Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss

Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss (1941–), U.S. herpetologist.

• Research specialist in herpetology at Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States.

Taxon names authored

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• 20 taxon names authored by Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss

Eponyms

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• 4 eponyms of Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss

Publications

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1999

• Macey, J.R., Schulte, J.A., Larson, A., Tuniyev, B.S., Orlov, N.L. & Papenfuss, T.J. 1999. Molecular Phylogenetics, tRNA Evolution, and Historical Biogeography in Anguid Lizards and Related Taxonomic Families. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12(3): 250–272. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0615 Reference page. 

2001

• Papenfuss, T.J., Macey, J.R. & Schulte II, J.A. 2001. A New Lizard Species in the Genus Xantusia from Arizona. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 23: 1–9. hdl: 1808/25345 Reference page. 
• Parra-Olea, G., Papenfuss, T.J. & Wake, D.B. 2001. New Species of Lungless Salamanders of the Genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz, Mexico. Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas 20: 1–9. BHL Reference page. 
• Weisrock, D.W., Macey, J.R., Uğurtaş, I.H., Larson, A. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2001. Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography among salamandrids of the "true" salamander clade: rapid branching of numerous highly divergent lineages in Mertensiella luschani associated with the rise of Anatolia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18(3): 434–448. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0905 Reference page. 

2002

• Stuart, B.L. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2002. A new salamander of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Laos. Journal of Herpetology 36: 145–148.

2004

• Macey, J.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Kuehl, J.V., Fourcade, H.M. & Boore, J.L. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among amphisbaenian reptiles based on complete mitochondrial genomic sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33(1): 22–31. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.003 Reference page. 

2006

• Bostanchi, H., Anderson, S.C., Kami, H.G. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2006. A new species of Pseudocerastes with elaborate tail ornamentation from Western Iran (Squamata: Viperidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 57(14): 443–450. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöck, M., Moritz, C., Hickerson, M., Frynta, D., Dujsebayeva, T., Eremchenko, V., Macey, J.R., Papenfuss, T.J. & Wake, D.B. 2006. Evolution of mitochondrial relationships and biogeography of Palearctic green toads (Bufo viridis subgroup) with insights in their genomic plasticity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41(3): 663–689 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.026 Reference page. 
• Zhang, P., Chen, Y.-Q., Zhou, H., Liu, Y.-F., Wang, X.-L., Papenfuss, T.J., Wake, D.B. & Qu, L.-H. 2006. Phylogeny, evolution, and biogeography of Asiatic salamanders (Hynobiidae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103(9): 7360–7365. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602325103 Reference page. 

2009

• Parham, J.F. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2009. High genetic diversity among fossorial lizard populations (Anniella pulchra) in a rapidly developing landscape (Central California). Conservation Genetics 10(1): 169–176. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-008-9544-y Reference page. 
• Che, J., Hu, J.-S., Zhou, W.-W., Murphy, R.W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chen, M.-Y., Rao, D.-Q., Li, P.-P. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2009. Phylogeny of the Asian spiny frog tribe Paini (Family Dicroglossidae) sensu Dubois. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50(1): 59–73. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.007 Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Chong, R.A., Papenfuss, T.J., Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., Rödel, M.O., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Bauer, A.M., Eniang, E.A. & El Din, S.B. 2009. Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 273–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-K., Rovito, S.M., Papenfuss, J.T. & Hanken, J. 2009. A new species of the genus Paramesotriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, southern China. Zootaxa 2060: 59–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2010

• Che, J., Zhou, W.-W., Hu, J.-S., Yan, F., Papenfuss, T.J., Wake, D.B. & Zhang, Y.-P. 2010. Spiny frogs (Paini) illuminate the history of the Himalayan region and Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(31): 13765–13770. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008415107 Reference page. 
• Papenfuss, T.J., Jackman, T.R., Bauer, A.M., Stuart, B.L., Robinson, M.D. & Parham, J.F. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Southwest Asian leaf-toed geckos (Asaccus). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4 61(13): 587–596. BHL Reference page. 
• Sunyer, J., Wake, D.B., Townsend, J.H., Travers, S.L., Rovito, S.M., Papenfuss, T.J., Obando, L.A. & Köhler,G. 2010. A new species of worm salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Oedipina) in the subgenus Oeditriton from the highlands of northern Nicaragua. Zootaxa 2613(1): 29–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2613.1.3 Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2010. A New Species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 44(4): 516–525. DOI: 10.1670/09-205.1 Reference page. 

2011

• Bauer, A.M., Parham, J.F., Brown, R.M., Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L.L., Papenfuss, T.J., Böhme, W., Savage, J.M., Carranza, S., Grismer, J.L., Wagner, P., Schmitz, A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Inger, R.F. 2010. Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1705): 490–492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1330 Reference page. 
• Nazarov, R.A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2011. A New Species of Thin-Toed Geckos Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Balochistan Province, South Pakistan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(2): 130–136. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2011-18-2-130-136 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 

2012

• Rovito, S.M., Papenfuss, T.J. & Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. 2012. A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala. Zootaxa 3266(1): 62–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3266.1.5 Reference page. 

2013

• Melnikov, D.A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2013. A New Species of Pseudotrapelus (Agamidae, Sauria) from Nizwa, Oman. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(1): 79–84. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2013-20-1-79-84 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Papenfuss, T.J. & Parham, J.F. 2013. Four New Species of California Legless Lizards (Anniella). Breviora 536: 1–17. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ10.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Badiane, A., García-Porta, J., Červenka, J., Kratochvíl, L., Sindaco, R., Robinson, M.D., Morales, H., Mazuch, T., Price, T., Amat, F., Shobrak, M.Y., Wilms, T., Simó-Riudalbas, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Papenfuss, T.J., Cluchier, A., Viglione, J. & Carranza, S. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of semaphore geckos (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae: Pristurus) with an assessment of the taxonomy of Pristurus rupestris. Zootaxa 3835(1): 33–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.1.2 Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Wagner, P., Linkem, C.W., Böhme, W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chong, R.A., Lavin, B.R., Bauer, A.M., Nielsen, S.V., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., El Din, S.B., Lemmon, A.R. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 215–230. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.013 Reference page. 

2015

• Crawford, N.G., Parham, J.F., Sellas, A.B., Faircloth, B.C., Glenn, T.C., Papenfuss, T.J., Henderson, J.B., Hansen, M.H. & Simison, W.B. "2015" [2014]. A phylogenomic analysis of turtles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 83: 250–257. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.021 PDF Reference page. 
• Portik, D.M. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2015. Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 152. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0417-y Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Vázquez-Almazán, C.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Parra-Olea, G. & Wake, D.B. 2015. Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 150–166. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12268 Reference page. 

2017

• Chen, J.-M., Zhou, W.-W., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Stuart, B.L., Brown, R.M., Lathrop, A., Wang, Y.-Y., Yuan, Z.-Y., Jiang, K., Hou, M., Chen, H.-M., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Duong, T.V., Papenfuss, T.J., Murphy, R.W., Zhang, Y.-P. & Che, J. 2017. A novel multilocus phylogenetic estimation reveals unrecognized diversity in Asian horned toads, genus Megophrys sensu lato (Anura: Megophryidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 28–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.004 Reference page. 
• Khosravani, A., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Oraie, H. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2017. Resolving species delimitation within the genus Bunopus Blanford, 1874 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Iran using DNA barcoding approach. Zootaxa 4365(4): 467–479. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.6 Reference page. 

2018

• Bingham, R.E., Papenfuss, T.J., Lindstrand, L. & Wake, D.B. 2018. Phylogeography and species boundaries in the Hydromantes shastae complex, with description of two new species (Amphibia; Caudata; Plethodontidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 161(10): 403–427. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ42.1 Reference page. 
• Macey, J.R., Schulte, J.A. II, Ananjeva, N.B., Dyke, E.T. van, Wang, Y-Z., Orlov, N.L., Shafiei, S., Robinson, M.D., Dujsebayeva, T.N., Freund, G.S., Fischer, C.M., Liu, D. & Papenfuss, T.J. 2018. A molecular phylogenetic hypothesis for the Asian agamid lizard genus Phrynocephalus reveals discrete biogeographic clades implicated by plate tectonics. Zootaxa 4467(1): 1–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4467.1.1 Reference page. 
• Simó-Riudalbas, M., Tarroso, P., Papenfuss, T., Al-Sariri, T. & Carranza, S. [2017] 2018. Systematics, biogeography and evolution of Asaccus gallagheri (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) with the description of a new endemic species from Oman. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(4): 323–339. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1403496 Reference page. 

2025

• Wu, Y.-H., Xu, M.-H., Suwannapoom, C., Nguyen, S.N., Murphy, R.W., Papenfuss, T.J., Lathrop, A., Kilunda, F.K., Gao, W., Yuan, Z.-Y., Chen, J.-M., Zhang, L., Zhao, H.-P., Wang, L.-J., Rahman, M.M., Nneji, L.M., Zhao, G.-G., Wang, Y.-Y., Jin, J.-Q., Zhang, P. & Che, J. 2025. A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the genus Sylvirana (Anura: Ranidae) highlights unrecognized diversity, revised classification and historical biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 202: 108223. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108223 Reference page.