Cryptic lineage diversity, body size divergence, and sympatry in a species complex of Australian lizards (Gehyra) CC Moritz, RC Pratt, S Bank, G Bourke, JG Bragg, P Doughty, JS Keogh, ... Evolution 72 (1), 54-66, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
Evolutionary responses to warming A McGaughran, R Laver, C Fraser Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36 (7), 591-600, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
Contrasting patterns of persistence and diversification in vicars of a widespread Australian lizard lineage (the Oedura marmorata complex) PM Oliver, KL Smith, RJ Laver, P Doughty, M Adams Journal of Biogeography 41 (11), 2068-2079, 2014 | 50 | 2014 |
Life-history and spatial determinants of somatic growth dynamics in Komodo dragon populations RJ Laver, D Purwandana, A Ariefiandy, J Imansyah, D Forsyth, C Ciofi, ... Public Library of Science 7 (9), e45398, 2012 | 47 | 2012 |
Real‐world conservation planning for evolutionary diversity in the Kimberley, Australia, sidesteps uncertain taxonomy DF Rosauer, M Byrne, MPK Blom, DJ Coates, S Donnellan, P Doughty, ... Conservation Letters 11 (4), e12438, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
A novel hotspot of vertebrate endemism and an evolutionary refugium in tropical Australia PM Oliver, RJ Laver, F De Mello Martins, RC Pratt, S Hunjan, CC Moritz Diversity and Distributions 23 (1), 53-66, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
A new species of Velvet Gecko (Oedura: Diplodactylidae) from the limestone ranges of the southern Kimberley, Western Australia PM Oliver, RJ Laver, J Melville, P Doughty Zootaxa 3873 (1), 49–61-49–61, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
Stripes, jewels and spines: further investigations into the evolution of defensive strategies in a chemically defended gecko radiation (Strophurus, Diplodactylidae) SV Nielsen, PM Oliver, RJ Laver, AM Bauer, BP Noonan Zoologica Scripta 45 (5), 481-493, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
Origins and patterns of endemic diversity in two specialized lizard lineages from the Australian Monsoonal Tropics (Oedura spp.) RJ Laver, P Doughty, PM Oliver Journal of Biogeography 45 (1), 142-153, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
Long-term persistence and vicariance within the Australian Monsoonal Tropics: the case of the giant cave and tree geckos (Pseudothecadactylus) PM Oliver, RJ Laver, KL Smith, AM Bauer Australian Journal of Zoology 61 (6), 462-468, 2014 | 24 | 2014 |
The development of cephalic armor in the tokay gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko gecko) RJ Laver, CH Morales, MP Heinicke, T Gamble, K Longoria, AM Bauer, ... Journal of Morphology 281 (2), 213–228, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation PM Oliver, LG Ashman, S Bank, RJ Laver, RC Pratt, LG Tedeschi, ... BMC Evolutionary Biology 19 (1), 81, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
Trans-biome diversity in Australian grass-specialist lizards (Diplodactylidae: Strophurus) RJ Laver, SV Nielsen, DF Rosauer, PM Oliver Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115, 62-70, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
Phylogeographic evidence for evolutionary refugia in the Gulf sandstone ranges of northern Australia C NobleA, RJ LaverA, DF RosauerA, S FerrierB, C MoritzA Australian Journal of Zoology 65 (6), 408-416, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
Unveiling the elusive: X‐rays bring scolecophidian snakes out of the dark CJ Bell, JD Daza, EL Stanley, RJ Laver The Anatomical Record 304 (10), 2110-2117, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
Underground Down Under: Skull anatomy of the southern blind snake Anilios australis Gray, 1845 (Typhlopidae: Serpentes: Squamata) RJ Laver, JD Daza, RJ Ellis, EL Stanley, AM Bauer The Anatomical Record 304 (10), 2215-2242, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
Blind snakes beneath the surface: Continuing the legacy of Richard Thomas RJ Laver, JD Daza The Anatomical Record 304 (10), 2080-2084, 2021 | 2 | 2021 |
Range size variably predicts genetic diversity in Gehyra geckos CC Lau, KA Christian, J Fenker, RJ Laver, K O'Hara, SM Zozaya, C Moritz, ... EcoEvoRxiv, 2024 | | 2024 |
A bone of contention-The search for wormians in squamates RJ Laver, J Hunziker, AM Bauer, JD Daza INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 61, E503-E504, 2021 | | 2021 |
Comparative phylogeography and diversity of Australian Monsoonal Tropics lizards RJ Laver University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences, 2017 | | 2017 |