Linda Trueb - Herpetology: Amphibians
Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Phone: (785) 864-3342
FAX: (785) 864-5335
Area of Interest and Research
- Redescription of Cretaceous Israeli fossil pipoid frogs of the genus Cordicephalus, with an analysis of phylkogenetic relationships of fossil and extant pipoid anurans.
- Description of the oldest known pipoid anuran from South America.
- Comparative development of basal frogs: using ontogeny to elucidate phylogeny. A collaborative project with Anne Maglia and L. Analía Púgener.
Representative Publications
1999. The early Cretaceous pipoid anuran Thoraciliacus: redescription, revaluation, and taxonomic status. Herpetologica 55(2):139-157.
1997. Redescription of the Paleogene Shelania pascuali from Patagonia and its bearing on the relationships of fossil and Recent pipoid frogs. Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 4:1-41. (co-authored with Ana M. Báez).
1996. Historical constraints and morphological novelties in the evolution of the skeletal system of pipid frogs (Anura: Pipidae). Pp. 349-377 in Tinsley, R. C., and H. R. Kobel (eds), The Biology of Xenopus . Zoological Society of London. Oxford: Clarendon Press
1993. Patterns in cranial diversity among the Lissamphibia. Pp. 255-343 in J. Hanken and B. K. Hall (eds.), The Vertebrate Skull: Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity . Vol. 2. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
1992. Skeletal development in Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae). Journal of Morphology, 214:1-41. (Co-authored with James Hanken).
1991. A phylogenetic investigation of the inter- and intrarelationships of the Lissamphibia (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). Pp. 223-313 in H.-P. Schultze and L. Trueb (eds), Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods: Controversy and Consensus . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. (Richard Cloutier, co-author).