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A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the eastern escarpment of the southern Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa
2024-07-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.3.4
Contributors: DAVID J. GOWER; SANDEEP DAS; V. DEEPAK; JASON D. GERARD; SURYA NARAYANAN
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Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Nonvisual Opsin Genes across Environmental, Developmental, and Morphological Adaptations in Frogs

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2024-06-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae090
Contributors: John L Boyette; Rayna C Bell; Matthew K Fujita; Kate N Thomas; Jeffrey W Streicher; David J Gower; Ryan K Schott; Keith Crandall
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Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka

Zootaxa
2024-05-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.2
Contributors: DAVID J. GOWER; FILIPA L. SAMPAIO; DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA; L. J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE
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Diversity and Evolution of Frog Visual Opsins: Spectral Tuning and Adaptation to Distinct Light Environments

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2024-04-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae049
Contributors: Ryan K Schott; Matthew K Fujita; Jeffrey W Streicher; David J Gower; Kate N Thomas; Ellis R Loew; Abraham G Bamba Kaya; Gabriela B Bittencourt-Silva; C Guillherme Becker; Diego Cisneros-Heredia et al.
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Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Antimicrobial Peptides in Caecilian Amphibians

Toxins
2024-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins16030150
Contributors: Mario Benítez-Prián; Héctor Lorente-Martínez; Ainhoa Agorreta; David J. Gower; Mark Wilkinson; Kim Roelants; Diego San Mauro
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Rediscovery and systematics of Rhinophis fergusonianus Boulenger, 1896 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from India’s Western Ghats

Zootaxa
2023-11-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.1.4
Contributors: DAVID J. GOWER; SURYA NARAYANAN; V. DEEPAK; MUHAMMED ANVAR Y.; SANDEEP DAS
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On the taxonomy of Uropeltis petersi (Beddome, 1878) (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) and description of a new, closely related species from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa
2023-07-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.7
Contributors: DAVID J. GOWER
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High-Density Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Intraspecific Cranial Integration in the Barred Grass Snake (Natrix helvetica) and Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Integrative Organismal Biology
2023-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/iob/obad022
Contributors: S Tharakan; N Shepherd; D J Gower; E L Stanley; R N Felice; A Goswami; A Watanabe
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A molecular-genetics perspective on the systematics of the parthenogenetic flowerpot blindsnake Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) (Squamata: Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Systematics and Biodiversity
2022-12-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2062478
Contributors: Nethu Wickramasinghe; L. J. Mendis Wickramasinghe; Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana; Kamani H. Tennakoon; Sameera R. Samarakoon; David J. Gower
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Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2022-11-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0767
Contributors: Amartya T. Mitra; Molly C. Womack; David J. Gower; Jeffrey W. Streicher; Brett Clark; Rayna C. Bell; Ryan K. Schott; Matthew K. Fujita; Kate N. Thomas
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Taxonomy and natural history of the poorly known Dindigul shieldtail Uropeltis dindigalensis (Beddome, 1877) (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)

Zootaxa
2022-11-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.6
Contributors: S.R. GANESH; FILIPA L. SAMPAIO; DAVID J. GOWER
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Diversity and evolution of amphibian pupil shapes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022-10-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blac095
Contributors: Kate N Thomas; Caitlyn Rich; Rachel C Quock; Jeffrey W Streicher; David J Gower; Ryan K Schott; Matthew K Fujita; Ron H Douglas; Rayna C Bell
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The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles

Zootaxa
2022-06-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.5
Contributors: JAVIER LOBÓN-ROVIRA; SARA ROCHA; DAVID J. GOWER; ANA PERERA; D. JAMES HARRIS
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Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India

Zootaxa
2022-05-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4
Contributors: ABHIJIT DAS; DAVID J. GOWER; SURYA NARAYANAN; SAUNAK PAL; BITUPAN BORUAH; SANJAY MAGAR; SANJIB DAS; SOUMABRATA MOULICK; V. DEEPAK
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Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders

Functional Ecology
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14018
Contributors: Kate N. Thomas; David J. Gower; Jeffrey W. Streicher; Rayna C. Bell; Matthew K. Fujita; Ryan K. Schott; H. Christoph Liedtke; Célio F. B. Haddad; C. Guilherme Becker; Christian L. Cox et al.
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A new pseudosuchian archosaur, Mambawakale ruhuhu gen. et sp. nov., from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania

Royal Society Open Science
2022-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211622
Contributors: Richard J. Butler; Vincent Fernandez; Sterling J. Nesbitt; João Vasco Leite; David J. Gower
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Eye-Transcriptome and Genome-Wide Sequencing for Scolecophidia: Implications for Inferring the Visual System of the Ancestral Snake

Genome Biology and Evolution
2021-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab253
Contributors: David J Gower; James F Fleming; Davide Pisani; Freek J Vonk; Harald M I Kerkkamp; Leo Peichl; Sonja Meimann; Nicholas R Casewell; Christiaan V Henkel; Michael K Richardson et al.
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Intraspecific morphological variation in the shieldtail snake Rhinophis philippinus (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), with particular reference to tail‐shield and cranial 3D geometric morphometrics

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
2021-08-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12505
Contributors: Lucy C. Huntley; David J. Gower; Filipa L. Sampaio; Ellen S. Collins; Anjali Goswami; Anne‐Claire Fabre
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A new species of Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870 (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from Mizoram, India

Zootaxa
2021-07-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.9
Contributors: SAMUEL LALRONUNGA; K. LALHMANGAIHA; ISAAC ZOSANGLIANA; ESTHER LALHMINGLIANI; DAVID J. GOWER; ABHIJIT DAS; V. DEEPAK
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Amphibians in Zootaxa: 20 years documenting the global diversity of frogs, salamanders, and caecilians

Zootaxa
2021-05-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.9
Contributors: MAURICIO RIVERA-CORREA; DIEGO BALDO; FLORENCIA VERA CANDIOTI; VICTOR GOYANNES DILL ORRICO; DAVID C. BLACKBURN; SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER; KIN ONN CHAN; PRISCILLA GAMBALE; DAVID J. GOWER; EVAN S.H. QUAH et al.
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The postcranial skeleton of the erythrosuchid archosauriform Garjainia prima from the Early Triassic of European Russia

Royal Society Open Science
2020-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.201089
Contributors: Susannah C. R. Maidment; Andrey G. Sennikov; Martín D. Ezcurra; Emma M. Dunne; David J. Gower; Brandon P. Hedrick; Luke E. Meade; Thomas J. Raven; Dmitriy I. Paschchenko; Richard J. Butler
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A new Indian species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 closely related to R. sanguineus Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)

Zootaxa
2020-11-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1
Contributors: FILIPA L. SAMPAIO; SURYA NARAYANAN; VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC; GOVINDAPPA VENU; DAVID J. GOWER
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Description of a new species of Smithophis Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India

Zootaxa
2020-10-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8
Contributors: ABHIJIT DAS; V. DEEPAK; ASHOK CAPTAIN; EDWARD O. Z. WADE; DAVID J. GOWER
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Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2020-09-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1393
Contributors: Kate N. Thomas; David J. Gower; Rayna C. Bell; Matthew K. Fujita; Ryan K. Schott; Jeffrey W. Streicher
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Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola

African Journal of Herpetology
2020-08-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1782483
Contributors: Werner Conradie; V Deepak; Chad Keates; David J Gower
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A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka

Zootaxa
2020-07-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.6
Contributors: DAVID J. GOWER
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A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka

Zootaxa
2020-07-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.3
Contributors: L.J. MENDIS WICKRAMASINGHE; DULAN RANGA VIDANAPATHIRANA; NETHU WICKRAMASINGHE; DAVID J. GOWER
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A new species of the genus Smithophis (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar

Zootaxa
2020-06-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.3
Contributors: GERNOT VOGEL; ZENING CHEN; V. DEEPAK; DAVID J. GOWER; JINGSONG SHI; LI DING; MIAN HOU
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A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Wayanad region of peninsular India

Zootaxa
2020-05-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5
Contributors: VIVEK PHILIP CYRIAC; SURYA NARAYANAN; FILIPA L. SAMPAIO; PAVUKANDY UMESH; DAVID J. GOWER
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A multilocus molecular perspective on the systematics of the poorly known Northeast Indian colubrid snakes Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854), B. hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017, and Hebius xenura (Wall, 1907)

Zootaxa
2020-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.2
Contributors: SAMUEL LALRONUNGA; C. LALRINCHHANA; VANRAMLIANA VANRAMLIANA; ABHIJIT DAS; DAVID J. GOWER; V. DEEPAK
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Diverse alveolate infections of tadpoles, a new threat to frogs?

PLOS Pathogens
2020-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008107
Contributors: Aurelie Chambouvet; Audrey Ragan Odom John; Vanessa Smilansky; Miloslav Jirků; Marcos Isidoro-Ayza; Sarah Itoïz; Evelyne Derelle; Adam Monier; David J. Gower; Mark Wilkinson et al.
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Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’ Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia

Royal Society Open Science
2019-11-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191289
Contributors: Richard J. Butler; Andrey G. Sennikov; Emma M. Dunne; Martin D. Ezcurra; Brandon P. Hedrick; Susannah C. R. Maidment; Luke E. Meade; Thomas J. Raven; David J. Gower
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Phototactic tails: Evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes

Molecular Ecology
2019-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15022
Contributors: Jenna M. Crowe‐Riddell; Bruno F. Simões; Julian C. Partridge; David M. Hunt; Steven Delean; Julian G. Schwerdt; James Breen; Alastair Ludington; David J. Gower; Kate L. Sanders
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Causes and analytical impacts of missing data in RADseq phylogenetics: Insights from an African frog (Afrixalus)

Zoologica Scripta
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12335
Contributors: Marco Crotti; Christopher D. Barratt; Simon P. Loader; David J. Gower; Jeffrey W. Streicher
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Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2019-03-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz003
Contributors: David J Gower; Filipa L Sampaio; Leo Peichl; Hans-Joachim Wagner; Ellis R Loew; William Mclamb; Ronald H Douglas; Nikolai Orlov; Michael S Grace; Nathan S Hart et al.
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High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
2019-03-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz001
Contributors: Ashleigh F Marshall; Carla Bardua; David J Gower; Mark Wilkinson; Emma Sherratt; Anjali Goswami
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A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India

Journal of Natural History
2018-12-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756
Contributors: V. Deepak; Sara Ruane; David J. Gower
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Mandasuchus tanyauchen, gen. et sp. nov., a pseudosuchian archosaur from the Manda Beds (?Middle Triassic) of Tanzania

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2017-11-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1343728
Contributors: Richard J. Butler; Sterling J. Nesbitt; Alan J. Charig; David J. Gower; Paul M. Barrett
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Terrestrial reproduction as an adaptation to steep terrain in African toads

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2017-03-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2598
Contributors: H. Christoph Liedtke; Hendrik Müller; Julian Hafner; Johannes Penner; David J. Gower; Tomáš Mazuch; Mark-Oliver Rödel; Simon P. Loader
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Multiple rod–cone and cone–rod photoreceptor transmutations in snakes: evidence from visual opsin gene expression

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016-01-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2624
Contributors: Bruno F. Simões; Filipa L. Sampaio; Ellis R. Loew; Kate L. Sanders; Robert N. Fisher; Nathan S. Hart; David M. Hunt; Julian C. Partridge; David J. Gower
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