Publications — WoLab

* led, co-led, or anchored by WoLab member

see Molly’s google scholar for full publication details

submitted or in revision

* Lungless tadpoles breathe fresh air into hypotheses for tetrapod lung loss and trait regain

* Note on Schismaderma carens (Smith, 1848) Red Toad

* Consequences of developmental and growth-rate plasticity within and across life stages in wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

* The Blue Frogs Project: leveraging community science data to document axanthism hotspots across the globe

2024

* Amphibians exhibit extremely high hydric costs of respiration
Integrative and Comparative Biology PDF request

* Habitat and respiratory strategy effects on hypoxia performance in anuran tadpoles
Integrative and Comparative Biology PDF request

* Organisms have gravity: taking an organism-centered approach in experimental biology
Journal of Experimental Biology PDF request

2023

* Convergent anuran middle ear loss lacks a universal, adaptive explanation
Brain, Behavior and Evolution open access here & [code on github]

* Developmental plasticity in anurans: Meta-analysis reveals effects of larval environments on metamorphosis timing and body size
Integrative and Comparative Biology PDF request

The continued importance of comparative auditory research to modern scientific discovery
Hearing Research open access here

2022

Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads
Proceedings of the Royal Society B open access here

* State of the Amphibia 2020: A review of five years of amphibian research and existing resources
Ichthyology & Herpetology open access here

* Evolutionary rates and shape variation along the anuran vertebral column with attention to phylogeny, body size, and ecology
Evolution PDF request

* The Mechanics of Air-Breathing in African Clawed Frog Tadpoles, Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae)
Journal of Experimental Biology PDF request

* Auditory system divergence does not explain species differences in call preference
Brain, Behavior and Evolution PDF request

* Unravelling the heritage of lost traits
JEZ Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution PDF request

2021

Whispers from vestigial nubbins: Arrested development provokes trait loss in toads
Evolution and Development PDF request

2020

* 200 million years of anuran body size evolution in relation to geography, ecology, and life history
Journal of Evolutionary Biology PDF request

* Evolution of the unique anuran pelvic and hindlimb skeleton in relation to microhabitat, locomotor mode, and jump performance
Integrative and Comparative Biology PDF request

* Anuran limbs reflect microhabitat and distal, later-developing bones are more evolutionarily labile
Evolution PDF request
SSE Digest highlighting this study

Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition
PeerJ open access here

* Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”
Science PDF request
UC Berkeley Science Daily article highlighting this work
National Geographic article highlighting this work
this work spurred a great Dynamic Ecology post about comment-response dynamics

2019

* Larger genomes linked to slower development and loss of late-developing traits
The American Naturalist PDF request

Hyperolius adspersus (Sprinkled Long Reed Frog). Predation Natural History Note
Herpetological Review PDF request

2018

* Prolonged middle ear development in Rhinella horribilis
Journal of morphology PDF request

* Sensitive high-frequency hearing in earless and partially eared harlequin frogs (Atelopus)
Journal of Experimental Biology PDF request

* Trait independence as a primer for trait loss
Evolution PDF request

2017

* Earless toads sense low frequencies but miss the high notes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B PDF request
SICB article highlighting earless frog work

2016

* Better late than never: effective air-borne hearing of toads delayed due to late maturation of the tympanic middle ear structures
Journal of Experimental Biology PDF request

* The complex evolutionary history of the tympanic middle ear in frogs
Scientific reports PDF request