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CLAS : Biological Sciences : Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Faculty

Trueb

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

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, In Press.

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.