Publications
Publications (peer reviwed journals)
*denotes undergraduate researcher
**denotes high school researcher
71. Siegel DS, Davenport JM, Beamer DA, Nasser J, Murray CM. In review. Seasonal dynamics of Eurycea chamberlaini head shape.
70. Anderson TL, Burkhart JJ, Stemp KM, Messerman A, Siegel DS, Davenport JM. In review. Variation in phenology across life stages and climate affect juvenile salamander demography.
69. Black CQ*, Van Gunst K*, Staub NL, Siegel DS. In press. A plethodontid without a mental gland (Ensatina eschscholtzii) has courtship-like glands on its snout. Herpetologica.
68. Blackburn DC, et al., oVert Project Team, Stanley EL. 2024. Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collection through 3D imaging: the openVertebrate (oVert) thematic collections network. BioScience 0:1-18.
67. Jefferson KR, Zoughaib WS*, Davenport JM, Beamer DA, Kirschman LJ, Siegel DS. 2024. Cranial courtship glands of Eurycea chamberlaini. Ichthyol Herpetol 112:53-59.
66. Pinion AK, Britz RB, Kubicek KM, Siegel DS, Conway KW. 2023. The larval attachment organ of the bowfin Amia ocellicauda Richardson, 1836 (Amiiformes: Amiidae). J Fish Biol 103:1300-1311.
65. Trame SD, Denova JR*, Pereira KE, McClelland SJ, Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Siegel DS. 2022. External nasal gland morphology of Eurycea bislineata (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae). J Morphol 283:1094-1105.
64. Itgen MW, Giovanna N, Siegel DS, Sessions SK, Mueller RL. 2022. Genome size drives morphological evolution in organ-specific ways. Evolution 76:1453-1468.
63. Davenport JM, Beamer DA, Long CL*, Waltz JT*, Wren S*, Siegel DS. 2022. Reproductive biology and population structure of Eurycea chamberlaini in North Carolina. Ichthyol Herpetol 110:728-736.
62. Murray CM, McMahan CD, Litmer AR, Goessling JM, Siegel DS. 2021. Latitudinal gradients in sexual dimorphism: alternative hypotheses for variation in male traits. Ecol Evol 11:17519-17526.
61. Long CL*, Taylor MS, Waltz JT*, Trauth SE, Itgen MW, Siegel DS. 2021. No remnants of nasolacrimal ducts in any Desmognathini salamanders indicates loss early in their evolutionary history. Amph-Rept 42:399-405.
60. Pinion AK, Siegel DS, Britz R, Martínez-García R, Álvarez-González CA, Conway KW. 2021. The larval attachment organ of the tropical gar Atractosteus tropicus Gill, 1863 (Lepisosteiformes: Lepisosteidae). J Fish Biol 99:418-424.
59. Itgen MW, Crookston CM, Carbonell MG, Krakker PP, Presch J, Siegel DS, Mueller RL, Townsend JH. 2021. Comparative osteology of plethodontid salamanders in the Bolitoglossa subgenus Magnadigita. Ichthyol Herptol 109:489-500.
58. Siegel DS, Long CL*, Waltz JT*, Wren S*, Pereira KE, McClelland SJ, Murray CM, Sever DM. 2020. Sexually dimorphic heads of Eurycea bislineata. Copeia 108:578-592.
57. Aldridge RD, Siegel DS, Goldberg SR, Pyron RA. 2020. The seasonal timing of spermatogenesis and mating in squamates: A reinterpretation. Copeia 108:231-264.
56. Rheubert JL, Pasternak MA, Ely M, Siegel DS, Trauth SE, Gribbins KM, Sever DM. 2020. Seasonal histology and ultrastructure of the urogenital system in two sympatric lizards. J Zool 310:273-286
55. Muniz-Da-Silva DF, Passos J, Siegel DS, Almeida-Santos SM. 2020. Caudal oviduct coiling in a viperid snake, Crotalus durissus. Acta Zool 101:69-77.
54. Hartley J, Gribbins KM, Siegel DS. 2019. Modification of genital kidney nephrons for sperm transport in a plethodontid salamander, Eurycea longicauda. J Morphol 280:1452-146.
53. Siegel DS, Long CL*, Herrboldt M*, Trauth SE. 2019. Comparative histomorphology of oviducts from metamorphic and paedomorphic Ambystoma talpoideum (Caudata: Ambystomatidae). Copeia 107:100-110.
52. Siegel DS, Taylor MS, Sever DM, Trauth SE. 2018. The lack of nasolacrimal ducts in plethodontid salamanders? Anat Rec 301:765-775 (cover).
51. Trauth SE, Siegel DS, Godley JS, Adcock ZC, McDiarmid RW. 2017. Testicular histology reveals a novel type of spermatogenesis in Pseudobranchus axanthus (Caudata: Sirenidae). Copeia 105:672-679.
50. Rheubert JL, Cook HE*, Siegel DS, Trauth SE. 2017. Histology of the urogenital system in the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Zool Sci 34:445-451.
49. Siegel DS, Al-Baghdadi YH*, Frangello M*, Herrboldt M*, Alvino S, Trauth SE, Sever DM. 2017. "Sexual tears" in a salamander? Zoomorphol 136:225-232.
48. Rheubert JL, Messak JA*, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM, Trauth SE, Sever DM. 2017. Inter- and intraspecific variation in sperm morphology of Sceloporus consobrinus and Sceloporus undulatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Biol J Linn Soc 121:355-364.
47. Alvino S, Siegel DS. 2017. Sexual kidneys in a plethodontid salamander. J Herpetol 51:202-208.
46. Sever DM, Pinsoneault AD*, Wagner BW*, Siegel DS, Staub NL. 2016. A description of the skin glands and cloacal morphology of the plethodontid salamander Karsenia koreana. Copeia 104:816-823.
45. Trauth SE, Siegel DS, McCallum ML, Jamieson DH, Holt A, Trauth JB, Hicks H, Stanley JW, Elston J, Kelly JJ, Konvalina JD. 2016. Long-term monitoring and recovery of a population of alligator snapping turtles, Macrochelys temminckii (Testudines: Chelydridae), from a northeastern Arkansas Stream. J Ark Acad Sci 70:235-247.
44. Trauth SE, Siegel DS. 2016. Pseudemys concinna concinna (eastern river cooter). Trap aggregation and leech cluster. Herpetol Rev 47:287-288.
43. Siegel DS, Rabe B*. 2016. Genital and pelvic kidney renal corpuscles of the red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae). Copeia 104:469-474.
42. Rheubert JL, Sever DM, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM. 2016. Ultrastructural analysis of spermiogenesis in the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Micron 81:16-22.
41. Sever DM, Siegel DS, Taylor MS, Beachy CK. 2016. Phylogeny of mental glands, revisited. Copeia 104:83-93.
40. Sever DM, Siegel DS. 2015. Histology and ultrastructure of the caudal courtship glands of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). J Morphol 276:319-330.
39. Rheubert JL, Freeborn L, Sever DM, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM. 2014. Agkistrodon piscivorus spermatogenesis addendum: the effect of hurricane Katrina on spermatogenesis of the western cottonmouth snake. Spermatogenesis 4:3, e988586.
38. Siegel DS, Alvino S*, Trauth SE, Sever DM, Gribbins KM. 2014. Spermatogenic cycle of a plethodontid salamander, Eurycea longicauda (Amphibia, Urodela). Spermatogenesis 4:3, e982420.
37. Conway KW, Britz R, Siegel DS. 2014. Different on the inside: extreme swimbladder sexual dimorphism in the South Asian torrent minnows. Biol Letters 10:20140348.
36. Siegel DS, Nicholson AE, Rabe B*, Beran B*, Trauth SE. 2014. The evolution of the sperm transport complex in plethodontid salamanders (Amphibia, Urodela, Plethodontidae). Copeia 2014:489-502. -Best Paper, Young Scholar in Herpetology in Copeia-
35. Siegel DS, Trauth SE, Rheubert JL, Rabe B*, Ruopp B*, Miralles A, Murray CM, Aldridge RD. 2014. Novel cloacal glands in snakes: The phylogenetic distribution of ventral urodaeal glands in Thamnophiini. Herpetologica 70:279-289.
34. Siegel DS, Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Aldridge RD. 2014. Notophthalmus viridescens. Sperm motility. Herpetol Rev 45:474-475.
33. Nicholson AE, Siegel DS. 2014. Modifications of the genital kidney proximal and distal tubules for sperm transport in Notophthalmus viridescens (Amphibia, Urodela, Salamandridae). J Morphol 275:914-922.
32. Rheubert JL, Venable KJ*, Sever DM, Aldridge RD, Wilmes AJ, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM. 2014. Reproductive biology of Sceloporus consobrinus (Phrynosomatidae): I. Male germ cell development and Sceloporus reproductive cycles. J Herpetol 48:162-171.
31. Siegel DS, Miralles A, Rheubert JL, Aldridge RD. 2013. Heloderma suspectum (Gila Monster). Female reproductive anatomy. Herpetol Rev 44:142-143.
30. Siegel DS, Aldridge RD, Rheubert JL, Gribbins KM, Sever DM, Trauth SE. 2013. The testicular ducts and genital kidney of male Ambystoma maculatum (Amphibia, Urodela, Ambystomatidae). J Morphol 274:334-360.
29. Sever DM, Rheubert JL, Hill TA, Siegel DS. 2013. Observations on variation in the ultrastructure of the proximal testicular ducts of the ground skink, Scincella lateralis (Reptilia: Squamata). J Morphol 274:429-446.
28. Conway KW, Lujan N, Lundberg JG, Mayden RL, Siegel DS. 2012. Microanatomy of the paired-fin pads of ostariophysan fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). J Morphol 273:1127-1149.
27. Siegel DS, Wilson ER**, Aldridge RD. 2012. The urogenital system of the male Rhyacotriton and the evolution of the male urogenital duct system in salamanders. J Tenn Acad Sci. 87:11-27.
26. Siegel DS, Murray CM, Wilson ER**, Puleo ER**, True KA*, Aldridge RD. 2012. Sexual kidneys in the red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens). J Herpetol 46:136-144.
25. Siegel DS, Miralles A, Trauth SE, Aldridge RD. 2012. The phylogenetic distribution and morphological variation of the “pouch” in female snakes. Acta Zool 93:400-408 (cover).
24. Wilmes T, Siegel DS, Aldridge RD. 2011. Premature sperm ejaculation in captive African brown house snakes (Lamprophis fuliginosus). Afr J Herpetol 60:177-180.
23. Gribbins KM, Touzinsky KF*, Siegel DS, Venable KJ*, Hester GL*, Elsey RM. 2011. Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). J Morphol 272:1281-1289.
22. Rheubert JL, Murray CM, Siegel DS, Babin J*, Sever DM. 2011. The sexual segment of Hemidactylus turcicus and the evolution of sexual segment location in Squamata. J Morphol 272:802-813.
21. Rheubert JL, Siegel DS, Venable KJ*, Sever DM, Gribbins KM. 2011. Ultrastructural description of spermiogenesis within the Mediterranean gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Micron 42:680-690.
20. Siegel DS, Miralles A, Aldridge RD. 2011. Controversial snake relationships supported by reproductive anatomy. J Anat 218:342-348.
19. Siegel DS, Trauth SE, Sever DM, Aldridge RD. 2011. The phylogenetic distribution of the ampulla ureter and ampulla urogenital/uriniferous papilla in the Serpentes. J Zool Syst Evol Res 49:160-168.
18. Rheubert JL, Sever DM, Geheber AD, Siegel DS. 2010. Proximal testicular ducts of the Mediterranean gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus). Anat Rec 293:2176-2192.
17. Siegel DS, Sever DM, Aldridge RD. 2010. The pelvic kidney of male Ambystoma maculatum (Amphibia, Urodela, Ambystomatidae) with special reference to the sexual collecting ducts. J Morphol 271:1422-1439.
16. Lee TJ*, Jellen BC, Siegel DS, Aldridge RD. 2010. Homosexual reproductive behavior in the African brown house snake. IRCF Rept Amph 17:208-209.
15. Rheubert JL, McMahan CD, Sever DM, Bundy RM*, Siegel DS, Gribbins KM. 2010. Ultrastructure of the reproductive system of the black swamp snake (Seminatrix pygaea). VII. Spermatozoon morphology and evolutionary trends of sperm characters in snakes. J Zool Syst Evol Res 48:366-375.
14. Gribbins KM, Siegel DS, Anzalone ML*, Jackson DP*, Venable KJ*, Rheubert JL, Elsey RM. 2010. Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis in the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis (Reptilia, Crocodylia, Alligatoridae). J Morphol 271:1260-1271.
13. Jellen, BC, Siegel DS, Aldridge RD. 2010. Sistrurus catenatus (Massasauga): Female sperm evacuation. Herpetol Rev 41:502-503.
12. Aldridge RD, Siegel DS, Bufalino AP, Wisneiwski SS, Jellen BC. 2010. A multi-year comparison of the male reproductive biology of the Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) from Guam and the native range. Aust J Zool 58:24-32.
11. Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Anzalone ML*, Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2010. Ultrastructure of spermiogenesis in the Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae). J Morphol 271:293-304.
10. Siegel DS, Sever DM, Rheubert JL, Gribbins KM. 2009. Reproductive biology of Agkistrodon piscivorus Lacépède (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Herpetol Monographs 23:74-107.
9. Siegel DS, Aldridge RD, Clark CS, Poldemann EH*, Gribbins KM. 2009. Stress and reproduction in the Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) with notes on the sexual segment of the kidney in squamates. Can J Zool 87:1138-1146.
8. Gribbins KM, Rheubert JL, Collier MH, Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2008. Histological analysis of spermatogenesis and germ cell development strategy within the testis of the male Western Cottonmouth Snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma. Ann Anat 190:461-476.
7. Siegel DS, Sever DM, Schriever TA, Chabarria RE. 2008. Ultrastructure and histochemistry of the adhesive breeding glands in male Gastrophryne carolinensis (Amphibia:Anura:Microhylidae). Copeia 4:877-881.
6. Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2008. Seasonal variation in the oviduct of female Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia:Squamata): An ultrastructural investigation. J Morphol 269:980-997.
5. Sever DM, Siegel DS, Bagwill A, Eckstut ME, Alexander L, Camus A, Morgan C. 2008. Renal sexual segment of the Cottonmouth snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia, Squamata, Viperidae). J Morphol 269:640-653 (cover).
4. Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2008. Sperm aggregations in female Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia:Squamata): A histological and ultrastructural investigation. J Morphol 269:189-206.
3. Siegel DS, Sever DM. 2006. Utero-muscular twisting and sperm storage in viperids. Herp Conserv Biol 1(2):87-92.
2. Sever DM, Siegel DS. 2006. Sperm aggregations in the spermetheca of the Red Back Salamander (Plethodon cinereus). Acta Zool 87:331-340.
1. Knoch ME, Siegel D*, Duncan MJ, Glass JD. 2006. Serotonergic mediation of constant light-potentiated nonphotic phase shifting of the circadian locomotor activity rhythm in Syrian hamsters. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291:180-188. (editorial focus by RE Mistlberger, Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 291:R177-R179).
Publications (peer reviewed book chapters)
5. Siegel DS, Herrboldt MA, Staub NL. In press. Hormones, sex accessory structures, and secondary sexual characteristics in amphibians: a focus on breeding glands. In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates: Amphibians Volume 3. Norris DO (Ed).
4. Rheubert JL, Sever DM, Siegel DS, Trauth SE. 2015. Male reproductive anatomy: the gonads, gonadoducts, sexual segment of the kidney, and cloaca. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. Rheubert JL, Siegel DS, Trauth SE (Eds.). Pp. 253-301. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
3. Siegel DS, Miralles A, Rheubert JL, Sever DM. 2015. Female reproductive anatomy: cloaca, oviducts, and sperm storage. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. Rheubert JL, Siegel DS, Trauth SE (Eds.). Pp. 144-195. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (cover).
2. Aldridge RD, Jellen BC, Siegel DS, Wisneiwski SS. 2011. The sexual segment of the kidney. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes. Aldridge RD, Sever DM (Eds.). Pp. 477-509. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
1. Siegel DS, Miralles A, Chabarria RE, Aldridge RD. 2011. Female reproductive anatomy: cloaca, oviducts, and sperm storage. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes. Aldridge RD, Sever DM (Eds.). Pp. 347-409. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL (cover).
Edited volumes
1. Rheubert JL, Siegel DS, Trauth SE (volume Eds.) 2015. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. Jamieson BGM (series Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Book reviews and other popular publications
5. Siegel DS. 2021. Snake Road, A Field Guide to the Snakes of Larue-Pine Hills. Book review, Herpetol Rev 52:441-443.
4. Siegel DS, Rheubert JL, Trauth SE. 2019. David M. Sever (1948-2019). Obituary, Herpetol Rev 50:650-655.
3. Schreiver TA, Siegel DS. 2017. Amphibians & Reptiles of Louisiana. Book review, Herpetol Rev 48:688-691.
2. Siegel DS, Aldridge RD. 2012. Clinton L. Baker. Biography, J Tenn Acad Sci 87:9-10.
1. Siegel DS. 2012. Reproduction of Amphibians. Book review, Copeia 2012:168-169.
Distribution notes
1. Davenport JM, Siegel DS. 2015. Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog). Herpetol Rev 46:378.
Published photographs and micrographs
6. The Anatomical Record. 2018. Cover. 301(5).
5. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Lizards and Tuatara. 2015. Cover. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
4. Acta Zoologica. 2012. Cover. 93(4).
3. Copeia. 2011. Cover. 2011(4).
2. Public Health Reports. 2011. Cover. 126(6).
1. Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes. 2011. Cover, Pp. 185, 190, 214, and 220. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.