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A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizard... 2011 2026 2016 2021 1.3k
  1. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes (2013)
    R. Alexander Pyron, Frank T. Burbrink et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology
  2. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (2011)
    R. Alexander Pyron, John J. Wiens Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  3. The interplay of past diversification and evolutionary isolation with present imperilment across the amphibian tree of life (2018)
    Walter Jetz, R. Alexander Pyron Nature Ecology & Evolution
  4. Fully-sampled phylogenies of squamates reveal evolutionary patterns in threat status (2016)
    João F. R. Tonini, Karen H. Beard et al. Biological Conservation

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R. Alexander Pyron 5473 2836 2449 3091 125 8.8k
Frank T. Burbrink 4611 3911 2100 2400 123 8.2k
Stephen C. Donnellan 4085 3098 1930 2734 216 8.0k
Allan Larson 4387 4260 1908 3468 81 9.7k
H. Bradley Shaffer 4905 3853 1861 2805 217 10.3k
Jack W. Sites 5300 5054 2763 3695 226 10.4k
Kevin de Queiroz 3339 3599 2058 4217 115 10.8k
Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues 5369 2835 2492 3389 342 8.1k
J. Scott Keogh 3192 2579 1436 2650 183 6.4k
Christopher J. Raxworthy 3598 1804 3966 2474 95 7.8k
Arne Ø. Mooers 1812 2847 2447 3915 133 11.2k

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