World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
5821
World Ranking
7541
National Ranking
2536

Overview

Eli Greenbaum is affiliated with The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a particular emphasis on amphibian and reptile biology. They have a strong presence in studies related to species distribution and climate change, genetic diversity, and population structure as well as animal behavior and reproduction.

Their recent publications highlight a range of ecological, evolutionary, and taxonomic topics, published in multiple scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches (2021, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society)
  • Specimen collection is essential for modern science (2023, PLoS Biology)
  • Rivers, not refugia, drove diversification in arboreal, sub-Saharan African snakes (2021, Ecology and Evolution)
  • African Herald snakes, Crotaphopeltis, show population structure for a widespread generalist but deep genetic divergence for forest specialists (2020, Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research)
  • Chytrid Pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African Amphibians: A Continental Analysis of Occurrences and Modeling of Its Potential Distribution (2020, Herpetologica)

Greenbaum's collaboration network features several frequent co-authors, including Chifundera Kusamba, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Johannes Penner, and Václav Gvoždík. These collaborations demonstrate a sustained research partnership in fields related to herpetology and ecological studies.

Their work has been published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Zootaxa
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • African Journal of Herpetology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Greenbaum's scientific contributions cover subfields such as global and planetary change, genetics, ecological modeling, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Their main research topics include amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, Lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, genetic diversity, population structure, animal behavior and reproduction, wildlife ecology and conservation, and genetic and clinical aspects of sex determination and chromosomal abnormalities.

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

    Michael S. Engel;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Gimo M. Daniel;Pablo M. Dellapé

  • Repeated Origin and Loss of Adhesive Toepads in Geckos

    Tony Gamble;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman;Anthony P. Russell

  • Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M. Bauer;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman

  • Coming to America: multiple origins of New World geckos.

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M Bauer;Guarino R Colli;Eli Greenbaum

  • Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M. Bauer;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman

  • Into the light: diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos

    Tony Gamble;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman;Aaron M. Bauer

  • A standardized series of embryonic stages for the emydid turtle Trachemys scripta

    Eli Greenbaum

  • Molecular phylogeny of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) with emphasis on relationships among New World genera

    Rafael O. de Sa;Jeffrey W. Streicher;Relebohile Sekonyela;Mauricio C. Forlani

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • A new species of day gecko from high elevation in Sri Lanka, with a preliminary phylogeny of Sri Lankan Cnemaspis (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae)

    Aaron M. Bauer;Anslem de Silva;Eli Greenbaum;Todd Jackman

  • South Asia supports a major endemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos.

    Aaron M. Bauer;Todd R. Jackman;Eli Greenbaum;Eli Greenbaum;Varad B. Giri

  • Reconsideration of skeletal development of Chelydra serpentina (Reptilia: Testudinata: Chelydridae): evidence for intraspecific variation

    Christopher A. Sheil;Eli Greenbaum

  • Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa

    Ben J. Evans;Timothy F. Carter;Eli Greenbaum;Václav Gvoždík;Václav Gvoždík

  • Phylogeny, taxonomy, and zoogeography of the genus Gekko Laurenti, 1768 with the revalidation of G . reevesii Gray, 1831 (Sauria: Gekkonidae)

    Herbert Rösler;Aaron M. Bauer;Matthew P. Heinicke;Eli Greenbaum

  • A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification

    Adam D. Leaché;Philipp Wagner;Charles W. Linkem;Wolfgang Böhme

  • Phylogeny of a trans‐Wallacean radiation (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gehyra) supports a single early colonization of Australia

    Matthew P. Heinicke;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman;Aaron M. Bauer

  • Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae).

    Wolfgang Wüster;Laurent Chirio;Jean-François Trape;Ivan Ineich

  • Pan‐African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog ‘Xenopus laevis’

    Benjamin L. S. Furman;Adam J. Bewick;Tia L. Harrison;Eli Greenbaum

  • A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

    Eli Greenbaum;Aaron M. Bauer;Todd R. Jackman;Miguel Vences

  • Molecular phylogenetic relationships among species of the Malagasy-Comoran gecko genus Paroedura (Squamata: Gekkonidae).

    Todd R. Jackman;Aaron M. Bauer;Eli Greenbaum;Frank Glaw

  • Staging criteria for embryos of the spiny softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera (testudines: Trionychidae)

    Eli Greenbaum;John L. Carr

  • ARTICLE Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards

    Tony Gamble;Aaron M. Bauer;Eli Greenbaum;Todd R. Jackman

Frequent Co-Authors

Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Mark-Oliver Rödel
Mark-Oliver Rödel Museum für Naturkunde
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
Adam D. Leaché
Adam D. Leaché University of Washington
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Krystal A. Tolley
Krystal A. Tolley University of Johannesburg
Wolfgang Böhme
Wolfgang Böhme Leibniz Association
Jean-François Trape
Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Stephen R. Goldberg
Stephen R. Goldberg Whittier College
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For those interested in Ecology and Evolution, several online degree options and career pathways can broaden your expertise or allow for career changes. Flexible formats in higher education are making it easier than ever to transition between fields, even without a closely related undergraduate background.

Similar to online bridge programs non-SLP majors use to move into speech-language pathology, there are creative pathways for science-focused students looking to specialize. Accelerated choices, such as accelerated bsn programs for non nurses, demonstrate how intensive programs can quickly prepare you for new careers in related scientific disciplines.

If your interests expand to health science, roles like psychiatric nurse practitioner are in high demand. Understanding factors like pmhnp salary by state can help inform your career decisions. Additionally, those eager to fast-track their professional journey can look into fast track nurse practitioner programs for options that minimize time in school while maximizing future opportunities.

Exploring these online and accelerated programs may inspire new career paths or provide the skills needed for impactful work at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and health sciences.

Best Scientists Citing Eli Greenbaum

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles