Publications

Below are publications resulting from my work. Most of those without direct links to pdf are open access. If not, feel free to contact me for a pdf.

IMG_0923

My research often involves traveling to the Neotropics for fieldwork or collaborations with local biologists. Panama near General Omar Torrijos National Park.

Within my broader research directions in ecology and evolutionary biology, my research can also be partitioned by organism and discipline.

IMG_0301

Snake systematics

  1. Jowers et al. 2023. Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa. Nature: Scientific Reports 13(11674):1–11.
  2. Tepos-Ramírez, M., O. Flores-Villela, J.A. Velasco, C.P. Lara, O.R. García, and R.C. Jadin. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics and morphometrics reveal a new endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilocoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 55:181–191.
  3. Ceríaco, L.M.P., L. Arellano, R.C. Jadin, M.P. Marques, D. Parrinha, J. Hallermann, and R.C. Drewes. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 70:1–31.
  4. Jadin, R.C., S.A. Orlofske, M.J. Jowers, W.E. Duellman, C. Blair, and J.C. Murphy. 2021. A new vine snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from Peru and redescription of O. acuminatus. Evolutionary Systematics 5(1):1–12.
  5. Jadin, R.C., C. Blair, S.A. Orlofske, Gilson A. Rivas, L.J. Vitt, J.M. Ray, E.N. Smith, M.J. Jowers, and J.C. Murphy. 2020. Not withering on the evolutionary vine: Systematic revision of New World vine snakes. Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 20:723–746.
  6. Jowers, M.J., G.A. Rivas, R.C. Jadin, A.L. Braswell, R.J. Auguste, A. Borzée, and J.C. Murphy. 2020. Unearthing the species diversity of a cryptozoic snake, Tantilla melanocephala, in its northern distribution with emphasis on the colonization of the Lesser Antilles. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14(3):206–217.
  7. Jadin, R.C., C. Blair, M.J. Jowers, A. Carmona, and J.C. Murphy. 2019. Hiding in the lianas of the tree of life: Molecular phylogenetics and species delimitation reveal considerable cryptic diversity of New World vine snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134:61–65.
  8. Guo, P. Q. Liu, T. Wen, R. Xiao, M. Fang, G. Zhong, N.Q. Truong, F. Zhu, R.C. Jadin, and C. Li. 2016. Multilocus phylogeny of the Asian Lanceheaded pitvipers (Squamata, Viperidae, Protobothrops). Zootaxa 4093:382–390.
  9. Wittenberg*, R.D., R.C. Jadin*, A.M. Fenwick, and R.L. Gutberlet, Jr. 2015. Recovering the evolutionary history of Africa’s most diverse viper genus: Phylogeny, morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Bitis (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae). Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution 15(1):115–125.
  10. Jadin, R.C., F.T. Burbrink, G.A. Rivas, L.J. Vitt, C.L. Barrio-Amorós, and R.P. Guralnick. 2014. Finding arboreal snakes in an evolutionary tree: phylogenetic placement and systematic revision of the Neotropical birdsnakes. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52(3):257–264.
  11. Townsend, J.H., M. Medina-Flores, L.D. Wilson, R.C. Jadin, and J.D. Austin. 2013. A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Bothriechis) from the Chortís Highlands of Mesoamerica. ZooKeys 298:77–105.
  12. Jadin, R.C., J.H. Townsend, T.A. Castoe, and J.A. Campbell. 2012. Cryptic diversity in disjunct populations of Middle American Montane Pitvipers: A systematic reassessment of Cerrophidion godmani. Zoologica Scripta 41:455–470.
  13. Barros*, T.R., R.C. Jadin*, J.R. Caicedo-Portilla, and G.A. Rivas. 2012. Discovery of a rare snail-eater snake in Venezuela (Dipsadinae: Dipsas pratti), with additions to its natural history and morphology. Zoosystematics and Evolution 88:125–134.
  14. Jadin, R.C., E.N. Smith, and J.A. Campbell. 2011. Unraveling a tangle of Mexican serpents: a systematic revision of highland pitvipers. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163:943–958.
  15. Jadin, R.C. 2010. Morphological phylogeny of the montane pitvipers (Crotalinae: Cerrophidion) with comments on the conservation of Mesoamerican highlands. In: L.D. Wilson, J.H. Townsend, and J.D. Johnson [eds.]. Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Eagle Mountain Publishing. Pp. 674–685.
  16. Jadin, R.C., R.L. Gutberlet, Jr., and E.N. Smith. 2010. Phylogeny, evolutionary morphology, and hemipenis descriptions of the Middle American jumping pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae: Atropoides). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 48:360–365.
  17. Guo, P., R.C. Jadin, A. Malhotra, and C. Li. 2010. An investigation of the cranial evolution of Asian pitvipers (Serpentes: Crotalinae), with comments on the phylogenetic position of Peltopelor macrolepis. Acta Zoologica: Morphology and Evolution 91:402–407.

Morphological Evolution

  1. Jadin, R.C., J.R. Mihaljevic, and S.A. Orlofske. 2019. Do New World pitvipers “scale‐down” at high elevations? Macroecological patterns of scale characters and body size. Ecology and Evolution 9:9362–9375.
  2. Jadin, R.C., and R.B. King. 2012. Ontogenetic effects on snake hemipenial morphology. Journal of Herpetology 46(3):393–395.
  3. Jadin, R.C., and R.V. Parkhill. 2011. Hemipenis descriptions of Mastigodryas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern Middle America, with comments on the use of hemipenial data in phylogenetics. Herpetology Notes 4:207–210.
  4. Jadin, R.C., J.R. Velasco, and E.N. Smith. 2010. Hemipenes of the long-tailed rattlesnakes (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Mexico. Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology 9(1):69–73.
  5. King, R.B., R.C. Jadin, M. Grue, and H.D. Walley. 2009. Behavioural correlates with hemipenis morphology in New World natricine snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98:110–120.

Disease Ecology and Parasitology

  1. Keeney, D.B., S.A. Cobb, R.C. Jadin, and S.A. Orlofske. 2023. Atypical life cycle does not lead to inbreeding or selfing in parasites despite clonemate accumulation in intermediate hosts. Molecular Ecology 32:1777–1790.
  2. Orlofske, S.A., R.C. Jadin, and P.T.J. Johnson. 2015. It’s a predator-eat-parasite world: linking trophic interactions and disease ecology in aquatic ecosystems. Oecologia 178:537–547.
  3. Orlofske, S.A., R.C. Jadin, J.T. Hoverman, and P.T.J. Johnson. 2014. Predation and disease: understanding the effects of predators at multiple trophic levels on pathogen transmission. Freshwater Biology 59(5):1064–1075.
  4. Pinto, H.A., R.C. Jadin, S.A. Orlofske, P.T.J. Johnson, and A.L. Melo. 2013. Biomphalaria straminea (Mollusca: Planorbidae) as an intermediate host of Ribeiroia (Trematoda: Psilostomidae) in Brazil. Journal of Parasitology 99(5):914–918.
  5. Orlofske, S.A., R.C. Jadin, D.L. Preston, and P.T.J. Johnson. 2012. Parasite transmission in complex communities: predators and alternative hosts alter pathogenic infections in amphibians. Ecology (as a report) 93:1247–1253.

General Systematics

  1. Jadin*, R.C., S.A. Orlofske*, T. Jezkova, C. Blair. 2021. Single-locus species delimitation and ecological niche modelling provide insights into the evolution, historical distribution and taxonomy of the Pacific chorus frogs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132:612–633.
  2. Sgouros, K., L.M. Page, S.A. Orlofske, and R.C. Jadin. 2019. A revised molecular phylogeny reveals polyphyly in Schistura (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 4559:349–362.
  3. Roth, B., R.C. Jadin, and R.P. Guralnick. 2013. The taxonomic status of Deroceras hesperium Pilsbry, 1944 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Limacidae) a species of conservation concern in Oregon. Zootaxa 3691:453–460.
  4. Myers, C.W., G. Rivas Fuenmayor, and R.C. Jadin. 2009. New species of lizards from Auyantepui and La Escalera in the Venezuelan Guayana, with notes on “microteiid” hemipenes (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates 3660:1–31.

Species distributions, book reviews, and natural history

  1. O’Leathlobhair, J.L., and R.C. Jadin. 2023. Unusual bedfellows: Observations of cohabitation between two hylids and paper wasps in central Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 58(8):121–123.
  2. Jadin, R.C., and S.A. Orlofske. 2020. Pantherophis vulpinus. Diet. Herp. Review 51(1):152.
  3. Orlofske, S.A., and R.C. Jadin. 2018. Book review: Studies on Anomalies in Natural Populations of Amphibians, Henle & Dubois (eds.). Herpetological Review 49(2):363–366.
  4. Orlofske, S.A., H.D. Hedman, J.E. Koechlin, and R.C. Jadin. 2012. Herpetological ecotourism and conservation: Reserva Amazónica, Perù. IRCF, Reptiles & Amphibians: Conservation and Natural History 19:254–262.
  5. Jadin, R.C., and E.N. Smith. 2010. The hemipenis of Trimorphodon quadruplex. Herpetological Review 41(2):157–159.
  6. Jadin, R.C., S.A. Orlofske, and J.M. Ray. 2010. Hemidactylus frenatus. G.D. Herpetological Review 41(4):512.
  7. Jadin, R.C., and S.A. Orlofske. 2010. Xenopholis scalaris. Diet. Herpetological Review 41(1):101.
  8. Pruett, J.A., and R.C. Jadin. 2010. Tantilla gracilis. Predation. Herpetological Review 41(1):99.
  9. Flores, E., R.C. Jadin, and S.A. Orlofske. 2010. Helicops polylepis. Diet and intraspecific competition. Herpetological Review 41(1):93–94.
  10. Jadin, R.C. 2010. Cerrophidion tzotzilorum Campbell, Tzotzil Montane Pitviper. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 880:1–2.
  11. Jadin, R.C., M.A. Altamirano, M.H. Yánez-Muñoz, and E.N. Smith. 2009. First record of the Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in Ecuador. Applied Herpetology 6(2):193–195.
  12. Jadin, R.C., and U.O. García-Vázquez. 2009. Sibon nebulatus. G.D. Herpetological Review 40(3):366–367.
  13. Orlofske, S.A. and R.C. Jadin. 2009. Phyllomedusa camba. Max. Size. Herpetological Review 40(2):207.
  14. Jadin, R.C. 2008. Caracolera Jaspeada (Sibon nebulatus): Segundo registro para la municipio de La Huerta en Jalisco, México. Boletín de la Sociedad Herpetológia Mexicana 16(2):46.
  15. Jadin, R.C., and U.O. García-Vázquez. 2008. Natural history notes. Salvadora mexicana (Male Combat). Herpetological Bulletin 104:39–40.
  16. Jadin, R.C. 2007. Prey items of the Tzotzil Montane Pitviper (Cerrophidion tzotzilorum). Southwestern Naturalist 52(3):437–438.
  17. Jadin, R.C., and J.L. Coleman. 2007. New county records of the Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) in northeastern Texas with comments on range expansion. Applied Herpetology 4(1):90–94.
  18. Jadin, R.C., and J.L. Coleman. 2007. New county records of amphibians and reptiles from Rains county, Texas. G.D. Herpetological Review 38(2):246–247.
  19. Jadin, R.C., J.L. Coleman, A.M. Modra, and S.A. Orlofske. 2006. Hemidactylus turcicus. G.D. Herpetological Review 37(4):495.
  20. Jadin, R.C., and J.L. Coleman. 2006. Farancia abacura reinwardtii. G.D. Herpetological Review 37(1):108–109.
  21. Jadin, R.C., and J.R. Engelbert. 2005. Pseudacris feriarum feriarum. G.D. Herpetological Review 36(2):200.
Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started