Linda Trueb
Professor
Herpetology: Amphibians
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
2009. Heinicke, M. P., W. E. Duellman, L. Trueb, B. Means, R. D. MacCulloch, and S. B. Hedges. A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 2211:1–35.
2009. Guayasamin, J. M., S. Castroviejo, L. Trueb, J. Ayarzagüena, M. Rada, and C. Vilà. Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa 2100: 1-97.
2008. Trueb, L., and E. Lehr. A new species of Phrynopus (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Peru, with comments on the osteology of the genus. Phyllomedusa 7(1):11–24.
2008. Guayasamin, J. M., S. Castroviejo-Fisher, J. Ayarzagüena, L. Trueb, and C. Vilà. Phylogenetic relationships of Glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:574–595.
2007. Lehr, E., L. Trueb, P. J. Venegas, and E. Arbeláez. Descriptions of the tadpoles of two Neotropical microhylid frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). Journal of Herpetology 4:581–589.
2007. Lehr, E., and L. Trueb. A new genus and two new species of microhylid frogs from Andean Peru, with osteological descriptions and comparisons with Nelsonophryne (Anura: Microhylidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:583–609.
2007. Guayasamin, J. M., and L. Trueb. A new species of Glass Frog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology. Zootaxa 1447:27–45.
2006. Duellman, W.E., L. Trueb, and E. Lehr. A new species of marsupial frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. Copeia, 2006 (4): 595–603.
2006. Trueb, L., and A. M. Báez. Revision of the Early Cretaceous Cordicephalus from Israel and an assessment of its relationships among pipoid frogs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1): 44–59.
2005. Trueb, L., C. F. Ross, and R. Smith. A new pipoid anuran from the Late Cretaceous of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):533–547.


