Dr David Gower

Grants

Insights from Snakes into Vertebrate Visual Evolution
Role: Principal investigatorGower D
Funding: Leverhulme Trust
Total value £194,949 (to Museum £194,949)
Dates: 2012 - 2015

A Cutting-EDGE approach to saving Seychelles’ evolutionarily distinct biodiversity
Role: Principal investigatorGower D
Funding: DEFRA
Total value £254,635 (to Museum £16,380)
Dates: 2012 - 2016

Conservation of Cameroon's caecilian amphibians
Role: Principal investigatorGower D
Funding: US Fish and Wildlife Service
Total value £24,955 (to Museum £24,955)
Dates: 2011 - 2012

The amphibians of Northeast India
Role: Principal investigatorGower D
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £11,870 (to Museum £11,870)
Dates: 2008 - 2010

The evolution of visual systems during major life history transitions in frogs
Role: Principal investigatorStreicher JW
Co-investigator: Gower DJ
Funding: NERC
Dates: 2017 - 2021

Publications

Sampaio FL, Day JJ, Mendis Wickramasinghe LJ, Cyriac VP, Papadopoulou A, Brace S, Rajendran A, Simon-Nutbrown C, Flouris T, Kapli P, Ranga Vidanapathirana D, Kotharambath R, Kodandaramaiah U, Gower DJ (2023) A near-complete species-level phylogeny of uropeltid snakes harnessing historical museum collections as a DNA source. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 178 : 107651 - 107651. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107651

LOBÓN-ROVIRA J, ROCHA S, GOWER DJ, PERERA ANA, HARRIS DJ (null) The unexpected gecko: A new cryptic species within Urocotyledon inexpectata (Stejneger, 1893) from the northern granitic Seychelles. Zootaxa, 5150 (4) : 556 - 578. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.5

DAS A, GOWER DJ, NARAYANAN S, PAL S, BORUAH B, MAGAR S, DAS S, MOULICK S, DEEPAK V (null) Rediscovery and systematics of the rarely encountered Blue-bellied kukri snake (Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909) from Assam, India. Zootaxa, 5138 (4) : 417 - 430. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.4.4

Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Liedtke HC, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Cox CL, Martins RA, Douglas RH (2022) Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders. Functional Ecology, 36 (4) : 850 - 864. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14018

Gower DJ, Fleming JF, Pisani D, Vonk FJ, Kerkkamp HMI, Peichl L, Meimann S, Casewell NR, Henkel CV, Richardson MK, Sanders KL, Simões BF (2021) Eye-Transcriptome and Genome-Wide Sequencing for Scolecophidia: Implications for Inferring the Visual System of the Ancestral Snake. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13 (12) : doi: 10.1093/gbe/evab253

Deepak V, Lalronunga S, Lalhmingliani E, Das A, Narayanan S, Das I, Gower DJ (null) Phylogenetic relationships of xenodermid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Xenodermidae), with the description of a new genus. Vertebrate Zoology, 71 : 747 - 762. doi: 10.3897/vz.71.e75967

LALRONUNGA S, LALHMANGAIHA K, ZOSANGLIANA I, LALHMINGLIANI E, GOWER DJ, DAS A, DEEPAK V (null) A new species of Stoliczkia Jerdon, 1870 (Serpentes: Xenodermidae) from Mizoram, India. Zootaxa, 4996 (3) : 555 - 568. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.3.9

Huntley LC, Gower DJ, Sampaio FL, Collins ES, Goswami A, Fabre A (2021) Intraspecific morphological variation in the shieldtail snake Rhinophis philippinus (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), with particular reference to tail‐shield and cranial 3D geometric morphometrics. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59 (6) : 1357 - 1370. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12505

DEEPAK V, PASSOS P, NAGY ZT, ZAHER H, ŠMÍD J, NGUYEN TQ, CARRANZA S, CISNEROS-HEREDIA DF, DAVID P, TAMAR K, GOWER DJ (null) Contributions to ophiology in Zootaxa 2001–2020: patterns and trends. Zootaxa, 4979 (1) : doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.4

RIVERA-CORREA M, BALDO D, CANDIOTI FV, ORRICO VGD, BLACKBURN DC, CASTROVIEJO-FISHER S, CHAN KO, GAMBALE P, GOWER DJ, QUAH ESH, ROWLEY JJL, TWOMEY E, VENCES M (null) Amphibians in Zootaxa: 20 years documenting the global diversity of frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Zootaxa, 4979 (1) : doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.9

Ezcurra MD, Bandyopadhyay S, Gower DJ (2021) A New Erythrosuchid Archosauriform from the Middle Triassic Yerrapalli Formation of South-Central India. Ameghiniana, 58 (2) : doi: 10.5710/amgh.18.01.2021.3416

Narayanan S, Mohapatra PP, Balan A, Das S, Gower DJ (null) A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology, 71 : 219 - 230. doi: 10.3897/vz.71.e63986

Shrimpton SJ, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Thomas KN (2021) Correction to: Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. Evolutionary Ecology, 35 (2) : 361 - 363. doi: 10.1007/s10682-021-10109-w

Shrimpton SJ, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Thomas KN (2021) Eye‐body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. Evolutionary Ecology, 35 (2) : 337 - 359. doi: 10.1007/s10682-021-10102-3

Deepak V, Maddock ST, Williams R, Nagy ZT, Conradie W, Rocha S, James Harris D, Perera A, Gvoždík V, Doherty-Bone TM, Kamei RG, Menegon M, Labisko J, Morel C, Cooper N, Day JJ, Gower DJ (2021) Molecular phylogenetics of sub-Saharan African natricine snakes, and the biogeographic origins of the Seychelles endemic Lycognathophis seychellensis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161 : 107152 - 107152. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107152

Boyette JL, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Thomas KN, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Schott RK (2021) Evolution of non-visual opsin genes across life history transitions in frogs. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61 : E77 - E78.

Mitra AT, Womack MC, Gower DJ, Clark B, Streicher JW, Bell RC, Schott RK, Fujita MK, Thomas KN (2021) Lens morphology is influenced by ecology in frogs and toads (Amphibia: Anura). INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61 : E616 - E616.

Schott RK, Bell RC, Ellis LR, Thomas KN, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Fujita MK (2021) Visual adaptations in the transition from aquatic to terrestrial light environments in the life cycle of southern leopard frogs. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61 : E798 - E799.

Shrimpton SJ, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Thomas KN (2021) Eye-body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61 : E824 - E825.

Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Douglas RH (2021) Ocular transmission across frog and toad diversity. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61 : E893 - E894.

Maidment SCR, Sennikov AG, Ezcurra MD, Dunne EM, Gower DJ, Hedrick BP, Meade LE, Raven TJ, Paschchenko DI, Butler RJ (2020) The postcranial skeleton of the erythrosuchid archosauriformGarjainia primafrom the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (12) : 201089 - 201089. doi: 10.1098/rsos.201089

SAMPAIO FL, NARAYANAN S, CYRIAC VP, VENU G, GOWER DJ (null) <strong>A new Indian species of <em>Rhinophis</em> Hemprich, 1820 closely related to <em>R. sanguineus</em> Beddome, 1863 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 4881 (1) : 1 - 24. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.1.1

DAS A, DEEPAK V, CAPTAIN A, WADE EOZ, GOWER DJ (null) <p><strong>Description of a new species of <em>Smithophis</em> Giri et al. 2019 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4860 (2) : 267 - 283. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.8

Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Streicher JW (2020) Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287 (1935) : 20201393 - 20201393. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1393

Maddock ST, Nussbaum RA, Day JJ, Latta L, Miller M, Fisk DL, Wilkinson M, Rocha S, Gower DJ, Pfrender ME (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) : doi: 10.1186/s12862-020-01673-w

Torres-Sánchez M, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Creevey CJ, San Mauro D (2020) Insights into the skin of caecilian amphibians from gene expression profiles. BMC Genomics, 21 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-06881-8

GOWER DJ (null) <p><strong>A new species of <em>Rhinophis</em> Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from southwestern Sri Lanka</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4810 (3) : 495 - 510. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.3.6

VOGEL G, CHEN Z, DEEPAK V, GOWER DJ, SHI J, DING LI, HOU M (null) <p><strong>A new species of the genus <em>Smithophis</em> (Squamata: Serpentes: Natricidae) from southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4803 (1) : 51 - 74. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.3

Simões BF, Gower DJ, Rasmussen AR, Sarker MAR, Fry GC, Casewell NR, Harrison RA, Hart NS, Partridge JC, Hunt DM, Chang BS, Pisani D, Sanders KL (2020) Spectral Diversification and Trans-Species Allelic Polymorphism during the Land-to-Sea Transition in Snakes. Current Biology, 30 (13) : 2608 - 2615.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.061

CYRIAC VP, NARAYANAN S, SAMPAIO FL, UMESH P, GOWER DJ (null) <p><strong>A new species of <em>Rhinophis</em> Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the </strong><strong>Wayanad region of peninsular India</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4778 (2) : 329 - 342. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.2.5

LALRONUNGA S, LALRINCHHANA C, VANRAMLIANA V, DAS A, GOWER DJ, DEEPAK V (null) <p><strong>A multilocus molecular perspective on the systematics of the poorly known </strong><strong>Northeast Indian colubrid snakes <em>Blythia</em> <em>reticulata</em> (Blyth, 1854), B. hmuifang </strong><strong>Vogel, Lalremsanga &amp; Vanlalhrima, 2017, and <em>Hebius xenura</em> (Wall, 1907)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4768 (2) : 193 - 200. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.2

DEEPAK V, NARAYANAN S, DAS S, RAJKUMAR KP, EASA PS, SREEJITH KA, GOWER DJ (null) <strong>Description of a new species of <em>Xylophis</em> Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India</strong>. Zootaxa, 4755 (2) : 231 - 250. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2

Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Streicher JW (2020) Ecological Correlates of Eye Size in Frogs and Toads. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 60 : E233 - E233.

Flach EJ, Feltrer Y, Gower DJ, Jayson S, Michaels CJ, Pocknell A, Rivers S, Perkins M, Rendle ME, Stidworthy MF, Tapley B, Wilkinson M, Masters N (2020) POSTMORTEM FINDINGS IN EIGHT SPECIES OF CAPTIVE CAECILIAN (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA) OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 50 (4) : 879 - 879. doi: 10.1638/2019-0047

Das A, Gower DJ, Deepak V (2020) Lost and found: rediscovery and systematics of the Northeast Indian snake Hebius pealii (Sclater, 1891). VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, 70 (3) : 305 - 318. doi: 10.26049/VZ70-3-2020-04

Butler RJ, Sennikov AG, Dunne EM, Ezcurra MD, Hedrick BP, Maidment SCR, Meade LE, Raven TJ, Gower DJ (2019) Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia. Royal Society Open Science, 6 (11) : 191289 - 191289. doi: 10.1098/rsos.191289

GIRI VB, GOWER DJ, DAS A, LALREMSANGA HT, LALRONUNGA S, CAPTAIN A, DEEPAK V (null) A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India. Zootaxa, 4603 (2) : 241 - 241. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.2.2

Torres-Sánchez M, Gower DJ, Alvarez-Ponce D, Creevey CJ, Wilkinson M, San Mauro D (2019) What lies beneath? Molecular evolution during the radiation of caecilian amphibians. BMC Genomics, 20 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12864-019-5694-1

Gower DJ, Sampaio FL, Peichl L, Wagner H-J, Loew ER, Mclamb W, Douglas RH, Orlov N, Grace MS, Hart NS, Hunt DM, Partridge JC, Simões BF (2019) Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126 (4) : 796 - 823. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz003

Marshall AF, Bardua C, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, Sherratt E, Goswami A (2019) High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126 (4) : 721 - 742. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz001

Crotti M, Barratt CD, Loader SP, Gower DJ, Streicher JW (2019) Causes and analytical impacts of missing data in RADseq phylogenetics: Insights from an African frog (Afrixalus ). Zoologica Scripta, 48 (2) : 157 - 167. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12335

Ezcurra MD, Gower DJ, Sennikov AG, Butler RJ (2019) The osteology of the holotype of the early erythrosuchidGarjainia prima(Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the upper Lower Triassic of European Russia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 185 (3) : 717 - 783. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly061

Theska T, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Müller H (2019) Musculoskeletal development of the Central African caecilian Idiocranium russeli (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) and its bearing on the re-evolution of larvae in caecilian amphibians. Zoomorphology, 138 (1) : 137 - 158. doi: 10.1007/s00435-018-0420-0

Crowe‐Riddell JM, Simões BF, Partridge JC, Hunt DM, Delean S, Schwerdt JG, Breen J, Ludington A, Gower DJ, Sanders KL (2019) Phototactic tails: Evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes. Molecular Ecology, 28 (8) : 2013 - 2028. doi: 10.1111/mec.15022

Butler R, Sennikov A, Ezcurra M, Gower D (null) The last erythrosuchid—a revision of Chalishevia cothurnata from the late Middle Triassic of European Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 64 : doi: 10.4202/app.00648.2019

Deepak V, Ruane S, Gower DJ (2018) A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History, 52 (45-46) : 2919 - 2934. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756

Torres-Sánchez M, Creevey CJ, Kornobis E, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, San Mauro D (2019) Multi-tissue transcriptomes of caecilian amphibians highlight incomplete knowledge of vertebrate gene families. DNA Research, 26 (1) : 13 - 20. doi: 10.1093/dnares/dsy034

Britz R, Sykes D, Gower DJ, Kamei RG (2018) Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of hypogean swamp eel from the Khasi Hills in Northeast India (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 28 (4) : 315 - 326. doi: 10.23788/IEF-1086

MADDOCK ST, WILKINSON M, GOWER DJ (null) A new species of small, long-snouted Hypogeophis Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) from the highest elevations of the Seychelles island of Mahé. Zootaxa, 4450 (3) : 359 - 359. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.3.3

Prathapan KD, Pethiyagoda R, Bawa KS, Raven PH, Rajan PD (2018) When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research. Science, 360 (6396) : 1405 - 1406. doi: 10.1126/science.aat9844

Fisher MC, Ghosh P, Shelton JMG, Bates K, Brookes L, Wierzbicki C, Rosa GM, Farrer RA, Aanensen DM, Alvarado-Rybak M, Bataille A, Berger L, Böll S, Bosch J, Clare FC, A. Courtois E, Crottini A, Cunningham AA, Doherty-Bone TM, Gebresenbet F, Gower DJ, Höglund J, James TY, Jenkinson TS, Kosch TA, Lambertini C, Laurila A, Lin C-F, Loyau A, Martel A, Meurling S, Miaud C, Minting P, Ndriantsoa S, O’Hanlon SJ, Pasmans F, Rakotonanahary T, Rabemananjara FCE, Ribeiro LP, Schmeller DS, Schmidt BR, Skerratt L, Smith F, Soto-Azat C, Tessa G, Toledo LF, Valenzuela-Sánchez A, Verster R, Vörös J, Waldman B, Webb RJ, Weldon C, Wombwell E, Zamudio KR, Longcore JE, Garner TWJ (null) Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24472-2

JINS VJ, SAMPAIO FL, GOWER DJ (null) A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4415 (3) : 401 - 401. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.1

MADDOCK ST, WILKINSON M, NUSSBAUM RA, GOWER DJ (null) 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 - 301. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.4.1

GIRI VB, DEEPAK V, CAPTAIN A, DAS A, DAS S, RAJKUMAR KP, RATHISH RL, GOWER DJ (null) A new species of Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 (Serpentes: Natricinae) from the northern Western Ghats region of India. Zootaxa, 4319 (1) : 27 - 27. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.1.2

Gower DJ, Giri VB, Kamei RG, Oommen OV, Khot R, Wilkinson M (2017) On the absence of Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor, 1960 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) in the Western Ghats of peninsular India. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 27 (2) : 181 - 187.

Liedtke HC, Müller H, Hafner J, Penner J, Gower DJ, Mazuch T, Rödel M-O, Loader SP (2017) Terrestrial reproduction as an adaptation to steep terrain in African toads. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1851) : 20162598 - 20162598. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2598

Butler RJ, Nesbitt SJ, Charig AJ, Gower DJ, Barrett PM (2017) Mandasuchus tanyauchen, gen. et sp. nov., a pseudosuchian archosaur from the Manda Beds (?Middle Triassic) of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37 (sup1) : 96 - 121. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1343728

Britz R, Doherty-Bone TM, Kouete MT, Sykes D, Gower DJ (2016) Monopterus luticolus, a new species of swamp eel from Cameroon (Teleostei: Synbranchidae). ICHTHYOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF FRESHWATERS, 27 (4) : 309 - 323.

GOWER DJ, WICKRAMASINGHE LJM (null) Recharacterization of Rhinophis dorsimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1941 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), including description of new material. Zootaxa, 4158 (2) : 203 - 203. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.2.3

Simões BF, Sampaio FL, Douglas RH, Kodandaramaiah U, Casewell NR, Harrison RA, Hart NS, Partridge JC, Hunt DM, Gower DJ (2016) Visual Pigments, Ocular Filters and the Evolution of Snake Vision. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33 (10) : 2483 - 2495. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msw148

Adamson EAS, Saha A, Maddock ST, Nussbaum RA, Gower DJ, Streicher JW (2016) Microsatellite discovery in an insular amphibian (Grandisonia alternans) with comments on cross-species utility and the accuracy of locus identification from unassembled Illumina data. Conservation Genetics Resources, 8 (4) : 541 - 551. doi: 10.1007/s12686-016-0580-5

Gower DJ, Agarwal I, Karanth KP, Datta‐Roy A, Giri VB, Wilkinson M, San Mauro D (2016) The role of wet‐zone fragmentation in shaping biodiversity patterns in peninsular India: insights from the caecilian amphibian Gegeneophis. Journal of Biogeography, 43 (6) : 1091 - 1102. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12710

Hartigan A, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Holzer AS, Okamura B (2016) Myxozoan infections of caecilians demonstrate broad host specificity and indicate a link with human activity. International Journal for Parasitology, 46 (5-6) : 375 - 381. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.02.001

GOWER DJ, GIRI V, CAPTAIN A, WILKINSON M (null) <p><strong>A reassessment of <em>Melanophidium</em> Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Serpentes: </strong><br /><strong>Uropeltidae) from the Western Ghats of peninsular India, with the description of a new species</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4085 (4) : 481 - 481. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.2

Simões BF, Sampaio FL, Loew ER, Sanders KL, Fisher RN, Hart NS, Hunt DM, Partridge JC, Gower DJ (2016) Multiple rod–cone and cone–rod photoreceptor transmutations in snakes: evidence from visual opsin gene expression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (1823) : 20152624 - 20152624. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2624

Budzik KA, Żuwała K, Kupfer A, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2015) Diverse anatomy of the tongue and taste organs in five species of caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 257 : 103 - 109. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2015.04.007

GOWER DJ, WADE EOZ, SPAWLS S, BÖHME W, BUECHLEY ER, SYKES D, COLSTON TJ (null) <strong>A new large species of <em>Bitis</em> Gray, 1842 (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia</strong>. Zootaxa, 4093 (1) : 41 - 41. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.1.3

Kotharambath R, Wilkinson M, Oommen OV, Gower DJ (2015) A new species of Indian caecilian highlights challenges for species delimitation within Gegeneophis Peters, 1879 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae).. Zootaxa, 3948 (1) : 60 - 70.

Maddock ST, Briscoe AG, Wilkinson M, Waeschenbach A, San Mauro D, Day JJ, Littlewood DTJ, Foster PG, Nussbaum RA, Gower DJ (null) Next-Generation Mitogenomics: A Comparison of Approaches Applied to Caecilian Amphibian Phylogeny. PLOS ONE, 11 (6) : e0156757 - e0156757. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156757

Simões BF, Sampaio FL, Jared C, Antoniazzi MM, Loew ER, Bowmaker JK, Rodriguez A, Hart NS, Hunt DM, Partridge JC, Gower DJ (2015) Visual system evolution and the nature of the ancestral snake. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28 (7) : 1309 - 1320. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12663

Chambouvet A, Gower DJ, Jirků M, Yabsley MJ, Davis AK, Leonard G, Maguire F, Doherty-Bone TM, Bittencourt-Silva GB, Wilkinson M, Richards TA (2015) Cryptic infection of a broad taxonomic and geographic diversity of tadpoles by Perkinsea protists. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (34) : doi: 10.1073/pnas.1500163112

Gower DJ, Kouete MT, Doherty-Bone TM, Ndeme ES, Wilkinson M (2015) Rediscovery, natural history, and conservation status of Idiocranium russeli Parker, 1936 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae). Journal of Natural History, 49 (3-4) : 233 - 253. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939733

Sherratt E, Gower DJ, Klingenberg CP, Wilkinson M (2014) Evolution of cranial shape in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Evolutionary Biology, 41 (4) : 528 - 545. doi: 10.1007/s11692-014-9287-2

Loader SP, Sara Ceccarelli F, Menegon M, Howell KM, Kassahun R, Mengistu AA, Saber SA, Gebresenbet F, de Sá R, Davenport TRB, Larson JG, Müller H, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2014) Persistence and stability of Eastern Afromontane forests: evidence from brevicipitid frogs. Journal of Biogeography, 41 (9) : 1781 - 1792. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12331

Lewis CJ, Maddock ST, Day JJ, Nussbaum RA, Morel C, Wilkinson M, Foster PG, Gower DJ (2014) Development of anonymous nuclear markers from Illumina paired-end data for Seychelles caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae). Conservation Genetics Resources, 6 (2) : 289 - 291. doi: 10.1007/s12686-013-0127-y

Maddock ST, Day JJ, Nussbaum RA, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2014) Evolutionary origins and genetic variation of the Seychelles treefrog, Tachycnemis seychellensis (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 75 : 194 - 201. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.004

Maddock ST, Lewis CJ, Wilkinson M, Day JJ, Morel C, Kouete MT, Gower DJ (2014) Non-lethal DNA sampling for caecilian amphibians. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 24 (4) : 255 - 260.

Ceccarelli FS, Menegon M, Tolley KA, Tilbury CR, Gower DJ, Laserna MH, Kasahun R, Rodriguez-Prieto A, Hagmann R, Loader SP (2014) Evolutionary relationships, species delimitation and biogeography of Eastern Afromontane horned chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Trioceros). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 80 : 125 - 136. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.023

Sookias RB, Sennikov AG, Gower DJ, Butler RJ (2014) The monophyly of Euparkeriidae (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) and the origins of Archosauria: a revision ofDorosuchus neoetusfrom the Mid-Triassic of Russia. Palaeontology, 57 (6) : 1177 - 1202. doi: 10.1111/pala.12110

Tapley B, Bryant Z, Grant S, Kother G, Feltret Y, Masters N, Strike T, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2014) Towards evidence-based husbandry for caecilian amphibians: Substrate preference in Geotrypetes seraphini (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Dermophiidae).. The Herpetological Bulletin, 129 : 15 - 18.

WILKINSON M, KOK PJR, AHMED F, GOWER DJ (2014) Caecilita Wake & Donnelly, 2010 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) is not lungless: implications for taxonomy and for understanding the evolution of lunglessness. Zootaxa, 3779 (3) : 383 - 383. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.6

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Müller H, Loader SP, Zardoya R, Nussbaum RA, Wilkinson M (2014) Life-history evolution and mitogenomic phylogeny of caecilian amphibians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 73 : 177 - 189. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.009

Gower DJ, Hancox PJ, Botha-Brink J, Sennikov AG, Butler RJ (null) A New Species of Garjainia Ochev, 1958 (Diapsida: Archosauriformes: Erythrosuchidae) from the Early Triassic of South Africa. PLoS ONE, 9 (11) : e111154 - e111154. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111154

Siu-Ting K, Gower DJ, Pisani D, Kassahun R, Gebresenbet F, Menegon M, Mengistu AA, Saber SA, de Sá R, Wilkinson M (2014) Evolutionary relationships of the Critically Endangered frog Ericabatrachus baleensis Largen, 1991 with notes on incorporating previously unsampled taxa into large-scale phylogenetic analyses. BMC evolutionary biology, 14 (1) :

Wilkinson M, Presswell B, Sherratt E, Papadopoulou A, Gower DJ (2014) A new species of striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Myanmar.. Zootaxa, 3785 : 45 - 58.

AGARWAL I, WILKINSON M, MOHAPATRA PP, DUTTA SK, GIRI VB, GOWER DJ (null) <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>The first teresomatan caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from the Eastern Ghats of India—a new species of <em>Gegeneophis</em> Peters, 1880</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3693 (4) : 534 - 534. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.4.7

KAMEI RG, GOWER DJ, WILKINSON M, BIJU SD (null) Systematics of the caecilian family Chikilidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) with the description of three new species of <i>Chikila</i> from northeast India. Zootaxa, 3666 (4) : 401 - 401. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3666.4.1

Gower DJ, Doherty-Bone T, Loader SP, Wilkinson M, Kouete MT, Tapley B, Orton F, Daniel OZ, Wynne F, Flach E, Müller H, Menegon M, Stephen I, Browne RK, Fisher MC, Cunningham AA, Garner TWJ (2013) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection and Lethal Chytridiomycosis in Caecilian Amphibians (Gymnophiona). EcoHealth, 10 (2) : 173 - 183. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0831-9

Loader SP, Ceccarelli FS, Wilkinson M, Menegon M, Mariaux J, de Sá RO, Howell KM, Gower DJ (2013) Species boundaries and biogeography of East African torrent frogs of the genus Petropedetes (Amphibia: Anura: Petropeditidae). African Journal of Herpetology, 62 (1) : 40 - 48. doi: 10.1080/21564574.2013.781549

Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Loader SP, Müller H (2013) A visceral synapomorphy of Scolecomorphus Boulenger, 1883 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae). African Journal of Herpetology, 62 (1) : 21 - 27. doi: 10.1080/21564574.2013.781548

Doherty-Bone TM, Gonwouo NL, Hirschfeld M, Ohst T, Weldon C, Perkins M, Kouete MT, Browne RK, Loader SP, Gower DJ, Wilkinson MW, Rödel MO, Penner J, Barej MF, Schmitz A, Plötner J, Cunningham AA (2013) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibians of Cameroon, including first records for caecilians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 102 (3) : 187 - 194. doi: 10.3354/dao02557

GOWER DJ, GIRI V, TORSEKAR VR, GAIKWAD K (null) <strong>On the taxonomic status of <em>Gegeneophis nadkarnii</em> Bhatta &amp; Prashanth, 2004 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 3609 (2) : 204 - 212. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.6

Böhm M, Collen B, Baillie JEM, Bowles P, Chanson J, Cox N, Hammerson G, Hoffmann M, Livingstone SR, Ram M, Rhodin AGJ, Stuart SN, van Dijk PP, Young BE, Afuang LE, Aghasyan A, García A, Aguilar C, Ajtic R, Akarsu F, Alencar LRV, Allison A, Ananjeva N, Anderson S, Andrén C, Ariano-Sánchez D, Arredondo JC, Auliya M, Austin CC, Avci A, Baker PJ, Barreto-Lima AF, Barrio-Amorós CL, Basu D, Bates MF, Batistella A, Bauer A, Bennett D, Böhme W, Broadley D, Brown R, Burgess J, Captain A, Carreira S, Castañeda MDR, Castro F, Catenazzi A, Cedeño-Vázquez JR, Chapple DG, Cheylan M, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Cogalniceanu D, Cogger H, Corti C, Costa GC, Couper PJ, Courtney T, Crnobrnja-Isailovic J, Crochet P-A, Crother B, Cruz F, Daltry JC, Daniels RJR, Das I, de Silva A, Diesmos AC, Dirksen L, Doan TM, Dodd CK, Doody JS, Dorcas ME, Duarte de Barros Filho J, Egan VT, El Mouden EH, Embert D, Espinoza RE, Fallabrino A, Feng X, Feng Z-J, Fitzgerald L, Flores-Villela O, França FGR, Frost D, Gadsden H, Gamble T, Ganesh SR, Garcia MA, García-Pérez JE, Gatus J, Gaulke M, Geniez P, Georges A, Gerlach J, Goldberg S, Gonzalez J-CT, Gower DJ, Grant T, Greenbaum E, Grieco C, Guo P, Hamilton AM, Hare K, Hedges SB, Heideman N, Hilton-Taylor C, Hitchmough R, Hollingsworth B, Hutchinson M, Ineich I, Iverson J, Jaksic FM, Jenkins R, Joger U, Jose R, Kaska Y, Kaya U, Keogh JS, Köhler G, Kuchling G, Kumlutaş Y, Kwet A, La Marca E, Lamar W, Lane A, Lardner B, Latta C, Latta G, Lau M, Lavin P, Lawson D, LeBreton M, Lehr E, Limpus D, Lipczynski N, Lobo AS, López-Luna MA, Luiselli L, Lukoschek V, Lundberg M, Lymberakis P, Macey R, Magnusson WE, Mahler DL, Malhotra A, Mariaux J, Maritz B, Marques OAV, Márquez R, Martins M, Masterson G, Mateo JA, Mathew R, Mathews N, Mayer G, McCranie JR, Measey GJ, Mendoza-Quijano F, Menegon M, Métrailler S, Milton DA, Montgomery C, Morato SAA, Mott T, Muñoz-Alonso A, Murphy J, Nguyen TQ, Nilson G, Nogueira C, Núñez H, Orlov N, Ota H, Ottenwalder J, Papenfuss T, Pasachnik S, Passos P, Pauwels OSG, Pérez-Buitrago N, Pérez-Mellado V, Pianka ER, Pleguezuelos J, Pollock C, Ponce-Campos P, Powell R, Pupin F, Quintero Díaz GE, Radder R, Ramer J, Rasmussen AR, Raxworthy C, Reynolds R, Richman N, Rico EL, Riservato E, Rivas G, da Rocha PLB, Rödel M-O, Rodríguez Schettino L, Roosenburg WM, Ross JP, Sadek R, Sanders K, Santos-Barrera G, Schleich HH, Schmidt BR, Schmitz A, Sharifi M, Shea G, Shi H-T, Shine R, Sindaco R, Slimani T, Somaweera R, Spawls S, Stafford P, Stuebing R, Sweet S, Sy E, Temple HJ, Tognelli MF, Tolley K, Tolson PJ, Tuniyev B, Tuniyev S, Üzüm N, van Buurt G, Van Sluys M, Velasco A, Vences M, Veselý M, Vinke S, Vinke T, Vogel G, Vogrin M, Vogt RC, Wearn OR, Werner YL, Whiting MJ, Wiewandt T, Wilkinson J, Wilson B, Wren S, Zamin T, Zhou K, Zug G (2013) The conservation status of the world’s reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157 : 372 - 385. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.015

Ezcurra MD, Butler RJ, Gower DJ (2013) ‘Proterosuchia’: the origin and early history of Archosauriformes. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 379 (1) : Geological Society of London : 9 - 33. doi: 10.1144/sp379.11

Ezcurra MD, Butler RJ, Gower DJ (2013) "Ptoterosuchia": the origin and early radiation of Archosauriformes, In: Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and Their Kin, Nesbitt SJ, Desojo JB, Irmis RB (Eds). Geological Society of London : 9 - 33.

Gower DJ, Aberra RK, Schwaller S, Largen MJ, Collen B, Spawls S, Menegon M, Zimkus BM, de Sá R, Mengistu AA, Gebresenbet F, Moore RD, Saber SA, Loader SP (2013) Long-term data for endemic frog genera reveal potential conservation crisis in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Oryx, 47 (1) : 59 - 69. doi: 10.1017/s0030605311001426

Kouete MT, Ndeme ES, Gower DJ (2013) Further observations of reproduction and confirmation of oviparity in Herpele Squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae).. Herpetology Notes, 6 : 583 - 586.

Nesbitt SJ, Brusatte SL, Desojo JB, Liparini A, Franca MAG, Weinbaum J (2013) Rauisuchia, In: Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of Early Archosaurs and Their Kin, Nesbitt SJ, Desojo JB, Irmis RB (Eds). Geological Society of London : 241 - 274.

Nesbitt SJ, Butler RJ, Gower DJ (null) A New Archosauriform (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Manda Beds (Middle Triassic) of Southwestern Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 8 (9) : e72753 - e72753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072753

Wilkinson M, Sherratt E, Starace F, Gower DJ (null) A New Species of Skin-Feeding Caecilian and the First Report of Reproductive Mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). PLoS ONE, 8 (3) : e57756 - e57756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057756

Gower DJ, Doherty-Bone TM, Aberra RK, Mengistu A, Schwaller S, Menegon M, de Sa R, Saber SA, Cunningham AA, Loader SP (2012) High prevalence of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) across multiple taxa and localities in the highlands of Ethiopia. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 22 (4) : 225 - 233.

Murphy JC, Mumpuni , de Lang R, GOWER DJ, Sanders KL (2012) The Moluccan short-tailed snakes of the genus Brachyorrhos Kuhl (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae), and the status of Calamophis Meyer. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60 : 501 - 514.

Gower DJ, Johnson KG, Richardson JE, Rosen BR, Ruber L, Williams ST (2012) Introduction, In: Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia, Gower D (Eds). Cambridge University Press : 1 - 15.

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Cotton JA, Zardoya R, Wilkinson M, Massingham T (2012) Experimental Design in Phylogenetics: Testing Predictions from Expected Information. Systematic Biology, 61 (4) : 661 - 674. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/sys028

Kamei RG, Mauro DS, Gower DJ, Van Bocxlaer I, Sherratt E, Thomas A, Babu S, Bossuyt F, Wilkinson M, Biju SD (2012) Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279 (1737) : 2396 - 2401. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0150

Barratt CD, Horsburgh GJ, Dawson DA, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, Loader SP, Jehle R (2012) Characterisation of nine microsatellite loci in the caecilian amphibian Boulengerula uluguruensis (Gymnophiona), and their cross-species utility in three congeneric species. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4 (2) : 225 - 229. doi: 10.1007/s12686-011-9512-6

KOTHARAMBATH R, GOWER DJ, OOMMEN OV, WILKINSON M (null) A third species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) lacking secondary annular grooves. Zootaxa, 3272 (1) : 26 - 26. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3272.1.2

Sherratt E, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Klingenberg CP (2012) Evolution of Cranial Modularity in Caecilians. INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 52 : E159 - E159.

Butler RJ, Barrett PM, Gower DJ (null) Reassessment of the Evidence for Postcranial Skeletal Pneumaticity in Triassic Archosaurs, and the Early Evolution of the Avian Respiratory System. PLoS ONE, 7 (3) : e34094 - e34094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034094

Gower DJ, Garrett K, Stafford PJ (2012) Snakes. Firefly Books Limited : 144.

GOWER DJ, JOHNSON KG, Richardson JE, ROSEN BR, Rüber L, WILLIAMS ST (2012) Biotic evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia. The Systematics Association Special Volume 82 & Cambridge University Press : Cambridge. i - 475.

Kotharambath R, Wilkinson M, Oommen OV, George S, Nussbaum RA, Gower DJ (2012) On the systematics, distribution and conservation status ofIchthyophis longicephalusPillai, 1986 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae). Journal of Natural History, 46 (47-48) : 2935 - 2959. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2012.717972

Kouete MT, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2012) First Reproductive Observations for Herpele Peters, 1880 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Herpelidae): Evidence of Extended Parental Care and Maternal Dermatophagy in H. squalostoma (Stutchbury, 1836). ISRN Zoology, 2012 : 1 - 7. doi: 10.5402/2012/269690

Menegon M, Gower DJ, Loader SP (2011) A remarkable new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) with massive, boldly coloured limb glands. ZOOTAXA, 15 - 26.

Gower DJ, Mauro DS, Giri V, Bhatta G, Govindappa V, Kotharambath R, Oommen OV, Fatih FA, Mackenzie-Dodds JA, Nussbaum RA, Biju SD, Shouche YS, Wilkinson M (2011) Molecular systematics of caeciliid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) of the Western Ghats, India. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 59 (3) : 698 - 707. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.002

Gower DJ, Maduwage K (2011) Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from Sri Lanka. ZOOTAXA, 51 - 68.

Wilkinson M, San Mauro D, Sherratt E, Gower DJ (2011) A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). ZOOTAXA, 41 - 64.

GIRI V, GOWER DJ, GAIKWAD K, WILKINSON M (null) A second species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) lacking secondary annular grooves. Zootaxa, 2815 (1) : 49 - 49. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2815.1.1.3

GOWER DJ, PAPADOPOULOU A, DOHERTY-BONE TM, PUPIN F, SAN MAURO D, LOADER SP, WILKINSON M (null) The systematics of Boulengerula fischeri (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 2767 (1) : 14 - 14. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2767.1.2

Barrett P, Butler R, Gower D, Abel R (2011) POSTCRANIAL SKELETAL PNEUMATICITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF ARCHOSAUR RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 31 : 66 - 67.

Doherty-Bone TM, Ndifon RK, San Mauro D, Wilkinson M, LeGrand GN, Gower DJ (2011) Systematics and ecology of the caecilianCrotaphatrema lamottei(Nussbaum) (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae). Journal of Natural History, 45 (13-14) : 827 - 841. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2010.535921

DOHERTY-BONE TM, Ndifon RK, GOWER DJ (2011) Traditional indigenous perspectives on soil-dwelling vertebrates in Oku, Cameroon, with special reference to the caecilian Crotaphatrema lamottei. Herpetological Bulletin, 116 : 19 - 24.

Loader SP, Wilkinson M, Cotton JA, Measey GJ, Menegon M, Howell KM, Mueller H, Gower DJ (2011) Molecular phylogenetics of Boulengerula (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) and implications for taxonomy, biogeography and conservation. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 21 (1) : 5 - 16.

Venu G, Rajendran A, Venkatachalaiah G, Gower DJ (2011) The Karyology of <i>Uraeotyphlus gansi</i>, and Its Implications for the Systematics and Evolution of Uraeotyphlidae (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 132 (3) : 182 - 187. doi: 10.1159/000321816

Hoffmann M, Hilton-Taylor C, Angulo A, Böhm M, Brooks TM, Butchart SHM, Carpenter KE, Chanson J, Collen B, Cox NA, Darwall WRT, Dulvy NK, Harrison LR, Katariya V, Pollock CM, Quader S, Richman NI, Rodrigues ASL, Tognelli MF, Vié J-C, Aguiar JM, Allen DJ, Allen GR, Amori G, Ananjeva NB, Andreone F, Andrew P, Ortiz ALA, Baillie JEM, Baldi R, Bell BD, Biju SD, Bird JP, Black-Decima P, Blanc JJ, Bolaños F, Bolivar-G. W, Burfield IJ, Burton JA, Capper DR, Castro F, Catullo G, Cavanagh RD, Channing A, Chao NL, Chenery AM, Chiozza F, Clausnitzer V, Collar NJ, Collett LC, Collette BB, Fernandez CFC, Craig MT, Crosby MJ, Cumberlidge N, Cuttelod A, Derocher AE, Diesmos AC, Donaldson JS, Duckworth JW, Dutson G, Dutta SK, Emslie RH, Farjon A, Fowler S, Freyhof J, Garshelis DL, Gerlach J, Gower DJ, Grant TD, Hammerson GA, Harris RB, Heaney LR, Hedges SB, Hero J-M, Hughes B, Hussain SA, Icochea M. J, Inger RF, Ishii N, Iskandar DT, Jenkins RKB, Kaneko Y, Kottelat M, Kovacs KM, Kuzmin SL, La Marca E, Lamoreux JF, Lau MWN, Lavilla EO, Leus K, Lewison RL, Lichtenstein G, Livingstone SR, Lukoschek V, Mallon DP, McGowan PJK, McIvor A, Moehlman PD, Molur S, Alonso AM, Musick JA, Nowell K, Nussbaum RA, Olech W, Orlov NL, Papenfuss TJ, Parra-Olea G, Perrin WF, Polidoro BA, Pourkazemi M, Racey PA, Ragle JS, Ram M, Rathbun G, Reynolds RP, Rhodin AGJ, Richards SJ, Rodríguez LO, Ron SR, Rondinini C, Rylands AB, Sadovy de Mitcheson Y, Sanciangco JC, Sanders KL, Santos-Barrera G, Schipper J, Self-Sullivan C, Shi Y, Shoemaker A, Short FT, Sillero-Zubiri C, Silvano DL, Smith KG, Smith AT, Snoeks J, Stattersfield AJ, Symes AJ, Taber AB, Talukdar BK, Temple HJ, Timmins R, Tobias JA, Tsytsulina K, Tweddle D, Ubeda C, Valenti SV, Paul van Dijk P, Veiga LM, Veloso A, Wege DC, Wilkinson M, Williamson EA, Xie F, Young BE, Akçakaya HR, Bennun L, Blackburn TM, Boitani L, Dublin HT, da Fonseca GAB, Gascon C, Lacher TE, Mace GM, Mainka SA, McNeely JA, Mittermeier RA, Reid GM, Rodriguez JP, Rosenberg AA, Samways MJ, Smart J, Stein BA, Stuart SN (2010) The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates. Science, 330 (6010) : 1503 - 1509. doi: 10.1126/science.1194442

Loader SP, Gower DJ, Mueller H, Menegon M (2010) Two new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) from the Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. ZOOTAXA, 26 - 42.

Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2010) A new species of Rhinatrema Dumeril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Amazonas, Brazil. ZOOTAXA, 63 - 68.

Mohun SM, Davies WL, Bowmaker JK, Pisani D, Himstedt W, Gower DJ, Hunt DM, Wilkinson M (2010) Identification and characterization of visual pigments in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), an order of limbless vertebrates with rudimentary eyes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (20) : 3586 - 3592. doi: 10.1242/jeb.045914

LOADER SP, GOWER DJ, NGALASON W, MENEGON M (2010) Three new species of Callulina (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae) highlight local endemism and conservation plight of Africa's Eastern Arc forests. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160 (3) : 496 - 514. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00652.x

Sanders KL, Mumpuni , Hamidy A, Head JJ, Gower DJ (2010) Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56 (3) : 857 - 867. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.031

GOWER DJ, WILKINSON M, SHERRATT E, KOK PJR (null) A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril &amp; Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana. Zootaxa, 2391 (1) : 47 - 47. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2391.1.3

BARRETT PM, Butler RJ, Abel RL, Gower DJ (2010) Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in Triassic and Early Jurassic non-avian archosaurs and its implications for respiratory evolution. Zitteliana, Series B 29 :

Douglas DA, Gower DJ (2010) Snake mitochondrial genomes: phylogenetic relationships and implications of extended taxon sampling for interpretations of mitogenomic evolution. BMC Genomics, 11 (1) : 14 - 14. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-14

Vidal N, Dewynter M, Gower DJ (2010) Dissecting the major American snake radiation: A molecular phylogeny of the Dipsadidae Bonaparte (Serpentes, Caenophidia). Comptes Rendus Biologies, 333 (1) : 48 - 55. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2009.11.003

Butler RJ, Barrett PM, Abel RL, Gower DJ (2009) A possible ctenosauriscid archosaur from the Middle Triassic Manda Beds of Tanzania. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (4) : 1022 - 1031. doi: 10.1671/039.029.0404

KAMEI RG, WILKINSON M, GOWER DJ, BIJU SD (null) Three new species of striped Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from the northeast Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland. Zootaxa, 2267 (1) : 26 - 42. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2267.1.2

Butler RJ, Barrett PM, Gower DJ (2009) Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity and air-sacs in the earliest pterosaurs. Biology Letters, 5 (4) : 557 - 560. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0139

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Massingham T, Wilkinson M, Zardoya R, Cotton JA (2009) Experimental Design in Caecilian Systematics: Phylogenetic Information of Mitochondrial Genomes and Nuclear rag1. Systematic Biology, 58 (4) : 425 - 438. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syp043

Davies WL, Cowing JA, Bowmaker JK, Carvalho LS, Gower DJ, Hunt DM (2009) Shedding Light on Serpent Sight: The Visual Pigments of Henophidian Snakes. Journal of Neuroscience, 29 (23) : 7519 - 7525. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.0517-09.2009

Gower DJ, Schoch RR (2009) Postcranial anatomy of the rauisuchian archosaurBatrachotomus kupferzellensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29 (1) : 103 - 122. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10010365

MÜLLER H, WILKINSON M, LOADER SP, WIRKNER CS, GOWER DJ (null) Morphology and function of the head in foetal and juvenile Scolecomorphus kirkii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96 (3) : 491 - 504. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01152.x

BUTLER RJ, BARRETT PM, GOWER DJ (2009) Postcranial pneumaticity and bird-like air sacs in the earliest pterosaurs. Biology Letters, 5 : 557 - 560.

Gower D, Butler R, Hill T, Brusatte S, Wilkinson M (2009) EARLY MESOZOIC ARCHOSAUR PHYLOGENETICS-PROGRESS AND CONSENSUS?. JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY 29 : 108A - 108A.

Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2009) Caecilians (Gymnophiona), In: null, null : 369 - 372.

Loader SP, Menegon M, Müller H, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, Howell KM, Orton F (2009) Remarkable amphibian diversity in the South Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. Froglog, 8 - 10.

Kupfer A, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Müller H, Jehle R (2008) Care and parentage in a skin-feeding caecilian amphibian. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology, 309A (8) : 460 - 467. doi: 10.1002/jez.475

GOWER DJ, GIRI V, DHARNE MS, SHOUCHE YS (2008) Frequency of independent origins of viviparity among caecilians (Gymnophiona): evidence from the first ‘live-bearing’ Asian amphibian. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (5) : 1220 - 1226. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01577.x

Gower DJ, Rajendran A, Nussbaum RA, Wilkinson M (2008) A New Species of Uraeotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Uraeotyphlidae) of the Malabaricus Group. Herpetologica, 64 (2) : 235 - 245. doi: 10.1655/07-075r1.1

Bain R, Biju SD, Brown R, Das I, Diesmos A, Dutta S, GOWER D, Inger R, Iskandar D, Kaneko Y, Lau MWN, Meegaskumbura M, Ohler A, Papenfuss T, Pethiyagoda R, Stuart B, WILKINSON M, Xie F (2008) Amphibians of the Indomalayan region, In: Threatened Amphibians of the World, Stuart SN, Hoffmann M, Chanson JS, Cox NA, Berridge R, Ramani P, Young BE (Eds). Lynx Edicions, in association with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe. : Barcelona. 758pp. 74 - 79.

BARRETT P, Henderson D, Holtz T, Kirkland JI, Norell MA, Cool L, GOWER D, Wright J (2008) Dinosaurs. Sandcastle Books, UK. 447 pp :

GOWER DJ (2008) Empty pits. Review of Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science and Survival in the Congo by Kate Jackson.. The Times Literary Supplement 5515. :

GOWER DJ, Captain A, Thakur SS (2008) On the taxonomic status of Uropeltis bicatenata (Günther) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Uropeltidae). Hamadryad, 33 : 64 - 84.

GOWER DJ, WILKINSON M (2008) Caecilians (Gymnophiona), In: Threatened Amphibians of the World, Stuart SN, Hoffmann M, Chanson JS, Cox NA, Berridge R, Ramani P, Young BE (Eds). Lynx Edicions, in association with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe, Barcelona. : 19 - 20.

Allen V, Gower D, Hutchinson JR (2007) Homology of the proximal femoral trochanters of reptilia. JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY 268 (12) : 1045 - 1045.

Mueller H, Nussbaum RA, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2007) Morphology of larval caecilians (Amphibia : gymnophiona). JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, 268 (12) : 1110 - 1110.

Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Govindappa V, Venkatachalaiah G (2007) A NEW SPECIES OF ICHTHYOPHIS (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: ICHTHYOPHIIDAE) FROM KARNATAKA, INDIA. Herpetologica, 63 (4) : 511 - 518. doi: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[511:ansoia]2.0.co;2

Loader SP, Pisani D, Cotton JA, Gower DJ, Day JJ, Wilkinson M (2007) Relative time scales reveal multiple origins of parallel disjunct distributions of African caecilian amphibians. Biology Letters, 3 (5) : 505 - 508. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0266

Müller H, Loader SP, Ngalason W, Howell KM, Gower DJ (2007) Reproduction in Brevicipitid Frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Brevicipitidae)—Evidence from Probreviceps M. Macrodactylus. Copeia, 2007 (3) : 726 - 733. doi: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)2007[726:ribfaa]2.0.co;2

Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2007) SPECIES GROUPS IN THE INDIAN CAECILIAN GENUS URAEOTYPHLUS PETERS (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: URAEOTYPHLIDAE), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES. Herpetologica, 63 (3) : 401 - 410. doi: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[401:sgitic]2.0.co;2

NEWELL AJ, GOWER DJ, BENTON MJ, TVERDOKHLEBOV VP (2007) Bedload abrasion and the in situ fragmentation of bivalve shells. Sedimentology, 54 (4) : 835 - 845. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00862.x

Gower DJ, Dharne M, Bhatta G, Giri V, Vyas R, Govindappa V, Oommen OV, George J, Shouche Y, Wilkinson M (2007) Remarkable genetic homogeneity in unstriped, long‐tailed Ichthyophis along 1500 km of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Zoology, 272 (3) : 266 - 275. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00266.x

Harris SR, Pisani D, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2007) Investigating Stagnation in Morphological Phylogenetics Using Consensus Data. Systematic Biology, 56 (1) : 125 - 129. doi: 10.1080/10635150601115624

Roelants K, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, Loader SP, Biju SD, Guillaume K, Moriau L, Bossuyt F (2007) Global patterns of diversification in the history of modern amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (3) : 887 - 892. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608378104

Gower DJ, Winkler JD (2007) Taxonomy of the Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad, 31 : 315 - 329.

GOWER DJ, Giri V, WILKINSON M (2007) Rediscovery of Gegeneophis seshachari Ravichandran, Gower & Wilkinson, 2003 at the type locality. Herpetozoa, 19 : 121 - 127.

Kupfer A, Gaucher P, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2006) Passive trapping of aquatic caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 41 (2) : 93 - 96. doi: 10.1080/01650520500443930

Gower DJ, Ablett JD (2006) Counting ventral scales in Asian anilioid snakes. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 16 (3) : 259 - 263.

Jones DT, Loader SP, Gower DJ (2006) Trophic ecology of East African caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), and their impact on forest soil invertebrates. Journal of Zoology, 269 (1) : 117 - 126. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00045.x

Gower DJ, Nesbitt SJ (2006) The braincase ofArizonasaurus babbitti—further evidence for the non-monophyly of ‘rauisuchian’ archosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26 (1) : 79 - 87. doi: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[79:tboabe]2.0.co;2

Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M (2006) Marking amphibians with alpha numeric fluorescent tags–caecilians lead the way. null,

GOWER DJ (2006) Review of Maximillian Prince du Wied. Verzeichniss der Reptilien, weiche auf einer Reise im nordlichen America beobachter wurden. Archives of Natural History. 33 : : 187 - 188.

Grismer LL, Youmans TM, Wood PL, Ponce A, Wright SB, Jones BS, Johnson R, SANDERS KL, GOWER DJ, Yaakob NS, Lim KKP (2006) Checklist of the herpetofauna of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia, with comments on taxonomy. Hamadryad, 30 : 61 - 74.

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M, Zardoya R (2006) Sistemàtica y evolución molecular del orden Gymnophiona (Amphibia).

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Zardoya R, Wilkinson M (2006) A Hotspot of Gene Order Rearrangement by Tandem Duplication and Random Loss in the Vertebrate Mitochondrial Genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23 (1) : 227 - 234. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msj025

Gower DJ, Vidal N, Spinks JN, McCarthy CJ (2005) The phylogenetic position of Anomochilidae (Reptilia: Serpentes): first evidence from DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 43 (4) : 315 - 320. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00315.x

Gower DJ, Bahir MM, Mapatuna Y, Pethiyagoda R, Raheem D, Wilkinson M (2005) Molecular phylogenetics of Sri Lankan Ichthyophis (Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Ichthyophiidae), with discovery of a cryptic species. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 153 - 161.

Bossuyt F, Meegaskumbura M, Beenaerts N, Gower DJ, Pethiyagoda R, Roelants K, Mannaert A, Wilkinson M, Schneider CJ, Bahir MM, Manamendra-Apachchi K, Ng PKL, Oommen OV, Milinkovitch MC (2005) Biodiversity in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats - Response. SCIENCE, 308 (5719) : 199 - 199.

Measey GJ, Gower DJ (2005) Externally Measured Condition Versus Internal Organ Mass in the Caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Zoological Science, 22 (4) : 445 - 452. doi: 10.2108/zsj.22.445

GOWER DJ, WILKINSON M (2005) Conservation Biology of Caecilian Amphibians. Conservation Biology, 19 (1) : 45 - 55. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00589.x

Bossuyt F, Beenaerts N, Meegaskumbura M, GOWER DJ, Pethiyagoda R, Roelants K, Mannaert A, WILKINSON M, Bahir MM, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Oommen OV, Ng PKL, Schneider CJ, Milinkovitch MC (2005) Biodiversity in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats. Science, 308 :

GOWER DJ, Bahir MM, Mapatuna Y, Pethiyagoda R, Raheem D, WILKINSON M (2005) Molecular phylogenetics of Sri Lankan Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnopohiona: Ichthyophiidae), with discovery of a cryptic species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 12 : 249 - 257.

Zaher H, Souza I, GOWER DJ, Hingst-Zaher E, Jorge da Silva N (2005) Redescription of Atractus albuquerquei (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), with comments on geographical distribution and intraspecific ariation. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 45 : 19 - 32.

Giri V, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2004) A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India. ZOOTAXA, 1 - 19.

San Mauro D, Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M, Zardoya R (2004) Phylogeny of caecilian amphibians (Gymnophiona) based on complete mitochondrial genomes and nuclear RAG1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33 (2) : 413 - 427. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.014

Bossuyt F, Meegaskumbura M, Beenaerts N, Gower DJ, Pethiyagoda R, Roelants K, Mannaert A, Wilkinson M, Bahir MM, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Ng PKL, Schneider CJ, Oommen OV, Milinkovitch MC (2004) Local Endemism Within the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot. Science, 306 (5695) : 479 - 481. doi: 10.1126/science.1100167

Gower DJ, Bhatta G, Giri V, Oommen OV, Ravichandran MS, Wilkinson M (2004) Biodiversity in the Western Ghats: The discovery of new species of caecilian amphibians. CURRENT SCIENCE, 87 (6) : 739 - 740.

Gower DJ, Rasmussen JB, Loader SP, Wilkinson M (2004) The caecilian amphibian Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger as prey of the burrowing asp Atractaspis aterrima Gunther: trophic relationships of fossorial vertebrates. African Journal of Ecology, 42 (2) : 83 - 87. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00495.x

Captain A, GOWER DJ, David P, Bauer AM (2004) Taxonomic status of the colubrid snake Sibynophis subpunctatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854). Hamadryad, 28 : 90 - 94.

Gower DJ, Loader SP, Moncrieff CB, Wilkinson M (2004) Niche separation and comparative abundance ofBoulengerula boulengeriandScolecomorphus vittatus(Amphibia: Gymnophiona) in an East Usambara forest, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology, 53 (2) : 183 - 190. doi: 10.1080/21564574.2004.9635510

Gower DJ, Loader SP, Wilkinson M (2004) Assessing the conservation status of soil‐dwelling vertebrates: Insights from the rediscovery ofTyphlops uluguruensis(Reptilia: Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 2 (1) : 79 - 82. doi: 10.1017/s1477200004001343

LOADER S (2004) Phylogenetic relationships of African microhylid frogs inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA genes. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 4 (4) : 227 - 235. doi: 10.1016/j.ode.2004.01.005

Measey GJ, Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M (2004) A subterranean generalist predator: diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona; Caeciliidae) in southern India. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 327 (1) : 65 - 76. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.11.001

Wilkinson M, Loader SP, Müller H, Gower DJ (2004) Taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships of Boulengerula denhardtiNieden, 1912 (Amphibia, Gymnophiona, Caeciliidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 80 (1) : 41 - 51.

Harris SR, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2003) Phylogenetic Methods and Aetosaur Interrelationships: A Rejoinder. Systematic Biology, 52 (6) : 851 - 852. doi: 10.1080/10635150390252260

Gower DJ (2003) Scale microornamentation of uropeltid snakes. Journal of Morphology, 258 (2) : 249 - 268. doi: 10.1002/jmor.10147

Measey GJ, Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M (2003) A mark–recapture study of the caecilian amphibian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in southern India. Journal of Zoology, 261 (2) : 129 - 133. doi: 10.1017/s0952836903004011

Measey GJ, Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M (2003) Quantitative surveying of endogeic limbless vertebrates—a case study of Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in southern India. Applied Soil Ecology, 23 (1) : 43 - 53. doi: 10.1016/s0929-1393(02)00175-0

Harris SR, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2003) Intraorganismal Homology, Character Construction, and the Phylogeny of Aetosaurian Archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida). Systematic Biology, 52 (2) : 239 - 252. doi: 10.1080/10635150309341

Wilkinson M, Lapointe FXO-J, Gower DJ (2003) Branch Lengths and Support. Systematic Biology, 52 (1) : 127 - 130. doi: 10.1080/10635150390132939

Giri V, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ (2003) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats of southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus. Zootaxa, 351 : 1 - 10.

GOWER DJ (2003) Osteology of the early archosaurian reptile Erythrosuchus africanus, Broom. Annals of the South African Museum, 110 : 1 - 84.

Himstedt W, Gower D, Kupfer A (2003) Field observations on the predation of the caecilian amphibian, genus Ichthyophis (Fitzinger, 1826), by the red-tailed pipe snake Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768). Amphibia-Reptilia, 24 (2) : 212 - 215. doi: 10.1163/156853803322390462

KUPFER A, GOWER DJ, Himstedt W (2003) Field observations on the predation of the caecilian amphibian Ichthyophis sp. by the red-tailed pipe snake Cylindrophis ruffus. Amphibia-Reptilia, 24 : 212 - 215.

Loader SP, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2003) Caecilians: mysterious amphibians of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Arc Journal. 15 : : 3 - 4.

Loader SP, Wilkinson M, Gower DJ, Msuya CA (2003) A remarkable young Scolecomorphus vittatus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) from the North Pare Mountains, Tanzania. Journal of Zoology, 259 (1) : 93 - 101. doi: 10.1017/s0952836902003060

Measey GJ, GOWER DJ, Oommen OV, WILKINSON M (2003) A mark-recapture study of Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) at a breeding site in Southern Kerala. Journal of Zoology, 261 : 129 - 133.

Ravichandran MS, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2003) A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Maharashtra, India. null,

Wilkinson M, Loader SP, Gower DJ, Sheps JA, Cohen BL (2003) Phylogenetic relationships of African caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): Insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences. African Journal of Herpetology, 52 (2) : 83 - 92. doi: 10.1080/21564574.2003.9635483

Wilkinson M, Müller H, Gower DJ (2003) On Herpele multiplicata (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). null,

Wilkinson M, Richardson MK, Gower DJ, Oommen OV (2002) Extended embryo retention, caecilian oviparity and amniote origins. Journal of Natural History, 36 (18) : 2185 - 2198. doi: 10.1080/00222930110071714

Gower DJ, Kupfer A, Oommen OV, Himstedt W, Nussbaum RA, Loader SP, Presswell B, Müller H, Krishna SB, Boistel R, Wilkinson M (2002) A molecular phylogeny of ichthyophiid caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae): out of India or out of South East Asia?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 269 (1500) : 1563 - 1569. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2050

Presswell B, Gower DJ, Oomen OV, Measey GJ, Wilkinson M (2002) Scolecophidian snakes in the diets of south Asian caecilian amphibians. HERPETOLOGICAL JOURNAL, 12 (3) : 123 - 126.

BENTON MJ, GOWER DJ (2002) Alick D. Walker 1925–1999: an appreciation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136 (1) : 1 - 5. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.1999.00022.x

Gower DJ (2002) Braincase evolution in suchian archosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida): evidence from the rauisuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136 (1) : 49 - 76. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00025.x

GOWER DJ, WALKER AD (2002) New data on the braincase of the aetosaurian archosaur (Reptilia: Diapsida) Stagonolepis robertsoni Agassiz. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136 (1) : 7 - 23. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00023.x

GOWER DJ, WILKINSON M (2002) Phallus morphology in caecilians (Amphibia, Gymnophiona) and its systematic utility. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Zoology, 68 : 143 - 154.

Gower DJ (2001) Possible postcranial pneumaticity in the last common ancestor of birds and crocodilians: evidence from Erythrosuchus and other Mesozoic archosaurs. Naturwissenschaften, 88 (3) : 119 - 122. doi: 10.1007/s001140100206

Measey GJ, Gower DJ, Oommen OV, Wilkinson M (2001) Permanent marking of a fossorial caecilian, Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5 : 109 - 115.

Oommen OV, Measey GJ, Gower DJ, Wilkinson M (2000) Distribution and abundance of the caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia : Gymnophiona) in southern Kerala. CURRENT SCIENCE, 79 (9) : 1386 - 1389.

Gower DJ (2000) Rauisuchian archosaurs (Reptilia, Diapsida): An overview. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 218 (3) : 447 - 488. doi: 10.1127/njgpa/218/2000/447

Gower DAVIDJ, Sennikov ANDREIIG, Benton MJ, Kurochkin EN, Shishkin MA, Unwin DM (2000) Early archosaurs from Russia. The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 140 - 159.

Gower DJ (1999) Cranial osteology of a new rauisuchian archosaur from the Middle Triassic of southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B, 280 : 1 - 49.

Vincent JFV, Gower DJ (1999) Structure of the cuttlefish phragmocone, In: Functional morphology of the invertebrate skeleton, Savazzi E (Eds). John Wiley & Sons : Chichester. 350 - 354.

Wilkinson M, Upchurch P, Barrett PM, Gower DJ, Benton MJ (1998) Robust dinosaur phylogeny?. Nature, 396 (6710) : 423 - 424. doi: 10.1038/24763

GOWER DJ, WEBER E (1998) The braincase of Euparkeria, and the evolutionary relationships of birds and crocodilians. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 73 (4) : 367 - 411. doi: 10.1017/s0006323198005222

Benton MJ, Gower DJ (1997) Richard owen's giant Triassic frogs: archosaurs from the Middle Triassic of England. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17 (1) : 74 - 88. doi: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010955

Gower DJ (1997) The braincase of the early archosaurian reptile Erythrosuchus africanus. Journal of Zoology, 242 (3) : 557 - 576. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb03855.x

Gower DJ, Sennikov AG (1997) Sarmatosuchusand the early history of the Archosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17 (1) : 60 - 73. doi: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010954

(1996) Is there any consensus on basal archosaur phylogeny?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 263 (1375) : 1399 - 1406. doi: 10.1098/rspb.1996.0205

Gower DJ, Sennikov AG (1996) Endocranial casts of early archosaurian reptiles. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 70 : 579 - 589.

Gower DJ, Sennikov AG (1996) Morphology and phylogenetic informativeness of early archosaur braincases. PALAEONTOLOGY, 39 : 883 - 906.

Gower D, Vincent JFV (1996) The mechanical design of the cuttlebone and its bathymetric implications. Biomimetics, 4 : 37 - 58.

GOWER DJ (1996) The tarsus of erythrosuchid archosaurs, and implications for early diapsid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116 (4) : 347 - 375. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb00128.x

Storrs GW, Gower DJ, Large NF (1996) The diapsid reptile, Pachystropheus rhaeticus, a probable choristodere from the Rhaetian of Europe. PALAEONTOLOGY, 39 : 323 - 349.

STORRS GW, GOWER DJ (1993) The earliest possible choristodere (Diapsida) and gaps in the fossil record of semi-aquatic Reptiles. Journal of the Geological Society, 150 (6) : 1103 - 1107. doi: 10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1103

Deepak V, Cooper N, Poyarkov NA, Kraus F, Burin G, Das A, Narayanan S, Streicher JW, Smith S-J, Gower DJ (2022) Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195 (1) : 279 - 298. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099

O’Hanlon SJ, Rieux A, Farrer RA, Rosa GM, Waldman B, Bataille A, Kosch TA, Murray KA, Brankovics B, Fumagalli M, Martin MD, Wales N, Alvarado-Rybak M, Bates KA, Berger L, Böll S, Brookes L, Clare F, Courtois EA, Cunningham AA, Doherty-Bone TM, Ghosh P, Gower DJ, Hintz WE, Höglund J, Jenkinson TS, Lin C-F, Laurila A, Loyau A, Martel A, Meurling S, Miaud C, Minting P, Pasmans F, Schmeller DS, Schmidt BR, Shelton JMG, Skerratt LF, Smith F, Soto-Azat C, Spagnoletti M, Tessa G, Toledo LF, Valenzuela-Sánchez A, Verster R, Vörös J, Webb RJ, Wierzbicki C, Wombwell E, Zamudio KR, Aanensen DM, James TY, Gilbert MTP, Weldon C, Bosch J, Balloux F, Garner TWJ, Fisher MC (2018) Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines. Science, 360 (6389) : 621 - 627. doi: 10.1126/science.aar1965

Supervision

Master's Co-supervisor to Tashi Mitra A
Co supervisor(s): Thomas K
Lens shape evolution across ontogeny and phylogeny in anuran amphibians
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Master's Co-supervisor to Shrimpton S
Co supervisor(s): Thomas K
Eye evolution in frogs
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Master's Co-supervisor to Reid M
Co supervisor(s): Gower D
Phylogeography of filesnakes (Acrochordidae), using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Master's Co-supervisor to Crotti M
Co supervisor(s): Gower D
Genome-wide Rad sequence data from an east African frog species: the impact of missing data and assembly methods on phylogeographic inference
University College London, London, United Kingdom

Master's Lead supervisor to Gopal S
Co supervisor(s): Streicher J
Geographic variation in vision genes from closely related North American frog populations with comments on rhodopsin evolution in amphibians
University College London, London, United Kingdom