| The conservation status of the world’s reptiles M Böhm, B Collen, JEM Baillie, P Bowles, J Chanson, N Cox, ... Biological conservation 157, 372-385, 2013 | 1138 | 2013 |
| The green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in Queensland: population structure in a warm temperature feeding area CJ Limpus, PJ Couper, MA Read Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Brisbane 35 (1), 139-154, 1994 | 401 | 1994 |
| The loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, in Queensland: population structure in a warm temperate feeding area CJ Limpus, PJ Couper, MA Read Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Brisbane 37 (1), 195-204, 1994 | 182 | 1994 |
| A framework for resolving cryptic species: a case study from the lizards of the Australian wet tropics S Singhal, CJ Hoskin, P Couper, S Potter, C Moritz Systematic Biology 67 (6), 1061-1075, 2018 | 86 | 2018 |
| Litho-refugia: the importance of rock landscapes for the long-term persistence of Australian rainforest fauna P Couper, C Hoskin Australian Zoologist 34 (4), 554-560, 2008 | 69 | 2008 |
| A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens P Uetz, S Cherikh, G Shea, I Ineich, PD Campbell, IV Doronin, J Rosado, ... Zootaxa 4695 (5), 438–450-438–450, 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Geographic and taxonomic patterns of extinction risk in Australian squamates R Tingley, SL Macdonald, NJ Mitchell, JCZ Woinarski, S Meiri, P Bowles, ... Biological Conservation 238, 108203, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Reptiles on the brink: identifying the Australian terrestrial snake and lizard species most at risk of extinction HM Geyle, R Tingley, AP Amey, H Cogger, PJ Couper, M Cowan, ... Pacific Conservation Biology 27 (1), 3-12, 2020 | 52 | 2020 |
| Comparative phylogeography of three rainforest-restricted lizards from mid-east Queensland DM Stuart-Fox, CJ Schneider, C Moritz, PJ Couper Australian Journal of Zoology 49 (2), 119-127, 2001 | 52 | 2001 |
| Crab Island revisited: reassessment of the world's largest flatback turtle rookery after twelve years CJ Limpus, PJ Couper, KLD Couper Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Brisbane 33 (1), 277-289, 1993 | 49 | 1993 |
| The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification P Couper, J Covacevich, A Amey, A Baker Evolution and Biogeography of Australian Vertebrates, 367-384, 2006 | 43 | 2006 |
| A review of the leaf-tailed geckos endemic to eastern Australia: a new genus, four new species, and other new data PJ Couper, JA Covacevich, C Moritz Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34 (1), 95-124, 1993 | 42 | 1993 |
| A new species of Phyllurus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) and a revised phylogeny and key for the Australian leaf-tailed geckos CJ Hoskin, PJ Couper, CJ Schneider Australian Journal of Zoology 51 (2), 153-164, 2003 | 41 | 2003 |
| Independent transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revison of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae) PM Oliver, PJ Couper, M Pepper PloS one 9 (12), e111895, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk DG Chapple, U Roll, M Böhm, R Aguilar, AP Amey, CC Austin, M Baling, ... Biological Conservation 257, 109101, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| A reassessment of Saltuarius swaini (Lacertilia: Diplodactylidae) in southeastern Queensland and New South Wales; two new taxa, phylogeny, biogeography and conservation PJ Couper, RA Sadlier, GM Shea, J Worthington Wilmer Records of the Australian Museum 60 (1), 87-118, 2008 | 34 | 2008 |
| Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia G Shea, P Couper, JW Wilmer, A Amey Zootaxa 3146 (1), 1–63-1–63, 2011 | 33 | 2011 |
| Australian leaf-tailed geckos: phylogeny, a new genus, two new species and other new data PJ Couper, CJ Schneider, CJ Hoskin, JA Covacevich Memoirs of the Queensland Museum-Nature 45, 253-265, 2000 | 33 | 2000 |
| Miocene dragons from Riversleigh: new data on the history of the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Squamata) in Australia J Covacevich, P Couper, RE Molnar, G Witten, W Young Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29 (2), 339-360, 1990 | 28 | 1990 |
| Reptile diversity at risk in the Brigalow Belt, Queensland JA Covacevich, PJ Couper, KR McDonald MEMOIRS-QUEENSLAND MUSEUM 42, 475-486, 1998 | 27 | 1998 |
