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Ronald Nussbaum

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Raxworthy, C. J. and R. A. Nussbaum.  2006.  Six new species of occipital-lobed Calumma chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from montane regions of Madagascar, with a new description and revision of Calumma brevicorneCopeia (4):711-734.

Kupfer, A., H. Müller, M.M. Antoniazzi, C. Jared, H. Greven, R.A. Nussbaum, and M. Wilkinson.  2006.  Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian.  Nature 440:926-929.

Frost, D.R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R.H. Bain, A. Haas, C.F.B. Haddad, R. O de Sa, A. Channing, M. Wilkinson, S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Raxworthy, J.A. Campbell, B. Blotto, P. Moler, R.C. Drewes, R.A. Nussbaum, J.D. Lynch, D.M. Green, and W.C. Wheeler. 2006.  The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the american Museum of Natural History 297: 1-370.

Raxworthy, C. J., E. Martinez-Meyer, N. Horning, R.A. Nussbaum, G.E. Schneider, M.A. Ortega-Huerta, and A. T. Peterson.  2003.  Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar.  Nature 426:837-841.

Nussbaum, R. A.  2003.  Chapter 14 - Parental care.  Pp. 527-612. In: B.J.M. Jamieson (series ed.) Reproductive biology and phylogeny, Volume 1 –  Reproductive biology and phylogeny of Urodela, D. M. Sever, (volume ed.).  Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH, USA i-vii + 627 pp.

Raxworthy, C. J., M.R.J. Forstner, and R. A. Nussbaum.  2002.  Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal.  Nature 415:784-787.

Nussbaum, R. A. and C. J. Raxworthy.  2000.  Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Günther (Reptilia; Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species.  Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 189:i-iv + 26 pp.

Nussbaum, R. A. and M. J. Pfrender.  1998.  Revision of the African caecilian genus Schistometopum Parker (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae).  Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 187, i-iv + 32 pp.

Wilkinson, M. and R.A. Nussbaum.  1998. Caecilian vivparity and amniote origins. Journal of Natural History 332:1403-1409.

O'Reilly, J. C., R.A. Nussbaum, and D. Boone.  1996. Vertebrate with protrusible eyes.  Nature 382:33.


R. A. Nussbaum.  1996. Montane amphibian and reptile communities in Madagascar. Conservation Biology 10(3):750-756.

Nussbaum, R. A. and M. Wilkinson. 1995. A new genus of lungless tetrapod: a radically divergent caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 261:331-335.

Nussbaum, R. A.
and D. L. Schultz. 1989. Coevolution of parental care and egg size. American Naturalist 133(4):591-603.

Nussbaum, R. A.
1985. Evolution of parental care in salamanders. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, Unversity of Michigan No. 169, i-iv + 50 pp.

Nussbaum, R. A.
1977. Rhinatrematidae: A new family of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Occasional Papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan No. 683:1-30.

Nussbaum, R. A.
1976. Changes in blood serum proteins associated with metamorphosis in salamanders of the family Ambystomatidae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 53B:569-573.






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