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Overview

Fred Kraus is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and focuses on research in environmental science, with a particular emphasis on amphibian and reptile biology. Their work spans several subfields including global and planetary change, ecological modeling, ecology, and social psychology.

The researcher has contributed extensively to the study of amphibians and reptiles, species distribution, and climate change impacts, as well as wildlife ecology and conservation. Their main topics of work include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Animal and Plant Science Education

Fred Kraus has collaborated frequently with several researchers, among them:

  • Paul M. Oliver
  • Burhan Tjaturadi
  • Shai Meiri
  • Aaron M. Bauer
  • L. Lee Grismer

The researcher has published in a variety of scientific journals, notably with multiple papers in the following venues:

  • Zootaxa
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Vertebrate Zoology
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Nature

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats (2023, Nature)
  • The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World's Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae) (2021, Diversity)
  • 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)
  • Conservation status of the world's skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk (2021, Biological Conservation)

Their research contributes to understanding the distribution, ecology, and conservation status of amphibians and reptiles, often incorporating phylogenetic, geographic, and climatic perspectives. The work includes modeling ecological impacts and studying behavioral and reproductive patterns in animal populations.

Best Publications

  • Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

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  • The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation

    Uri Roll;Uri Roll;Anat Feldman;Maria Novosolov;Allen Allison

  • Alien reptiles and amphibians : a scientific compendium and analysis

    Fred Kraus

  • Predicting establishment success for alien reptiles and amphibians: a role for climate matching

    Mary Bomford;Fred Kraus;Simon C. Barry;Emma Lawrence

  • Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships

    Frank T Burbrink;Felipe G Grazziotin;R Alexander Pyron;David Cundall

  • DNA systematics and evolution of the artiodactyl family Bovidae.

    Marc W. Allard;Michael M. Miyamoto;Lianna Jarecki;Fred Kraus

  • Impacts from Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians

    Fred Kraus

  • Rapid cladogenesis among the pecoran ruminants: Evidence from mitochondrial dna sequences

    Fred Kraus;Michael M. Miyamoto

  • When Molecules and Morphology Clash: A Phylogenetic Analysis of the North American Ambystomatid Salamanders (Caudata: Ambystomatidae)

    H. Bradley Shaffer;James M. Clark;Fred Kraus

  • Phylogeny and evolution of antlered deer determined from mitochondrial DNA sequences.

    Michael M. Miyamoto;Fred Kraus;Oliver A. Ryder

  • Eleutherodactylus frog introductions to Hawaii

    Fred Kraus;Earl W. Campbell;Allen Allison;Thane K. Pratt

  • Human-mediated escalation of a formerly eradicable problem: the invasion of Caribbean frogs in the Hawaiian Islands

    Fred Kraus;Earl W. Campbell

  • Extinct, obscure or imaginary: The lizard species with the smallest ranges

    Shai Meiri;Shai Meiri;Aaron M. Bauer;Allen Allison;Fernando Castro-Herrera

  • SCIENTIFIC AND STANDARD ENGLISH NAMES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO, WITH COMMENTS REGARDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING

    Ronald M. Bonett;Jeff Boundy;Frank T. Burbrink;Brian I. Crother

  • Crotaline Intergeneric Relationships Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data

    Fred Kraus;Daniel G. Mink;Wesley M. Brown

  • Alien reptiles and amphibians

    Fred Kraus

  • Phylogenetic relationships of colubroid snakes based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Fred Kraus;Wesley M. Brown

  • Congener diversity, topographic heterogeneity and human-assisted dispersal predict spread rates of alien herpetofauna at a global scale.

    Xuan Liu;Xianping Li;Zetian Liu;Reid Tingley

  • Divergent introduction histories among invasive populations of the delicate skink ( Lampropholis delicata): has the importance of genetic admixture in the success of biological invasions been overemphasized?

    David Gregory Chapple;David Gregory Chapple;David Gregory Chapple;Kimberly Anne Miller;Fred Kraus;Michael B Thompson

  • The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes

    Shai Meiri;Luciano Avila;Aaron M. Bauer;David G. Chapple

  • An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of the Ontogeny Polarization Criterion in Phylogenetic Inference

    Fred Kraus

  • A New Sibling Species of Ambystoma from the Ohio River Drainage

    Fred Kraus;James W. Petranka

  • Rapid Cladogenesis Among the Pecoran Ruminants: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

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Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen R. Goldberg
Stephen R. Goldberg Whittier College
Shai Meiri
Shai Meiri Tel Aviv University
Uri Roll
Uri Roll Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Michael M. Miyamoto
Michael M. Miyamoto University of Florida
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Nottingham Trent University
David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
Peter Uetz
Peter Uetz Virginia Commonwealth University
Jean-François Trape
Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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