Small, rare and trendy: traits and biogeography of lizards described in the 21st century

Using Wikipedia page views to explore the cultural importance of global reptiles

(2016) Uri Roll et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Into the light: diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos

(2015) Tony Gamble et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Body sizes and diversification rates of lizards, snakes, amphisbaenians and the tuatara

(2015) Anat Feldman et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.)

(2015) N. C. Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Two new species of the genus Goniurosaurus (Squamata: Sauria: Eublepharidae) from southern China

(2015) JIAN-HUAN YANG et al.   ZOOTAXA

Late bloomers and baby boomers: ecological drivers of longevity in squamates and the tuatara

(2014) Inon Scharf et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A revision of the Mexican Anolis (Reptilia, Squamata, Dactyloidae) from the Pacific versant west of the Isthmus de Tehuantepec in the states of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, with the description of six new species 

(2014) GUNTHER KÖHLER et al.   ZOOTAXA

A phylogenetic analysis of the southern African gecko genus Afroedura Loveridge (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of nine new species from Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa

(2014) NIELS H. G. JACOBSEN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian Rock Geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia

(2014) L. LEE GRISMER et al.   ZOOTAXA

Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles

(2013) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

The relationship between limb reduction, body elongation and geographical range in lizards (Lerista, Scincidae)

(2013) Michael S. Y. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Global Taxonomic Diversity of Living Reptiles

(2013) Daniel Pincheira-Donoso et al.   PLoS One

Can We Name Earth's Species Before They Go Extinct?

(2013) M. J. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Are There Really Twice as Many Bovid Species as We Thought?

(2013) Rasmus Heller et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Systematic revision of the Parvoscincus decipiens (Boulenger, 1894) complex of Philippine forest skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) with descriptions of seven new species

(2013) CHARLES W. LINKEM et al.   ZOOTAXA

Longer in the tooth, shorter in the record? The evolutionary correlates of hypsodonty in Neogene ruminants

(2011) P. Raia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae)

(2011) T. M. Townsend et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Predicting Total Global Species Richness Using Rates of Species Description and Estimates of Taxonomic Effort

(2011) Mark J. Costello et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Influence of different species range types on the perception of macroecological patterns

(2011) Claudia Raedig et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Opening a box of cryptic taxa - the first review of the North African desert lizards in the Trapelus mutabilis Merrem, 1820 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) with descriptions of new taxa

(2011) PHILIPP WAGNER et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Why Worry about How Many Species and Their Loss?

(2011) Robert M. May   PLOS BIOLOGY

How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?

(2011) Camilo Mora et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

A spectacular new Philippine monitor lizard reveals a hidden biogeographic boundary and a novel flagship species for conservation

(2010) L. J. Welton et al.   Biology Letters

Tropical Arthropod Species, More or Less?

(2010) R. M. May   SCIENCE

The impact of taxonomic change on conservation: Does it kill, can it save, or is it just irrelevant?

(2009) W.R. Morrison et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Two New Species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the Puna of Northwestern Argentina

(2009) Cristian Simón Abdala et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

Increasing numbers of bird species result from taxonomic progress, not taxonomic inflation

(2009) G. Sangster   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution and ecology of lizard body sizes

(2008) Shai Meiri   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY