Publications 

Papers:

*Undergraduate mentee

Submitted

Crowell HL, Davis Rabosky AR, & Brock KM. Cryptic variation within and among islands in the ultraviolet reflectance of lizard throat coloration. In revision at Journal of Animal Ecology.

Stepanova N, Crowell HL, Davis Rabosky AR, & Rabosky D. Clade-specific drivers of rapid vertebral evolution in squamates. In revision at Evolution.

In Print 

Holding ML, Pontius MHH, Ward MS*, Aktar J, Crowell HL, Svilar D, Keeler KM, Haynes LM, Ginsburg D, & Shavit JA (2026). Deconstructing cardiovascular and coagulation-related traits reveals multi-functional snake venom specificity. Evolution, qpag036.

Crowell HL, Curlis JD, Weller HI, & Davis Rabosky AR (all co-first authors, 2024). Ecological drivers of ultraviolet colour evolution in snakes. Nature Communications, 15(1): 5213.

Crowell HL, Nagesan RS, Davis Raboksy AR, & Kolmann MA (2024). Differential performance of aqueous- and ethylic- Lugol’s iodine stain to visualize anatomy in µCT-scanned vertebrates. Journal of Anatomy, 246(5): 678-684.

Moniz HA, Buck JH*, Crowell HL, Goetz SM, Ruiz TD, Taylor EN, & Boback SM (2024). High thermal quality rookeries facilitate high thermoregulatory accuracy in pregnant female rattlesnakes. Journal of Thermal Biology, 124: 103948.

Crowell, HL, Curlis, JD, Weller HI, & Davis Rabosky, AR (2024). Ecological drivers of ultraviolet colour evolution in snakes. Nature Communications, 15: 5213.

Larson J, Crowell HL (co-first author), Walsh L, & Davis Rabosky, A (2022). The Batrachian Barf Bowl: Using natural history data to create authentic research experiences in a virtual world. Ecology and Evolution, 12(7): e9095.

Maier PH*, Nhu TM*, Crowell HL, Sklar JC, & Taylor EN (2021). Climatic factors differentially impact thermoregulatory behaviors of coastal and inland rattlesnakes. Behavioural Processes, 190: 104459.

Crowell HL, King K*, Whelan J*, Harmel M*, Nhu T*, Maier P*, Garcia G*, Nolan JT*, Gonzales S* & Taylor EN (2021). Thermal ecology and baseline energetic requirements of a large-bodied ectotherm suggest resilience to climate change. Ecology and Evolution, 11(12): 8170-8182.

Gonzales S*, Crowell HL, Harmel M†*, Maier P*, Nhu T*, Nolan JT*, Whelan J*, & Taylor E (2020). Variation in rattlesnake spatial ecology among individuals and populations. Herpetological Review, 51(4): 680-685.

Harmel M*, Crowell HL, Whelan J* & Taylor EN (2020). Rattlesnake coloration affects detection by predators. Journal of Zoology, 311(4): 260-268.

Ivey K, Cornwall M, Crowell HL, Ghazian N, Owen M, Nix E, Zuliani M, Lortie C, Westphal M, & Taylor E (2020). Thermal Ecology of the Federally Endangered Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia sila). Conservation Physiology, 8(1): coaa014.

Natural History Notes   

Crowell HL, Thompson CW, Nagesan RS, Martinez-Fonseca JG, Holmes IA, Fernández-Mena M & Hofmann EP. (2023). Metlapilcoatlus indomitus: Diet. Herpetological Review, 54(3): 489-490.                                                                                 

Scobel NJ & Crowell HL (2021). Thamnophis sirtalis (Eastern garter snake) reproductive behavior: Attempted copulation of a Sistrurus catenatus. Herpetological Review,  52(4): 884.

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Book Reviews:

Crowell HL (2022). Discovering snakes in wild places – Stories of passion, adventure, & science. By: Harvey Lillywhite. Herpetological Review, 53(2): 350-351. 

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Media mentions:

U-M Museum's 70,000 snakes form the world's largest snake research collection, (*Michigan Radio version)

Michigan Daily article on how museums drive cutting-edge research.

Rattlesnake thermal ecology news mentions

“The Girls Who Hunt for Rattlesnakes” – Educational video about rattlesnake research in Central California created with the local reptile owners club to help bridge the gap between hobbyists and scientists, 2018. 

"From the laboratory to the swamp, women lead the fight against invasive pythons in the Everglades" - Sun Sentinel, 2018