George Robert Zug, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Division of Amphibians and Reptiles Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States 
Area:
Herpetology

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2019 Lee JL, Miller AH, Zug GR, Mulcahy DG. The discovery of Rock Geckos Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4661: zootaxa.4661.1.2. PMID 31716716 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4661.1.2  0.661
2019 Avens L, Goshe LR, Zug GR, Balazs GH, Benson SR, Harris H. Regional comparison of leatherback sea turtle maturation attributes and reproductive longevity Marine Biology. 167. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-019-3617-Y  0.377
2018 Grismer LL, Wood PLJ, Zug GR, Thura MK, Grismer MS, Murdoch ML, Quah ESH, Lin A. Two more new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills of eastern Myanmar (Burma). Zootaxa. 4483: 295-316. PMID 30313789 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4483.2.4  0.455
2018 Mulcahy DG, Lee JL, Miller AH, Chand M, Thura MK, Zug GR. Filling the BINs of life: Report of an amphibian and reptile survey of the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) Region of Myanmar, with DNA barcode data. Zookeys. 85-152. PMID 29780268 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.757.24453  0.675
2018 Lee JL, Vogel G, Miller AH, Zug GR. Rediscovery ofXenochrophis bellulus(Stoliczka, 1871) from Myanmar (Serpentes: Natricinae) with comments on its taxonomic status Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 131: 19-35. DOI: 10.2988/17-00025  0.59
2018 Lee JL, Miller AH, Connette GM, Oo KS, Zug GR, Mulcahy DG. First record of the Malaysian Bridle Snake, Dryocalamus subannulatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854), in Myanmar (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) Check List. 14: 341-345. DOI: 10.15560/14.2.341  0.637
2017 Mulcahy DG, Lee JL, Miller AH, Zug GR. Troublesome Trimes: Potential cryptic speciation of the Trimeresurus (Popeia) popeiorum complex (Serpentes: Crotalidae) around the Isthmus of Kra (Myanmar and Thailand). Zootaxa. 4347: 301-315. PMID 29245596 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4347.2.6  0.67
2017 Connette GM, Oswald P, Thura MK, LaJeunesse Connette KJ, Grindley ME, Songer M, Zug GR, Mulcahy DG. Rapid forest clearing in a Myanmar proposed national park threatens two newly discovered species of geckos (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus). Plos One. 12: e0174432. PMID 28403189 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0174432  0.404
2017 Zug GR, Mulcahy DG, Vindum JV. Resurrection of Bronchocela burmana Blanford, 1878 for the Green Crested Lizard (Squamata, Agamidae) of southern Myanmar. Zookeys. 141-156. PMID 28331413 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.657.11600  0.443
2016 Miller AH, Zug GR. Morphology and biology of the asian common Mockviper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae): A focus on Burmese populations Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129: 173-194. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.173  0.538
2014 Mulcahy DG, Martínez-Gómez JE, Aguirre-León G, Cervantes-Pasqualli JA, Zug GR. Rediscovery of an endemic vertebrate from the remote Islas Revillagigedo in the eastern Pacific Ocean: the Clarión nightsnake lost and found. Plos One. 9: e97682. PMID 24837300 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0097682  0.46
2014 Zug GR, Kaiser H. A new species of four-toed skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Carlia peronii species group) from Pulau Sukur, Indonesia, and biogeographic notes on the herpetofauna of Flores and Komodo Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 126: 379-392. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.379  0.324
2014 Nguyen TQ, Botov A, Le MD, Nophaseud L, Zug G, Bonkowski M, Ziegler T. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos Zootaxa. 3827: 45-56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.1.4  0.319
2013 Zug GR, Kaiser H. Case 3618 Kalophrynus Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia Anura, microhylidae): proposed conservation by designation of a neotype for its type species Kalophrynus pleurostigma Tschudi, 1838 The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 70: 86-88. DOI: 10.21805/Bzn.V70I2.A11  0.38
2012 Zug GR. A new species of treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis species group) from Rotuma, south-central Pacific Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125: 74-84. DOI: 10.2988/11-24.1  0.342
2012 Zug GR, Ineich I, Pregill G, Hamilton AM. Lizards of Tonga with description of a new Tongan Treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis Group) Pacific Science. 66: 225-237. DOI: 10.2984/66.2.9  0.451
2012 Zug GR, Fisher RN. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands Zootaxa. 22-37. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.3257.1.2  0.454
2011 Balmer O, Ciofi C, Galbraith DA, Swingland IR, Zug GR, Caccone A. Population genetic structure of Aldabra giant tortoises. The Journal of Heredity. 102: 29-37. PMID 20805288 DOI: 10.1093/Jhered/Esq096  0.361
2011 Zug GR, Hamilton AM, Austin CC. A new emoia samoensis group lizard (Squamata: Scincidae) from the cook Islands, South-central pacific Zootaxa. 47-57. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.2765.1.4  0.438
2011 Austin CC, Rittmeyer EN, Oliver LA, Andermann JO, Zug GR, Rodda GH, Jackson ND. The bioinvasion of Guam: Inferring geographic origin, pace, pattern and process of an invasive lizard (Carlia) in the Pacific using multi-locus genomic data Biological Invasions. 13: 1951-1967. DOI: 10.1007/S10530-011-0014-Y  0.329
2010 Austin CC, Rittmeyer EN, Richards SJ, Zug GR. Phylogeny, historical biogeography and body size evolution in Pacific Island Crocodile skinks Tribolonotus (Squamata; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57: 227-36. PMID 20541614 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2010.06.005  0.416
2010 Furness AI, McDiarmid RW, Heyer WR, Zug GR. Oviduct Modifications in Foam-Nesting Frogs, with Emphasis on the Genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae) South American Journal of Herpetology. 5: 13-29. DOI: 10.2994/057.005.0102  0.322
2010 Hamilton AM, Zug GR, Austin CC. Biogeographic anomaly or human introduction: A cryptogenic population of tree skink (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Cook Islands, Oceania Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 318-328. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2010.01437.X  0.4
2009 Curtin AJ, Zug GR, Spotila JR. Longevity and growth strategies of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in two American deserts Journal of Arid Environments. 73: 463-471. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2008.11.011  0.324
2008 Curtin AJ, Zug GR, Medica PA, Spotila JR. Assessing age in the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii: Testing skeletochronology with individuals of known age Endangered Species Research. 5: 21-27. DOI: 10.3354/Esr00108  0.304
2006 Zug GR, Allison A. New Carlia fusca complex lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from New Guinea, Papua-Indonesia Zootaxa. 27-44. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1237.1.3  0.449
2006 Zug GR, Chaloupka M, Balazs GH. Age and growth in olive ridley seaturtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) from the North-central Pacific: A skeletochronological analysis Marine Ecology. 27: 263-270. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0485.2006.00109.X  0.337
2005 Couper PJ, Wilmer JW, Roberts L, Amey AP, Zug GR. Skinks currently assigned to Carlia aerata (Scincidae: Lygosominae) of north-eastern Queensland - A preliminary study of cryptic diversity and two new species Australian Journal of Zoology. 53: 35-49. DOI: 10.1071/Zo04010  0.451
2001 Buden DW, Lynch DB, Zug GR. Recent records of exotic reptiles on pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia Pacific Science. 55: 65-70. DOI: 10.1353/Psc.2001.0003  0.418
1999 Austin CC, Zug GR. Molecular and morphological evolution in the south-central Pacific skink Emoia tongana (Reptilia: Squamata): Uniformity and human-mediated dispersal Australian Journal of Zoology. 47: 425-437. DOI: 10.1071/Zo99019  0.343
1998 Zug GR, Glor RE. Estimates of age and growth in a population of green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from the Indian River lagoon system, Florida: A skeletochronological analysis Canadian Journal of Zoology. 76: 1497-1506. DOI: 10.1139/Z98-090  0.341
1997 Zug GR, Gill BJ. Morphological variation of Emoia murphyi (Lacertilia: Scincidae) on islands of the southwest Pacific Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 27: 235-242. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9517536  0.393
1997 Zug GR, Kalb HJ, Luzar SJ. Age and growth in wild Kemp's ridley seaturtles Lepidochelys kempii from skeletochronological data Biological Conservation. 80: 261-268. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00143-7  0.324
1997 Parham JF, Zug GR. Age and growth of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of Coastal Georgia: An assessment of skeletochronological age-estimates Bulletin of Marine Science. 61: 287-304.  0.562
1996 Parham JF, Dodd CK, Zug GR. Skeletochronological age estimates for the Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichti Journal of Herpetology. 30: 401-404. DOI: 10.2307/1565178  0.616
1995 Zug GR, Balazs GH, Wetherall JA. Growth in juvenile loggerhead seaturtles (Caretta caretta) in the north Pacific pelagic habitat Copeia. 484-487. DOI: 10.2307/1446917  0.333
1988 Mitchell JC, Zug GR. Ecological observations on the gecko Hemidactylus brookii in Nepal Amphibia-Reptilia. 9: 405-413. DOI: 10.1163/156853888X00071  0.311
1987 Rand AS, Zug GR. Estimation of Age in Nesting Female Iguana iguana: Testing Skeletochronology in a Tropical Lizard Amphibia-Reptilia. 8: 237-249. DOI: 10.1163/156853887X00289  0.325
1970 Zug GR. Intergradation of the Two Rhineura (Reptilia) Populations in Central Florida and Comments on Its Scale Reduction Journal of Herpetology. 4: 123. DOI: 10.2307/1562886  0.35
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1985 Zug GR. Pacific Island Lizards: Status of Type Specimens from the US Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 Copeia. 1985: 150. DOI: 10.2307/1444804  0.3
1991 Ineich I, Zug GR. Nomenclatural Status of Emoia cyanura (Lacertilia, Scincidae) Populations in the Central Pacific Copeia. 1991: 1132. DOI: 10.2307/1446114  0.295
1994 Ernst CH, Zug GR. Observations on the Reproductive Biology of the Spotted Turtle, Clemmys guttata, in Southeastern Pennsylvania Journal of Herpetology. 28: 99. DOI: 10.2307/1564688  0.288
2014 Nguyen TQ, Botov A, Le MD, Nophaseud L, Zug G, Bonkowski M, Ziegler T. A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from northern Laos. Zootaxa. 3827: 45-56. PMID 25081145  0.286
1982 Ruckdescheil C, Zug GR. Mortality of sea turtles Caretta caretta in coastal waters of Georgia Biological Conservation. 22: 5-9. DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(82)90093-3  0.275
1972 Zug GR. Anuran Locomotion: Structure and Function. I. Preliminary Observations on Relation between Jumping and Osteometrics of Appendicular and Postaxial Skeleton Copeia. 1972: 613. DOI: 10.2307/1442720  0.272
2009 Zug GR. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. 1: 1317-1320.  0.268
1980 Zug GR. Sea Turtles Time of the Turtle Jack Rudloe Alfred A. Knopf Bioscience. 30: 267-267. DOI: 10.2307/1307894  0.263
1972 Zug GR. Walk pattern analysis of cryptodiran turtle gaits. Animal Behaviour. 20: 439-43. PMID 4661303 DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(72)80006-X  0.258
2013 Zug GR. Reptiles and amphibians of the Pacific Islands: A comprehensive guide Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands: a Comprehensive Guide 0.247
2003 Zug GR, Watling D, Alefaio T, Alefaio S, Ludescher C. A new gecko (Reptilia: Squamata: Genus Lepidodactylus) from Tuvalu, South-central Pacific Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116: 38-46.  0.244
1972 Zug GR. A critique of the walk pattern analysis of symmetrical quadrupedal gaits. Animal Behaviour. 20: 436-8. PMID 4661302 DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(72)80005-8  0.238
1974 Zug GR. Crocodilian Galloping: An Unique Gait for Reptiles Copeia. 1974: 550. DOI: 10.2307/1442557  0.227
1977 Zug GR. Distribution and Variation of Leptotyphlops tricolor Copeia. 1977: 744. DOI: 10.2307/1443175  0.21
2022 Mulcahy DG, Ibáñez R, Jaramillo CA, Crawford AJ, Ray JM, Gotte SW, Jacobs JF, Wynn AH, Gonzalez-Porter GP, McDiarmid RW, Crombie RI, Zug GR, de Queiroz K. DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age. Plos One. 17: e0264930. PMID 35245325 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264930  0.205
1988 Zug GR, Springer VG, Williams JT, Johnston GD. The vertebrates of Rotuma and surrounding waters Atoll Research Bulletin. 312. DOI: 10.5479/Si.00775630.316.1  0.197
1980 Zug GR. Treatise on Turtles Turtles: Perspectives and Research Marion Harless Henry Morlock Bioscience. 30: 50-50. DOI: 10.2307/1308082  0.186
1969 Zug GR. Fossil chelonians, Chrysemys and Clemmys, from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho The Great Basin Naturalist.. 29: 82-87. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.17051  0.149
2010 Zug GR, Jacobs JF, Vindum JV, Win KS. Non-reproductive seasonal colour change in a population of calotes "versicolor" from myanmar (Squamata: Agamidae) Salamandra. 46: 104-107.  0.137
2002 Zug GR, Balazs GH, Wetherall JA, Parker DM, Murakawa SKK. Age and growth of Hawaiian green seaturtles (Chelonia mydas): An analysis based on skeletochronology Fishery Bulletin. 100: 117-127.  0.133
1987 Zug GR. Amphibians and reptiles of the outamba-kilimi region, sierra leone Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa. 33: 1-4. DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1987.9650167  0.123
2015 Lee JL, Thura MK, Mulcahy DG, Zug GR. Three colubrid snakes new to Myanmar Herpetology Notes. 8: 217-220.  0.119
1997 Chaloupka M, Zug GR. A polyphasic growth function for the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii Fishery Bulletin. 95: 849-856.  0.116
1998 Zug GR. Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 42: 613-626.  0.113
1997 Zug GR, Ineich I. Striped skinks in oceania: The status of Emoia caeruleocauda in Fiji Pacific Science. 51: 183-188.  0.104
1998 Ota H, Fisher RN, Ineich I, Case TJ, Radtkey RR, Zug GR. A new Lepidodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu Herpetologica. 54: 325-332.  0.099
2014 Fisher RN, Uili M, Enoka F, Zug GR. Clarifying the distributional records for Hemiphyllodactylus typus (Bleeker, 1860) from Central Oceania Herpetology Notes. 6: 247-250.  0.093
1982 Zug GR. Comments On The Proposed Conservation Of Rana Sphenocephala Cope, 1886. Z.n.(S.) 2141 (1.) The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.. 39: 80-81. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.23536  0.056
2011 Zug GR, Gotte SW, Jacobs JF. Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata) Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 124: 112-136. DOI: 10.2988/10-34.1  0.05
2001 Zug GR, Win ZL, Than ZM, Kyaw K, Thin T, Win H, Nyein MTD, Aung K, Kyaw TT. Durability of silt-fencing for drift-fence arrays at a tropical site Herpetological Review. 32: 235-236.  0.037
1985 Zug GR. Anuran locomotion: fatigue and jumping performance. Herpetologica. 41: 188-194.  0.025
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