Donald Bruce Means

Donald Bruce Means, US herpetologist

• Past Director of Tall Timbers Research Station (1976-1984)
• Executive Director of Coastal Plains Institute (since 1984)
• Courtesy Professor, Florida State University Department of Biological Science (since 1976).

Authored taxa

(List may be incomplete)

• 4 taxon names authored by Donald Bruce Means

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Priceless Florida, Natural Ecosystems and Native Species, by Ellie Whitney, D. Bruce Means, and Ann R. Rudloe. 2004. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL. 423 pp.
• Florida Magnificent Wilderness, State Lands, Parks, and Natural Areas, by James Valentine and D. Bruce Means. 2006. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL. 145 pp.
• Stalking the Plumed Serpent, and Other Adventures in Herpetology, by D. Bruce Means. 2008. Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL. 238 pp.
• Diamonds in the Rough, Natural History of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, by D. Bruce Means. 2017. Tall Timbers Press, Tallahassee, FL. 390 pp.
• Islands in the Sky, Lost Worlds of El Dorado, by D. Bruce Means and Jim Valentine. (Seeking a publisher.)
• Treasures of the Lost World, by D. Bruce Means (In preparation.)
• A Naturalist in the Garden of Eden, by D. Bruce Means. (In preparation.)

2009

• Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E., Trueb, L., Means, D.B., MacCulloch, R.D. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 2211: 1–35. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2011

• Kok P.J.R., Means D.B. & Bossuyt F.Y. 2011. A new highland species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1871 (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Pantepui region, Northern South America Zootaxa 2934: 1–19. Preview. Reference page. 

2013

• Jungfer, K.-H., Faivovich, J., Padial, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Lyra, M.L., Berneck, B.V.M., Iglesias, P.P., Kok, P.J.R., MacCulloch, R.D., Rodrigues, M.T., Verdade, V.K., Torres-Gastello, C.P., Chaparro, J.C., Valdujo, P.H., Reichle, S., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Ernst, R., De la Riva, I., Means, D.B., Lima, A.P., Señaris, J.C., Wheeler, W.C., & Haddad, C.F.B. 2013. Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42(4): 351–380. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12015 Reference page. 

2015

• Kok, P.J.R., Ratz, S., Tegelaar, M., Aubret, F. & Means, D.B. 2015. Out of taxonomic limbo: a name for the species of Tepuihyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Chimantá Massif, Pantepui region, northern South America. Salamandra 51(4): 283–314. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2017

• Means, D.B., Lamb, J.Y. & Bernardo, J. 2017. A new species of dusky salamander (Amphibia: Plethodontidae: Desmognathus) from the Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain of the United States and a redescription of D. auriculatus. Zootaxa 4263(3): 467–506. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.3. Reference page. 

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