Ronald Archie Nussbaum

Ronald Archie Nussbaum (1942–2024), U.S. herpetologist.

• Division of Reptiles and Amphibians, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 53 taxon names authored by Ronald Archie Nussbaum

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1979

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Hoogmoed, M.S. 1979. Surinam Caecilians, with notes on Rhinatrema bivittatum and the description of a new species of Microcaecilia (Amphibia, Gymnophiona). Zoologische Mededelingen 54(14): 217–235. PDF Reference page. 

1987

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Wilkinson, M. 1987. Two new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Brazil. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 716: 1–15. hdl: 2027.42/57152 Reference page. 

1988

• Wilkinson, M. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1988. On the type locality of Chthonerpeton corrugatum Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Herpetological Journal 1(6): 245–246. PDF Reference page. 

1989

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Wilkinson, M. 1989. On the classification and phylogeny of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), a critical review. Herpetological Monographs 3: 1–42. DOI: 10.2307/1466984 Reference page. 

1992

• Wilkinson, M. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1992. Taxonomic status of Pseudosiphonops ptychodermis Taylor and Mimosiphonops vermiculatus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae) with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 26(3): 675–688. DOI: 10.1080/00222939200770421 Reference page. 

1993

• Hass, C.A., Nussbaum, R.A. & Maxson, L.R. 1993. Immunological insights into the evolutionary history of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Relationships of the Seychellean caecilians and a preliminary report on family level relationships. Herpetological Monographs 7: 56–63. DOI: 10.2307/1466951 Reference page. 
• Hedges, S.B., Nussbaum, R.A. & Maxson, L.R. 1993. Caecilian phylogeny and biogeography inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences of the 12s rRNA and 16S rRNA genes (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Herpetological Monographs 7: 64–76. DOI: 10.2307/1466952 Reference page. 
• Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1993. Four new species of Amphiglossus from Madagascar (Squamata: Scincidae). Herpetologica 49(3): 326–341. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Raxworthy C.J. & Nussbaum R.A. 1993. A new Madagascan Phelsuma with a review of Phelsuma trilineata and comments on Phelsuma cepediana in Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetologica 49(3): 342–349. JSTOR Reference page. 

1994

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Hinkel, H. 1994. Revision of East African Caecilians of the Genera Afrocaecilia Taylor and Boulengerula Tornier (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliaidae). Copeia 1994(3): 750–760. DOI: 10.2307/1447192 Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A new rainforest gecko of the genus Paroedura Gunther from Madagascar. Herpetological Natural History 2(1): 43–49. Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. The genus Paragehyra (Reptilia: Sauria: Gekkonidae) in southern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 232(1): 37–59. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1994.tb01558.x Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A New Species of Uroplatus Duméril (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50(3): 319–325. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1994. A New Species of Mabuya Fitzinger (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Southern Madagascar. Herpetologica 50(3): 309–319. JSTOR Reference page. 

1995

• Kluge, A.G. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1995. A review of African-Madagascan gekkonid lizard phylogeny and biogeography (Squamata). Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 183: 1–20. hdl: 2027.42/56427 Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A. & Wilkinson, M. 1995. A new genus of lungless tetrapod: a radically divergent caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 261(1362): 331–335. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1995.0155 Reference page. 

1997

• Jenkins, P.D., Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1997. A new species of Microgale (Insectivora, Tenrecidae), with comments on the status of four other taxa of shrew tenrecs. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series 63(1): 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

1998

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Pfrender, M.E. 1998. Revision of the African Caecilian Genus Schistometopum Parker (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Miscellaneous Publications. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 187: 1–32. hdl: 2027.42/56430 Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A., Raxworthy, C.J. & Pronk, O. 1998. The Ghost Geckos of Madagascar: A Further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-toed Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Miscellaneous Publications, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology 186: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/57280 Reference page. 
• Nussbaum, R.A., Andreone, F. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1998. New Rain-Forest Species of Pseudoxyrhopus Günther (Squamata: Colubridae) from Northern Madagascar. Copeia 1998(1): 128–132. DOI: 10.2307/1447708 JSTOR Reference page. 

1999

• Wilkinson, M. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1999. Evolutionary relationships of the lungless caecilian Atretochoana eiselti (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126(2): 191–223. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00153.x Reference page. 

2000

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2000. Systematic revision of the genus Paroedura Günther (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with the description of five new species. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 189: 1–26. hdl: 2027.42/56432 Reference page. 
• Raselimanana, A.P., Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2000. A Revision of the Dwarf Zonosaurus Boulenger (Reptilia: Squamata: Cordylidae) from Madagascar, including Descriptions of Three New Species. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 18: 1–16. BHL Reference page. 

2006

• Andreone, F. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2006. A revision of Mantidactylus microtis and M. microtympanum, and a comparison with other large Madagascan stream frogs (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantellinae). Zootaxa 1105: 49–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Raselimanana, A.P., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2006. Observations and re-description of Zonosaurus boettgeri Steindachner 1891 and description of a second new species of long-tailed Zonosaurus from western Madagascar. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 739: 1–16. hdl: 2027.42/57175 Reference page. 

2007

• Nussbaum, R.A. & Wu, S.-H. 2007. Morphological assessments and phylogenetic relationships of the Seychellean frogs of the family Sooglossidae (Amphibia: Anura). Zoological Studies 46(3): 322–335. PDF Reference page. 
• Lehtinen, R.M., Nussbaum, R.A., Richards, C.M., Cannatella, D.C. & Vences, M. 2007. Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(3): 1121–1129. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.020 Reference page. 

2008

• Raxworthy, C.J., Pearson, R.G., Zimkus, B.M., Reddy, S., Deo, A.J., Nussbaum, R.A. & Ingram, C.M. 2008. Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 275(4): 423–440. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00460.x Reference page. 

2009

• Köhler, G., Diethert, H.-H., Nussbaum, R.A. & Raxworthy, C.J. 2009. A revision of the fish scale geckos, genus Geckolepis Grandidier (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Madagascar and the Comoros. Herpetologica 65(4): 419–435. DOI: 10.1655/08-059.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Maddock, S.T., Day, J.J., Nussbaum, R.A., Wilkinson, M., Gower, D.J. 2014. Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 75:194–201. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.004 Reference page. 

2017

• Maddock, S.T., Wilkinson, M., Nussbaum, R.A. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of small and highly abbreviated caecilian (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the Seychelles island of Praslin, and a recharacterization of Hypogeophis brevis Boulenger, 1911. Zootaxa 4329(4): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.1 Reference page. 

2018

• Ruane, S., Myers, E.A., Lo, K., Yuen, S., Welt, R.S., Juman, M., Futterman, I., Nussbaum, R.A., Schneider, G., Burbrink, F.T. & 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. 

2020

• Maddock, S.T., Nussbaum, R.A., Day, J.J., Latta, L., Miller, M., Fisk, D.L., Wilkinson, M., Rocha, S., Gower, D.J. & Pfrender, M.E. 2020. The roles of vicariance and isolation by distance in shaping biotic diversification across an ancient archipelago: evidence from a Seychelles caecilian amphibian. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01673-w Reference page.