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Roger S. Thorpe publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger S. Thorpe sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 179 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Roger S. Thorpe D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roger S. Thorpe sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Roger S. Thorpe is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses several areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular focus on amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, and wildlife ecology and conservation.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a concentration on herpetology and biodiversity in the Lesser Antilles. These include:

  • The threat of Peters's Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles, 2023, Animal Conservation
  • Systematics and biogeography of snakes of the genus (Boa) in the Lesser Antilles, 2023, Caribbean Herpetology
  • Integrative analysis of geographic variation and species boundaries in the white-lipped pitviper complex (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae: Trimeresurus albolabris), 2025, Vertebrate Zoology
  • Polymorphism, parallel evolution, and purpose of dewlap hue in Lesser Antillean Dactyloa anoles, 2024, Caribbean Herpetology

These publications reflect their engagement with global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and studies in ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Their work also addresses genetic diversity and population structure through the lens of specific reptilian taxa.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Roger S. Thorpe include Anita Malhotra, Matthijs P. van den Burg, Joseph A. Wasilewski, Adolphe O. Debrot, and Jennifer C. Daltry. The collaboration network highlights interdisciplinary approaches to species systematics and conservation biology.

The venues where Thorpe most often publishes are:

  • Caribbean Herpetology
  • Animal Conservation
  • Vertebrate Zoology

Thorpe's research topics mainly cover:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Marine and fisheries research

Within their fields of study, their publications focus largely on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields include global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics, as well as ecological modeling.

Best Publications

  • Diet and snake venom evolution

    Jennifer C. Daltry;Wolfgang Wüster;Roger S. Thorpe

  • BIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND RACIAL AFFINITIES

    R. S. Thorpe

  • Validation of the barcoding gene COI for use in forensic genetic species identification.

    Nick Dawnay;Rob Ogden;Ross McEwing;Gary R. Carvalho

  • Quantitative handling of characters useful in snake systematics with particular reference to intraspecific variation in the Ringed Snake Natrix natrix (L.)

    R. S. Thorpe

  • A Review of the Numerical Methods for Recognising and Analysing Racial Differentiation

    R. S. Thorpe

  • Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus)

    Wolfgang Wüster;Julia E. Ferguson;J. Adrian Quijada-Mascareñas;Catharine E. Pook

  • A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis).

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Molecular evidence for ecological speciation in tropical habitats

    Rob Ogden;Roger S. Thorpe

  • DNA EVOLUTION AND COLONIZATION SEQUENCE OF ISLAND LIZARDS IN RELATION TO GEOLOGICAL HISTORY: MTDNA RFLP, CYTOCHROME B, CYTOCHROME OXIDASE, 12S RRNA SEQUENCE, AND NUCLEAR RAPD ANALYSIS

    Roger S. Thorpe;Duncan P. McGregor;Alastair M. Cumming;William Chester Jordan

  • Geographic variation: A synthesis of cause, data, pattern and congruence in relation to subspecies, multivariate analysis and phylogenesis

    Roger Stephen Thorpe

  • Historical biogeography of the Western Rattlesnake (Serpentes: viperidae: Crotalus viridis), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence information.

    Catharine E Pook;Wolfgang Wüster;Roger S Thorpe

  • Intraspecific Phylogeography of Lacerta vivipara and the Evolution of Viviparity

    Yann Surget-Groba;Benoı̂t Heulin;Claude-Pierre Guillaume;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Combining mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphological data to infer species boundaries: phylogeography of lanceheaded pitvipers in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, and the status of Bothrops pradoi (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae)

    G. Puorto;M. Da Graça Salomão;R. D. G. Theakston;R. S. Thorpe

  • Origin and evolution of the South American pitviper fauna: evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis.

    W. Wuster;M.G. Salomao;J.A. Quijada-Mascarenas;R.S. Thorpe

  • A phylogeny of the trimeresurus group of pit vipers: new evidence from a mitochondrial gene tree.

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Genetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and isoelectric focusing.

    Simon Creer;Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe;Reto S. Stöcklin

  • Electrophoretic profiles and biological activities: Intraspecific variation in the venom of the malayan pit viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)

    J. C. Daltry;G. Ponnudurai;C. K. Shin;N. H. Tan

  • THE DYNAMICS OF NATURAL SELECTION AND VICARIANCE IN THE DOMINICAN ANOLE: PATTERNS OF WITHIN-ISLAND MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • A biometric study of the effects of growth on the analysis of geographic variation: Tooth number in Green geckos (Reptilia: Phelsuma)

    R. S. Thorpe

  • The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris

    Nicholas Giannasi;Roger S. Thorpe;Anita Malhotra

  • Multivariate analysis of the population systematics of the ringed snake, Natrix natrix (L)

    R. S. Thorpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Anita Malhotra
Anita Malhotra Bangor University
Wolfgang Wüster
Wolfgang Wüster Bangor University
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
Rob Ogden
Rob Ogden University of Edinburgh
Jan W. Arntzen
Jan W. Arntzen Naturalis Biodiversity Center
John Harris
John Harris Newcastle University
David A. Warrell
David A. Warrell University of Oxford
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Ángel Guerra
Ángel Guerra Spanish National Research Council
Graham J. Pierce
Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council

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