2009  
Aldrich, M.L., A.E. Leviton, and L.L. Sears. 2009. Georgius Agricola, De Animantibus Subterraneis, 1549 and 1556: A translation of a Renaissance Essay in Zoology and Natural History. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 60(9):89-174, 5 figs., 1 table.  
Hillman, S.S.,  P.C. Withers, R.C. Drewes, and S.D. Hillyard. 2009. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Amphibians.  Oxford University Press, Oxford. xii + 469. ISBN 978-0-19-857031-8; ISBN 978-0-19-857032-5.  
   

2008

 

Andreone, F., A. Channing, R. Drewes, J. Gerlach, F. Glaw, K. Howell, M. Largen, S. Loader, S. Lotters, L. Minter, M. Pickersgill, C. Raxworthy, M.-O. Rodel, A. Schiotz, D. Vallan, and M. Vences. (2008) Chapter 5. Amphibians of the Afrotropical Realm. (pp. 53-58) In. S. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani and B. Young (eds.). Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona. xv +758 p.

 

Drewes, R.C. Biogeographic implications of intriguing relationship patterns of endemic amphibians of the Gulf of Guinea Islands (pp. 231-234) In: Corti C. (ed.) 2008. Herpetologia Sardiniae. Soc. Herp. Ital./Edizioni Belvedere, Latina, “le scienze’(8) 504p.

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Frost, D.R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R.H. Bain, A. Haas, C.F.B. Haddad, R.O. de Sa, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Raxworthy, J.A. Campbell, B.L. Blotto, P. Moler, R.C. Drewes, R.A. Nussbaum, J.D. Lynch, D.M. Green, and W.C. Wheeler. Is The Amphibian Tree of Life really fatally flawed? Cladistics 23:1-11.

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Hillman, Stanley S., Philip C. Withers, Robert C. Drewes and Stanley D. Hillyard. Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Amphibians. Oxford University Press, Oxford . 469pp. ISBN 978-0-19-857031-8 (Hbk); ISBN 978-0-19-857032-5.

 

Leviton, A.E., G.R. Zug., J.V. Vindum, and G.O.U. Wogan. 2008. Handbook to the Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, the Nature & Wildlife Conservation Division, Forest Department, Myanmar, and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 122 pp.

 
Rao, D.-Q. and J.A. Wilkinson.  2008.  Phylogenetic relationships of the mustache toads inferred from mtDNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:61-73.  

Wogan, G.O.U., J.V. Vindum, J.A. Wilkinson, M.S. Koo, J.B. Slowinski, H. Win, T. Thin, S.W. Kyi, S.L. Oo, K.S. Lwin, and A.K. Shein. 2008. New Country Records and Range Extensions for Myanmar Amphibians and Reptiles. Hamadryad, 83:83-96


 

 

2007

 

Drewes, R.C., M.S. Hedrick, S.S. Hillman and P.C. Withers. Unique role of skeletal muscle contraction in vertical lymph movement in anurans. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:3931-3939.

 

Gardner, T.A., E.B. Fitzherbert, R.C. Drewes, K.M. Howell and T. Caro. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Abundance and Diversity of an East African Leaf Litter Amphibian Fauna. 2007. Biotropica 39(1):106-113.

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Hedrick, M.S., Drewes, R.C., S.S. Hillman and P.C. Withers. Lung ventilation contributes to vertical lymph movement in anurans. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:3940-3945.

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Measey, G.J., M. Vences, R.C. Drewes, Y. Chiari, M. Melo and B. Bourles. Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands. 2007. Journal of Biogeography 34:7-20.

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Uyeda, J.C., R.C. Drewes and B.M. Zimkus. The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expeditions (2001, 2006) VI. A new species of Phrynobatrachus from the Gulf of Guinea Islands and a reanalysis of Phrynobatrachus dispar and P. feae (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 58:367-385.

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2006

 

Delfino, G., R. C. Drewes, S. Magherini, C. Malentacchi, D. Nosi and A. Terrini 2006. Serous glands of the Pacific tree-frog  Hyla regilla (Anura: Hylidae): Patterns of secretory release induced by nor-epinephrine.  Cell and Tissue: 38:65-77.

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Frost, D. R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R. H. Bain, A. Haas, C. F. B. Haddad, R. O. De Sá, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S. C. Donnellan, C. J. Raxworthy, P. Moler, R. C. Drewes, R. A. Nussbaum, J. D. Lynch, D. M. Green, and W. C. Wheeler. The Amphibian Tree of Life. 2006. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297:370pp.

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Spawls, S., K.M. Howell and R.C. Drewes. Pocket Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. 2006. (May) A&C Black Publishers Ltd, London. (Aug) Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.  240p. 278 maps. 

 

Zug, G. R., H. H. K. Brown, J. A. Schulte II, and J. V. Vindum. 2006. Systematics of the Garden Lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone Populations. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57(2):35-68.

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2005

 

Gonzalez, M., Kyi Soe Lwin and J. V. Vindum. 2005. New records for Scincella victoriana (Shreve, 1940) from the Chin Hills, Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 56(26):391-392.

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Wilkinson, J. A., Thin Thin, Kyi Soe Lwin, and Awan Khwi Shein. 2005. A new species of Rhacophorus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 56:42-52.

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2004

 

Drewes, R. C. and R. E. Stoelting. 2004. The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expedition (2001). II. Additions and Corrections to Our Knowledge of the Endemic Amphibians of São Tomé and Príncipe. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 55:573-587, 6 figs.

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Drewes, R. C. and J. A. Wilkinson. 2004. The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expedition (2001): I. The Taxonomic Status of the Genus Nesionixalus Perret, 1976 (Anura: Hyperoliidae), Treefrogs of São Tomé and Príncipe, with Comments on the Genus Hyperolius. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 55:395-407, 4 figs, 2 tables.

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Schulte, J. A., II, J. V. Vindum, Htun Win, Thin Thin, Kyi Soe Lwin, and Awan Khwi Shein. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Ptyctolaemus (Squamata: Agamidae) with a description of a new species from the Chin Hills of Western Myanmar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 55:222-247

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Wilkinson, J.A. and D.-Q. Rao. 2004. Taxonomic status of Rhacophorustaronensis Smith, 1940. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 55:451-457.

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2003

 

Leviton, A. E., G. O.U. Wogan, M. S. Koo, G. R. Zug, R. S. Lucas, and J. V. Vindum. 2003. The dangerously venomous snakes of Myanmar. Illustrated checklist with keys. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 54:407-460.

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Vindum, J. V., Htun Win, Thin Thin, Kyi Soe Lwin, Awan Khwi Shein and Hla Tun.  2003.  A new Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Indo-Burman Range of  Western Myanmar (Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 54:1-16.

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Wilkinson, J.A., Htun Win, Thin Thin, Kyi Soe Lwin, Awan Khwi Shein, Hla Tun. 2003. A new species of Chirixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from western Myanmar ( Burma). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 54:17-26.

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Wogan, G. O. U., Htun Win, Thin Thin, Kyi Soe Lwin, Awan Khwi Shein, Sai Wunna Kyi, and Hla Tun.  2003.  A new species of Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae) from Myanmar (Burma), and redescription of the little known species Bufo stuarti Smith 1929. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 54:141-153.

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