Publications

Welton, L. J., C. Siler, A. C. Diesmos and R. M. Brown. 2009. A new bent-toed gecko (Genus Cyrtodactylus) from southern Palawan Island, Philippines, and clarification of the taxonomic status of C. annulatus. Herpetologica 65:323–343.[PDF]

Esselstyn, J. A., R, M. Timm, and R. M. Brown.  2009.  Do geological or climatic processes drive speciation in dynamic archipelagos?  The evolution of shrew diversity on SE Asian islands. Evolution. DOI:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00743.x [PDF]

Esselstyn, J. A., and R. M. Brown. 2009. The role of repeated sea-level fluctuations in the generation of shrew (Soricidae: Crocidura) diversity in the Philippine Archipelago. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. DOI:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.034 [PDF]

Brown, R. M. and A. C. Diesmos. 2009. Philippines, Biology.  Pp. 723–732 In: Gillespie, R., and D. Clague (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Islands.  University of California Press, Berkeley.[PDF]

Brown, R. M.  2009. Frogs in Island Archipelagos.  Pp. 347–351 In: Gillespie, R., and D. Clague (Eds.).  Encyclopedia of Islands.  University of California Press, Berkeley.[PDF]

Siler, C. D., J. McVay, A. C. Diesmos, and R. M. Brown. 2009. A new species of fanged frog (Dicroglossidea; genus Limnonectes) from southern Mindanao Island, Philippines.  Herpetologica 65:105–114. [PDF]

Siler, C. D., A. C. Diesmos, A. C. Alcala, and R. M. Brown. 2009. A new species of limestone forest frogs, genus Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ceratobatrachidae) from Samar Island, Philippines.  Herpetologica 65:92–104. [PDF]

Wiens, J. J., J. S. Sukumaran, R. A. Pyron, and R. M. Brown.  2009.  Evolutionary and biogeographic origins of high tropical diversity in old world frogs (Ranidae).  Evolution 65: 1558–5646. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., Brown, R. M., A. C. Alcala, and R. V. Sison.  2008.  Status and Distribution of Nonmarine Turtles of the Philippines.  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7:157–177. [PDF] [Cover]

Lim B. K., J. L. Edger, A. T. Peterson, M. B. Robbins, D. H. Clayton, S. E. Bush, and R. M.  Brown.  2008. Biodiversity in China: Lost in the Masses?  Harvard Asia Quarterly 11: 12–23. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., C. Oliveros, C. D. Siler, and A. C. Diesmos.  2008.  A new Gekko from the Babuyan Islands, northern Philippines.  Herpetologica 64:305–320.[PDF]

Brown, R. M. and S. J. Richards.  2008.  Two new frogs of the genus Platymantis (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from the Isabel Island group, Solomon Islands.  Zootaxa 1888: 47–68.[PDF]

Brown, R. M., A. C. Diesmos, and A. C. Alcala.  2008.  Philippine amphibian biodiversity is increasing in leaps and bounds. Pp. 82–83  In: Stuart, S.N., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A., Berridge, R, Ramani, P. and Young B.E.  (Eds.) Threatened Amphibians of the World.  Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain; IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland; and Conservation International, Arlington Virginia, USA.[PDF]

Ron, S., and R. M. Brown.  2008.  Filling the black hole: challenges in taxonomy to protect amphibians.  P. 133 In: Stuart, S.N., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A., Berridge, R, Ramani, P. and Young B.E.  (Eds.) Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain; IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland; and Conservation International, Arlington Virginia, USA.[PDF]

Bain, R., Biju, S.D., Brown, R., Das, I., Diesmos, A., Dutta, S., Gower, D., Inger, R., Iskandar, D., Kaneko, Y., Lau, M.W.N., Meegaskumbura, M., Ohler, A., Papenfuss, T., Pethiyagoda, R., Stuart, B., Wilkinson, M. and Xie, F.  2008.  Pp. 74–79 In: Stuart, S.N., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A., Berridge, R, Ramani, P. and Young B.E.  (Eds.) Amphibians of the Indomalayan Realm. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, Barcelona, Spain; IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland; and Conservation International, Arlington Virginia, USA.[PDF]

Brown, R. M.  2008.  Foreword to Pikacha, P., C. Morrison, and S. Richards.  The Frogs of the Solomon Islands.  Institute of Applied Science, University of the South Pacific. [PDF]

Linkem, C. W., J. A. McGuire, C. J. Hayden, M. I. Setiadi, D. Bickford, and R. M. Brown.  2008.  A new species of bent-toe gecko (Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from Sulawesi Island, eastern Indonesia.  Herpetologica 64:232–242.[PDF]

Evans, B. J., J. A. McGuire, R. M. Brown, N. Andayani, and J. Supriatna.  2008.  A coalescent framework for comparing alternative models of population structure with genetic data: an example from Celebes toads.  Biodiversity Letters 22:1–5.[PDF]

Brown, R. M.  2008.  Book Review of: McKay, J. L. 2008. Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Bali (Kreiger Publishing, FL.).  Quarterly Review of Biology 83:122–123.[PDF]

Hayden, Christopher J., Rafe M. Brown, Graeme Gillespie, M. Iqbal Setiadi, Charles W. Linkem, Djoko T. Iskandar, Umilaela, David P. Bickford, Awal Riyanto, I. Mumpuni, and Jimmy A. McGuire.  2008.  A new species of bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827, (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.  Herpetologica 64:109–120. [PDF]

Bickford, D. P., J. Supriatna, Y. Andayani, D. Iskandar, B. J. Evans, R. M. Brown, T. Townsend, Umilaela, D. Azhari, and J. McGuire.  2008.  Indonesia’s protected areas need more protection: suggestions from island examples.  Pp. 53–77 In: Sodhi, N. S., G. Acciaioli, M. Erb, and A. K.-J. Tan (Eds.) Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: Case Studies from the Malay Archipelago.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. [PDF]

McGuire, J. A., R. M. Brown, Mumpuni, A. Riyanto, and N. Andayani. 2007. The flying lizards of the Draco lineatus group (Squamata: Iguania: Agamidae): A taxonomic revision with descriptions of two new species. Herpetological Monographs 21:180–213.[PDF] [Cover]

Lehn, C., I. Das, M. R. J. Forstner, and R. M. Brown.  2007.  Responsible vouchering in turtle research: an introduction and recommendations. Pp. 147–156 In: Shaffer, H. B., N. N. FitzSimmons, A. Georges, and A. Rhodin (Eds.), Defining Turtle Diversity: Proceedings of a Workshop on Genetics, Ethics and Taxonomy of Fresh Water Turtles and Tortoises.  Chelonian Research Monographs No. 4.[PDF]

Iverson, J. B., R. M. Brown, T. S. Akre, T. J. Near, M. Le, R. C. Thomson, and D. E. Starkey. 2007.  In search of the tree of life for turtles.  Pp. 85–106 In: Shaffer, H. B., N. N. FitzSimmons, A. Georges, and A. Rhodin (Eds), Defining Turtle Diversity: Proceedings of a Workshop on Genetics, Ethics and Taxonomy of Fresh Water Turtles and Tortoises.  Chelonian Research Monographs No. 4.[PDF]

Wallach, V., R. M. Brown, A. C. Diesmos, and G. V. A. Gee. 2007.  An enigmatic new species of blind snake from Luzon Island, northern Philippines, with a synopsis of the genus Acutotyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae).  Journal of Herpetology 41:690–702. [PDF]

Dudley, R., G. Byrnes, S. Yanoviak, B. Borrell, R. M. Brown, and J. McGuire.  2007.  Gliding and the functional origins of flight: biomechanical novelty or necessity?  Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 38:179–201 [PDF]

Castoe, T. A., E. N. Smith, R. M. Brown, and C. L. Parkinson.  2007.  Higher-level phylogeny of Asian and American coralsnakes, their placement within the Elapidae (Squamata), and the systematic affinities of the enigmatic Asian coralsnake Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann, 1834).  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151:809–831.[PDF]

Parra, G., R. Brown, J. Hanken, B. Hedges, R. Heyer, S. Kuzmin, E. Lavilla, S. Lötters, B. Pimenta, S. Richards, M.O. Rödel, R.O. de Sá and D. Wake.  2007. Systematics and Conservation.  Pp. 45–48 In: Gascon, C., J P. Collins, R. D. Moore, D. R. Church, J. E. McKay and J. R. Mendelson III (Eds.) Amphibian Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 64pp. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., and J. C. Gonzalez. 2007. A New Forest Frog of the Genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae) from the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon Island, Philippines. Copeia 2007:251–266. [PDF]

Brown, R. M. 2007. Robert Inger's Systematics and Zoogeography of the Philippines. Introduction (Pp 1–24) to 2007 reprint of Inger, R. F. 1954. Systematics and Zoogeography of Philippine Amphibia. (Originally published as Fieldiana: Zoology 33(4), Field Museum of Naturao History, Chicago). Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu [PDF]

Gaulke, M., H. Roesler, and R. M. Brown. 2007. A New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Gray, 1845). Copeia, 2007:413–425 [PDF]

Brown, R. M., A. C. Diesmos, and M. V. Duya. 2007. A new Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sierre Madre of Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55:167–174 [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., M. L. Diesmos, and R M. Brown.  2006.  Status and distribution of alien invasive frogs in the Philippines. Journal of Environmental Science and Management, Philippines 9:41–53. [PDF - UNCORRECTED PROOFS]

Roesler, C. D. Siler, R. M. brown, A. D. Demegillo, and M. Gaulke. 2006. Gekko ernstkelleri sp. n. – a new gekkonid lizard from Panay Island, Philippines. Salamandra 42:197–211 [PDF]

Brown, R. M., J. Foufopoulos, and S. J. Richards. 2006. New Species of Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from New Britain and Redescription of the Poorly Known Platymantis nexipus. Copeia, 2006:674–695 [PDF]

Brown, R. M., S. J. Richards, J. Sukumaran, and J. Foufopoulos.  2006.  A new morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago.  Zootaxa 1334:45–68. [PDF]

Brown, R. M.  2006.  A case of suspected coral snake mimicry by lepidopteran larvae.  Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54:225–227. [PDF]

Bossuyt, F., R. M. Brown, D. M. Hillis, D. C. Cannatella, and M. C. Milinkovitch.  2006.  Late Cretaceous diversification resulted in continent-scale regionalism in the cosmopolitan frog family Ranidae.  Systematic Biology 55:579–594. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., J. F. Parham, B. L. Stuart, and R. M. Brown. 2005. The phylogenetic position of the recently rediscovered Philippine forest turtle (Bataguridae: Heosemys leitensis). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 3: 31-41. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and G. V. A. Gee. 2005. Preliminary report on the amphibians and reptiles of Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park, Luzon Island, Philippines. Sylvatrop 13 (1&2): 63-80. [PDF]

Foufopoulos, J., and R. M. Brown. 2004.  A new frog of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from New Britain,with a redescription of the poorly-known Platymantis macrosceles.  Copeia 2004: 825–841. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., G. V. A. Gee, R. M. Brown, P. J. Widmann, and J. C. Dimalibot.  2004.  Rediscovery of the Philippine forest turtle, Heosemys leytensis (Chelonia; Bataguridae), from Palawan Island, Philippines.  Asiatic Herpetological Research 10:22–27. [PDF]

Evans, B. J., R. M. Brown, J. A. McGuire, J. Supriatna, N. Andayani, A. C. Diesmos, D. Iskandar, D. J. Melnick, and D. C. Cannatella.  2003.  Phylogenetics of fanged frogs: testing biogeographical hypotheses at the interface of the Asian and Australian faunal zones.  Systematic Biology 52:794–819. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., C. N. Dolino, E. Alcala, A. C. Diesmos, and A. C. Alcala.  2002 (2003).  The advertisement calls of two endangered species of endemic Philippine frogs: Platymantis spelaeus and P. insulatus (Anura; Ranidae).  The Silliman Journal. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala.  2002.  A new species of narrow-mouthed frog (Amphibia; Anura; Microhylidae: genus Kaloula) from the mountains of southern Luzon and Polillo islands, Philippines.  Copeia 2002:1037–1051. [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, A. C. Alcala, R. V. Sison, L. E. Afuang, and G. V. A. Gee. 2002. Summary.  Philippine amphibians and reptiles.  Pp. 26–44 In Ong, P. S., L. E. Afuang, and R. G. Rosell-Ambal (Eds.) Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priorities: a Second Iteration of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.  Department of the Environment and Natural Resources–Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Conservation International Philippines, Biodiversity Conservation Program–University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Developmental Studies, and Foundation for the Philippine Environment.  Quezon City, Philippines [PDF]

Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, A. C. Alcala, R. V. Sison, L. E. Afuang, and G. V. A. Gee. 2002. Full white paper text.  Philippine amphibians and reptiles.  Pp. 26–44 In Ong, P. S., L. E. Afuang, and R. G. Rosell-Ambal (Eds.) Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Priorities: a Second Iteration of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.  Department of the Environment and Natural Resources–Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Conservation International Philippines, Biodiversity Conservation Program–University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Developmental Studies, and Foundation for the Philippine Environment.  Quezon City, Philippines [PDF]

Brown, R. M., and S. I. Guttman.  2002.  Phylogenetic systematic of the Rana signata complex of Philippine and Bornean stream frogs; reconsideration of Huxley’s modification of Wallace’s Line at the Oriental-Australian faunal zone interface.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 76:393–461. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., and A. C. Diesmos. 2001 (2002).  Application of lineage-based species concepts to oceanic island frog populations: the effects of differing taxonomic philosophies on the estimation of Philippine biodiveristy. The Silliman Journal 42:133–162. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., A. E. Leviton, J. W. Ferner, and R. V. Sison.  2001.  A new species of snake in the genus Hologerrhum (Reptilia; Squamata; Serpentes) from Panay Island, Philippines.  Asiatic Herpetological Research 9:9–22. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., A. C. Diesmos, and A. C. Alcala.  2001 (2002).  The state of Philippine herpetology and the challenges for the next decade.  The Silliman Journal 42:18–87. [PDF]

Brown, R. M. and A. C. Diesmos.  2000. The lizard genus Luperosaurus: taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop: Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources 10:107-124. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., and D. T. Iskandar.  2000.  Nest site selection, larval hatching, and advertisement calls, of Rana arathooni (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from southwestern Sulawesi (Celebes) Island, Indonesia.  Journal of Herpetology 34:404–413. [PDF]

Brown, R. M.,  J. A. McGuire, J. W. Ferner, N. Icarangal, Jr., and R. S. Kennedy.  2000.  Amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, II: Preliminary report on the herpetofauna of Aurora Memorial National Park, Philippines.  Hamadryad 25:175–195. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., J. A. McGuire, and A. C. Diesmos.  2000.  Status of some Philippine frogs related to Rana everetti (Anura: Ranidae), description of a new species, and resurrection of Rana igorota Taylor 1922.  Herpetologica 56:81–104. [PDF]

Brown R. M., J. Supriatna, and H. Ota.  2000.  Discovery of a new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus and comments on the status of L. serraticaudus.  Copeia 2000:191–209. [PDF]

Ferner, J. W., R. M. Brown, R. V. Sison, and R. S. Kennedy.   2000.  The amphibians and reptiles of Panay island, Philippines.  Asiatic Herpetological Research 9:34–70. [PDF]

Brown, R. M.,  1999.  New species of parachute gecko (Squamata; Gekkonidae; Genus Ptychozoon) from northeastern Thailand and Central Vietnam.  Copeia 1999:990–1001. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., A. E. Leviton, and R. V. Sison.  1999.  Description of a new species of Pseudorabdion from Panay Island, Philippines, with a revised key to the genus.  Asiatic Herpetological Research 8:7–12. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., J. A. McGuire, J. W. Ferner, and A. C. Alcala.  1999.  A new diminutive species of skink (Squamata; Scincidae; Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines.  Copeia 1999:362–370. [PDF]

Brown, W. C., A. C. Alcala, and R. M. Brown.  1998.  Taxonomic status of Cornufer worcesteri.  Journal of Herpetology 33:131–133. [PDF]

Brown, W. C., R. M. Brown, A. C. Alcala and D. Frost.  1997.  Replacement name for Platymantis reticulatus Brown, Brown, and Alcala, 1997 (Ranidae: Raninae).  Herpetological Review 28:131.

Brown, R. M., J. W. Ferner and A. C. Diesmos.  1997.  Definition of the Philippine parachute gecko, Ptychozoon intermedium Taylor 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): redescription, designation of a neotype, and comparisons with related species.  Herpetologica 53:357–373. [PDF]

 

Ferner, J.W., R. M. Brown, and A. E. Greer.  1997.  A new genus and species of closed canopy forest skinks from the Philippine islands.  Journal of Herpetology 31:187–192. [PDF]

           

Brown, W. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala. 1997.  Species of the hazelae group of Platymantis from the Philippines with descriptions of two new species.  Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49:405–421. [PDF]

 

Brown, R.M., and D. H. Taylor.  1995.  Compensatory escape mode trade–offs between locomotor performance and maneuvering behavior across larval ontogeny of the wood frog Rana sylvatica. Copeia 1995:1–7. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., J. W. Ferner, R. V. Sison, P. C. Gonzales, and R. S. Kennedy.  1996.  Amphibians and reptiles of the Zambales mountains of Luzon Island, Philippines.  Herpetological Natural History 4:1–17. [PDF]

 

Brown, R. M., D. H. Taylor, and D. H. Gist.  1995.  Effects of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance of wall lizards (Podarcis muralis).  Journal of Herpetology 29:98–105. [PDF]

 

Brown, R., M., J. F. Ferner, and R. V. Sison.  1995.  Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri (Lacertilia; Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108:6–17. [PDF]

 

Brown, R. M., J. F. Ferner, and L. A. Ruedas.  1995.  A new species of lygosomine lizard (Reptilia; Lacertilia; Scincidae; Sphenomorphus) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines.  Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108:18–28. [PDF]

 

Brown, R. M., D. H. Gist, and D. H. Taylor.  1995.  The home range ecology of an introduced population of wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) in Cincinnati, Ohio.  American Midland Naturalist 133:186–102. [PDF]

 

Popular articles

Brown, R. M., A. D. Diesmos, and R. B. Fernandez.  2003.  The rising costs of cabbage and potatoes.  Haring Ibon 9: 8–12. [PDF]

Infante, C. R., R. M. Brown, A. C. Diesmos, G. V. A. Gee, and J. Dimalibot.  2002.  The search for the lost treasure of Palawan: the Philippine flat-headed frog.  Haring Ibon 8: 12–15. [PDF]

Brown, R. M., R. Fernandez, C. Rivero, R. Buenviaje, and A. Diesmos.  2002.  Mt. Isarog's herpetological wonders.  Haring Ibon 3:12–16. [PDF]

Heaney, L. R., A. Diesmos, B. Tabaranza, A. Mallari, R. Brown, and G. Gee.  2000.  Beacon of hope; a first report from Kalinga Province in the northern Central Cordillera.  Haring Ibon 2:14–18. [PDF]

Brown, R. M. and A. C. Alcala.  2000.  Geckos, cave frogs, and small land-bridge islands in the Visayan sea.  Haring Ibon 2:19–22. [PDF]