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Evan S. H. Quah is affiliated with Universiti Malaysia Sabah in Malaysia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on several significant subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics covered in their work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Lepidoptera Biology and Taxonomy, Turtle Biology and Conservation, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies.

Quah's recent papers illustrate a concentration on amphibians and reptiles, including notable publications such as:

  • "Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats" (2023, Nature)
  • "Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World's Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae)" (2021, Diversity)
  • "Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (GenusCyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation" (2020, Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation" (2021, Vertebrate Zoology)
  • "The biogeography of bent-toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)" (2022, PeerJ)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • L. Lee Grismer
  • Perry L. Wood
  • Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah
  • Jesse L. Grismer
  • Kin Onn Chan

Quah's work is published regularly in several scientific venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Zootaxa
  • ZooKeys
  • Vertebrate Zoology
  • Check List
  • Nature

Best Publications

  • Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian Rock Geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry Jr L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Awal Riyanto

  • Twelve new species of Cyrtodactylus Gray (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from isolated limestone habitats in east-central and southern Myanmar demonstrate high localized diversity and unprecedented microendemism

    L Lee Grismer;Perry L Wood;Myint Kyaw Thura;Thaw Zin

  • Integrative taxonomy uncovers high levels of cryptic species diversity in Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia

    L. Lee Grismer;L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Mohd Abdul Muin

  • A phylogeny and taxonomy of the Thai-Malay Peninsula Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae): combined morphological and molecular analyses with descriptions of seven new species

    L. Lee Grismer;L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Evan S. H. Quah;Shahrul Anuar

  • A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Yunnan, China and its phylogenetic relationship to other congeners.

    Ade Prasetyo Agung;L. Lee Grismer;Jesse L. Grismer;Evan S. H. Quah

  • Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World’s Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae)

    Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Nikolay A. Poyarkov;Minh D. Le

  • Species delimitation with gene flow: A methodological comparison and population genomics approach to elucidate cryptic species boundaries in Malaysian Torrent Frogs.

    Kin Onn Chan;Alana M. Alexander;L. Lee Grismer;Yong-Chao Su

  • A new Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills and the biogeography of Bent-toed Geckos from eastern Myanmar.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Myint Kyaw Thura;Evan S. H. Quah

  • Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Evan S. H. Quah;Myint Kyaw Thura

  • Integrative taxonomy of the Asian skinks Sphenomorphus stellatus (Boulenger, 1900) and S. praesignis (Boulenger, 1900) with the resurrection of S. annamiticus (Boettger, 1901) and the description of a new species from Cambodia.

    L. Lee Grismer;Jr. Wood Perry L.;Evan S. H. Quah;Shahrul Anuar

  • Two more new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shan Hills of eastern Myanmar (Burma).

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;George R. Zug;Myint Kyaw Thura

  • A taxonomic reappraisal of the Smooth Slug Snake Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) (Squamata: Pareidae) in Borneo with the description of two new species.

    Evan S.H. Quah;L. Lee Grismer;Kelvin K.P. Lim;M.S. Shahrul Anuar

  • The discovery and description of a new species of Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Langkawi Archipelago, Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia

    Evan S. H. Quah;L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr Wood;Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah

  • Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Minh Duc Le;Minh Duc Le;Evan S. H. Quah;Evan S. H. Quah

  • A re-description of Cyrtodactylus chrysopylos Bauer (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with comments on the adaptive significance of orange coloration in hatchlings and descriptions of two new species from eastern Myanmar (Burma).

    L. Lee Grismer;Jr. Wood Perry L.;Myint Kyaw Thura;Nay Myo Win

  • Two more new species of the Cyrtodactylus peguensis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the fringes of the Ayeyarwady Basin, Myanmar

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Myint Kyaw Thura;Nay Myo Win

  • A new species of Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from the Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar (Burma).

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Evan S. H. Quah;Myint Kyaw Thura

  • Geographic structure of genetic variation in the Parachute Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum Annandale, 1905 across Indochina and Sundaland with descriptions of three new species.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Jesse L. Grismer;Evan S. H. Quah

  • On the taxonomy of Lygosoma bampfyldei Bartlett, 1895 (Squamata: Scincidae) with descriptions of new species from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia and the resurrection of Lygosoma schneideri Werner, 1900

    L. Lee Grismer;Evan S. H. Quah;Zaharil Duzulkafly;Paul Yambun

  • Venomics of Trimeresurus (Popeia) nebularis, the Cameron Highlands Pit Viper from Malaysia: Insights into Venom Proteome, Toxicity and Neutralization of Antivenom

    Choo Hock Tan;Kae Yi Tan;Tzu Shan Ng;Evan S.H. Quah

  • The phylogenetic relationships of three new species of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from poorly explored regions in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Evan S. H. Quah

  • Repeated evolution of sympatric, palaeoendemic species in closely related, co-distributed lineages of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) across a sky-island archipelago in Peninsular Malaysia

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Evan S. H. Quah

  • Three more new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Salween Basin of eastern Myanmar underscore the urgent need for the conservation of karst habitats

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Myint Kyaw Thura;Evan S.H. Quah

  • Unlocking the secrets of banded coral snake (Calliophis intestinalis, Malaysia): A venom with proteome novelty, low toxicity and distinct antigenicity

    Kae Yi Tan;Jia Lee Liew;Nget Hong Tan;Evan S.H. Quah

  • Phylogenetic relationships and description of a new upland species of Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) of the C. sworderi complex from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia.

    L. Lee Grismer;Shahrul Anuar;Mohd Abdul Muin;Evan S. H. Quah

  • Phylogenetic taxonomy of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with descriptions of three new species from Myanmar

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Myint Kyaw Thura;Thaw Zin

  • Two new Bent-toed Geckos of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus complex from Peninsular Malaysia and multiple instances of convergent adaptation to limestone forest ecosystems.

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Marta S. Grismer

  • A new species of karst forest-adapted Bent-toed Gecko (genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) belonging to the C. sworderi complex from a threatened karst forest in Perak, Peninsular Malaysia.

    L. Lee Grismer;Daicus M. Belabut;Evan S. H. Quah;Chan Kin Onn

  • An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos

    L Lee Grismer;Evan S H Quah

  • Phylogenetic partitioning of the third-largest vertebrate genus in the world, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia; Squamata; Gekkonidae) and its relevance to taxonomy and conservation

    L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Wood;Nikolay A. Poyarkov

  • A new species of upland Stream Toad of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Anura: Bufonidae) from northeastern Peninsular Malaysia.

    Kin Onn Chan;Perry L. Wood;Shahrul Anuar;Mohd Abdul Muin

  • First Record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infecting Four Frog Families from Peninsular Malaysia

    Anna E. Savage;L. Lee Grismer;Shahrul Anuar;Chan Kin Onn;Chan Kin Onn

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Perry L. Wood
Perry L. Wood Auburn University
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Nikolay A. Poyarkov
Nikolay A. Poyarkov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Fred Kraus
Fred Kraus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David C. Blackburn
David C. Blackburn Florida Museum of Natural History
Truong Q. Nguyen
Truong Q. Nguyen University of California, San Diego

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