agassiz’s land tortoise, Gopherus agassizii (Testudines, Testudinidae) with the description of a new species, and its consequences for conservation ZooKeys 113: 39-71.
11. Nguyen, Luan T., Nikolay A. J. Poyarkov, Tiep T. Nguyen, Tam A. Nguyen, Vy H. Tran, Vladislav A. Gorin, Robert W. Murphy & Sang N. Nguyen. 2019 A new species of the genus Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from Tay Nguyen Plateau, Central Vietnam Zootaxa 4543(4): 549–580.
12. Nguyen, Luan T., Nikolay A. Poyarkov Jr., Dzung T. Le, Ba D. Vo, Hoa T. Phan, Tang V. Duong, Robert W. Murphy & Sang N. Nguyen. 2018 A new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from Son Tra Peninsula, central Vietnam Zootaxa 4388(1): 1–21.
13. Nguyen, Sang N., Jie-qiong Jin, Ba D. Vo, Luan T. Nguyen, Weiwei Zhou, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy & Ya-Ping Zhang. 2019 A new species of Acanthosaura Gray 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from central Vietnam Zootaxa 4612(4): 555–565.
14. Nguyen, Sang N., Jun-xiao Yang, Thanh-ngan T. Le, Luan T. Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Chung V. Hoang, Truong Q. Nguyen, Jie-qiong Jin, Ding-Qi Rao, Thao N. Hoang, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy & Ya-Ping Zhang. 2014 DNA barcoding of Vietnamese bent-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) and the description of a new species Zootaxa 3784(1): 48–66.
15. Nguyen, Sang N., Luan T. Nguyen, Vu D. H. Nguyen, Hoa T. Phan, Ke Jiang & Robert W. Murphy. 2017 A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Cu Lao Cham Islands, central Vietnam Zootaxa 4286(3): 333–346.
16. Nguyen, Sang N., Luan T. Nguyen, Vu D. H. Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov & Robert W. Murphy. 2018 A new skink of the genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hon Ba Nature Reserve, southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4438(2): 313–326.
17. Nguyen, Sang N., Manh V. Le, Amy Lathrop, Thi-dieu-hien Vo, Robert W. Murphy & Jing Che. 2024 A new species of mud snake (Squamata: Homalopsidae: Myrrophis) from southern Vietnam Vertebrate Zoology 74: 221-233.
18. Nguyen, Sang N., Manh V. Le, Thi-dieu-hien Vo & Robert W. Murphy. 2022 A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Langbian Plateau, Vietnam Zootaxa 5196(4): 555-566.
19. Nguyen, Sang N., Thanh-ngan T. Le, Thi A. D. Tran, Nikolai L. Orlov, Amy Lathrop, Ross D. Macculloch, Thuy-duong T. Le, Jie-qiong Jin, Luan T. Nguyen, Tao T. Nguyen, Dat D. Hoang, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy & Ya-Ping Zhang. 2013 Phylogeny of the Cyrtodactylus irregularis species complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vietnam with the description of two new species Zootaxa 3737(4): 399-414.
20. Nguyen, Sang N., V. D. Nguyen, Manh V. Le, Luan T. Nguyen, Thi-dieu-hien Vo, Ba D. Vo, Jing Che & Robert W. Murphy. 2023 A new snake of the genus Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the coastal area of southern Vietnam Zootaxa 5318(1): 130-144.
21. Nguyen, Sang N., Vu D. H. Nguyen, Luan T. Nguyen & Robert W. Murphy. 2019 A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Ba Den Mountain, Tay Ninh Province, southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4648(2): 273–286.
22. Nguyen, Sang N., Vu D. H. Nguyen, Luan T. Nguyen & Robert W. Murphy. 2020 A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4868(3): 423–434.
23. Nguyen, Sang N., Vu D. H. Nguyen, Son H. Le & Robert W. Murphy. 2016 A new species of kukri snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826) from Con Dao Islands, southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4139(2): 261–273.
24. Nguyen, Sang N., Vu D. H. Nguyen, Thang Q. Nguyen, Thanh-ngan T. Le, Luan T. Nguyen, Ba D. Vo, Jens V. Vindum, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che & Ya-Ping Zhang. 2017 A new color pattern of the Bungarus candidus complex (Squamata: Elapidae) from Vietnam based on morphological and molecular data Zootaxa 4268(4): 563–572.
25. Nguyen, Vu D. H., Luan T. Nguyen, Nikolai L. Orlov, Robert W. Murphy & Sang N. Nguyen. 2021 Gekko phuyenensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new species from southern Vietnam Zootaxa 4966(2): 175–186.
Quin, Shao-Bo, Yun-Ming Mo, Ke Jiang, Bo Cai, Feng Xie, Jian-Ping Jiang, Robert W. Murphy, Jia-Tang Li & Yue-Zhao Wang. 2015 Two new species of Liuixalus (Rhacophoridae, Anura): Evidence from morphological and molecular analyses Public Library of Science, ONE.
Rahman, MD. M., Jin-min Chen, Yunhe Wu, Hong-man Chen, Ye H. Lwin, Robert W. Murphy, Guo-gang Li & Jing Che. 2020 New country records for three species of frog from Myanmar including two genera (Nasutixalus and Oreolalax) Zootaxa 4742(3): 531–542.
Robert W., bryson J., Charles W. Linkem, Michael E. Dorcas, Amy Lathrop, Jason M. Jones, Javier AlvaraDo-díaz, Christoph I. Grünwald & Robert W. Murphy. 2014 Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species Zootaxa 3826(3): 475–496.
Sánchez-Pacheco, Santiago J., Pedro M. S. Nunes, Sergio Marques-Souza, Miguel T. Rodrigues & Robert W. Murphy. 2017 Formal recognition of the species of Oreosaurus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia ZooKeys 691: 149-162.
Shaoying, Liu, Jin Wei, Liu Yang, Robert W. Murphy, Lu Bin, Hao Haibang, Liao Rui, Sun Zhiyu, Tang Mingkun, Chen Weicai & Fu Jianrong. 2016 Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of two new species from Xizang, China Journal of Mammalogy 98(1): 166-182.
Smart, Utpal, Matthew J. Ingrasci, Goutam C. Sarker, Hmar T. Lalremsanga, Robert W. Murphy, Hidetoshi Ota, Ming C. Tu, Yogesh Souche, Nikolai L. Orlov & Eric N. Smith. 2021 A comprehensive appraisal of evolutionary diversity in venomous Asian coralsnakes of the genus Sinomicrurus (Serpentes: Elapidae) using Bayesian coalescent inference and supervised machine learning Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon, Zhiyong Yuan, Ji-Min Chen, Mian Hou, Hai-peng Zhao, Li-jun Wang, Son T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Jaqueline Sullivan, David S. Mcleod & Jing Che. 2016 Erratum: CHATMONGKON SUWANNAPOOM, ZHI-YONG YUAN, JIN-MIN CHEN, MIAN HOU, HAI-PENG ZHAO, LI-JUN WANG, TRUONG SON NGUYEN, TRUONG Q. NGUYEN, ROBERT W. MURPHY, JAQUELINE SULLIVAN, DAVID S. MCLEOD & JING CHE (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar. Zootaxa, 4093: 181–200. Zootaxa 4137(4): 599–600.
Suwannapoom, Chatmongkon, Zhiyong Yuan, Jin-min Chen, Mian Hou, Hai-peng Zhao, Li-jun Wang, Son T. Nguyen, Truong Q. Nguyen, Robert W. Murphy, Jaqueline Sullivan, David S. Mcleod & Jing Che. 2016 Taxonomic revision of the Chinese Limnonectes (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with the description of a new species from China and Myanmar Zootaxa 4093(2): 181–200.
Tang, Ming K., Wei Jin, Ying Tang, Chao C. Yan, Robert W. Murphy, Zhi Y. Sun, Xiu Y. Zhang, Tao Zeng, Rui Liao, Quan F. Hou, Bi S. Yue & Shao Y. Liu. 2018 Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Craseomys and three controversial species of Myodes and Alticola (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) Zootaxa 4429(1): 1–52.
Wu, Yunhe, Suwannapoom Chatmongkon, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Kai Xu, Jie-qiong Jin, Robert W. Murphy & Jing Che. 2019 A new species of the genus Xenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Thailand Zoological Research 40(6): 564-574.
Wu, Yun-He, Zhong-Bin Yu, Shen-Pin Yang, Zheng-Pan Duan, An-Ru Zuo, Ding-Can Zhang, Felista K. Kilunda, Robert W. Murphy & Jing Che. 2025 Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of the genus Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Gaoligong Mountain Range, Yunnan, China Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 449-463.
Xie, Yulin, Ping Wang, Guanghui Zhong, Fei Zhu, Qin Liu, Jing Che, Robert W. Murphy & Peng Guo. 2018 Molecular phylogeny found the distribution of Bungarus candidus in China (Squamata: Elapidae) Zoological systematics 43(1): 109-117.
Zeng, Tao, Wei Jin, Zhi Y. Sun, Yang Liu, Robert W. Murphy, Jian R. Fu, Xin Wang, Quan F. Hou, Fei Y. Tu, Rui Liao, Shao Y. Liu & Bi S. Yue. 2013 Taxonomic position of Eothenomys wardi (Arvicolinae: Cricetidae) based on morphological and molecular analyses with a detailed description of the species Zootaxa 3682(1): 85-104.
Zhao, Haipeng, Junxiao Yang, Chunping Wang, Pipeng Li, Robert W. Murphy, Jing Che & Zhiyong Yuan. 2017 A new species of the genus Rana from Henan, central China (Anura, Ranidae) ZooKeys 694: 95-108.
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