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

Desmognathus apalachicolae Procambarus orcinus Procambarus horsti Pristimantis dendrobatoides Pristimantis jester Pristimantis saltissimus Eurycea hillisi Eurycea sphagnicola Ceuthomantis smaragdinus Aromobatidae Anomaloglossus aureoventris

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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