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PhD Zoology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Zoology University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Ronald Archie Nussbaum is an American herpetologist. He works with evolutionary biology and ecology of amphibians and reptiles, including systematics of caecilians and salamanders. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan.

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THE AMPHIBIAN TREE OF LIFE (2006) (1912)
The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates (2010) (1335)
A Variable Circular-Plot Method for Estimating Bird Numbers (1980) (651)
FUNGAL-SMALL MAMMAL INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPHASIS ON OREGON CONIFEROUS FORESTS" (1978) (565)
Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar (2003) (548)
Aligning Conservation Priorities Across Taxa in Madagascar with High-Resolution Planning Tools (2008) (521)
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest (1983) (491)
Extinction vulnerability of tropical montane endemism from warming and upslope displacement: a preliminary appraisal for the highest massif in Madagascar (2008) (352)
Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal (2002) (318)
Specimen collection: an essential tool. (2014) (181)
Species Review of Amphibian Extinction Risks in Madagascar: Conclusions from the Global Amphibian Assessment (2005) (151)
On the Classification and Phylogeny of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a Critical Review (1989) (151)
A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): out of India or out of South East Asia? (2002) (124)
Parental investment by skin feeding in a caecilian amphibian (2006) (112)
The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 297 (2006) (103)
The evolution of parental care in salamanders (1985) (100)
Systematics, speciation and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons (Brookesia; Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae) of northern Madagascar (1995) (100)
Life-history evolution and mitogenomic phylogeny of caecilian amphibians. (2014) (85)
Rhinatrematidae: a new family of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1977) (82)
A rainforest survey of amphibians, reptiles and small mammals at Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar (1994) (82)
Caecilian Phylogeny and Classification (2006) (75)
Comparative morphology and evolution of the lungless caecilian Atretochoana eiselti (Taylor) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) (1997) (71)
Coevolution of Parental Care and Egg Size (1989) (68)
Systematics of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the family Scolecomorphidae (1985) (64)
Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily "Scincinae". (2005) (64)
Extinction and extinction vulnerability of amphibians and reptiles in Madagascar (2000) (63)
The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna (2003) (61)
A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata) (1995) (60)
CAECILIAN VIVIPARITY AND AMNIOTE ORIGINS (1998) (58)
Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf‐tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar (2008) (56)
The taxonomic status of the caecilian genus Uraeotyphlus Peters (1979) (51)
Aspects of the Life History and Ecology of the Olympic Salamander, Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige) (1977) (50)
On the phylogenetic position of the Uraeotyphlidae (1996) (50)
Evolutionary relationships of the lungless caecilian Atretochoana eiselti (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) (1999) (48)
Parental care and EGG size in salamanders: An examination of the safe harbor hypothesis (1987) (48)
Revision of East African Caecilians of the Genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae) (1994) (46)
Revision of the African caecilian genus Schistometopum Parker (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) (1998) (45)
EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION OF BURROWING BEHAVIOR IN CAECILIANS (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA): EFFECTS OF SOIL COMPACTION ON BURROWING ABILITY OF FOUR SPECIES (1993) (45)
A new genus of lungless tetrapod: a radically divergent caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1995) (45)
Reptile, amphibian, and lemur diversity of the Malahelo Forest, a biogeographical transition zone in southeastern Madagascar (2002) (42)
Phylogenetic relationships within the Madagascan boophids and mantellids as elucidated by mitochondrial ribosomal genes (2000) (40)
Seasonal shifts in clutch size and egg size in the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard (1981) (38)
Head dimorphism and burrowing speed in the African caecilian Schistometopum thomense (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1998) (38)
Reproductive Biology and Population Structure of the Western Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper) (1973) (37)
Six New Species of Occipital-lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma Brevicorne (2006) (37)
Amphibians and reptiles of the Anjanaharibe-Sud Massif, Madagascar: elevational distribution and regional endemicity (1998) (37)
The evolution of a unique dual jaw-closing mechanism in caecilians: (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) and its bearing on caecilian ancestry (2010) (35)
MODEL ESTIMATION OF ENERGY FLOW IN NORTHWESTERN CONIFEROUS FOREST BIRD COMMUNITIES (1975) (34)
Geographic variation and systematics of salamanders of the genus Dicamptodon Strauch (Ambystomatidae) (1976) (33)
Is The Amphibian Tree of Life really fatally flawed? (2008) (32)
The trunk musculature of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1980) (30)
Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia: A Field Identification Guide. (Revised and Updated) (2008) (29)
Surinam Caecilians, with notes on Rhinatrema Bivittatum and the description of a new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) (1979) (27)
Commentary on conservation of "Sokatra" the radiated tortoise (Geochelone radiata) of Madagascar (2000) (26)
Molecular systematics of caeciliid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the Western Ghats, India. (2011) (24)
Montane Amphibian and Reptile Communities in Madagascar (1996) (23)
New Character Useful in the Systematics of the Scincid Lizard Genus Mabuya (2000) (23)
A TAXONOMIC REVIEW OF TYLOTOTRITON VERRUCOSUS ANDERSON (AMPHIBIA: CAUDATA:SALAMANDRIDAE) (1995) (22)
Immunological Insights into the Evolutionary History of Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Relationships of the Seychellean Caecilians and a Preliminary Report on Family-Level Relationships (1993) (22)
Distribution, variation, and systematics of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae) (1995) (21)
Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis). (2007) (21)
A new species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Squamata: Scincidae: Lygosominae) from northern Madagascar (1999) (21)
Triploidy in Hochstetter's frog, Leiopelma hochstetteri, from New Zealand (1984) (21)
Scolecomorphus lamottei, a new Caecilian from West Africa (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolicomorphidae). (1981) (20)
Cytological evidence for monophyly of the caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the Seychelles archipelago (1988) (20)
A new Madagascan Phelsuma, with a review of Phelsuma trilineata and comments on Phelsuma cepediana in Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae) (1993) (20)
PATTERNS OF ENDEMISM FOR TERRESTRIAL VERTEBIUTES IN EASTERN MADAGASCAR (1996) (19)
Dicamptodon copei, n. sp., from The Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. (Amphibia: Caudata: Ambystomatidae) (1970) (18)
Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Gnther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species (2000) (18)
A review of the Madagascan snake genera Pseudoxyrhopus, Pararhadinaea, and Heteroliodon (Squamata: Colubridae) (1994) (18)
A NEW SPECIES OF HETEROLIODON (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE) FROM MONTAGNE DES FRANÇAIS, FAR NORTHERN MADAGASCAR (2005) (17)
Food Habits of the Bobcat, Lynx rufus, in the Coast and Cascade Ranges of Western Oregon in Relation to Present Management Policies (1975) (17)
Vocalization in Frogs of the Family Sooglossidae (1982) (17)
The Origins and Diversification of the Exceptionally Rich Gemsnakes (Colubroidea: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae) in Madagascar. (2019) (17)
REVISION OF THE GENUS EBENAVIA BOETTGER (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: GEKKONIDAE) (1998) (16)
A revision of the Scaphiophryne marmorata complex of marbled toads from Madagascar, including the description of a new species (2003) (16)
CHAPTER 3 – Cytotaxonomy of Caecilians (1991) (16)
A revision of the dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar : (2000) (16)
New Species of Day Gecko, Phelsuma Gray (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), from the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Southern Madagascar (2000) (16)
Mitotic and Meiotic Chromosomes of Ichthyophis Orthoplicatus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1976) (15)
Four new species of Amphiglossus from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae) (1993) (15)
A New species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophona: Caeciliidae) from Suriname (2009) (15)
Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae) (2014) (14)
A partial systematic revision of the day geckos, Phelsuma Gray, of Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) (1994) (14)
Vertebrate with protrusible eyes (1996) (14)
Morphological Assessments and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Seychellean Frogs of the Family Sooglossidae (Amphibia: Anura) (2007) (14)
New Microhylid Frog (Plethodontohyla) from Madagascar, with Semiarboreal Habits and Possible Parental Care (2003) (13)
Unrecognized species diversity and new insights into colour pattern polymorphism within the widespread Malagasy snake Mimophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) (2018) (12)
Variation in the trunk musculature of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (2009) (12)
The ghost geckos of Madagascar: A further revision of the malagasy leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae) (1998) (12)
Taxonomic Status Of The Neotropical Caecilian Genera Brasilotyphlus Taylor, 1968, Microcaecilia Taylor, 1968 And Parvicaecilia Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) (2013) (12)
REVIEW OF THE SCINCINE GENUS PSEUDOACONTIAS BARBOZA DU BOCAGE (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: SCINDIDAE) OF MADAGASCAR (1995) (11)
A New Species of Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae) of the Malabaricus Group (2008) (11)
Next-Generation Mitogenomics: A Comparison of Approaches Applied to Caecilian Amphibian Phylogeny (2016) (11)
A Revision of the Fish Scale Geckos, Genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros (2009) (10)
Supernumerary chromosome variation and heterochromatin distribution in the endemic New Zealand frog Leiopelma hochstetteri (2004) (10)
OBSERVATIONS AND RE-DESCRIPTION OF ZONOSAURUS BOETTGERI STEINDACHNER 1891 AND DESCRIPTION OF A SECOND NEW SPECIES OF LONG-TAILED ZONOSAURUS FROM WESTERN MADAGASCAR (2006) (10)
Taxonomic status of Pseudosiphonops ptychodermis Taylor and Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae) with description of a new species (1992) (10)
Mitotic Chromosomes of Sooglossidae (Amphibia: Anura) (1979) (9)
A new species of Microgale lInsectivorac Tenrecidaerc with comments on the status of four other taxa of shrew tenrecs (1997) (9)
Additional Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Western Madagascar (1999) (9)
On the Status of Copeotyphlinus syntremus, Gymnopis oligozona, and Minascaecilia sartoria (Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae): A Comedy of Errors (1988) (9)
The genus Paragehyra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in southern Madagascar (1994) (8)
GENETIC-DIVERGENCE AND HETEROZYGOSITY AMONG FROGS OF THE FAMILY SOOGLOSSIDAE (1988) (7)
On the systematics, distribution and conservation status of Ichthyophis longicephalus Pillai, 1986 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) (2012) (7)
New Uroplatus Duméril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the ebenaui-Group from the Anosy Mountains of Southern Madagascar@@@New Uroplatus Dumeril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the ebenaui-Group from the Anosy Mountains of Southern Madagascar (1995) (7)
Two new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Brazil (1987) (7)
Changes in serum proteins associated with metamorphosis in salamanders of the family Ambystomatidae. (1976) (7)
TAXONOMIC STATUS OF THE NEOTROPICAL CAECILIAN GENERA (2016) (7)
New Rain-Forest Species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar@@@New Rain-Forest Species of Pseudoxyrhopus Gunther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar (1998) (6)
Cytotaxonomy of Ichthyophis glutinosus and I. kohtaoensis, Two Primitive Caecilians from Southeast Asia (1981) (6)
A new species of small and highly abbreviated caecilian (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the Seychelles island of Praslin, and a recharacterization of Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911. (2017) (6)
A New Mabuya (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) of the Aureopunctata-Group from Southern Madagascar (1995) (5)
OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (1999) (5)
NEW UROPLATUS DUMERIL (REPTILIA: SQUAMARA: GEKKONIDAE) OF THE EBENAUI-GROUP FROM THE ANOSY MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN MADAGASCAR (1995) (5)
Development of anonymous nuclear markers from Illumina paired-end data for Seychelles caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) (2014) (5)
Chthonerpeton onorei, a new caecilian (Ampibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Ecuador (1986) (5)
BLOOD PARASITES OF SOME PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMPHIBIANS (1969) (4)
New Long-Tailed Mabuya Fitzinger from Lokobe Reserve, Nosy Be, Madagascar (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) (1998) (4)
The taxonomic status of Lutkenotyphlus brasiliensis (Lütken), and Siphonops confusionis Taylor (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) (1986) (4)
A NEW SPECIES OF MABUYA FITZINGER (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: SCINCIDAE) FROM THEHIGH PLATEAU (ISALO NATIONAL PARK) OF SOUTH-CENTRAL MADAGASCAR (1998) (4)
A revision of Mantidactylus microtis and M. microtympanum, and a comparison with other large Madagascan stream frogs (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantellinae) (2006) (4)
REVISION OF THE MADAGASCAN SNAKE GENUS (2000) (3)
Regular ArticleEvolutionary relationships of the lungless caecilianAtretochoana eiselti(Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) (1999) (3)
Microsatellite discovery in an insular amphibian (Grandisonia alternans) with comments on cross-species utility and the accuracy of locus identification from unassembled Illumina data (2016) (3)
The roles of vicariance and isolation by distance in shaping biotic diversification across an ancient archipelago: evidence from a Seychelles caecilian amphibian (2020) (3)
The status of the Mexican salamander, Ambystoma schmidti Taylor (1989) (1)
Systematics of the salamander genus Dicamptodon strauch (Amphibia:Caudata:Ambystomatidae) (1971) (1)
A NEW SPECIES OF MABUYA FITZINGER (REPTILIA : SQUAMATA : SCINCIDAE) FROM THE ONILAHY RIVER OF SOUTH-WEST MADAGASCAR (1999) (1)
The roles of vicariance and isolation by distance in shaping biotic diversification across an ancient archipelago: evidence from a Seychelles caecilian amphibian (2020) (1)
Morphology of larval caecilian amphibians ( Amphibia : Gymnophiona ) : implications for caecilian evolution (2007) (1)
Caecilidae in Amphibia and Insecta (Psocoptera): proposals to remove the homonymy. Z.N.(S.)2333 (1983) (1)
CAECILIIDAE Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) and CAECILIIDAE Kolbe, 1880 (Insecta, Psocoptera): proposed removal of the homonymy by the revocation of Opinion 1462 and the adoption of the spelling CAECILIUSIDAE for the psocopteran family name (1994) (1)
and Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor ( Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Caeciliaidae ) with description of a new species (2006) (0)
On the type locality of Chthonerpeton corrugatum Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1988) (0)
Microsatellite discovery in an insular amphibian (Grandisonia alternans) with comments on cross-species utility and the accuracy of locus identification from unassembled Illumina data (2016) (0)
Geographic Variation in Dicamptodon Ensatus (Eschscholtz) with Notes on Life History and Zoogeography (1968) (0)
Biodiversity Conservation - Challenges for the Future (2018) (0)
Amphibian Parental Care — Overview (2015) (0)
Case 2616 Ichthyophiidae Taylor, 1968 (Amphibia, Gymphiona): proposed conservation (1988) (0)
Comments on the proposed conservation of Lycognathophis Boulenger, 1893 (Reptilia, Serpentes) (Case 2877; see BZN 51: 330-331) (1995) (0)
Development of anonymous nuclear markers from Illumina paired-end data for Seychelles caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) (2014) (0)
Cytotaxonomy of the Seychelles tree frog,Megalixalus seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron) (Amphibia: Hyperoliidae) (1980) (0)
The Status of Copeotyphlinus syntremus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) (1979) (0)

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