Frank T. Burbrink

Frank T. Burbrink, U.S. herpetologist.

• Department of Herpetology, The American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street, New York, NY, United States.
• Biology Department, College of Staten Island/City University of New York, 6S-143, 2800 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, New York, United States.

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• 13 taxon names authored by Frank T. Burbrink

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• 1 eponym of Frank T. Burbrink

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• , Lawson, R. & Slowinski, J.B. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the polytypic North American rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta): A critique of the subspecies concept. Evolution 54(6): 2107–2118. DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb01253.x ; JSTOR Reference page. 

• 2001. Systematics of the Eastern Ratsnake Complex (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetological Monographs 15: 1–53. DOI: 10.2307/1467037 Reference page. 

• 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25(3): 465–476. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00306-8 Reference page. 

• Rossman, D.A. & 2005. Species limits within the Mexican garter snakes of the Thamnophis godmani complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 79: 1–43. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• & Lawson, R. 2007. How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(1): 173–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.009 Reference page. 

• Pyron, R.A., , Colli, G.R., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Vitt, L.J., Kuczynski, C.A. & Wiens, J.J. 2011. The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(2): 329–342. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.006 Reference page. 

• Pyron, R.A., & Wiens, J.J. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(93): 1–53. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Guo, P., Zhang, L., Liu, Q., Li, C., Pyron, R.A., Jiang, K. & 2013. Lycodon and Dinodon: one genus or two? Evidence from molecular phylogenetics and morphological comparisons. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 144–149. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.008 Reference page. 

• Chen, X., McKelvy, A.D., Grismer, L.L., Matsui, M., Nishikawa, K. & 2014. The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the Rainbow Tree Snake Gonyophis margaritatus (Peters, 1871) (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3881(6): 532–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.3 Reference page. 

• & Guiher, T.J. 2015. Considering gene flow when using coalescent methods to delimit lineages of North American pitvipers of the genus Agkistrodon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(2): 505–526. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12211 Reference page. 

• Ruane, S., , Randriamahatantsoa, B. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2016. The Cat-eyed Snakes of Madagascar: Phylogeny and Description of a New Species of Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from the Tsingy of Ankarana. Copeia 104(3): 712–721. DOI: 10.1643/CH-15-346 Reference page. 

• Chen, X., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Pyron, R.A. & 2017. Using phylogenomics to understand the link between biogeographic origins and regional diversification in ratsnakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 206–218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.03.017 Reference page. 

• Ruane, S., Myers, E.A., Lo, K., Yuen, S., Welt, R.S., Juman, M., Futterman, I., Nussbaum, R.A., Schneider, G., & Raxworthy, C.J. [2017] 2018. Unrecognized species diversity and new insights into colour pattern polymorphism within the widespread Malagasy snake Mimophis (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 16(3): 229–244. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1375046 Reference page. 

• Yang, D.-C., Huang, R.-Y., Jiang, K., , Gong, Y.-A., Yu, J., Zhang, Y., Huang, T.-Q. & Huang, S. 2022. A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata: Xenodermidae) from Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China. Zootaxa 5190(1): 127–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.5 Reference page. 

• Das, S., Greenbaum, E., Meiri, S., Bauer, A.M., , Raxworthy, C.J., Weinell, J.L., Brown, R.M., Brecko, J., Pauwels, O.S.G., Rabibisoa, N., Raselimanana, A.P. & Merilä, J. 2023. Ultraconserved elements-based phylogenomic systematics of the snake superfamily Elapoidea, with the description of a new Afro-Asian family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180: 107700. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107700 Reference page. 

• Xu, Y-H., Wang, S., Ma, S., , Peng, L-F. & Huang, S. 2024. First report of albinism for Achalinus sheni (Serpentes, Xenodermidae), with extended diagnosis of the species. ZooKeys 1209: 1–17. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1209.128944 Reference page. 

• Frank T. Burbrink. Associate Curator, Department of Herpetology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology. Associate Professor, Richard Gilder Graduate School. American Museum of Natural History.