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Title	Authors	Year	Journal
Observations on the histochemistry and ultrastructure of the epidermis of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontida, Lepidosauria, Reptilia): A contribution to an understanding of the lepidosaurian epidermal generation and the evolutionary origin of the squamate shedding complex Keywords: Sphenodon punctatus	Alibardi & Maderson	2003	Journal of Morphology
Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator Keywords: Liasis fuscus	Madsen, Ujvari, & Olsson	2004	Oecologia
On Green Pythons Keywords: Morelia viridis	Wilson	2006	-
Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity	Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, & Keogh	2022	BMC Ecology and Evolution
Palaeoclimate change drove diversification among isolated mountain refugia in the Australian arid zone Keywords: Heteronotia, Australia	PEPPER et al.	2011	Molecular Ecology
Parallel selective pressures drive convergent diversification of phenotypes in pythons and boas Keywords: Aspidites ramsayi, Morelia viridis, Simalia, Antaresia, Liasis, Lichanura, Aspidites	Esquerré & Keogh	2016	Ecology Letters
Parental behavior in pythons is responsive to both the hydric and thermal dynamics of the nest	Stahlschmidt & DeNardo	2010	Journal of Experimental Biology
Personal Adventures in Herp Photography I	O'Shea	2002	THE HERPTILE Journal of the International Herpetological Society
Personal Adventures in Herp Photography II	O'Shea	2014	THE HERPTILE Journal of the International Herpetological Society
Phylogenetic mapping of scale nanostructure diversity in snakes Keywords: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Biodiversity, Phylogeny	Arrigo et al.	2019	BMC Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenetic relationships of the Australo-Papuan Liasis pythons (Reptilia : Macrostomata), based on mitochondrial DNA Keywords: Liasis olivaceus, Liasis fuscus, Liasis mackloti	Rawlings, Barker, & Donnellan	2004	Australian Journal of Zoology
Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic longtailed rattlesnakes (Crotalus ericsmithi, C. lannomi, and C. stejnegeri)	Reyes-Velasco	2013	previous studies (Holman, 2000; Castoe et al.,
Phylogenetic relationships of the Lampropeltis mexicana complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences Keywords: Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis alterna	Bryson	2004	-
Phylogenetics of Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula Complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in Eastern North America	Krysko et al.	2017	Journal of Heredity
Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line	Esquerré et al.	2020	Systematic Biology
Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)	Donnellan	2025	the Linnean Society, 2025, 204, zlaf015
Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity	Rawlings & Donnellan	2003	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Phylogeography and Population Genetic Structure of the Ornate Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus Keywords: Ctenophorus ornatus	Levy et al.	2012	PLoS ONE
Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia) Keywords: Antaresia	Esquerré et al.	2021	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Phylogeography of the western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) complex, with emphasis on the Colorado Plateau Keywords: C. abyssus, C. cerberus, C. concolor, C. helleri, C. lutosus, C. oreganus, C. viridis, Crotalus	Douglas et al.	2002	Biology of the Vipers
Pituophis Range Map- California	Hansen & Shedd	2025	-
Plio-Pleistocene diversification and biogeographic barriers in southern Australia reflected in the phylogeography of a widespread and common lizard species Keywords: Genetic diversity and population structure, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Tiliqua rugosa, Australia	Ansari et al.	2019	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Polarization Sensitivity in Reptiles Keywords: Uma notata, Tiliqua rugosa, Podarcis sicula	Meyer-Rochow	2014	Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences
Population augmentation had no effect on the abundance or body condition of conspecifics and co‐occurring lizard species in a native grassland community Keywords: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Tiliqua adelaidensis	Clive et al.	2019	Austral Ecology

Observations on the histochemistry and ultrastructure of the epidermis of the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (Sphenodontida, Lepidosauria, Reptilia): A contribution to an understanding of the lepidosaurian epidermal generation and the evolutionary origin of the squamate shedding complex

Keywords:

Sphenodon punctatus

Alibardi & Maderson

2003

Journal of Morphology

Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator

Keywords:

Liasis fuscus

Madsen, Ujvari, & Olsson

2004

Oecologia

On Green Pythons

Keywords:

Morelia viridis

Wilson

2006

-

Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity

Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, & Keogh

2022

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Palaeoclimate change drove diversification among isolated mountain refugia in the Australian arid zone

Keywords:

Heteronotia, Australia

PEPPER et al.

2011

Molecular Ecology

Parallel selective pressures drive convergent diversification of phenotypes in pythons and boas

Keywords:

Aspidites ramsayi, Morelia viridis, Simalia, Antaresia, Liasis, Lichanura, Aspidites

Esquerré & Keogh

2016

Ecology Letters

Parental behavior in pythons is responsive to both the hydric and thermal dynamics of the nest

Stahlschmidt & DeNardo

2010

Journal of Experimental Biology

Personal Adventures in Herp Photography I

O'Shea

2002

THE HERPTILE Journal of the International Herpetological Society

Personal Adventures in Herp Photography II

O'Shea

2014

THE HERPTILE Journal of the International Herpetological Society

Phylogenetic mapping of scale nanostructure diversity in snakes

Keywords:

Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Biodiversity, Phylogeny

Arrigo et al.

2019

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Phylogenetic relationships of the Australo-Papuan Liasis pythons (Reptilia : Macrostomata), based on mitochondrial DNA

Keywords:

Liasis olivaceus, Liasis fuscus, Liasis mackloti

Rawlings, Barker, & Donnellan

2004

Australian Journal of Zoology

Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic longtailed rattlesnakes (Crotalus ericsmithi, C. lannomi, and C. stejnegeri)

Reyes-Velasco

2013

previous studies (Holman, 2000; Castoe et al.,

Phylogenetic relationships of the Lampropeltis mexicana complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Keywords:

Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis alterna

Bryson

2004

-

Phylogenetics of Kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula Complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in Eastern North America

Krysko et al.

2017

Journal of Heredity

Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Morphometrics Reveal Rapid Phenotypic Evolution in Pythons After Crossing Wallace’s Line

Esquerré et al.

2020

Systematic Biology

Phylogenomics informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura: Pelodryadidae)

Donnellan

2025

the Linnean Society, 2025, 204, zlaf015

Phylogeographic analysis of the green python, Morelia viridis, reveals cryptic diversity

Rawlings & Donnellan

2003

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Phylogeography and Population Genetic Structure of the Ornate Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus

Keywords:

Ctenophorus ornatus

Levy et al.

2012

PLoS ONE

Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia)

Keywords:

Antaresia

Esquerré et al.

2021

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Phylogeography of the western rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) complex, with emphasis on the Colorado Plateau

Keywords:

C. abyssus, C. cerberus, C. concolor, C. helleri, C. lutosus, C. oreganus, C. viridis, Crotalus

Douglas et al.

2002

Biology of the Vipers

Pituophis Range Map- California

Hansen & Shedd

2025

-

Plio-Pleistocene diversification and biogeographic barriers in southern Australia reflected in the phylogeography of a widespread and common lizard species

Keywords:

Genetic diversity and population structure, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Tiliqua rugosa, Australia

Ansari et al.

2019

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Polarization Sensitivity in Reptiles

Keywords:

Uma notata, Tiliqua rugosa, Podarcis sicula

Meyer-Rochow

2014

Polarized Light and Polarization Vision in Animal Sciences

Population augmentation had no effect on the abundance or body condition of conspecifics and co‐occurring lizard species in a native grassland community

Keywords:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Tiliqua adelaidensis

Clive et al.

2019

Austral Ecology