OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Herpetologica is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Invasive Species and Amphibian Conservation	69
A Synthesis of Evidence of Drivers of Amphibian Declines	62
The Amphibian Skin Microbiome and Its Protective Role Against Chytridiomycosis	60
Amphibian Population Declines: 30 Years of Progress in Confronting a Complex Problem	57
Global Amphibian Declines, Disease, and the Ongoing Battle between Batrachochytrium Fungi and the Immune System	37
Amphibian Disease Ecology: Are We Just Scratching the Surface?	22
High Variability in Infection Mechanisms and Host Responses: A Review of Functional Genomic Studies of Amphibian Chytridiomycosis	19
Effects of Snowpack, Temperature, and Disease on Demography in a Wild Population of Amphibians	19
Uncovering Shifting Amphibian Ecological Relationships in a World of Environmental Change1	13
Evidence-Based Amphibian Conservation: A Case Study on Toad Tunnels	11
Informing Amphibian Conservation Efforts with Abundance-Based Metapopulation Models	9
Clearing up the Crystal Ball: Understanding Uncertainty in Future Climate Suitability Projections for Amphibians	9
Effects of Vineyards and Olive Plantations on Reptiles in a Mediterranean Agroecosystem	9
Extinctions of Threatened Frogs may Impact Ecosystems in a Global Hotspot of Anuran Diversity	9
Effects of Salinity on Hatchling Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) Growth, Behavior, and Stress Physiology	8
A New Species of Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from a Protected Area in Chiapas, Mexico	8
Chytrid Pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African Amphibians: A Continental Analysis of Occurrences and Modeling of Its Potential Distribution	8
Adrift on a Sea of Troubles: Can Amphibians Survive in a Human-Dominated World?1	8
The Influence of Multiscale Habitat Variables and Population Density on Artificial Shelter Use by Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)	7
Ecogeographic Divergence Linked to Dorsal Coloration in Eastern Hog-Nosed Snakes (Heterodon platirhinos)	7
Notes on the Hyperossified Pumpkin Toadlets of the Genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) with the Description of a New Species	7
Nesting Ecology of Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus): Implications from In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation Programs in Chitwan National Park, Nepal	7
Unexpected Discovery of Another New Species of Philippine False Gecko (Gekkonidae; Pseudogekko) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island	7
A New Nurse Frog (Allobates, Aromobatidae) with a Cricket-Like Advertisement Call from Eastern Amazonia	6
Quantifying the Gender Gap in Authorship in Herpetology	6

Taxonomic Composition of the Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802) Species Complex (Squamata: Colubridae) with the Description of a New Species from India	6
The Application of Dental Complexity Metrics on Extant Saurians	6
High-Level Inactivity Despite Favorable Environmental Conditions in the Rock-Dwelling Dwarf Tortoise Chersobius boulengeri	4
Factors Affecting the Presence and Abundance of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals under Artificial Cover in Southern California	4
Tourism Value of Crocodilians: The Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger) as a Case Study	4
Description of a New Oligodon (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Including Redescriptions of O. waandersi and O. propinquus	4
Two New Species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Serranía de los Paraguas: A Priority Site for Conservation of Amphibians in Colombia	4
A New Species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka with Redescription of H. hunae Deraniyagala, 1937	4
Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) Exploit Abundant Nonnative Prey While Maintaining Their Appetite for Native Anurans	3
Ecological Niche Explains the Sympatric Occurrence of Lined Ground Snakes of the Genus Lygophis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) in the South American Dry Diagonal	3
Strong Climate Associations but No Temporal Trends in Nesting Phenology of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii)	3
Geographic Variation in the Acoustic Signals of Dendropsophus nanus (Boulenger 1889) (Anura: Hylidae)	3
Using Demography to Evaluate Reintroductions for Conservation of the Endangered Frog, Rana sierrae, in Streams	3
Artificial Displacement Alters Movement Behavior of a Terrestrial Amphibian	3
A New Bent-Toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Obi Island, Indonesia	3
Comparison of Escape Behavior Between Solitary and Grouped Liolaemus leopardinus Lizards from the Central Chilean Andes	3
A New Species of Blue-Tailed Skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico	3
Fifty Years of Observations on Anolis Lizards at Barro Colorado Island, Panama	3