from Feldman et al (2012) PNAS
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Heptinstall, T.C., Rosales Garcia, R.S., Rautsaw, R.M., Myers, E.A., Holding, M.L., Mason, A.J., Hofmann, E.P., Schramer, T.D., Hogan, M.P., Borja, M., Castañeda-Gaytán, G., Feldman, C.R., Rokyta, D.R., & C.L. Parkinson. 2025. Dietary breadth predicts toxin expression complexity in the venoms of North American gartersnakes. Integrative Organismal Biology. 7:obaf003.
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. 50:489–502.
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.
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. 50:489–502.
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
Johnson, J.J. & C.R. Feldman. Submitted. Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard). Diet. Herpetological Review.
Feldman, C.R., Robinson K.E., Moniz H.A. & A.N. Stokes. Accepted. Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis (Red-sided Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review.
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., Robinson K.E., Moniz H.A. & A.N. Stokes. Accepted. Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis (Red-sided Gartersnake). Diet. Herpetological Review.
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.
- 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.
