Publications

1966
Comparative osteology and evolution of the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae, Wake, David B. , Mem. So. California Acad. Sci., Volume 4, p.1-111, (1966)  Download: Wake_1966_Dissertation_Publ.pdf (9.88 MB)
1987
The Retention of the Lateral-Line Nucleus in Adult Anurans, Bernd, Fritzsch, C, Drewes Robert, and Rodolfo Ruibal , Copeia, Volume 1987, Number 1, p.127-135, (1987) Abstract
1990
A discoglossid frog from the Middle Jurassic of England, Evans, Susan E., Milner Andrew R., and Mussett Frances , Palaeontology, Volume 33, Number 2, p.299-311, (1990) Abstract  Download: EvansETAL1990_Eodiscoglossus.pdf (1008.61 KB)
Species in concept and practice: herpetological applications, Frost, D., and Hillis D. M. , Herpetologica, Volume 35, p.86-104, (1990)  Download: FrostHillis1990.pdf (643.92 KB)
1995
Phylogenetic relationships of amphibian families inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes., Hay, Jennifer M., Ruvinsky Ilya, Hedges Blair S., and Maxson Linda R. , Mol. Biol. Evol., Volume 12, Number 5, p.928-937, (1995) Abstract  Download: HayETAL1995.pdf (1.62 MB)
A molecular phylogenetic perspective on the evolutionary radiation of the salamander family Salamandridae., Titus, T. A., and Larson A. , Syst. Biol., Volume 44, p.125-151., (1995) Abstract  Download: TitusLarson1995_Salamandridae.pdf (4.5 MB)
1996
Molecular phylogenetics of desmognathine salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae): a reevaluation of evolution in ecology, life history, and morphology., Titus, T. A., and Larson A. , Syst. Biol., Volume 45, p.451-472., (1996) Abstract  Download: TitusLarson1996.pdf (488.58 KB)
1998
Decline of a tropical montane amphibian fauna., Lips, K. R. , Conservation Biology, Volume 12, p.106-117., (1998)
2000
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of relationships of the tropical salamander genera Oedipina and Nototriton, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species., García-París, M., and Wake David B. , Copeia, Volume 2000, p.42–70, (2000) Abstract  Download: GarciaParisWake2000.pdf (448.21 KB)
Biodiversity of Costa Rican salamanders: Implications of high levels of genetic differentiation and phylogeographic structure for species formation, París, M. G., Good D. A., Olea G. P., and Wake David B. , Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, USA, Volume 97, Issue 4, p.1640-1647, (2000) Abstract
Mitochondrial evidence on the phylogenetic position of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), Zardoya, Rafael, and Meyer Axel , Genetics, Volume 155, p.765-775, (2000) Abstract  Download: ZardoyaMeyer2000_caecilians.pdf (169.71 KB)
2001
Amphibians as indicators of Early Tertiary "Out of India" dispersal of vertebrates, Bossuyt, Franky, and Milinkovitch Michel C. , Science, Volume 292, p.93-95, (2001)  Download: BossuytMilinkovitch2001.pdf (209.42 KB)
Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China., Gao, K. - Q., and Shubin N. H. , Nature, Volume 410, p.574-577, (2001) Abstract  Download: GaoShubin2001.pdf (601.67 KB)
Comparative development of anurans: using phylogeny to understand ontogeny, Maglia, Anne M., Púgener Analía L., and Trueb Linda , American Zoologist, Volume 41, Number 3, p.538-551, (2001) Abstract  Download: MagliaETAL2001.pdf (247.63 KB)
Molecular systematics of Plethodon and Aneides (Caudata: Plethdoontidae: Plethodontini): phylogenetic analysis of an old and rapid radiation., Mahoney, M. J. , Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 18, p.174-188, (2001)
Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography among salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade: rapid branching of numerous highly divergent lineages in Mertensiella luschani associated with the rise of Anatolia, Weisrock, D. W., Macey Robert J., Ugurtas I. H., Larson A., and Papenfuss T. J. , Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 18, p.434-448, (2001) Abstract  Download: WeisrockETAL2001_Salamandra.pdf (499.92 KB)
On the origin of and phylogenetic relationships among living amphibians, Zardoya, Rafael, and Meyer Axel , Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, USA, Volume 98, Number 33, p.7380-7383, (2001) Abstract  Download: ZardoyaMeyer2001.pdf (283.2 KB)
2002
A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): out of India or out of South East Asia?, Gower, D. J., Kupfer A., Oommen O. V., Himstedt W., Nussbaum R. A., Loader S. P., Presswell B., Müller H., Krishna S. B., Boistel R., et al. , Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 269, p.1563-1569, (2002) Abstract  Download: GowerETAL2002Ichthyophiidae.pdf (134.22 KB)
Falling apart and merging: diversification of Slender Salamanders (Plethodontidae: Batrachoseps) in the American West., Jockusch, E. L., and Wake David B. , Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 76, Number 3, p. 361-391, (2002) Abstract  Download: JockuschWake2002.pdf (1.67 MB)
Phylogenetic relationships among the salamanders of the Bolitoglossa macrinii species group (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), with descriptions of two new species from Oaxaca (México), Parra-Olea, Gabriela, GarcÌa-ParÌs M., and Wake David B. , Journal of Herpetology, 36 (3), 356-366, Volume 36, Number 3, p.356-366, (2002) Abstract  Download: ParraETAL2002_Bolitoglossa.pdf (346.79 KB)
Phylogenetic relationships of Indian caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) inferred from mitochondrial rRNA sequences., Wilkinson, M., Sheps J. A., Oommen O. V., and Cohen B. L. , Mol. Phylog. Evol., Volume 23, p.401-407, (2002) Abstract  Download: WilkinsonETAL2002_IndianCaecilians.pdf (98.51 KB)
2003
New frog family from India reveals an ancient biogeographical link with the Seychelles., Biju, S. D., and Bossuyt Franky , Nature, Volume 425, p.711-714, (2003) Abstract  Download: BijuBossuyt2003_Nasikabatrachus.pdf (391.78 KB)
Phylogenetics of fanged frogs (Anura; Ranidae; Limnonectes): Testing biogeographical hypotheses at the interface of the Asian and Australian faunal zones., Evans, B. J., Brown R. M., McGuire J. A., Supriatna Jatna, Andayani N., Diesmos A. C., Melnick Don J., and Cannatella David C. , Systematic Biology, Volume 52, Number 6, p.794-819, (2003) Abstract  Download: EvansETAL2003_Limnonectes.pdf (2.44 MB)
Earliest known crown-group salamanders, Gao, K. - Q., and Shubin N. H. , Nature, Volume 422, p.424-428, (2003) Abstract  Download: GaoShubin_2003.pdf (924.01 KB)
Phylogeny of frogs as inferred from primarily larval characters (Amphibia: Anura)., Haas, Alex , Cladistics, Volume 19, p.23-89., (2003) Abstract  Download: Haas2003_tadpoles.pdf (2.28 MB)