Robert Alexander Pyron

Robert Alexander Pyron, U.S. herpetologist.

• Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington D.C., United States of America.

• 24taxon names authored by Robert Alexander Pyron

2013

• Guo, P., Zhang, L., Liu, Q., Li, C., Pyron, R.A., Jiang, K. & Burbrink, F.T. 2013. Lycodon and Dinodon: one genus or two? Evidence from molecular phylogenetics and morphological comparisons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 144–149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.008 Reference page. 

2014

• Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1 Reference page. 
• Guo, G., Zhu, F., Liu, Q., Zhang, L., Li, J.X., Huang, Y.Y. & Pyron, R.A. 2014. A taxonomic revision of the Asian keelback snakes, genus Amphiesma (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3873(4): 425–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.5 Reference page. 

2015

• Pyron, R.A., Guayasimin, J.M., Peñafiel, N., Bustamente, L. & Arteaga, A. 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 Reference page. 

2016

• Sayyed, A., Pyron, R.A. & Dahanukar, N. 2016. Cnemaspis flaviventralis, a new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 8(14): 9619–9629. DOI: 10.11609/jott.2599.8.14.9619-9629 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Arteaga, A., Echevarría, L.Y. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2016. A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis. Zootaxa 4171(2): 293–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4. Reference page. 
• Murphy, J.C., Jowers, M.J., Lehtinen, R.M., Charles, S.P., Colli, G.R., Péres Jr., A.K., Hendry, C.R. & Pyron, R.A. 2016. Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0158542. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158542 Reference page. 
• Tucker, D.B., Colli, G.R., Giugliano, L.G., Hedges, S.B., Hendry, C.R., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., Sites Jr., J.W. & Pyron, R.A. 2016. Methodological congruence in phylogenomic analyses with morphological support for teiid lizards (Sauria: Teiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 75–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.002 . Reference page. 

2017

• Pyron, R.A. 2017. Novel Approaches for Phylogenetic Inference from Morphological Data and Total-Evidence Dating in Squamate Reptiles (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians). Systematic Biology 66(1): 38–56. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw068 Reference page. 
• Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Hutter, C.R., Tapia, E.E., Culebras, J., Peñafiel, N., Pyron, R.A., Morochz, C., Funk, W.C. & Arteaga, A. 2017. Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0172615. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172615 Reference page. 
• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Kandambi, H.K.D., Pyron, R.A. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2017. A New Species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4347(2): 275–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Sayyed, A., Pyron, R.A. & Dileepkumar, R. 2018. Four new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 12(2) [General Section]: 1–29: e157. Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523. Reference page. 

2020

• Colston, T.J., Pyron, R.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A new species of African Snake-Eyed Skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4779(2): 190–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.2.2 Reference page. 
• Rajabizadeh, M., Pyron, R.A., Nazarov, R., Poyarkov, N.A., Adriaens, D. & Herrel, A. 2020. Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae). PeerJ 8: e9016. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9016 Reference page. 

2021

• Dubois, A., Ohler, A. & Pyron, R.A. 2021. New concepts and methods for phylogenetic taxonomy and nomenclature in zoology, exemplified by a new ranked cladonomy of recent amphibians. Megataxa 5(1): 1–738. DOI: 10.11646/MEGATAXA.5.1.1 Reference page. 
• Longrich, N.R., Suberbiola, X. P., Pyron, R.A., & Jalil, N.-E. 2021. The first duckbill dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from Africa and the role of oceanic dispersal in dinosaur biogeography. Cretaceous Research 2020: 104678. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104678 Reference page.