OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Herpetology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Biology of Yucatán Box Turtles (Terrapene yucatana) in Northern Yucatán	14
Home Range and Habitat Use of Florida Box Turtles (Terrapene bauri) in the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida	9
Disentangling Morphological and Environmental Drivers of Foraging Activity in an Invasive Diurnal Gecko, Phelsuma laticauda	8
Diet of Bullfrog Tadpoles Lithobates catesbeianus, Shaw 1802, an Invasive Species from Monte Desert	8
The Blue Frogs Project: Leveraging Community Science Data to Document Axanthism Hotspots Across the Globe	8
Ten Principles from Evolutionary Ecology for the Effective Conservation of Reptiles and Amphibians	8
How to Tell More is More: Quantity Discrimination in Eastern Box Turtles (Emydidae: Terrapene carolina)	7
Prevalence of Ophidiomycosis (Snake Fungal Disease) at a High Disturbance Remediated Landfill and at a Low-Impacted Forest Research Site in East Tennessee, USA	7
Rediscovery of Luperosaurus sorok Das, Lakim, and Kandaung, 2008 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) With Notes on Its Taxonomy and Natural History	6
Range-Wide Population Projections for Northern Red-Bellied Cooters (Pseudemys rubriventris)	6
Invasion Histories Differ Markedly Among the Four Anolis Lizard Species Introduced to Bermuda	6
Thirteen Years of Turtle Capture–Mark–Recapture in a Small Urban Pond Complex in Louisiana, USA	6
Infection Experiments Indicate That Common Florida Anurans and Lizards May Serve as Intermediate Hosts for the Invasive Pentastome Parasite, Raillietiella orientalis	5
Sexual Dimorphism in Endangered Jemez Mountains Salamanders (Plethodon neomexicanus)	5
Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) Density and Space Use in Dynamic Tidal Systems: Novel Insights from Spatial Capture–Recapture	5
Spatial Capture–Recapture Derived Turtle Capture Probabilities and Densities in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal	5
Effects of Oil Fields on Home Range, Movements, and Rates of Predation of Blunt-Nosed Leopard Lizards (Gambelia sila)	5
Sexual Size Dimorphism in Multiple Traits: An Integrative Perspective in Several Anuran Species	5
Sexual Dimorphism in Dorsal Spot Number and Yellow Surface Area in Fire Salamanders, Salamandra salamandra terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Caudata: Salamandridae)	5
Effects of Conspecific Density on Habitat Assessment and Exploratory Behavior in Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)	5
A New Species of the Bromeligenous Genus Crossodactylodes (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) from Southeastern Brazil	5
Exposure to Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Alters Terrestrial Growth and Feeding Rate in Metamorphic Anurans	5
Size and Cycle in Dusky Salamanders	5
Contextualized Display Behavior during Natural Interactions by Common Side-Blotched Lizards (Uta stansburiana, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae)	4
A New Species of Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Tocantins State, Brazil	4

Road Mortality Relative to Wheel-Track Position during Spring Migration of Common Toads in Norway	4
Reproduction, Diet, and Sexual Dimorphism in Micrablepharus atticolus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in Cerrado Enclaves Within Brazilian Amazon Forest	4
Optimizing Survey Design for Shasta Salamanders (Hydromantes spp.) to Estimate Occurrence in Little-Studied Portions of their Range	4
From Small Forest Streams to Large Amazonian Rivers: How Four Sympatric and Sometimes Syntopic Crocodilians Divide Space	4
Sexually Dimorphic Biofluorescence of the Postcloacal Gland in the Terrestrial Salamander, Plethodon cinereus	4
An Invitation for Submissions to “Reviews in Herpetology: Past, Present, and Future Directions” at the Journal of Herpetology	4
Abundance and Detection Probabilities for Three Montane Plethodontid Salamanders in the Southern Appalachian Mountains	4
Reaching New Heights: Arboreal Camera Trapping Provides New Insights on the Ecology of Gray Treefrogs (Hyla versicolor)	4
The Agony of Choice: Comparing Abundance Estimates from Multiple N-Mixture Model Variants Fitted to a Reptile Community Dataset	4
Effects of Invasive Toad Calls and Synthetic Tones on Call Properties of Native Australian Toadlets	4
Trophic Ecology of African Dwarf Crocodiles (Osteolaemus spp.) in Perennial and Ephemeral Aquatic Habitats	4
A Historical Resurvey of Flatland Lizards in the Mojave Desert	3
Toe Twitch or not Toe Twitch: A Frog Pursuit Model	3
Space Use and Nesting-Associated Movement by Adult Female Utila Spiny-Tailed Iguanas (Ctenosaura bakeri)	3
Population Biology of Meroles anchietae and an Elusive Sex Ratio	3
Diet of Invasive Rough Bent-Toed Geckos, Cyrtopodion scabrum (Heyden, 1827), in Southeastern Algeria	3
Genetic Diversity of Florida Scrub Lizards (Sceloporus woodi) Varies with Wildfire History	3
Common Mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)) in Western New York: A Seasonal Comparison of Diet, Body Condition, and Capture Methods	3
Larval Life History of Coastal Tailed Frogs (Ascaphus truei) Across an Elevational Gradient in Northern California: Implications for a Changing Climate	3
Be Quick or Be Dead: Hotspots and Hot Moments of Road-Killed Herpetofauna Along Two Highways of the Highly Threatened Brazilian Atlantic Forest	3
Patterns and Trends in the Publication of Natural History Notes in Herpetology Journals Over the Past Decade	3
Ecology and Natural History of the Endangered Upland Burrowing Treefrog, Smilisca dentata	3
Habitat Stability Does Not Influence Size Variation in Morphological Features of Lizards	3