Publications
Papers published or in press (peer reviewed)
2024
Jadin RC, Jowers MJ, Blair C, Ludwig RK, Salgado X, Murphy JC. 2024. Rectifying a century of misidentification: A taxonomic re-evaluation of Sipo Snakes (Colubridae: Chironius) on Trinidad. Systematics and Biodiversity. In press.
Pavon-Vazquez CJ, Rana Q, Farleigh K, Crispo E, Zeng M, Liliah J, Mulcahy D, Ascanio A, Jezkova T, Leache AD, Flouri T, Yang Z, Blair C. 2024. Gene flow and isolation in the arid Nearctic revealed by genomic analyses of Desert Spiny Lizards. Systematic Biology syae001.
Jimenez Arcos VH, Calzada Arciniega RA, Cortes Ortiz B, Gomez Hurtado CM, Blair C. 2024. Description of Gastrophryne elegans (Boulenger, 1882) tadpole from the rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico. Zootaxa 5397:146-150.
2023
Blair C. 2023. Organellar DNA continues to provide a rich source of information in the genomics era. Molecular Ecology 32:2144-2150. PDF
2022
French CM, Berezin CT, Overcast I, Mendez de la Cruz FR, Basu S, Martinez Bernal RL, Murphy RW, Hickerson MJ, Blair C. 2022. Forest cover and geographic distance influence fine-scale genetic structure of leaf-toed geckos in the tropical dry forests of western Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 137:686-699. PDF
Finger N, Farleigh K, Bracken JT, Leache AD, Francois O, Yang Z, Flouri T, Charran T, Jezkova T, Williams DA, Blair C. 2022. Genome-scale data reveal deep lineage divergence and a complex demographic history in the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) throughout the southwestern and central US. Genome Biology and Evolution 14:evab260. PDF
Blair C, Bryson Jr RW, García-Vázquez UO, Nieto-Montes de Oca, A, Lazcano D, McCormack JE, Klicka J. 2022. Phylogenomics of alligator lizards elucidate diversification patterns across the Mexican Transition Zone and support the recognition of a new genus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135:25-39. PDF
2021
Farleigh K, Vladimirova SA, Blair C, Bracken JT, Koochekian N, Schield DR, Card DC, Finger N, Henault J, Leache AD, Castoe TA, Jezkova T. 2021. The effects of climate and demographic history in shaping genomic variation across populations of the Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos). Molecular Ecology 30:4481-4496.
Pliego-Sanchez JV, Blair C, Diaz de la Vega-Perez A, Jimenez-Arcos VH. 2021. The insular herpetofauna of Mexico: composition, conservation, and biogeographic patterns. Ecology and Evolution 11:6579-6592. PDF
Jadin RC, Jowers MJ, Orlofske SA, Duellman WE, Blair C, Murphy JC. 2021. A new vine snake (Reptilia, Colubridae, Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus. Evolutionary Systematics 5:1-12. PDF.
Jadin RC, Orlofske SA, Jezkova T, Blair C. 2021. Single-locus species delimitation and ecological niche modeling provide insights into the evolution, historical distribution, and taxonomy of the Pacific Chorus Frogs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society blaa209. PDF.
2020
Jadin RC, Blair C, Orlofske SA, Jowers MJ, Rivas GA, Vitt LJ, Ray JM, Smith EN, Murphy JC. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: Systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 20: 723-746. PDF.
Ramirez-Reyes T, Blair C, Flores-Villela O, Pinero D, Lathrop A, Murphy R. 2020. Phylogenomics and molecular species delimitation reveals great cryptic diversity of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus), ancient origins, and diversification in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 150: 106880. PDF.
Yu Y, Blair C, He X. 2020. RASP 4: ancestral state reconstruction tool for multiple genes and characters. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37: 604-606. PDF.
Blair C, Ane C. 2020. Phylogenetic trees and networks can serve as powerful and complementary approaches for analysis of genomic data. Systematic Biology 69: 593-601. PDF.
2019
Jadin RC, Blair C, Jowers MJ, Carmona A, Murphy JC. 2019. Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity in New World Vine Snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134:61-65. PDF
Jimenez-Arcos V, Calzada-Arciniega RA, Alfaro-Juantorena LA, Vazquez-Reyes LD, Blair C, Parra-Olea G. 2019. A new species of Charadrahyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the cloud forest of western Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 4554:371-385. PDF
2018
Blair C, Bryson RW, Linkem CW, Lazcano D, Klicka J, McCormack J. 2018. Cryptic diversity in the Mexican highlands: thousands of UCE loci help illuminate phylogenetic relationships, species limits and divergence times in montane rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalus). Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12970 PDF
2017
Blair C, Bryson RW. 2017. Cryptic diversity and discordance in single-locus species delimitation methods within horned lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Phrynosoma). Molecular Ecology Resources 17:1168-1182. PDF
2016
Blair C, Sanchez-Ramirez S. 2016. Diversity-dependent cladogenesis throughout western Mexico:evolutionary biogeography of rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Crotalus and Sistrurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97:145-154. PDF
2015
Yu Y, Harris AJ, Blair C, He Xingjin. 2015. RASP (Reconstruct Ancestral State in Phylogenies): a tool for historical biogeography and ancestral state reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 87:46-49. PDF
Blair C, Campbell CR, Yoder AD. 2015. The utility of whole genome amplified DNA for next-generation molecular ecology. Molecular Ecology Resources 15:1079-1090. PDF
Blair C, Law C, Mendez de la Cruz FR, Murphy RW. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) throughout the Mexican dry forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84:254-265. PDF
Blair C, Noonan BP, Brown JL, Raselimanana AP, Vences M, Yoder AD. 2015. Multilocus phylogenetic and geospatial analyses illuminate diversification patterns and the biogeographic history of Malagasy plated lizards (Gerrhosauridae: Zonosaurinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28:481-492. PDF
Rezansoff A, Crispo E, Blair C, Cruz E, Kitano J, Vamosi SM, Rogers SM. 2015. The genetic origins of a putatively invasive population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Alberta. Conservation Genetics 16:859-873. PDF
2014
Blair C, Jimenez-Arcos VH, Mendez de la Cruz, FR, Murphy RW. 2014. Historical and contemporary demography of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) in the Mexican dry forest. Conservation Genetics 16:419-429. PDF
Blair C, Heckman KL, Russell AL, Yoder AD. 2014. Multilocus coalescent analyses reveal the demographic history of mouse lemur sister species. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:57. PDF
Jimenez-Arcos VH, Centenero-Alcala E, Vazquez Reyes L, Blair C, Santa Cruz-Padilla SA. 2014. Agalychnis dacnicolor—Predation. Herpetological Review 45:677.
2013
Blair C, Jiménez-Arcos VH, Mendez de la Cruz FR, Murphy RW. 2013. Landscape genetics of leaf-toed geckos in the tropical dry forests of northern Mexico. PLoS One 8(2): e57433. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057433. PDF
Wu SJ, Luo J, Li QQ, Wang YQ, Murphy RW, Blair C, Wu, SF, Yue BS, Zhang YP. 2013. Ecological genetics of Chinese rhesus macaque in response to mountain building: all things are not equal. PLoS One 8(2): e55315. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055315. PDF
Blair C*, Davy C*, Ngo A, Orlov NL, Shi H, Lu S, Gao L, Rao D, Murphy RW. 2013. Genealogy and demographic history of a widespread amphibian throughout Indochina. Journal of Heredity, 104:72–85. PDF
Martínez-Méndez N, Lara-Resendiz RA, Blair C. 2013. Sceloporus clarkii—Nocturnal Foraging. Herpetological Review 44:148.
2012
Blair C, Jiménez-Arcos VH, Mendez de la Cruz FR, Murphy RW. 2012. Using next-generation DNA sequencing for rapid microsatellite discovery in Mexican leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylus tuberculosus). Conservation Genetics Resources 4:807-810. PDF
Blair C*, Weigel D*, Balazik M, Keeley ATH, Walker FM, Landguth E, Cushman SA, Murphy M, Waits LP, Balkenhol N. 2012. A simulation-based evaluation of methods for inferring linear barriers to gene flow. Molecular Ecology Resources 12:822-833. PDF
2011
Blair C, Murphy RW. 2011. Recent trends in molecular phylogenetic analysis: where to next? Journal of Heredity 1:130–138. PDF
2009
Blair C, Doan TM. 2009. Patterns of community structure and microhabitat usage in Peruvian Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae). Copeia 2009:303–312. PDF
Blair C, Orlov NL, Shi H, Murphy RW. 2009. A taxonomic re-evaluation of Goniurosaurus hainanensis (Squamata: Eublepharidae) from Hainan Island, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 16:35–40. PDF
Blair C, Mendez de la Cruz FR, Ngo A, Lindell J, Lathrop A, Murphy RW. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus) inhabiting the peninsula of Baja California. Zootaxa 2027:28–42. PDF
Murphy RW, Blair C, Mendez de la Cruz FR. 2009. A new species of leaf-toed gecko, genus Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from Guerrero, Mexico. South American Journal of Herpetology 4:17–24. PDF
Blair C. 2009. Daily activity patterns and microhabitat use of a heliothermic lizard, Ameiva exsul (Squamata: Teiidae) in Puerto Rico. South American Journal of Herpetology 4:179–185. PDF
2007
Blair C. 2007. Arrhyton exiguum. Natural History Note—Reproduction. Herpetological Review 38: 466.
Other publications
Ngo A, Blair C, Murphy RW. DNA Barcoding—helping to reveal the hidden diversity of life. ROM Magazine: Spring 2009.