Research

Publications

Termprayoon K, Rujirawan A, Ampai N,. Wood Jr. P.L., Aowphol A. 2021. A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Tarutao Island, southern Thailand revealed by morphological and genetic evidence. ZooKeys 1070: 101–134. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1070.73659

Termprayoon K., Rujirawan A., Grismer L.L., Wood Jr. P.L., and Aowphol A. 2021. Taxonomic reassessment and phylogenetic placement of Cyrtodactylus phuketensis (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence. ZooKeys 1040: 91-121. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1040.65750

Grismer L.L., Wood, Jr. P.L., Poyarkov N.A., Le M.D., Kraus F., Agarwal I., Oliver P.M., Nguyen S.N., Nguyen T.Q., Karunarathna S., Welton L.J., Stuart B.L., Luu V.Q., Bauer A.M., O’Connell K.A., Quah E.S.H., Chan K.O., Ziegler T., Ngo H., Nazarov R.A., Aowphol A., Chomdej S., Suwannapoom C., Siler C.D., Anuar S., Tri N.V., and Grismer J.L. 2021. Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 101-154.

Yodthong, S., Rujirawan, A., Stuart, B.L. and Aowphol, A. 2021. A New Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from Southern Thailand. Animals 11: 566.https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020566

Grismer, L.L., Rujirawan, A., Termprayoon, K., Ampai, N., Yodthong, S., Wood, Jr. P.L., Oaks J.R., and Aowphol, A. 2020. A new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from the Thai Highlands with a discussion on the evolution of habitat preference. Zootaxa 4852(4): 401-427. 

Ampai N., Wood P.L., Jr., Stuart B.L., and Aowphol A. 2020. Integrative taxonomy of the rock-dwelling gecko Cnemaspis siamensis complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) reveals a new species from Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, southern Thailand. ZooKeys 932: 129–159. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.50602

Klaback, R.L., Wood, P.L.Jr., McGuire, J.A., Oaks, J.R., Grismer L.L., Jesse L.Grismer, J.L., Aowphol, A. and Sites. J.W. Jr. 2020. Rivers of Indochina as potential drivers of lineage diversification in the spotted flying lizard (Draco maculatus) species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 150:106861.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106861.

Yodthong, S., Stuart B.L. and Aowphol, A. 2019. Species delimitation of crab-eating frogs (Fejervarya cancrivora complex) clarifies taxonomy and geographic distributions in mainland Southeast Asia. ZooKeys 883: 119-153. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.883.37544

Aowphol A., Yodthong S., Rujirawan A. and Thirakhupt K. 2019. Mitochondrial diversity and Phylogeographic Pattern of Gekko gecko in Thailand. Asian Herpetological Research 10(3): 158-169.

Freitas E.F., Rujirawan A., Ampai N., Puanprapai P.,Yogthong S., Termprayoon K, Siler C.D. and Aowphol A. 2019 Amphibian Surveys Reveal No Instances of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Suggest Low Prevalence of Chytrid Fungus in Thailand. Herpetological Review 50(2), 290–298.

Seateun S., Karraker N.E., Stuart B.L.,Aowphol A. 2019. Population demography of Oldham’s leaf turtle (Cyclemys oldhamii) in protected and disturbed habitats in Thailand. PeerJ 7:e7196 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7196

Ampai N., Rujirawan A., Wood P.L., Jr., Stuart B.L., Aowphol A. 2019. Morphological and molecular analyses reveal two new insular species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Satun Province, southern Thailand. ZooKeys 858: 127–161. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.858.34297

Rujirawan, A., Fong, J.J., Ampai, N., Yodthong, S., Termprayoon, K. and Aowphol, A. 2019. A new karst-dwelling gecko of the Gekko petricolus group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Phitsanulok Province, central Thailand. Journal of Natural History 3 (9-10): 557-576.

Murdoch, M.L.,Grismer, L.L.,Wood, P.L.J.,Neang, T.,Poyarkov, N.A.,Tri N.V.,Nazarov. R.A.,Aowphol, A.,Pauwels, O.S.G.,Nguyen, H.N.,Grismer, J.L. 2019. Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4554(1): 1-62.

Siler, C.D., Heitz,  B.B., Davis, D.R., Freitas, E.S., Aowphol, A., Termprayoon, K., and Grismer, L.L. 2018. New Supple Skink, Genus Lygosoma(Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), from Indochina and Redescription of Lygosoma quadrupes(Linnaeus, 1766). Journal of Herpetology 52(3): 332-347.

Rujirawan, A., Stuart, B.L. and Aowphol, A. 2018. Expanded description of Odorrana livida(Blyth, 1856) with notes on its natural history in Thailand. Journal of Natural History 52 (Nos. 23-24): 1581-1600.

Karraker, N.E., Fischer, S., Aowphol, A., Sheridan, J.and Poo, S. 2018. Signals of forest degradation in the demography of common Asian amphibians. PeerJ 6:e4220; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4220.

Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N., Seateun, S. Yodthong, S., Rujirawan, A., Neang, T., Aowphol, A., and Stuart, B.L. 2018. A new Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from southern Laos. Zootaxa 4375 (3): 325-340.

Wood, P.L., Jr., Grismer, L.L., Aowphol, A., Aguilar, C., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., and Sites, J.W., Jr. 2017. Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri. PeerJ 5:e2884; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2884.

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Grismer, M.S., Murdoch, M.L., Aguilar, C., Grismer, J.L. 2017. Out of Borneo, again and again: Biogeography of the Stream Toad genus Ansonia Stoliczka (Anura: Bufonidae) and the discovery of the first limestone cave-dwelling species.Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. London 120: 371–395.

Heitz, B.B., Diesmos, A.C., Freitas, E.S., Ellsworth, E. D., Grismer, L.L., Aowphol, A., Brown, R.M. and Siler, C.D. 2016. A New Supple Skink, Genus Lygosoma (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae), from the Western Philippines. Herpetologica 72(4): 352–361.

Meesuk, W. Artchawakom, T., Aowphol, A. and Tumkiratiwong, P. 2016. Reproductive pattern and sex hormones of Calotes emma Gray 1845 and Calotes versicolor Daudin 1802 (Squamata; Agamidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology 40: 691-703.

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Anuar, S., Grismer, M.S., Quah, E.S.H., Murdoch, M.L., Muin, M.A., Davis, H.R., Aguilar, C., Klabacka, R., Cobos, A.J., Aowphol, A., Sites, J.W., Jr. 2016. Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems. Zootaxa 4105 (5): 401-429.

Grismer, L.L., Wood, P.L., Jr., Aowphol, A., Cota, M., Murdoch, M.L., Aguilar, C. and Grismer, M.S. 2016. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and distribution of Bronchocela rayaensis (Squamata: Agamidae) on the Thai-Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa 4092 (3): 414–420.

Phimmachak, S., Stuart, B.L. and Aowphol, A. 2015. Ecology and natural history of the knobby newt Tylototriton podichthys (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Laos. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: 389–400. (pdf)

Phimmachak, S., Aowphol, A. and Stuart, B.L. 2015. Morphological and molecular  variation in Tylototriton (Caudata: Salamandridae) in Laos, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4006 (2): 285–310.

Ampai, N., Rujirawan, A., Arkajak, J., McLeod, D.S. and Aowphol, A. 2015. Description of the tadpoles of two endemic frogs: the Phu Luang Cascade frog Odorrana aureola (Anura: Ranidae) and the Isan big-headed frog Limnonectes   isanensis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Thailand. Zootaxa 3981 (4): 508–520.

Aowphol, A., Rujirawan,A., Taksintum, W., Chuaynkern, Y., and Stuart, B.L. 2015. A new caruncle-bearing Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Thailand. Zootaxa 3956 (2): 258–270.

Stuart, B. L., Rowley, J. L., Phimmachak, S., Aowphol, A. and Sivongxay, S. 2014. Salamander protection starts with the newt. Science (Letters): 1067-1068.

Grismer, J. L., Bauer, A. M., Grismer, L. L., Thirakhupt, K., Aowphol, A., Oaks, J. R., Wood, P. L., Onn, C. K., Thy, N., Cota, M. and Jackman, T. 2014. Multiple origins of parthenogenesis, and a revised species phylogeny for the Southeast Asian butterfly lizards, Leiolepis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 113: 1080–1093.

Yodthong, S., Siler, C.D., Prasankok, P. and Aowphol, A. 2014. Phylogenetic Patterns of the Southeast Asian Tree Frog Chiromantis hansenae in Thailand. Asian Herpetological Research 5(3): 179–196. (pdf)

Rujirawan, A., Stuart, B.L. and Aowphol, A. 2013. A new tree frog in the genus Polypedates (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Thailand. Zootaxa 3702 (6): 545–565.

Aowphol, A., Rujirawan,A., Taksintum, W., Arsirapot, S. and McLeod, D.S. 2013.  Re-Evaluating the taxonomic status of Chiromantis in Thailand using multiple lines of evidence (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae).  Zootaxa 3702 (2): 101–123.

Sriprateep, K., Aranyavalai, V., Aowphol, A. and Thirakhupt, K. 2013. Population Structure and Reproduction of the Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1853) at Ban Kok Village, Northeastern Thailand. Tropical Natural History 13(1): 21–37.

Tumkiratiwong, P., Meesuk, W., Chanhome, L. and Aowphol, A. 2012. The Reproductive Patterns of Captive Male and Female Monocled Cobra, Naja kaouthia (Lesson, 1831). Zoological Studies 51(5): 692-700. (pdf)

Yu, X., Peng, Y., Aowphol, A., Ding, L., Brauth, S.E., Tang, Y.Z. 2011. Geographic Variation in the Advertisement Calls of Gekko gecko in Relation to Variations in Morphological Features:Implications for Regional Population Differentiation. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 23(3): 1-19.

Aowphol, A., Voris, H.K., Feldheim, K.A., Harnyuttanakorn, P. and Thirakhupt, K. 2008. Genetic Homogeneity among Colonies of the White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) in Thailand. Zoological Science 25(4): 372–380.

Aowphol, A., Thirakhupt, K., Nabhitabhata, J. and Voris, H.K. 2006. Foraging Ecology of the Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko in the Residential Area in Thailand. Amphibia-Reptilia 27: 491–503.

Project:

Biodiversity and conservation in the Lower Mekong: empowering female herpetologists through capacity building and regional networking

Link: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Science