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1. Mendelson,
J. R., III. 1990. Notes on a collection of amphibians and reptiles from Pueblo
Viejo, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Publicacion Ocasional, Fundacion Interamericana
de Investigacion Tropical 3:1–18.
2. Dorcas, M. E., and J. R.
Mendelson III. 1991. Distributional notes on Nerodia harteri harteri
in Parker and Palo Pinto Counties, Texas. Herpetological Review 22:117–118.
3. Mendelson, J.
R., III, and W. B. Jennings. 1992. Shifts in the relative abundance of snakes
in a desert grassland. Journal of Herpetology 26:38–45.
4.
Mendelson, J. R., III. 1992. Frequency of tail breakage in Coniophanes fissidens
(Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 48:448–455.
5. Mendelson, J. R., III. 1994.
A new species of toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from the lowlands of eastern Guatemala.
Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 166:1–21.
6. Mendelson, J. R.,
III, and J. A. Campbell. 1994. Two new species of the Hyla sumichrasti
group (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological
Society of Washington. 107:398–409.
7. Anthony, C. D., J.
R. Mendelson III, and R. R. Simons. 1994. Differential parasitism by sex on
plethodontid salamanders and histological evidence for structural damage to
the nasolabial groove. American Midland Naturalist 132:302–307.
8. Mendelson, J. R., III, and D.
A. Kizirian. 1995. Geographic variation in Rhadinaea hempsteadae (Serpentes:
Colubridae), with the description of a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Herpetologica
51:301–313.
9. Duellman, W. E., and
J. R. Mendelson III. 1995. Amphibians and reptiles from northern Departamento
Loreto, Peru: Taxonomy and Biogeography. University of Kansas Science Bulletin
55:329–375.
10. Toal, K. R., III, and J. R.
Mendelson III. 1995. A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from cloud
forest in Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments on the status of the Hyla bistincta
group. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas
179:1–20
11. Mendelson, J. R.,
III, and D. A. Kizirian. 1995. An anomalous specimen referable to Rhadinaea
kinkelini (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Herpetology
29:624–625.
12.
Mendelson, J. R., III, and K. R. Toal III. 1996. A new species of Hyla (Anura:
Hylidae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments on Hyla
chryses and Hyla mykter. Journal of Herpetology 30: 326–333.
13. Nieto-Montes de Oca,
A. and J. R. Mendelson III. 1997. Variation in Rhadinaea marcellae
(Squamata: Colubridae), a poorly known species from the Sierra Madre Oriental
of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 31: 124–127.
14.
Mendelson, J. R., III. 1997. A new species of Bufo (Anura: Bufonidae)
from the Pacific Highlands of Guatemala and southern Mexico, with comments on
the status of Bufo valliceps macrocristatus. Herpetologica 53:14–30.
15. Mendelson, J. R., III.
1997. A new species of toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments
on the status of Bufo cavifrons and Bufo cristatus. Herpetologica
53:268–286.
16.
Mendelson, J. R., III. 1998. Bufo cavifrons. SSAR Catalogue of American
Reptiles and Amphibians:645.1–3.
17.
Mendelson, J. R., III. 1998. Bufo cristatus. SSAR Catalogue of American
Reptiles and Amphibians:646.1–2 .
18. Campbell, J. A., M. Sasa,
M. Acevedo, and J. R. Mendelson III. 1998. A new species of Abronia
(Squamata: Anguidae) from the high Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. Herpetologica
54:221–234.
19. Mendelson,
J. R., III. 1998. Geographic variation in Bufo valliceps (Anura: Bufonidae),
a widespread toad in the United States and Middle America. Scientific Papers
of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas 9:1–12.
20. Mendelson,
J. R., III, and J. B. Pramuk. 1998. Neopalatine odontoids in Bufo alvarius
(Anura: Bufonidae). Journal of Herpetology 32:586–588
21. da Silva, H. R.,
and J. R. Mendelson III. 1999. A new organ and unique sternal morphology in
toads (Anura: Bufonidae): descriptions, taxonomic distribution, and evolution.
Herpetologica 55:114–126.
22. Mendelson, J. R., III, and
J. A. Campbell. 1999. Taxonomic status of populations of Hyla chaneque
(Anura: Hylidae) in southern Mexico, with description of a new species from
Oaxaca. Journal of Herpetology 33:80–86
23. Mendelson, J.
R., III, P. C. Ustach, and A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 1999. Natural history notes
on the Bufo valliceps group (Anura: Bufonidae), Description of the
tadpole of Bufo tutelarius, and a key to the tadpoles of the group. Journal
of Herpetology 33:327–332.
24. Mendelson, J.
R., III, H. R. da Silva, and A. M. Maglia. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships
among marsupial frog genera (Anura: Hylidae: Hemiphractinae) based on evidence
from morphology and natural history. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society
128:125–148.
25. Ustach, P. C., J. R. Mendelson
III, R. W. McDiarmid, and J. A. Campbell. 2000. A new species of Hyla
(Anura: Hylidae) from the Sierra Mixes, Oaxaca, Mexico, with comments on ontogenetic
variation in the tadpoles. Herpetologica 56:239–250.
26.
Mulcahy, D. G. and Mendelson, J. R., III. 2000. Phylogeography and speciation
of the morphologically variable, widespread species Bufo valliceps,
based on molecular evidence from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
17:173–189.
27. Sheil, C. A. and J.
R. Mendelson III. 2001. A new species of Hemiphractus (Anura: Hylidae:
Hemiphractinae), and a redescription of Hemiphractus johnsoni. Herpetologica
57:189–202.
28. Sheil, C. A., J.
R. Mendelson, III, and H. R. da Silva. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of the
species of neotropical horned frogs, genus Hemiphractus (Anura: Hylidae:
Hemiphractinae), based on evidence from morphology. Herpetologica 57:203–214.
29. Mendelson, J. R., III. 2001.
A review of the Guatemalan toad Bufo ibarrai (Anura: Bufonidae), with
distributional and taxonomic comments of Bufo valliceps and Bufo
coccifer. Pp. 10–19, In J. D. Johnson and R. G. Webb, and O. Flores-Villela
(Eds.), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Natural History, and Conservation.
The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
30. Meik, J. M.,
R. M. Jeo, J. R. Mendelson III, and K. E. Jenks. 2002. Effects of bush encroachment
on an assemblage of diurnal lizards species in Central Namibia. Biological Conservation
106:29–36
31. Brodie, E. D., Jr., J. R. Mendelson
III, and J. A. Campbell. 2002. Taxonomic revision of the Mexican plethodontid
salamanders of the genus Lineatriton, with the description of two new
species. Herpetologica 58:194–204
32. Canseco-Márquez,
L., J. R. Mendelson III, and G. Gutiérrez-Máyen. 2002. A new species
of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica
58:260–269.
33. Canseco-Márquez,
L., J. R. Mendelson III, and G. Gutiérrez-Máyen. 2002. A new species
of large Tantilla (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental
of Puebla, Mexico. Herpetologica 58:492–497.
34. Mendelson, J. R., III, and
L. Canseco-Márquez. 2002. Rediscovery of the rare treefrog Hyla cembra
Caldwell, in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist 47:459–461
35. Mulcahy, D. G.,
M. R. Cummer, B. E. Williams, J. R. Mendelson III, and P. C. Ustach. 2002. Status
and distribution of two species of Bufo in the northeastern Bonneville
Basin of Idaho and Utah. Herpetological Review 33:287–289.
36. Gardner, S. A.
and J. R. Mendelson III. 2003. The diet of the Leaf-nosed snakes, Phyllorhynchus
(Squamata: Colubridae): squamate-egg specialists. The Southwestern Naturalist
48:550–556.
37.
Canseco-Márquez, L., G. Gutiérrez-Máyen, and J. R. Mendelson
III. 2003. Distribution and natural history of the hylid frog Hyla xera
in the Tehuacan-Cuicatlan Valley, Mexico, with a description of the tadpole.
The Southwestern Naturalist 48:670–675.
38.
Pramuk, J. B. and J. R. Mendelson III. 2003. Anaxyrus melancholicus
Tschudi: A synonym of the Mexican taxon Bufo compactilis Wiegmann. The Southwestern
Naturalist 48:676–680.