from Feldman et al (2012) PNAS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Robinson, K.E., Moniz, H.A., Stokes, A.N. & C.R. Feldman. 2024. Where does all the poison go? Investigating toxicokinetics of newt (Taricha) tetrodotoxin (TTX) in garter snakes (Thamnophis). Journal of Chemical Ecology. In Press.
del Carlo, R.E., Reimche, J.S., Moniz, H.A., Hague, M.T.J., Agarwal, S.R., Brodie III, E.D., Brodie Jr., E.D., Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. 2024. Coevolution with toxic prey produces functional trade-offs in sodium channels of predatory snakes. eLife. 94633.1
Leaché, A.D., Davis, H.R., Feldman, C.R., Fujita, M.K. & S. Singhal. 2024. Repeated patterns of reptile diversification in Western North America supported by the Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea). Journal of Heredity. 115: 57-71.
Gilbert, A.L, Cabrera, S., Hague, M.T.J., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Hanifin, C.T., Brodie Jr., E.D., & E.D. Brodie III. 2023. Climate and community facilitate predator-prey coevolution. Functional Ecology. 37: 2170–2180.
Moniz, H.A., Kruleski, S., Risbud, A.D., Louden, S.J.H., Hanlon, R.T., Stokes, A.N., Palmer, S.T. & C.R. Feldman. 2023. Aposematic coloration of Pacific newts (Taricha) provides a qualitatively but not quantitatively honest signal to predators. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139: 1-17.
Hague, M.T.J., Miller, L.E., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Brodie Jr., E.D. & E.D. Brodie III. 2023. Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race. Molecular Ecology 32: 4482–4496.
Thill, V.L., Teglas, M.B., Moniz, H.A., Wasley, M.A. & C.R. Feldman. 2022 Preying dangerously: Black widow spider venom resistance in sympatric lizards. Royal Society Open Science 9: 221012.
Balmaki, B., Rostami, M.A., Christensen, T., Leger, E.A., Allen, J.M., Feldman, C.R., Forister, M.L. & L.A. Dyer. 2022. Modern Approaches for Leveraging Biodiversity Collections to Understand Change in Plant-Insect Interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10: 924941.
Reimche, J.S., del Carlo, R.E., Brodie, E.D. Jr., McGlothlin, J.W., Schlauch, K., Pfrender, M.E., Brodie, E.D., III, Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. The road not taken: Evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in the Sierra garter snake (Thamnophis couchii) by a path less traveled. Molecular Ecology 31: 3827–3843.
Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. Phylogenomic analyses resolve relationships among garter snakes (Thamnophis: Natricinae: Colubridae) and elucidate biogeographic history and morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 167: 107374.
Moniz, H.A., Richard, M.A., Gienger, C.M. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. Every breath you take: Assessing metabolic costs of TTX resistance in garter snakes (Thamnophis). Integrative Zoology. 17: 567-580.
Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2021. The influence of history, geography, and environment on patterns of diversification in the western terrestrial garter snake. Journal of Biogeography. 48: 2226–2245.
Johnson, P., Calhoun, D.M., Moss, W.E., McDevitt-Galles, T., Riepe, T., Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L., Feldman, C.R., Cropanzano, J., Bowerman, J.& J. Koprivnikar. 2021. The cost of travel: how dispersal ability limits local adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34: 512-534.
Alaasam, V.J., Keehn, J.E., Durso, A.M., French, S.S. & C.R. Feldman. 2021. Ectoparasite load is reduced in side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) at wind farms: Implications for oxidative stress. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 94: 35–49.
Hague, M.T.J., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr. & E.D. Brodie, III. 2020. The geographic mosaic of arms race coevolution is closely matched to prey population structure. Evolution Letters. 4: 317–332.
Reimche, J.S., E.D. Brodie Jr., Stokes, A.N., Ely, E.J., Moniz, H.A., Thill, V.L., Hallas, J.M., Pfrender, M.E., Brodie, E.D., III & C.R. Feldman. 2020. The geographic mosaic in parallel: matching patterns of newt tetrodotoxin levels and snake resistance in multiple predator-prey pairs. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89: 1645–1657.
Gendreau, K.L., Hague, M.T.J., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & J.W. McGlothlin. 2020. Sex linkage of the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene (SCN4A) explains apparent deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of tetrodotoxin-resistance alleles in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Heredity. 124: 647–657.
Keehn, J.E., Shoemaker, K.T. & C.R. Feldman. 2019. Population-level effects of wind farms on a desert lizard. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 83: 145-157.
Keehn, J.E. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Disturbance affects biotic community composition at desert wind farms. Wildlife Research. 45: 383-396.
Lavin, B.R., Wogan, G.O.U., Mcguire, J.A. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Phylogeography of the northern alligator lizard (Squamata, Anguidae): hidden diversity in a western endemic. Zoologica Scripta. 47: 462-476.
Hayes, J.P., Feldman, C.R., & M.B. Araújo. 2018. Mass-independent maximal metabolic rate predicts geographic range size of placental mammals. Functional Ecology. 32: 1194-1202.
Keehn, J.E. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Predator attack rates and antipredator flight behavior of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) at disturbed wind farms in Southern California, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 13: 194-204.
Hague, M.T.J., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr. & E.D. Brodie, III. 2017. Convergent adaptation to dangerous prey proceeds through the same first-step mutation in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Evolution. 71:1504–1518.
Frare, C.F., Matocq, M.D., Feldman, C.R., White, A, Manley, P.N., Jermstad, K.M. & E.R, Hekkala. 2017. Landscape disturbance and sporadic hybridization complicate field identification of chipmunks in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Wildlife Management. 81: 248–258.
McGlothin, J.W., Kobiela, M.E., Feldman, C.R., Castoe, T.A., Geffeney, S.L., Hanifin, C.T., Toledo, G., Vonk, F.J.,Richardson, M.K., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Pfrender, M.E. & E.D. Brodie III. 2018. Historical contingency in a multigene family facilitates adaptive evolution of toxin resistance. Current Biology. 26:1616-1621.
Feldman, C.R., Durso, A.M., Hanifin, C.T., Pfrender, M.E., Ducey, P.K., Stokes, A.N., Barnett, K.E., Brodie, E.D., III & E.D. Brodie, Jr. 2016. Is there more than one way to skin a newt? Convergent toxin resistance in snakes is not due to a common genetic mechanism. Heredity 116:84-91.
Malaney, J.L., Feldman, C.R., Cox, M., Wolff, P., Wehausen, J.D. & M.D. Matocq. 2015. Translocated to the fringe: genetic and niche variation in bighorn sheep of the Great Basin and northern Mojave deserts. Diversity and Distributions 21:1063-1074.
Angielczyk, K.D., Burroughs, R.W. & C.R. Feldman. 2015. Do Turtles Follow the Rules? Latitudinal gradients in richness, body size, and geographic range area of the world's turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 324B:270-294.
Frincke-Craig, M., Brown, J.L., Briggs, C.W., Poulson, S., M.W. Collopy & Feldman, C.R. 2015. Relationships between plumage coloration, diet diversity, and winter body condition in the Lesser Goldfinch. Journal of Ornithology 156:143-151.
McGlothlin, J.W., Chuckalovcak, J.P., Janes, D.E., Edwards, S.V., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Pfrender, M.E., & E.D. Brodie III. 2014. Parallel evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in three voltage-gated sodium channel genes in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31:2836-2846.
Keehn, J.E., Nieto, N.C., Gienger, C.M., Tracy, C.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2013. Evolution on a desert island: Body size divergence between the reptiles of Nevada’s Anaho Island and the mainland around Pyramid Lake. Journal of Zoology. 291: 269-278.
Angielczyk, K.D. & C.R. Feldman. 2013. Are diminutive turtles miniaturized? the ontogeny of plastron shape in emydine turtles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108: 727-755.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2012. Constraint shapes convergence in tetrodotoxin resistant sodium channels of snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 109: 4556–4561.
Wilson, J.S., Forister, M.L., Dyer, L.A., O'Connor, J.M., Burls, K., Feldman, C.R., Jaramillo, M.A., Miller, J.S., Rodríguez-Castañeda, G., Tepe, E.J., Whitfield, J.B. & B. Young. 2012. Host conservatism, host shifts and diversification across three trophic levels in two Neotropical forests. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25: 532–546.
Feldman, C.R., Flores-Villela, O. & T.J. Papenfuss. 2011. Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 714-725.
Forister, M.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2011. Phylogenetic cascades and the origins of tropical diversity. Biotropica. 43: 270-278.
Angielczyk, K.D., Feldman, C.R. & G. Miller. 2011. Adaptive evolution of plastron shape in emydine turtles. Evolution. 65: 377-394.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2010. Genetic architecture of a feeding adaptation: garter snake (Thamnophis) resistance to tetrodotoxin bearing prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277: 3317–3325.
Feldman, C.R. & R.F. Hoyer. 2010. A new species of snake from California and Oregon in the genus Contia (Squamata: Colubridae). Copeia. 2010: 255-268.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2009. The evolutionary origins of beneficial alleles during the repeated adaptation of garter snakes to deadly prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 106: 13415-13420.
Fontanella, F., Feldman, C.R., Siddall, M.E. & F.T. Burbrink. 2008. Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46: 1049-1070.
McGaugh, S., Alacs, E.A., Edwards, S.V., Feldman, C.R., Georges, A., Sites, J.W., jr., & N. Valenzuela. 2007. From molecules to organisms: research applications of modern genetic tools for turtle biology and conservation in Defining turtle diversity: proceedings of a workshop on genetics, ethics, and taxonomy of tortoises and freshwater turtles. Shaffer, H.B., FitzSimmons, N.N., Georges, A., & A.G.J. Rhodin, eds. Chelonian Research Monographs. 4: 47-72.
Matocq, M.D., Shurtliff, Q.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the woodrat genus Neotoma (Rodentia: Muridae): implications for the evolution of phenotypic variation in male external genitalia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42: 637-652.
Feldman, C.R. & G.S. Spicer. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of woodland reptiles in California: repeated patterns of cladogenesis and population expansion. Molecular Ecology. 15: 2201-2222.
Parham, J.F., Feldman, C.R. & J.L. Boore. 2006. The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): Description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6: 11.1-11.11.
Parham, J.F., Macey, J.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Feldman, C.R., Türkozan, O., Polymeni, R. & J.L. Boore. 2006. The phylogeny of Mediterranean tortoises and their close relatives (Testudona tax. nov.) based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences from museum specimens: with comments on mitochondrial genomic features, phylogenetic taxonomy, and paleobiogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38: 50-64.
Feldman, C.R. & K.E. Omland. 2005. Phylogenetics of the common raven complex (Corvus: Corvidae) and the utility of ND4, COI, and intron seven of the nuclear gene b-fibrinogen in avian molecular systematics. Zoologica Scripta. 34: 145-156.
Buskirk, J.R., Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2005. On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia x Mauremys). Salamandra. 41: 21-26.
Brodie, E.D., III, Feldman, C.R., Hanifin, C.T, Motychak, J.E., Mulcahy, D.G., Williams, B.L. & E.D. Brodie, Jr. 2005. Parallel arms races between garter snakes and newts involving tetrodotoxin as the phenotypic interface of coevolution. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31: 343-356.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2004. Molecular systematics of Old World stripe-necked turtles (Testudines: Mauremys). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 10: 28-37.
Ashton K.G & C.R. Feldman. 2003. Bergmann’s rule in non-avian reptiles: turtles follow it, lizards and snakes reverse it. Evolution. 57: 1151-1163.
Feldman, C.R. & G.S. Spicer. 2002. Mitochondrial variation in sharp-tailed snakes (Contia tenuis): evidence of a cryptic species. Journal of Herpetology. 36: 648-655.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22: 388-398.
Parham, J.F., Simison, W.B., Kozak, K.H., Feldman, C.R. & S. Haitao. 2001. New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known locality specimens. Animal Conservation. 4: 357-367.
del Carlo, R.E., Reimche, J.S., Moniz, H.A., Hague, M.T.J., Agarwal, S.R., Brodie III, E.D., Brodie Jr., E.D., Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. 2024. Coevolution with toxic prey produces functional trade-offs in sodium channels of predatory snakes. eLife. 94633.1
Leaché, A.D., Davis, H.R., Feldman, C.R., Fujita, M.K. & S. Singhal. 2024. Repeated patterns of reptile diversification in Western North America supported by the Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea). Journal of Heredity. 115: 57-71.
Gilbert, A.L, Cabrera, S., Hague, M.T.J., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Hanifin, C.T., Brodie Jr., E.D., & E.D. Brodie III. 2023. Climate and community facilitate predator-prey coevolution. Functional Ecology. 37: 2170–2180.
Moniz, H.A., Kruleski, S., Risbud, A.D., Louden, S.J.H., Hanlon, R.T., Stokes, A.N., Palmer, S.T. & C.R. Feldman. 2023. Aposematic coloration of Pacific newts (Taricha) provides a qualitatively but not quantitatively honest signal to predators. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139: 1-17.
Hague, M.T.J., Miller, L.E., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Brodie Jr., E.D. & E.D. Brodie III. 2023. Conspicuous coloration of toxin-resistant predators implicates additional trophic interactions in a predator-prey arms race. Molecular Ecology 32: 4482–4496.
- Cover article for Molecular Ecology.
- Profiled in Molecular Ecology: Thompson, J. N. 2023. The ripple effects of clines from coevolutionary hotspots to coldspots. Molecular Ecology. 32: 4461–4463.
Thill, V.L., Teglas, M.B., Moniz, H.A., Wasley, M.A. & C.R. Feldman. 2022 Preying dangerously: Black widow spider venom resistance in sympatric lizards. Royal Society Open Science 9: 221012.
- Profiled in The New York Times: You See a Venomous Black Widow. These Lizards See a Snack.
- Profiled in Newsweek: This Creature Can Feast on Black Widows and We Now Know How.
- Profiled in Phys.org: A step closer to understanding why some lizards are immune to black widow spider venom.
- Highlighted by Royal Society Open Science [blog]
- Profiled in Nevada Today: Black widow vs. alligator lizard: who wins? [includes video]
Balmaki, B., Rostami, M.A., Christensen, T., Leger, E.A., Allen, J.M., Feldman, C.R., Forister, M.L. & L.A. Dyer. 2022. Modern Approaches for Leveraging Biodiversity Collections to Understand Change in Plant-Insect Interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10: 924941.
Reimche, J.S., del Carlo, R.E., Brodie, E.D. Jr., McGlothlin, J.W., Schlauch, K., Pfrender, M.E., Brodie, E.D., III, Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. The road not taken: Evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in the Sierra garter snake (Thamnophis couchii) by a path less traveled. Molecular Ecology 31: 3827–3843.
Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. Phylogenomic analyses resolve relationships among garter snakes (Thamnophis: Natricinae: Colubridae) and elucidate biogeographic history and morphological evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 167: 107374.
Moniz, H.A., Richard, M.A., Gienger, C.M. & C.R. Feldman. 2022. Every breath you take: Assessing metabolic costs of TTX resistance in garter snakes (Thamnophis). Integrative Zoology. 17: 567-580.
Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2021. The influence of history, geography, and environment on patterns of diversification in the western terrestrial garter snake. Journal of Biogeography. 48: 2226–2245.
Johnson, P., Calhoun, D.M., Moss, W.E., McDevitt-Galles, T., Riepe, T., Hallas, J.M., Parchman, T.L., Feldman, C.R., Cropanzano, J., Bowerman, J.& J. Koprivnikar. 2021. The cost of travel: how dispersal ability limits local adaptation in host-parasite interactions. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34: 512-534.
Alaasam, V.J., Keehn, J.E., Durso, A.M., French, S.S. & C.R. Feldman. 2021. Ectoparasite load is reduced in side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) at wind farms: Implications for oxidative stress. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 94: 35–49.
Hague, M.T.J., Stokes, A.N., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr. & E.D. Brodie, III. 2020. The geographic mosaic of arms race coevolution is closely matched to prey population structure. Evolution Letters. 4: 317–332.
Reimche, J.S., E.D. Brodie Jr., Stokes, A.N., Ely, E.J., Moniz, H.A., Thill, V.L., Hallas, J.M., Pfrender, M.E., Brodie, E.D., III & C.R. Feldman. 2020. The geographic mosaic in parallel: matching patterns of newt tetrodotoxin levels and snake resistance in multiple predator-prey pairs. Journal of Animal Ecology. 89: 1645–1657.
Gendreau, K.L., Hague, M.T.J., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & J.W. McGlothlin. 2020. Sex linkage of the skeletal muscle sodium channel gene (SCN4A) explains apparent deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium of tetrodotoxin-resistance alleles in garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Heredity. 124: 647–657.
Keehn, J.E., Shoemaker, K.T. & C.R. Feldman. 2019. Population-level effects of wind farms on a desert lizard. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 83: 145-157.
Keehn, J.E. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Disturbance affects biotic community composition at desert wind farms. Wildlife Research. 45: 383-396.
Lavin, B.R., Wogan, G.O.U., Mcguire, J.A. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Phylogeography of the northern alligator lizard (Squamata, Anguidae): hidden diversity in a western endemic. Zoologica Scripta. 47: 462-476.
Hayes, J.P., Feldman, C.R., & M.B. Araújo. 2018. Mass-independent maximal metabolic rate predicts geographic range size of placental mammals. Functional Ecology. 32: 1194-1202.
Keehn, J.E. & C.R. Feldman. 2018. Predator attack rates and antipredator flight behavior of side-blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana) at disturbed wind farms in Southern California, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 13: 194-204.
Hague, M.T.J., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr. & E.D. Brodie, III. 2017. Convergent adaptation to dangerous prey proceeds through the same first-step mutation in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Evolution. 71:1504–1518.
- Profiled in Evolution: Davies, KTJ. 2017. Digest: Know your poison: Predictable molecular changes confer toxin resistance in snakes?
Frare, C.F., Matocq, M.D., Feldman, C.R., White, A, Manley, P.N., Jermstad, K.M. & E.R, Hekkala. 2017. Landscape disturbance and sporadic hybridization complicate field identification of chipmunks in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Wildlife Management. 81: 248–258.
McGlothin, J.W., Kobiela, M.E., Feldman, C.R., Castoe, T.A., Geffeney, S.L., Hanifin, C.T., Toledo, G., Vonk, F.J.,Richardson, M.K., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Pfrender, M.E. & E.D. Brodie III. 2018. Historical contingency in a multigene family facilitates adaptive evolution of toxin resistance. Current Biology. 26:1616-1621.
- Cover article
- Profiled in TREE: Kokko et al. 2017. Can evolution supply what ecology demands? Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 32:187-197.
- Profiled in The Washington Post: How an evolutionary arms race with snakes turned newts super toxic.
- Profiled in The Atlantic: The very long war between snakes and newts.
- Profiled in Science Daily: One snake's prey is another's poison: Scientists pinpoint genetics of extreme resistance.
Feldman, C.R., Durso, A.M., Hanifin, C.T., Pfrender, M.E., Ducey, P.K., Stokes, A.N., Barnett, K.E., Brodie, E.D., III & E.D. Brodie, Jr. 2016. Is there more than one way to skin a newt? Convergent toxin resistance in snakes is not due to a common genetic mechanism. Heredity 116:84-91.
- Focus of the September 2015 Heredity podcast (Interview).
Malaney, J.L., Feldman, C.R., Cox, M., Wolff, P., Wehausen, J.D. & M.D. Matocq. 2015. Translocated to the fringe: genetic and niche variation in bighorn sheep of the Great Basin and northern Mojave deserts. Diversity and Distributions 21:1063-1074.
Angielczyk, K.D., Burroughs, R.W. & C.R. Feldman. 2015. Do Turtles Follow the Rules? Latitudinal gradients in richness, body size, and geographic range area of the world's turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 324B:270-294.
Frincke-Craig, M., Brown, J.L., Briggs, C.W., Poulson, S., M.W. Collopy & Feldman, C.R. 2015. Relationships between plumage coloration, diet diversity, and winter body condition in the Lesser Goldfinch. Journal of Ornithology 156:143-151.
McGlothlin, J.W., Chuckalovcak, J.P., Janes, D.E., Edwards, S.V., Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Pfrender, M.E., & E.D. Brodie III. 2014. Parallel evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in three voltage-gated sodium channel genes in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31:2836-2846.
- Highlighted in the evolution text for majors Evolution: Making Sense of Life: Zimmer, C. & D.J. Emlen. 2016. Chapter 15: Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other.
Keehn, J.E., Nieto, N.C., Gienger, C.M., Tracy, C.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2013. Evolution on a desert island: Body size divergence between the reptiles of Nevada’s Anaho Island and the mainland around Pyramid Lake. Journal of Zoology. 291: 269-278.
- Profiled in Bild der Wissenschaft: Jung, C. 2020. Die Gesetze der Insel. Bild der Wissenschaft 2020/8: 40-45.
Angielczyk, K.D. & C.R. Feldman. 2013. Are diminutive turtles miniaturized? the ontogeny of plastron shape in emydine turtles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108: 727-755.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2012. Constraint shapes convergence in tetrodotoxin resistant sodium channels of snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 109: 4556–4561.
- Designated a “Must Read” by the Faculty of 1000 (F1000): Wang I, Losos J. F1000.
- Interviewed by Big Picture Science. 12 March 2012.
- Profiled in Science Daily: Neurotoxin Resistance in Snakes Around the World.
Wilson, J.S., Forister, M.L., Dyer, L.A., O'Connor, J.M., Burls, K., Feldman, C.R., Jaramillo, M.A., Miller, J.S., Rodríguez-Castañeda, G., Tepe, E.J., Whitfield, J.B. & B. Young. 2012. Host conservatism, host shifts and diversification across three trophic levels in two Neotropical forests. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25: 532–546.
Feldman, C.R., Flores-Villela, O. & T.J. Papenfuss. 2011. Phylogeny, biogeography, and display evolution in the tree and brush lizard genus Urosaurus (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 714-725.
Forister, M.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2011. Phylogenetic cascades and the origins of tropical diversity. Biotropica. 43: 270-278.
Angielczyk, K.D., Feldman, C.R. & G. Miller. 2011. Adaptive evolution of plastron shape in emydine turtles. Evolution. 65: 377-394.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2010. Genetic architecture of a feeding adaptation: garter snake (Thamnophis) resistance to tetrodotoxin bearing prey. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277: 3317–3325.
Feldman, C.R. & R.F. Hoyer. 2010. A new species of snake from California and Oregon in the genus Contia (Squamata: Colubridae). Copeia. 2010: 255-268.
Feldman, C.R., Brodie, E.D. Jr., Brodie, E.D., III & M.E. Pfrender. 2009. The evolutionary origins of beneficial alleles during the repeated adaptation of garter snakes to deadly prey. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 106: 13415-13420.
- Highlighted in the evolution text for majors Evolution: Making Sense of Life: Zimmer, C. & D.J. Emlen. 2012. Chapter 15: Intimate Partnership: How Species Adapt to Each Other.
- Designated a “Must Read” by the Faculty of 1000 (F1000): Hoyt D, Promislow D. F1000.
- Profiled in The New York Times: Carroll S.B. 2009. The New York Times. 21 Dec. 2009.
- Profiled in Herpetological Review: Lowe B. 2009. Herpetological Review 40: 390.
Fontanella, F., Feldman, C.R., Siddall, M.E. & F.T. Burbrink. 2008. Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46: 1049-1070.
McGaugh, S., Alacs, E.A., Edwards, S.V., Feldman, C.R., Georges, A., Sites, J.W., jr., & N. Valenzuela. 2007. From molecules to organisms: research applications of modern genetic tools for turtle biology and conservation in Defining turtle diversity: proceedings of a workshop on genetics, ethics, and taxonomy of tortoises and freshwater turtles. Shaffer, H.B., FitzSimmons, N.N., Georges, A., & A.G.J. Rhodin, eds. Chelonian Research Monographs. 4: 47-72.
Matocq, M.D., Shurtliff, Q.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships of the woodrat genus Neotoma (Rodentia: Muridae): implications for the evolution of phenotypic variation in male external genitalia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42: 637-652.
Feldman, C.R. & G.S. Spicer. 2006. Comparative phylogeography of woodland reptiles in California: repeated patterns of cladogenesis and population expansion. Molecular Ecology. 15: 2201-2222.
Parham, J.F., Feldman, C.R. & J.L. Boore. 2006. The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): Description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 6: 11.1-11.11.
Parham, J.F., Macey, J.R., Papenfuss, T.J., Feldman, C.R., Türkozan, O., Polymeni, R. & J.L. Boore. 2006. The phylogeny of Mediterranean tortoises and their close relatives (Testudona tax. nov.) based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences from museum specimens: with comments on mitochondrial genomic features, phylogenetic taxonomy, and paleobiogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38: 50-64.
Feldman, C.R. & K.E. Omland. 2005. Phylogenetics of the common raven complex (Corvus: Corvidae) and the utility of ND4, COI, and intron seven of the nuclear gene b-fibrinogen in avian molecular systematics. Zoologica Scripta. 34: 145-156.
Buskirk, J.R., Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2005. On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia x Mauremys). Salamandra. 41: 21-26.
Brodie, E.D., III, Feldman, C.R., Hanifin, C.T, Motychak, J.E., Mulcahy, D.G., Williams, B.L. & E.D. Brodie, Jr. 2005. Parallel arms races between garter snakes and newts involving tetrodotoxin as the phenotypic interface of coevolution. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 31: 343-356.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2004. Molecular systematics of Old World stripe-necked turtles (Testudines: Mauremys). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 10: 28-37.
Ashton K.G & C.R. Feldman. 2003. Bergmann’s rule in non-avian reptiles: turtles follow it, lizards and snakes reverse it. Evolution. 57: 1151-1163.
- Profiled in Herpetological Review: Greenbaum E. 2003. Herpetological Review 34: 290.
Feldman, C.R. & G.S. Spicer. 2002. Mitochondrial variation in sharp-tailed snakes (Contia tenuis): evidence of a cryptic species. Journal of Herpetology. 36: 648-655.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of emydine turtles: taxonomic revision and the evolution of shell kinesis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22: 388-398.
- Profiled in Herpetological Review: Greenbaum E. 2003. Herpetological Review 34: 190.
Parham, J.F., Simison, W.B., Kozak, K.H., Feldman, C.R. & S. Haitao. 2001. New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known locality specimens. Animal Conservation. 4: 357-367.
- Profiled in Nature: Dalton R. 2003. Nature. 423: 219-220.
- Profiled in Herpetological Review: Greenbaum E. 2002. Herpetological Review 33: 88-89.
Peer-Reviewed Notes & Commentaries
Robinson K.E., Ervin, E.L., Teglas, M.B. & C.R. Feldman. 2023. Thamnophis couchii (Sierra Gartersnake), T. hammondii (Two-stripped Gartersnake) and T. sirtalis (Common Gartersnake). Tail Loss and Injury. Herpetological Review. 54: 498-500.
Feldman, C.R., Hansen, R.W. & R. Sikola. 2020. Thamnophis elegans terrestris (Coast Gartersnake). Tetrodotoxin Poisoning. Herpetological Review. 51: 630-631.
Feldman, C.R., Feldman-Matocq, M.S. & E.J. Ely. 2020. Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Gartersnake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 51: 82-83.
Thill. V.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2019. Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review. 50: 573.
Rocha et al (123 authors). 2014. Specimens collection: An essential tool. Science 344: 814-815.
Feldman, C.R., Nieto, N.C. Bettaso, J.B. & C.M. Gienger. 2013. Sceloporus uniformis (Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review. 44: 514.
Petersen, F.F., de Queiroz, A., Feldman, C.R., Mendelson, J.R. III, & R.J. Feldman-Matocq. 2013. Trachemys scripta (Pond Slider). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 44: 272.
Feldman, C.R. & A. de Queiroz. 2012. Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Wandering Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 43: 497-498.
Norman, B.R., Barrow, A.D. & C.R. Feldman. 2012. Contia longicauda (Forest Sharp-tailed Snake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 43: 307.
Greene, R.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2009. Thamnophis atratus atratus (Santa Cruz Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 40: 103-104.
Feldman, C.R., Vindum, J.V. & R.W. Hansen. 2007. Thamnophis elegans elegans (Mountain Gartersnake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 38: 222.
Feldman, C.R. & D.G. Mulcahy. 2003. Ambystoma macrodactylum (Long-Toed Salamander). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 34: 160.
Feldman, C.R., Mulcahy, D.G. & R.W. Hansen. 2003. Xantusia vigilis (Desert Night Lizard). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 34: 167.
Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2003. Lampropeltis zonata (California Mountain Kingsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 34: 150.
Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2002. Generic revisions of emydine turtles. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter. 6: 30-32.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2001. Molecular systematics of emydine turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 4: 224-228.
Feldman, C.R. & J.A. Wilkinson. 2000. Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 31: 248.
Feldman, C.R. & J.A. Wilkinson. 2000. Rana muscosa (Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review. 31: 102.
Feldman, C.R., Hansen, R.W. & R. Sikola. 2020. Thamnophis elegans terrestris (Coast Gartersnake). Tetrodotoxin Poisoning. Herpetological Review. 51: 630-631.
Feldman, C.R., Feldman-Matocq, M.S. & E.J. Ely. 2020. Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Gartersnake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 51: 82-83.
Thill. V.L. & C.R. Feldman. 2019. Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review. 50: 573.
Rocha et al (123 authors). 2014. Specimens collection: An essential tool. Science 344: 814-815.
- Profiled in Science Daily: Collecting biological specimens essential to science and conservation, experts argue.
- Profiled in Nature World News: Specimen Collection Does Not Lead to Species Extinction, Scientists Say.
- Profiled in newswise: Collecting Biological Specimens Essential to Science and Conservation.
- Profiled in phys.org: Collecting biological specimens essential to science and conservation.
- Profiled on National Public Radio: Is Collecting Animals for Science A Noble Mission or a Threat?
Feldman, C.R., Nieto, N.C. Bettaso, J.B. & C.M. Gienger. 2013. Sceloporus uniformis (Yellow-backed Spiny Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review. 44: 514.
Petersen, F.F., de Queiroz, A., Feldman, C.R., Mendelson, J.R. III, & R.J. Feldman-Matocq. 2013. Trachemys scripta (Pond Slider). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 44: 272.
Feldman, C.R. & A. de Queiroz. 2012. Thamnophis elegans vagrans (Wandering Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 43: 497-498.
Norman, B.R., Barrow, A.D. & C.R. Feldman. 2012. Contia longicauda (Forest Sharp-tailed Snake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 43: 307.
Greene, R.R. & C.R. Feldman. 2009. Thamnophis atratus atratus (Santa Cruz Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 40: 103-104.
Feldman, C.R., Vindum, J.V. & R.W. Hansen. 2007. Thamnophis elegans elegans (Mountain Gartersnake). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 38: 222.
Feldman, C.R. & D.G. Mulcahy. 2003. Ambystoma macrodactylum (Long-Toed Salamander). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 34: 160.
Feldman, C.R., Mulcahy, D.G. & R.W. Hansen. 2003. Xantusia vigilis (Desert Night Lizard). Distribution. Herpetological Review. 34: 167.
Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2003. Lampropeltis zonata (California Mountain Kingsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 34: 150.
Parham, J.F. & C.R. Feldman. 2002. Generic revisions of emydine turtles. Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter. 6: 30-32.
Feldman, C.R. & J.F. Parham. 2001. Molecular systematics of emydine turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 4: 224-228.
Feldman, C.R. & J.A. Wilkinson. 2000. Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi (Valley Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review. 31: 248.
Feldman, C.R. & J.A. Wilkinson. 2000. Rana muscosa (Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog). Predation. Herpetological Review. 31: 102.
Book Chapters
Feldman, C. & J. Garwood. 2022. Reptiles of the Klamath Mountains. In The Klamath Mountains—A Natural History. Kauffmann M & J.L Justin Garwood, eds. Back Country Press, Bayside CA.
Reiss, K, Kauffmann, M., & C. Feldman. 2002. Mammals of the Klamath Mountains. In The Klamath Mountains—A Natural History. Kauffmann M & J.L Justin Garwood, eds. Back Country Press, Bayside CA.
Reiss, K, Kauffmann, M., & C. Feldman. 2002. Mammals of the Klamath Mountains. In The Klamath Mountains—A Natural History. Kauffmann M & J.L Justin Garwood, eds. Back Country Press, Bayside CA.
