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Overview

Perry L. Wood is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on amphibian and reptile biology alongside related ecological and genetic studies.

The scientist's recent work includes publications in various respected journals across multiple related disciplines. Notable recent papers are:

  • Gene flow creates a mirage of cryptic species in a Southeast Asian spotted stream frog complex, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Gene Flow Increases Phylogenetic Structure and Inflates Cryptic Species Estimations: A Case Study on Widespread Philippine Puddle Frogs (Occidozyga laevis), 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Karstic Landscapes Are Foci of Species Diversity in the World's Third-Largest Vertebrate Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia: Squamata; Gekkonidae), 2021, Diversity
  • Larger, unfiltered datasets are more effective at resolving phylogenetic conflict: Introns, exons, and UCEs resolve ambiguities in Golden-backed frogs (Anura: Ranidae; genus Hylarana), 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Evolution of habitat preference in 243 species of Bent-toed geckos (Genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827) with a discussion of karst habitat conservation, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Perry L. Wood frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • L. Lee Grismer
  • Evan S. H. Quah
  • Rafe M. Brown
  • Anchalee Aowphol
  • Jesse L. Grismer

The scientist's work is often published in journals such as:

  • Zootaxa
  • Vertebrate Zoology
  • ZooKeys
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Main fields of study for Perry L. Wood include Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields show a specialization in areas like Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Molecular Biology.

The key topics covered in their research are:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Best Publications

  • Integrated analyses resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and reveal unexpected placements for fossil taxa.

    Tod W. Reeder;Ted M. Townsend;Daniel G. Mulcahy;Brice P. Noonan

  • 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

  • Phylogeny of bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus) reveals a west to east pattern of diversification.

    Perry L. Wood;Matthew P. Heinicke;Todd R. Jackman;Aaron M. Bauer

  • 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

  • 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

  • Identification of 104 rapidly-evolving nuclear protein-coding markers for amplification across scaled reptiles using genomic resources

    Daniel M. Portik;Daniel M. Portik;Perry L. Wood;Jesse L. Grismer;Jesse L. Grismer;Edward L. Stanley;Edward L. Stanley

  • Gene flow creates a mirage of cryptic species in a Southeast Asian spotted stream frog complex.

    Kin Onn Chan;Carl R. Hutter;Carl R. Hutter;Perry L. Wood;Perry L. Wood;L. Lee Grismer

  • Six new species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius complex (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Cardamom Mountains and associated highlands of Southeast Asia.

    Matthew L. Murdoch;L. Lee Grismer;Perry L. Jr. Wood;Thy Neang

  • CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE SERIBUAT ARCHIPELAGO, WEST MALAYSIA WITH COMMENTS ON BIOGEOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, AND ADAPTIVE TYPES

    L. Lee Grismer;Timothy M. Youmans;Perry L. Wood;Jesse L. Grismer

  • Integrative taxonomy and preliminary assessment of species limits in the Liolaemus walkeri complex (Squamata, Liolaemidae) with descriptions of three new species from Peru.

    César Aguilar;Perry L. Wood;Juan C. Cusi;Alfredo Guzmán

  • Gene Flow Increases Phylogenetic Structure and Inflates Cryptic Species Estimations: A Case Study on Widespread Philippine Puddle Frogs (Occidozyga laevis)

    Kin Onn Chan;Carl R Hutter;Carl R Hutter;Perry L Wood;Yong-Chao Su

  • A Checklist of the Herpetofauna of the Banjaran Bintang, Peninsular Malaysia

    L. Lee Grismer;Chan Kin Onn;Jesse L. Grismer;Perry L. Wood

  • 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

  • Two new diminutive species of Cnemaspis Strauch 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

    L. Lee Grismer;Norhayati Ahmad;Chan Kin Onn;Daicus Belabut

  • 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

  • FrogCap: A modular sequence capture probe-set for phylogenomics and population genetics for all frogs, assessed across multiple phylogenetic scales.

    Carl R. Hutter;Kerry A. Cobb;Daniel M. Portik;Scott L. Travers;Scott L. Travers

  • 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

  • Parachute geckos free fall into synonymy: Gekko phylogeny, and a new subgeneric classification, inferred from thousands of ultraconserved elements.

    Perry L. Wood;Xianguang Guo;Xianguang Guo;Scott L. Travers;Yong-Chao Su;Yong-Chao Su

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Evan S. H. Quah
Evan S. H. Quah Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Rafe M. Brown
Rafe M. Brown University of Kansas
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Cameron D. Siler
Cameron D. Siler University of Oklahoma
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Nikolay A. Poyarkov
Nikolay A. Poyarkov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Robert G. Moyle
Robert G. Moyle University of Kansas
Fred Kraus
Fred Kraus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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