Publications (Peer-Reviewed)                                                       

Rosenblum, E. B., T. Y. James, K. R. Zamudio, T. J Poorten, D. Ilut, D. Rodriguez, J. Eastman, K. Richards-Hrdlicka, S. Joneson, T. S. Jenkinson, J. Longcore, G. Parra Olea, L. F. Toledo, M. L. Arellano, E. M. Tovar, S. Restrepo, S. V. Flechas, L. Berger, C. Briggs, J. E. Stajich. 2013. Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (in press).

Velo-Antón, G., Parra, J., Parra-Olea G., and K. R. Zamudio. 2013. Tracking climate change in a dispersal-limited species: reduced spatial and genetic connectivity in a montane salamander. Molecular Ecology (in press).

Longo, A.V., D. Rodriguez, D. da Silva Leite, L. F. Toledo, C. Mendoza-Almeralla, P. A. Burrowes, and K. R. Zamudio. 2013. ITS1 copy number varies among Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strains: implications for qPCR zoospore estimation of field-collected amphibian skin swabs. PLoS ONE (in press).

Kiemnec-Tyburczy K. M. and K. R. Zamudio. 2013. Novel locus-specific primers for major histocompatibility complex class II alleles from glass frogs developed via genome walking. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:109-111.

Longo, A, R. J. Ossiboff, K. R. Zamudio, and P. A. Burrowes. 2013. Lability in host defenses: terrestrial frogs die from chytridiomycosis under enzootic conditions. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 49: 197-199.

Thomé, M. T. C., K. R. Zamudio, C. F. B. Haddad, and J. M. B. Alexandrino. 2012. Delimiting genetic units in neotropical toads under incomplete lineage sorting and hybridization. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 242.

Becker, C. G., D. Rodriguez; A. V. Longo; A. Talaba; K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Disease risk in temperate amphibian populations is higher at closed-canopy sites. PLoS ONE 7: e48205. PDF

Bell, R. C. and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Sexual dichromatism in frogs: natural selection, sexual selection, and unexpected diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 4687-4693. PDF

Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K. M., Richmond, J. Q., A. E. Savage, K. R. Lips, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Genetic diversity of MHC class I loci in six non-model frog families is shaped by positive selection and gene duplication. Heredity 109: 146-155. PDF

Bell, R. C., C. A. Brasileiro, C. F. B. Haddad, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Evolutionary history of Scinax treefrogs on land-bridge islands in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Biogeography 39: 1733-1742. PDF

Rodriguez, D., A. V. Longo, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Magnetic capture–hybridization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis genomic DNA. Journal of Microbiological Methods 90: 156-159. PDF

Velo-Antón, G., D. Rodriguez, A. E. Savage, G. Parra-Olea, K. R. Lips, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Amphibian-killing fungus loses genetic diversity as it spreads across the New World. Biological Conservation 146: 213-218. PDF

Parra-Olea, G., K. R. Zamudio, X. Aguilar-Miguel, D. Huacuz, and L. Zambrano. 2012. Conservation genetics of threatened Mexican axolotls (Ambystoma). Animal Conservation 15: 61-72. PDF

Velo-Antón, G., K. R. Zamudio, and A. C. Rivera. 2012. Genetic drift and rapid evolution of viviparity in insular fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra). Heredity 108:410-418. PDF

Prado, C. P. A., C. F. B. Haddad, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Cryptic lineages and Pleistocene population expansion in a Brazilian Cerrado frog. Molecular Ecology 21: 921-941. PDF

Parra-Olea, G., J. C. Windfield, G. Velo Antón, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Isolation in habitat refugia promotes rapid diversification in a montane tropical salamander. Journal of Biogeography 39: 353-370. PDF

Gründler, M. C., L. F. Toledo, G. Parra-Olea, C. F. B. Haddad, L. O. M. Giasson, R. J. Sawaya, C. P. A. Prado, O. G. S. Araujo, F. J. Zara, F. C. Centeno, and K. R. Zamudio. 2012. Interaction between breeding habitat and elevation affects prevalence but not infection load of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in anuran assemblages. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 97: 173-184. PDF

Cadena, C. D., K. H. Kozak, J. P. Gomez, J. L. Parra, C. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, A. C. Carnaval, C. Moritz, C. Rahbek, T. Roberts, N. Sanders, C. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, K. R. Zamudio, C. H. Graham. 2011. Latitude, elevational climatic zonation, and speciation in New World vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 194-201.  PDF

Savage, A. E. and K. R. Zamudio. 2011. MHC genotypes associate with chytridiomycosis resistance in a threatened North American frog. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108: 16705-16710.  PDF

Becker, C. G. and K. R. Zamudio. 2011. Tropical amphibian populations experience higher disease risk in natural habitats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 108: 9893-9898.  PDF

Savage, A. E., L. L. Grismer, S. Anuar, C. K. Onn, J. L. Grismer, E. Quah, M. A. Muin, N. Ahmad, M. Lenker, and K. R. Zamudio. 2011. First record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infecting four frog families from Peninsular Malaysia. EcoHealth 8: 121-128.  PDF

Bell, R. C., A. V. Gata Garcia, B. L. Stuart, and K. R. Zamudio. 2011. High prevalence of the amphibian chytrid pathogen in Gabon. EcoHealth 8: 116-120.  PDF

Savage, A.E., K. R. Zamudio, and M. Sredl. 2011. Disease dynamics vary spatially and temporally in a North American amphibian. Biological Conservation 14: 1910-1915.  PDF

Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K., Richmond, J. Q., A. E. Savage, and K. R. Zamudio. 2010. Selection, trans-species polymorphism, and locus identification of major histocompatibility complex class IIß alleles of New World ranid frogs. Immunogenetics 62: 741-751. PDF

Recuero, E., J. C. Cortes, G. Parra-Olea, and K. R. Zamudio. 2010. Urban aquatic habitats and the conservation of highly endangered species: the case of Ambystoma mexicanum (Caudata, Ambystomatidae). Annales Zoologici Finnici 47: 223-238. PDF

Clark, R. W., W. S. Brown, R. Stechert, and K. R. Zamudio. 2010. Roads, interrupted dispersal, and genetic diversity in timber rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus). Conservation Biology 24: 1059-1069. PDF

Thomé, M. T. C., K. R. Zamudio, J. G. Giovanelli, C. F. B. Haddad, F. A. Baldiserra, Jr., J. M. B. Alexandrino. 2010. Phylogeography of endemic toads and post-Pliocene persistence of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 1018-1031. PDF

Becker, C. G., R. D. Loyola, C. F. B. Haddad, and K. R. Zamudio. 2010. Integrating species life history traits and patterns of deforestation in amphibian conservation planning. Diversity and Distributions 16: 10-19. PDF

Galbreath, K. E., D. J. Hafner, K. R. Zamudio, and K. Agnew. 2010. Isolation and introgression in the Intermountain West: contrasting gene genealogies reveal the complex biogeographic history of the American pika (Ochotona princeps). Journal of Biogeography 37: 344-362. PDF

Robertson, J. M. and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Genetic diversification, vicariance, and selection in a polytypic frog. Journal of Heredity 100: 715-731. PDF

Richmond, J. Q., D. T. Reid, K. G. Ashton, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Delayed genetic effects of habitat fragmentation on the ecologically specialized Florida sand skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi). Conservation Genetics 10: 1281-1297. PDF

Galbreath, K. E., D. J. Hafner, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. When cold is better: climate-driven elevation shifts yield complex patterns of diversification and demography in an alpine specialist (American pika, Ochotona princeps). Evolution 63: 2848-2863. PDF

Chan, L. M., and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Population differentiation of temperate amphibians in unpredictable environments. Molecular Ecology 18: 3185-3200. PDF

Fitzpatrick, S. W., C. A. Brasileiro, C. F. B. Haddad, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Geographical variation in genetic structure of an Atlantic Coastal Forest endemic reveals regional differences in habitat stability. Molecular Ecology 18: 2877-2896. PDF

Zamudio, K. R., J. M. Robertson, L. M. Chan, I. Sazima. 2009. Population structure in the catfish Trichogenes longipinnis: evidence for drift offset by asymmetrical migration in a tiny geographic range. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 259-274. PDF

Ohmer, M. E., J. M. Robertson, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Discordance in body size, color pattern, and advertisement call across genetically distinct regions of a Neotropical anuran (Dendropsophus ebraccatus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 298-313. PDF

Dixo, M., J. P. Metzger, J. S. Morgante, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Habitat fragmentation reduces genetic diversity and connectivity among toad populations in the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest. Biological Conservation 142: 1560-1569. PDF

Robertson, J. M., M. C. Duryea, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Discordant patterns of evolutionary differentiation in two Neotropical treefrogs. Molecular Ecology 18: 1375-1395. PDF

Richmond, J. Q., A. E. Savage, E. B. Rosenblum, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Towards immunogenetic studies of amphibian chytridiomycosis: linking innate and acquired immunity. Bioscience 59: 311-320. PDF

Chan, L. M., L. A. Fitzgerald, and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. The scale of genetic differentiation in the Dunes Sagebrush-lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus), an endemic habitat specialist. Conservation Genetics 10: 131-142. PDF

Austin, J. D. and K. R. Zamudio. 2008. Incongruence in the pattern and timing of intra-specific diversification in bronze frogs and bullfrogs (Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1041-1053. PDF

Tennessen, J. A. and K. R. Zamudio. 2008. Genetic differentiation among mountain island populations of the striped plateau lizard, Sceloporus virgatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Copeia 2008: 558-564. PDF

Chandler, C. H.  and K. R. Zamudio. 2008. Reproductive success by large, closely related males facilitated by sperm storage in an aggregate breeding amphibian. Molecular Ecology 17: 1654-1576. PDF

Clark, R. W., W. S. Brown, R. Stechert, and K. R. Zamudio. 2008. Integrating individual behavior in landscape genetics studies: the population structure of timber rattlesnake hibernacula. Molecular Ecology 17: 719-730. PDF

Hedtke, S. M., K. R. Zamudio, C. A. Phillips, J. Losos, and P. Brylski. 2007. Conservation genetics of the endangered Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata). Herpetologica 63: 411-420. PDF

Rosenbaum. P. A., J. M. Robertson, and K. R. Zamudio. 2007. Unexpectedly low genetic divergences among populations of the threatened bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii). Conservation Genetics 8: 331-342. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and A. M. Wieczorek. 2007. Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and dispersal among spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) breeding populations. Molecular Ecology 16: 257-274. PDF

Hardy, D. L. Sr. and K. R. Zamudio. 2006. Compartment syndrome, fasciotomy, and neuropathy after a rattlesnake envenomation: aspects of monitoring and diagnosis. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 17: 36-40. PDF

Myers, E. M. and K. R. Zamudio. 2004. Multiple paternity in an aggregate breeding amphibian: the effect of reproductive skew on estimates of male reproductive success. Molecular Ecology 13: 1951-1963. PDF

Hodges, W. L. and K. R. Zamudio. 2004. Horned lizard (Phrynosoma) phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial genes and morphological characters: understanding conflicts using multiple approaches. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 961-971. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and W. K. Savage. 2003. Historical isolation, range expansion, and secondary contact of two highly divergent mitochondrial lineages in spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). Evolution 57: 1631-1652. PDF

Tennessen, J. A. and K. R. Zamudio. 2003. Early-male reproductive advantage, multiple paternity, and sperm storage in an amphibian aggregate breeder. Molecular Ecology 12: 1567-1576. PDF

Hatch, L., M. Uriarte, D. Fink, L. Aldrich-Wolfe, R. G. Allen, C. Webb, K. R. Zamudio, and A. Power. 2002. Federal jurisdiction over endangered species' habitat: the impacts of people and property on recovery planning. Ecological Applications 12:690-700. PDF

Wright, A. N. and K. R. Zamudio. 2002. Color pattern asymmetry as a correlate of habitat disturbance in spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). J. Herpetology 36: 129-133. PDF

Calsbeek, R., S. Alonzo, K. R. Zamudio, and B. Sinervo. 2002. Sexual selection and alternative mating behaviours generate demographic stochasticity in small populations . Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 269: 157-164. PDF

Chan, L. M., K. R. Zamudio, and D. B. Wake. 2001. Relationship of the salamandrid genera Paramesotriton, Pachytriton, and Cynops based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 2001: 997-1009. PDF

Sinervo, B. and K. R. Zamudio. 2001. The evolution of alternative reproductive strategies: fitness differential, heritability, and genetic correlation between the sexes. Journal of Heredity 92:198-205. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and B. Sinervo. 2000. Polygyny, mate-guarding, and posthumous fertilization as alternative mating strategies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 97: 14427-14432. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and G. Parra-Olea. 2000. Reproductive mode and female reproductive cycles of two endemic Mexican horned lizards (Phrynosoma taurus and Phrynosoma braconnieri). Copeia 2000: 222-229. PDF

Zamudio, K. R., D. L. Hardy, Sr., M. Martins, and H. W. Greene. 2000. Fang tip spread, puncture distance, and suction for snake bite. Toxicon 38: 723-728. PDF

Parkinson, C. L., K. R. Zamudio, and H. W. Greene. 2000. Phylogeography of the pitviper clade Agkistrodon: historical ecology, species status, and conservation of the cantils. Molecular Ecology 9: 411-420. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. 1998. The evolution of female-biased sexual size dimorphism: a population-level comparative study in horned lizards (Phrynosoma). Evolution 52: 1821-1833. PDF

Pitulle, C., M. Garcia-Paris, K. R. Zamudio, and N. R. Pace. 1998. Comparative structure analysis of vertebrate ribonuclease P RNA. Nucleic Acids Research 26: 3333-3339. PDF

Zamudio, K. R., K. B. Jones, and R. H. Ward. 1997. Molecular systematics of short-horned lizards: biogeography and taxonomy of a widespread species complex. Systematic Biology 46:284-305. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and H. W. Greene. 1997. Phylogeography of the Bushmaster (Lachesis muta, Viperidae): implications for neotropical biogeography, systematics, and conservation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 421-442. PDF

Zamudio, K. R., R. B. Huey, and W. C. Crill. 1995. Bigger isn't always better: body size, developmental and parental temperature, and male territorial success in Drosophila melanogaster. Animal Behaviour 49: 671-677. PDF

Sinervo, B., P. Doughty, R. B. Huey, and K. R. Zamudio. 1992. Allometric engineering: A causal analysis of natural selection on offspring size. Science 258: 1927-1930. PDF

Publications (Book Chapters)                                  

Zamudio, K. R. and R. G. Harrison. 2010. Hybridization in threatened and endangered animal taxa: implications for conservation and management of biodiversity. In Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation (eds. DeWoody, A. Bickham, J., Michler, C. Nichols, K. Rhodes, G, and Woeste, K.) Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.

Zamudio, K. R. and L. M. Chan. 2008. Alternative reproductive tactics in amphibians. Pages 300-331 In R. Oliveira, M. Taborsky, and J. Brockman, eds. Alternative Reproductive Tactics: an Integrative Approach. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF

Savage, W. K. and K. R. Zamudio. 2005. Ambystoma maculatum: species account. Pages 621-627 In M. Lannoo ed. Amphibian Declines: the Conservation Status of United States Species. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Zamudio, K. R. and B. Sinervo. 2003. Ecological and social contexts for the evolution of alternative mating strategies. Pages 83-106 In S.F. Fox, J.K. McCoy, and T.A. Baird, eds. Lizard Social Behavior. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Zamudio, K. R. 2002. Pre-ejaculators, sneakers, and she-males: alternative mating strategies in reptiles. Pages 114-115 In T. Halliday and K. Adler, eds. The Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. Facts on File, New York.

Publications (Technical and Natural History Notes)                           

Hydeman, M. E., R. C. Bell, R. C. Drewes, and K. R. Zamudio. Amphibian chytrid fungus confirmed in endemic amphibians on the island of São Tomé. Herpetological Review (in press).

Bell, R. C., A. V. Gata Garcia, B. L. Stuart, and K. R. Zamudio. 2011. High prevalence of the amphibian chytrid pathogen in Gabon. FrogLog 95: 11. PDF

Velo-Antón, G., J. C. Windfield, K. R. Zamudio, and G. Parra-Olea. 2009. Microsatellite markers for Pseudoeurycea leprosa, a plethodontid salamander endemic to the Transmexican Neovolcanic Belt. Conservation Genetic Resources 1: 5-7. PDF

Duryea, M.C., C. A. Brasileiro and K. R. Zamudio. 2009. Characterization of microsatellite markers for snouted treefrogs in the Scinax perpusillus species group (Anura, Hylidae). Conservation Genetics 10: 1053-1056. PDF

Duryea, M. C., K. R. Zamudio, H. W. Greene, and F. J. Zara. 2008. Physalaemus cuvieri (Barker Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review 39: 209-210.

Duryea, M.C., K. R. Zamudio, and C.A. Brasileiro. 2008. Characterization of microsatellite markers for Thoropa taophora (Anura, Cycloramphidae), a frog endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 663-665. PDF

Chan, L. M., L. A. Fitzgerald, and K. R. Zamudio. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite markers for the endemic sand dune lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus. Molecular Ecology Notes 7:337-339. PDF

Parra-Olea, G., E. Recuero, and K. R. Zamudio. 2007. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for Mexican salamanders of the genus Ambystoma. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 818-820. PDF

Thomé, M. T. C., K. R. Zamudio, and H. W. Greene. 2007. Itapotihyla langsdorffii (NCN). Diurnal basking. Herpetological Review 38: 186-187.

Reid, D. T., K. G. Ashton, and K. R. Zamudio. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite markers for the threatened sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi). Molecular Ecology Notes 4: 691-693. PDF

Wieczorek, A. M., K. R. Zamudio, T. L. King, and B. Gajetvaj. 2002. Isolation of microsatellite loci in spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum). Molecular Ecology Notes 2:313-315. PDF

Zamudio, K. R. and A. M. Wieczorek. 2000. Microsatellites for studies of ecology, behavior, and evolution in Yarrow's spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii). Molecular Ecology 9:1667-1668. PDF

Publications (submitted)                               

Gill, B., R. A. Harrington, B. C. Kondratieff, K. R. Zamudio, N. LeRoy Poff, and W. C. Funk. 2013. Morphological taxonomy, DNA barcoding, and species diversity in Southern Rocky Mountain headwater streams. Submitted to Freshwater Science.

Graham, C. H., N. J. Sanders, A. C. Carnaval, T. E. Roberts, K. R. Zamudio, C. D. Cadena, J. L. Parra, C. M. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, C. Moritz, C. J. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, C. Rahbek, and K. H. Kozak. 2011. The origin and maintenance of montane biodiversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes. Submitted to Ecology Letters.

Publications (in preparation)                               

Savage, A. E., K, M. Kiemnec-Tyburczy, A. R. Ellison, R. C. Fleischer, K. R. Zamudio. Deep homology and extensive diversification in the Neobatrachian immunome.

Rittmeyer, E. N., H. W. Greene, and K. R. Zamudio. Tropical relict in a temperate landscape: molecular phylogeography of the Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis, Squamata: Anguidae).

Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K., K. R. Lips, K. E. Tracy, and K. R. Zamudio. Short-term changes in major histocompatibility complex class II polymorphism associate with sequential disease epizootics in wild Central American frog populations.

Longo, A. V., K. R. Lips, and K. R. Zamudio. Host diversity and identity drive disease outbreaks in tropical amphibian communities.

Gründler, M. C, Becker, C. G., Haddad, C. F. B. Haddad, M. R. C. Martins, C. A. Brasileiro, R. J. Sawaya. and K. R. Zamudio. Ecological specialization promotes spatial genetic structure in stream-breeding Atlantic Coastal Forest frogs.

Holmes, I. A. and K. R. Zamudio. Differential signatures of colonization in newly founded toad populations.

Barbasch, T. A. and K. R. Zamudio. Strategic sperm allocation in response to male-male competition in an explosively breeding amphibian.

Duryea, M. C., C. A. Brasileiro, and K. R. Zamudio. Vicariance and marine migration in continental island populations of an Atlantic Coastal Forest frog.