Scientific Publications

Flacke G, Penfold LM, Schwarzenberger F, Martin GB, Rosales-Nieto CA, Paris MCJ. Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology. Volume 341. 2023. ISSN 0016-6480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114338. 

Cortés-Viruet NN, Gamba-Rios M, Ridgley FN. Diet Composition of a Pair of Tyto furcata pratincola (American Barn Owl) in an Urban Park and Natural Area Fragment in South Florida. Southeastern Naturalist. 2023;22(1). doi:10.1656/058.022.0102 

Lee H, Minter LJ, Tollefson TN, Ridgley F, Smith D, Treiber K, Scott H, Troan B, Ange-Van Heugton KD. Vitamin A, Vitamin E, and Carotenoid Concentrations in Livers of Marine Toads (Rhinella marina). Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens. 2023;4(1). doi:10.3390/jzbg4010014 

Kluever BM, Avery ML, Gawlik DE, Hall P, Humphrey JS, Pernas T, Ridgley F. Eradication of African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) from South Florida, USA: a collaborative early detection and rapid response case study. Management of Biological Invasions. 2023;14(1). doi:10.3391/mbi.2023.14.1.07 

Figueroa A, Heinen JT, Ridgley FN, Whitfield SM, Liu H. Management of a Globally Imperiled and Fire-Dependent Ecosystem in the Urban Matrix of Miami–Dade County, Florida: A Case Study of the Richmond Tract Pine Rocklands. Diversity. 2023;15(3). doi:10.3390/d15030426 

Woytek K, Anderson G, Donmoyer K, Ridgley F, Romagosa C, Adams AY, Currylow A. Testicular abnormalities in the invasive Argentine Black-and-White Tegu (Salvator merianae) in the Florida Everglades. Reptiles & Amphibians. 2023;30(1):e19517. doi:10.17161/randa.v30i1.19517 

Moore T, Ridgley F. The Life History and Ecology of the Lesser Wasp Moth, Pseudocharis Minima, (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Euchromiina) in the Pine Rocklands of South Florida. Vol 123.; 2023:123-135.

Journal Publications:

Schuett, G.W., R.S. Reiserer, A.M. Salywon, S. Blackwell, W.C. Hodgson, C.D. Foster, J. Hall, R. Zach, M.A. Davis, and H.W. Greene. 2022. Secondary Seed Ingestion in Snakes: Germination Frequency and Rate, Seedling Viability, and Implications for Dispersal in Nature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.761293

Whitfield, S.M., D. Valle, A. Figueroa, B. Chin, H. Bravo-Gallegos, and F. Leone. 2022. Burrow Characteristics and Habitat Associations of Gopher Tortoises in Urban Pine Rockland Reserves (Miami, Florida, USA). Ichthyology & Herpetology 110.

Austin, J.D., J.A. Gore, J.S. Hargrove, E.C.B. de Torrez, C.M. Carneiro, F.N. Ridgley, and S.M. Wisely. 2022. Strong population genetic structure and cryptic diversity in the Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus). Conservation Genetics.

Ridgley, F.N., K.M. Bohn, I. Salazar, S. Thompson, M. Gamba-Rios. 2022. Use and Distribution of Roosts by Florida Bonneted Bats in Miami Dade County , Florida , USA : Addition to Webb et al. 2021. Urban Naturalist: 1–10.

Flamio, R., S.R. Levano, T. Kashiwagi, A.M. Makkay, and E.R. Hekkala. 2022. Integrating ecological and molecular data to investigate species maintenance and interspecific hybridization between the redbreast sunfish (Lepomis auritus) and the pumpkinseed sunfish (L. gibbosus). Canadian Journal of Zoology. https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2021-0215

Anderson, G. E., Ridgley, F. N., Josimovich, J. M., Reed, R. N., Falk, B. G., Yackel Adams, A. A., & Currylow, A. F. (2022). Egg retention in wild-caught Python bivittatus in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA. The Herpetological Journal, 32(3), 109–113. https://doi.org/10.33256/32.3.109113

Witt, M. L., Minter, L. J., Tollefson, T. N., Ridgley, F., Treiber, K., Smith, D., Bibus, D., Scott, H., & Ange-van Heugten, K. (2022). Analysis of Circulating Fatty Acid Profiles in Free-Ranging and Managed Care Marine Toads (Rhinella marina) with a Comparison of Whole-Blood Vial and Whole-Blood Dried Blood Spot Card Analyses. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 3(3), 300–315. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg3030024

Sinlan Poo, Steven M Whitfield, Alexander Shepack, Gregory J Watkins-Colwell, Gil Nelson, Jillian Goodwin, Allison Bogisich, Patricia L R Brennan, Jennifer D'Agostino, Michelle S Koo, Joseph R Mendelson, III, Rebecca Snyder, Sandra Wilson, Gary P Aronsen, Andrew C Bentley, David C Blackburn, Matthew R Borths, Mariel L Campbell, Dalia A Conde, Joseph A Cook, Juan D Daza, Daniel P Dembiec, Jonathan L Dunnum, Catherine M Early, Adam W Ferguson, Amanda Greene, Robert Guralnick, Courtney Janney, Debbie Johnson, Felicia Knightly, Stephane Poulin, Luiz Rocha, Pamela S Soltis, Barbara Thiers, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums, BioScience, Volume 72, Issue 5, May 2022, Pages 449–460, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac022

Journal Publications:

Schnellbacher, R., and H. Beaufrère. 2021. Catheterization and Venipuncture. In: Exotic Animal Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. Wiley, p 457–467. DOI: 10.1002/9781119149262.ch25

Vonk, J., M.C. McGuire, and Z. Johnson‐Ulrich. 2021. Bearing fruit: Piloting a novel judgment bias task in an American black bear. Zoo Biology 40: 89–97.

Spriggs, M.C., D.J. Rizzolo, K.H. Martin, G.E. Myers, and M.G. Sexson. 2021. Effects of Midazolam on Corticosterone and Blood Gases in Spectacled Eiders Prior to Transmitter Implantation. The Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 909–919. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22046

Sulzner, K., C. Fiorello, F. Ridgley, D. Garelle, and S.L. Deem. 2021. Conservation medicine and One Health in zoos: Scope, obstacles, and unrecognized potential. Zoo Biology 40: 44–51. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21572

Moore, T., F. Ridgley, S. Whitfield, and S. Sayre. 2021. Life history, taxonomy and ecology of the Faithful Beauty Moth Composia fidelissima vagrans (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Pericopina) in the Pine Rocklands of South Florida. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 3: 151–157.

Freel, T., E. Koutsos, L.J. Minter, T. Tollefson, F. Ridgley, D. Smith, H. Scott, and K. Ange‐van Heugten. 2021. Cane toad ( Rhinella marina ) vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoid kinetics. Zoo Biology: zoo.21648.

Abarca, J.G., S.M. Whitfield, I. Zuniga-Chaves, G. Alvarado, J. Kerby, C. Murillo-Cruz, and A.A. Pinto-Tomás. 2021. Genotyping and differential bacterial inhibition of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened amphibians in Costa Rica. Microbiology. DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001017

Whitfield, S., G. Alvarado-Barboza, J. Abarca, H. Zumbado-Ulate, R. Jimenez, and J. Kerby. 2021. Ranavirus is widespread in Costa Rica and co-occurs with threatened amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. DOI: 10.3354/dao03576

Whitfield, Steven M.; Lange, James ; Figueroa, A. 2021. Seed consumption by gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in the globally imperiled pine rockland ecosystem of southern Florida, USA. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. DOI: 10.2744/CCB-1426.1

Currylow, A.F., M.A.M. Collier, E.B. Hanslowe, B.G. Falk, B.S. Cade, S.E. Moy, A. Grajal‐Puche, F.N. Ridgley, R.N. Reed, and A.A. Yackel Adams. 2021. Thermal stability of an adaptable, invasive ectotherm: Argentine giant tegus in the Greater Everglades ecosystem, USA. Ecosphere 12. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3579

Cabot, M.L., B. V. Troan, K. Ange-van Heugten, R.W. Schnellbacher, D. Smith, F. Ridgley, and L.J. Minter. 2021. Migration and Histologic Effects of Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) and Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags in the Marine Toad (Rhinella marina). Animals 11: 3255.

Freel, T., E. Koutsos, L.J. Minter, T.N. Tollefson, F. Ridgley, J.L. Brown, D. Smith, H. Scott, and K. Ange-van Heugten. 2021. URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52. DOI: 10.1638/2020-0221

Bartoszek, I., G. Anderson, I. Easterling, J. Josimovich, A. Furst, F. Ridgley, A. Fitzgerald, A. Yackel Adams, and A. Currylow. 2021. Natural History Note: Agkistrodon conanti (Florida Cottonmouth) and Python bivittatus (Burmese Python). Diet and Predation. Herpetological Review 52: 860–862.

Conference Proceedings: 

Stoops M, Metrione L, Gillis J, Wojtusik J, Bezjian M, Flacke G, Myers G, James M & Penfold L. 2021. Successful artificial insemination with induced ovulation in a fully-anesthetized greater one-horned rhino. In Proceedings of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Ungulate Taxon Advisory Group Midyear Meeting; Rhino Taxon Advisory Group and Research Council. Virtual: AZA.

Journal Publications:

Comolli, J., R. Schnellbacher, H. Beaufrere, U. Blas‐Machado, J. Quandt, J. Mayer, and S.J. Divers. 2020. Comparison of endoscopic endotracheal intubation and the v‐gel supraglottic airway device for spontaneously ventilating New Zealand white rabbits undergoing ovariohysterectomy. Veterinary Record 187. DOI: 10.1136/vr.105746

von Houwald, F., Wenker, C., Flacke, G., Steck, B., Osterballe, R., Viduna, R., and Matthews, A. 2020. EAZA Best Practice Guidelines for the Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). First edition. European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Schnellbacher, R., and J. Comolli. 2020. Constant rate infusions in exotic animals. Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine 35: 50–57. DOI: 10.1053/j.jepm.2020.07.001

Dierenfeld, E.S., M. Bezjian, and L. Dabek. 2020. Nutrient Composition of Locally Available Browses Consumed by Matschie’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus matchiei) in Six North American Zoological Facilities. Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International: 10–17. DOI: 10.9734/jaeri/2020/v21i1130177

McGuire, M., and J.M. Vonk. 2020. In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla gorilla ). PeerJ 8: e9525. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9525

Scheele, B.C., F. Pasmans, L.F. Skerratt, L. Berger, A. Martel, W. Beukema, A.A. Acevedo, P.A. Burrowes, T. Carvalho, A. Catenazzi, I. De la Riva, M.C. Fisher, S. V. Flechas, C.N. Foster, P. Frías-Álvarez, T.W.J. Garner, B. Gratwicke, J.M. Guayasamin, M. Hirschfeld, J.E. Kolby, T.A. Kosch, E. La Marca, D.B. Lindenmayer, K.R. Lips, A. V. Longo, R. Maneyro, C.A. McDonald, J. Mendelson, P. Palacios-Rodriguez, G. Parra-Olea, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, M.-O. Rödel, S.M. Rovito, C. Soto-Azat, L.F. Toledo, J. Voyles, C. Weldon, S.M. Whitfield, M. Wilkinson, K.R. Zamudio, and S. Canessa. 2020. Response to Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity.” Science 367. DOI: 10.1126/science.aay2905

Mauro, A., S.M. Whitfield, F.N. Ridgley, and J.J. Lorenz. 2020. American flamingos in Florida : Updates on sightings , distributions and conservation efforts. Flamingo: 5–11.

Conference Proceedings:

Flacke GL, Bezjian M, Myers G, Johnson JG & Hostnik ET. 2020. Congenital soft palate defect and corrective palatoplasty in a pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference. Virtual: AAZV.

Journal Publications:

Purdon, S., J. Johnson, G. Flacke, S. Chinnadurai, M. Bezjian, G. Myers, and G. Holt. 2019. SPIROMETRY IN MECHANICALLY VENTILATED WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA). Chest 156: A1187.

Flacke, G.L., and J. Decher. 2019. Choeropsis liberiensis (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae). Mammalian Species 51: 100–118. DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sez017

Kueneman, J.G., M.C. Bletz, V.J. McKenzie, C.G. Becker, M.B. Joseph, J.G. Abarca, H. Archer, A.L. Arellano, A. Bataille, M. Becker, L.K. Belden, A. Crottini, R. Geffers, C.F.B. Haddad, R.N. Harris, W.M. Holden, M. Hughey, M. Jarek, P.J. Kearns, J.L. Kerby, J. Kielgast, A. Kurabayashi, A. V. Longo, A. Loudon, D. Medina, J.J. Nuñez, R.G.B. Perl, A. Pinto-Tomás, F.C.E. Rabemananjara, E.A. Rebollar, A. Rodríguez, L. Rollins-Smith, R. Stevenson, C.C. Tebbe, G. Vargas Asensio, B. Waldman, J.B. Walke, S.M. Whitfield, K.R. Zamudio, I. Zúñiga Chaves, D.C. Woodhams, and M. Vences. 2019. Community richness of amphibian skin bacteria correlates with bioclimate at the global scale. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 381–389. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0798-1

Mendelson, J.R., S.M. Whitfield, and M.J. Sredl. 2019. A recovery engine strategy for amphibian conservation in the context of disease. Biological Conservation 236: 188–191. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2019.05.025

Smith, L.M., J.A. Gore, E.C.B. de Torrez, E. Webb, F. Ridgley, and B. Tornwall. 2019. High Incidence of Hypopigmented Marks in the Endangered Florida Bonneted Bat. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 10: 410–418. DOI: 10.3996/112018-JFWM-110

Scheele, B.C., F. Pasmans, L.F. Skerratt, L. Berger, A. Martel, W. Beukema, A.A. Acevedo, P.A. Burrowes, T. Carvalho, A. Catenazzi, I. De la Riva, M.C. Fisher, S. V. Flechas, C.N. Foster, P. Frías-Álvarez, T.W.J. Garner, B. Gratwicke, J.M. Guayasamin, M. Hirschfeld, J.E. Kolby, T.A. Kosch, E. La Marca, D.B. Lindenmayer, K.R. Lips, A. V. Longo, R. Maneyro, C.A. McDonald, J. Mendelson, P. Palacios-Rodriguez, G. Parra-Olea, C.L. Richards-Zawacki, M.-O. Rödel, S.M. Rovito, C. Soto-Azat, L.F. Toledo, J. Voyles, C. Weldon, S.M. Whitfield, M. Wilkinson, K.R. Zamudio, and S. Canessa. 2019. Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science 363: 1459–1463. DOI: 10.1126/science.aav0379

Zumbado-Ulate, H., K.N. Nelson, A. García-Rodríguez, G. Chaves, E. Arias, F. Bolaños, S.M. Whitfield, and C.L. Searle. 2019. Endemic Infection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Costa Rica: Implications for Amphibian Conservation at Regional and Species Level. Diversity 11: 129. DOI: 10.3390/d11080129

Conference Proceedings:

Bezjian M, Ridgley F, Flacke G, Johnson JG & Myers G. 2019. Response and collection management during a rabies outbreak in free-ranging raccoons (Procyon lotor elucus) at Zoo Miami. In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference. St. Louis, Missouri: AAZV, p. 87.

Flacke GL, Penfold LP, Schwarzenberger F, Martin GB & Paris MCJ. 2019. Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). In Proceedings of the International Society for Wildlife Endocrinology Bi-Annual Conference. Kruger National Park, South Africa: ISWE, pp. 66–67.

Johnson JG, Chinnadurai SK, Holt GE, Bezjian M, Flacke GL, Stockdale Walden H, Langan JN, Sheldon J & Myers GE. 2019. Diagnosis and medical management of pulmonary acariasis in two silverback western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) at different zoological institutions. In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference. St. Louis, Missouri: AAZV, pp. 47–48.

Lago-Alvarez Y, Bezjian M, Flacke G, Johnson J, Myers G & Garner M. 2019. Myelolipomatosis in the Javan pond heron: Ten cases. In ExoticsCon Proceedings. St. Louis, Missouri: AAZV, p. 162.

Journal Publications:

GÓMEZ-HOYOS, D., S. ESCOBAR-LASSO, R. SEISDEDOS-DE-VERGARA, J.G. Abarca, J. SCHIPPER, S.M. Whitfield, G. Alvarado, and J.F. GONZÁLEZ-MAYA. 2018. Phytotelmata selection by anurans and implications for their conservation at Las Tablas Protected Zone, Costa Rica. Alytes 35: 1–11. https://www.academia.edu/36549237/Phytotelmata_selection_by_anurans_and_implications_for_their_conservation_at_Las_Tablas_Protected_Zone_Costa_Rica

Abarca, J.G., G. Vargas, I. Zuniga, S.M. Whitfield, D.C. Woodhams, J. Kerby, V.J. McKenzie, C. Murillo-Cruz, and A.A. Pinto-Tomás. 2018. Assessment of Bacterial Communities Associated With the Skin of Costa Rican Amphibians at La Selva Biological Station. Frontiers in Microbiology 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02001

Johnson, J.G., J.N. Langan, S.K. Chinnadurai, R. Drees, M. Warneke, & M.C. Allender. 2018. COMPARISON OF TRANSCUTANEOUS ULTRASOUND AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY EVALUATION OF KIDNEY SIZE AND EVALUATION OF ADRENAL GLAND SIZE USING ULTRASOUND IN A COLONY OF CALLIMICOS (CALLIMICO GOELDII). 2018. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49: 887. DOI: 10.1638/2017-0078.1

Augustine, L., A.G. Stern, G.S. Rodríguez, and E.P. Fleitas. 2018. Crocodylus rhombifer (Cuban crocodile) subcaudal scale irregularities. Herpetology Notes 11: 621–623. DOI: 10.1163/15685381

McGuire, M.C., and J. Vonk. 2018. Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) fail to learn abstract cues of differential outcomes in a novel cognitive bias test. Animal Behavior and Cognition 5: 103–117. DOI: 10.26451/abc.05.01.08.2018

McGuire, M.C., Z. Johnson-Ulrich, A. Robeson, V. Zeigler-Hill, and J. Vonk. 2018. I say thee “neigh”: Rescued equids are optimistic in a judgment bias test. Journal of Veterinary Behavior 25: 85–91. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2018.03.009

Nowakowski, A.J., J.I. Watling, M.E. Thompson, G.A. Brusch, A. Catenazzi, S.M. Whitfield, D.J. Kurz, Á. Suárez‐Mayorga, A. Aponte‐Gutiérrez, M.A. Donnelly, and B.D. Todd. 2018. Thermal biology mediates responses of amphibians and reptiles to habitat modification. Ecology Letters 21: 345–355. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12901

Whitfield, S.M., P. Frezza, F.N. Ridgley, A. Mauro, J.M. Patterson, A. Pernas, and J.J. Lorenz. 2018. Status and trends of American Flamingos ( Phoenicopterus ruber ) in Florida, USA. The Condor 120: 291–304. DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-17-187.1

Yunker, K.A., E.T. Hostnik, J.G. Johnson, and I.Z. Giatis. 2018. RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF CARDIAC SILHOUETTE IN CLINICALLY HEALTHY HUMBOLDT PENGUINS ( SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI ). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 49: 573–580. DOI: 10.1638/2017-0193.1

Whitfield, S.M., and F. Ridgley. 2018. Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma agassizii and Mycoplasma testudineum in Wild and Waif Gopher Tortoises ( Gopherus poly .... Mycoplasma testudineum in Wild and Waif Gopher Tortoises ( Gopherus polyphemus ) in Miami-Dade. Herpetological Review 49: 47–49.

Conference Proceedings:

Flacke GL, Schwarzenberger F, Penfold LP, Walker SL, Millar RP, Paris MCJ & Martin GB. 2018. Evaluating adrenocortical activity and characterizing the reproductive biology of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) through non-invasive endocrine monitoring. In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians, and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Joint Conference. Prague, Czech Republic: AAZV/EAZWV/IZW, pp. 134–135.

Myers GE, Flacke GL & Bezjian M. 2018. Hurricane preparations and aftermath at Zoo Miami. In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians, and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Joint Conference. Prague, Czech Republic: AAZV/EAZWV/IZW, p. 121.

Journal Publications:

Bickford, D.P., R. Alford, M.L. Crump, S. Whitfield, N. Karraker, and M.A. Donnelly. 2018. Impacts of Climate Change on Amphibian Biodiversity. In: Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier, p 113–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.10022-9

Flacke, G.L., F. Schwarzenberger, L.M. Penfold, S.L. Walker, G.B. Martin, R.P. Millar, and M.C.J. Paris. 2017. Characterizing the reproductive biology of the female pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) through non-invasive endocrine monitoring. Theriogenology 102: 126–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.07.017

Flacke, G.L., J.L. Tomkins, R. Black, and B. Steck. 2017. Demographics of polycystic kidney disease and captive population viability in pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis ). Zoo Biology 36: 136–151. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.21351

Jolles, A.E., N. Le Roex, G. Flacke, D. Cooper, C. Geoghegan, and M.J. Somers. Wildlife Disease Dynamics in Carnivore and Herbivore Hosts in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. In: Cromsigt JPGM, Archibald S, Owen-Smith N, editors. Conserving Africa’s Mega-Diversity in the Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p 311–335. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139382793.018

Madison, J.D., E.A. Berg, J.G. Abarca, S.M. Whitfield, O. Gorbatenko, A. Pinto, and J.L. Kerby. 2017. Characterization of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Inhibiting Bacteria from Amphibian Populations in Costa Rica. Frontiers in Microbiology 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmicb.2017.00290

Nowakowski, A.J., J.I. Watling, S.M. Whitfield, B.D. Todd, D.J. Kurz, and M.A. Donnelly. 2017. Tropical amphibians in shifting thermal landscapes under land-use and climate change. Conservation Biology 31: 96–105. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12769

Robinson, P. T., Flacke, G. L., & Hentschel, K. M. 2017. The Pygmy Hippo Story: West Africa’s Enigma of the Rainforest. Oxford University Press. https://www.amazon.com/Pygmy-Hippo-Story-Africas-Rainforest-ebook/dp/B06WXXCNVZ

Whitfield, S., G. Alvarado, J. Abarca, H. Zumbado, I. Zuñiga, M. Wainwright, and J. Kerby. 2017. Differential patterns of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in relict amphibian populations following severe disease-associated declines. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 126: 33–41. DOI: 10.3354/dao03154

Conference Proceedings:

Bezjian M, Karpinski L, Flacke G & Myers G. 2017. Silicone matrix episcleral cyclosporine implant for the treatment of corneal disease in a Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus). In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference. Dallas, Texas: AAZV, p. 128.

Flacke GL, Schwarzenberger F, Penfold LP, Walker SL, Martin GB, Millar RP & Paris MCJ. 2017. Characterizing the reproductive biology of the female pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) through non-invasive endocrine monitoring. In Proceedings of the International Society for Wildlife Endocrinology Bi-Annual Conference. Orlando, Florida: ISWE, p. 78.

Journal Publications:

Whitfield, S.M., K.R. Lips, and M.A. Donnelly. 2016. Amphibian Decline and Conservation in Central America. Copeia 104: 351–379. DOI:10.1643/ CH-15-300

Alza, C.M., M.A. Donnelly, and S.M. Whitfield. 2016. Additive effects of mean temperature, temperature variability, and chlorothalonil to red-eyed treefrog ( Agalychnis callidryas) larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35: 2998–3004. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3484

Brusch, G.A., E.N. Taylor, and S.M. Whitfield. 2016. Turn up the heat: thermal tolerances of lizards at La Selva, Costa Rica. Oecologia 180: 325–334. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3467-3

Nowakowski, A.J., S.M. Whitfield, E.A. Eskew, M.E. Thompson, J.P. Rose, B.L. Caraballo, J.L. Kerby, M.A. Donnelly, and B.D. Todd. 2016. Infection risk decreases with increasing mismatch in host and pathogen environmental tolerances. Ecology Letters 19: 1051–1061. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12641

Flacke, G.L., S. Tkalčić, B. Steck, K. Warren, and G.B. Martin. 2016. A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis ) from 1912 to 2014. Zoo Biology 35: 556–569. DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21336

Smith, D., J. Vinci, C. V Anderson, J. Ketterlin, F. Ridgley, and F.J. Mazzotti. 2016. Observations on Nesting and Clutch Size in Furcifer oustaleti (Oustalet’s Chameleon) in South Florida. Southeastern Naturalist 15: 75–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1656/058.015.sp808

Journal Publications:

Jafarey, Y.S., C.S. Hanley, R.A. Berlinski, C. Warner, and A. Armstrong. 2015. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF LEIOMYOMATA AND SUSPECTED ENDOMETRIOSIS IN AN ALLEN’S SWAMP MONKEY ( ALLENOPITHECUS NIGROVIRIDUS ). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46: 913–917. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26667550/

Jafarey, Y.S., R.A. Berlinski, C.S. Hanley, M.M. Garner, and M. Kiupel. 2015. PRESUMPTIVE DYSGERMINOMA IN AN ORANGE-SPOT FRESHWATER STINGRAY ( POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO ). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 46: 382–385. https://doi.org/10.1638/2014-0148R.1

Journal Publications:

Suedmeyer, W.K., J. Pearce, M. Persky, and M.L. Houck. 2014. PETERS ANOMALY IN A RED KANGAROO ( MACROPUS RUFUS ). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 45: 715–718. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25314851/

Conference Proceedings:

Ridgley, F. 2014. Getting Involved in Conservation Medicine and Research. In Proceedings of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Conference. Orlando, Florida.

Journal Publications:

KRYSKO, K.L., J.P. BURGESS, M.R. ROCHFORD, C.R. GILLETTE, D. CUEVA, K.M. ENGE, L.A. SOMMA, J.L. STABILE, D.C. SMITH, J.A. WASILEWSKI, G.N. KIECKHEFER III, M.C. GRANATOSKY, and S. V. NIELSEN. 2011. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028: 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3028.1.1