Richard Thomas

1.0k total citations
59 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Richard Thomas is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Genetics and Parasitology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Thomas has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Genetics and 20 papers in Parasitology. Recurrent topics in Richard Thomas's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (28 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (17 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (14 papers). Richard Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (28 papers), Vector-borne infectious diseases (17 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (14 papers). Richard Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Puerto Rico. Richard Thomas's co-authors include S. Blair Hedges, Juan D. Daza, George C. Gorman, Aaron M. Bauer, Virginia Abdala, Manuel Leal, Lucila Moreno, Marina Morini, Sebastián Muñoz‐Leal and Julie Marin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Development and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard Thomas

56 papers receiving 655 citations

Peers

Richard Thomas
Jean‐François Trape Senegal
Michael J. Jowers Spain
Hong-Shik Oh South Korea
Alison S. Whiting United States
Hélio Ricardo Silva Brazil
Xianguang Guo China
Hinrich Kaiser United States
Varad B. Giri India
Ishan Agarwal India
Erik R. Wild United States
Jean‐François Trape Senegal
Richard Thomas
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All Works

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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2025). Multilocus Sequence Typing Unveils Two Novel Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ticks Infesting Cricetid Rodents of Northern Chile. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2025(1). 8841276–8841276.
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2024). Molecular survey of tick-borne infectious agents in cricetid rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Central and Southern Chile. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11. 1399783–1399783.
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2024). Hepatozoon (Eucoccidiorida: Hepatozoidae) in wild mammals of the Americas: a systematic review. Parasites & Vectors. 17(1). 108–108. 15 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2024). Systematics and life cycles of four avian schistosomatids from Southern Cone of South America. Journal of Helminthology. 98. e47–e47. 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2023). Survey and Molecular Characterization of Sarcocystidae protozoa in Wild Cricetid Rodents from Central and Southern Chile. Animals. 13(13). 2100–2100. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2023). Wild deer (Pudu puda) from Chile harbor a novel ecotype of Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Parasites & Vectors. 16(1). 38–38. 6 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2023). A novel Babesia sp. of the “Western Babesia group”, detected in opossums from Guatemala. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 14(6). 102248–102248. 1 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard, et al.. (2022). Apicomplexans in small mammals from Chile, with the first report of the Babesia microti group in South American rodents. Parasitology Research. 121(3). 1009–1020. 11 indexed citations
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Ospina, Oscar E., et al.. (2021). The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. The Anatomical Record. 304(10). 2264–2278. 8 indexed citations
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Daza, Juan D., Brendan J. Pinto, Richard Thomas, et al.. (2019). The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of <br />the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa. 4712(2). zootaxa.4712.2.1–zootaxa.4712.2.1. 6 indexed citations
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Pesapane, Risa, Janet E. Foley, Richard Thomas, & Lyda R. Castro. (2019). Molecular detection and characterization of Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs from northern Colombia. Veterinary Microbiology. 233. 184–189. 17 indexed citations
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Vidal, Nicolás, Julie Marin, Marina Morini, et al.. (2010). Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters. 6(4). 558–561. 101 indexed citations
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Daza, Juan D., Virginia Abdala, Richard Thomas, & Aaron M. Bauer. (2008). Skull anatomy of the miniaturized gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Squamata: Gekkota). Journal of Morphology. 269(11). 1340–1364. 63 indexed citations
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Hedges, S. Blair & Richard Thomas. (1991). CRYPTIC SPECIES OF SNAKES (TYPHLOPIDAE: TYPHLOPS) FROM THE PUERTO RICO BANK DETECTED BY PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS. Herpetologica. 47(4). 448–459. 19 indexed citations
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Hedges, S. Blair & Richard Thomas. (1987). A NEW BURROWING FROG FROM HISPANIOLA WITH COMMENTS ON THE INOPTATUS GROUP OF THE GENUS ELEUTHERODACTYLUS (ANURA: LEPTODACTYLIDAE). Herpetologica. 43(3). 269–279. 8 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (1974). A new species of Typhlops lSerpentesc Typhlopidaer from Hispaniola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 87. 11–18. 4 indexed citations
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Gorman, George C., Richard Thomas, & L. Atkins. (1968). Intra- and interspecific chromosome variation in the lizard Anolis cristatellus and its closest relatives. 293. 1–13. 26 indexed citations
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Thomas, Richard. (1965). Two new subspecies of Amphisbaena lAmphisbaeniac Reptiliar from the Barahona Peninsula of Hispaniola. 215. 1–14. 9 indexed citations

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