| A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes RA Pyron, FT Burbrink, JJ Wiens BMC evolutionary biology 13 (1), 1-54, 2013 | 1318 | 2013 |
| A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2,800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians RA Pyron, JJ Wiens Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61, 543-583, 2011 | 1289 | 2011 |
| Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding BI Crother, J Boundy, JA Campbell, K De Queiroz, DR Frost, R Highton, ... Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2000 | 464 | 2000 |
| The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees RA Pyron, FT Burbrink, GR Colli, ANM De Oca, LJ Vitt, CA Kuczynski, ... Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 58 (2), 329-342, 2011 | 375 | 2011 |
| Divergence time estimation using fossils as terminal taxa and the origins of Lissamphibia RA Pyron Systematic biology 60 (4), 466-481, 2011 | 319 | 2011 |
| Biogeographic analysis reveals ancient continental vicariance and recent oceanic dispersal in amphibians RA Pyron Systematic biology 63 (5), 779-797, 2014 | 224 | 2014 |
| Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles RA Pyron, FT Burbrink Ecology letters 17 (1), 13-21, 2014 | 218 | 2014 |
| Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity RA Pyron, JJ Wiens Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1770), 20131622, 2013 | 218 | 2013 |
| Evolutionary and biogeographic origins of high tropical diversity in Old World frogs (Ranidae) JJ Wiens, J Sukumaran, RA Pyron, RM Brown Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 63 (5), 1217-1231, 2009 | 196 | 2009 |
| Phylogenetic analyses reveal unexpected patterns in the evolution of reproductive modes in frogs I Gomez‐Mestre, RA Pyron, JJ Wiens Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 66 (12), 3687-3700, 2012 | 178 | 2012 |
| Phylogenetic origins of local‐scale diversity patterns and the causes of Amazonian megadiversity JJ Wiens, RA Pyron, DS Moen Ecology Letters 14 (7), 643-652, 2011 | 162 | 2011 |
| Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation RA Pyron, GC Costa, MA Patten, FT Burbrink Biological Reviews 90 (4), 1248-1262, 2015 | 158 | 2015 |
| Lineage diversification in a widespread species: roles for niche divergence and conservatism in the common kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula R Alexander Pyron, FT Burbrink Molecular ecology 18 (16), 3443-3457, 2009 | 141 | 2009 |
| Extinction, ecological opportunity, and the origins of global snake diversity RA Pyron, FT Burbrink Evolution 66 (1), 163-178, 2012 | 137 | 2012 |
| Fully-sampled phylogenies of squamates reveal evolutionary patterns in threat status JFR Tonini, KH Beard, RB Ferreira, W Jetz, RA Pyron Biological Conservation 204, 23-31, 2016 | 135 | 2016 |
| An evaluation of fossil tip-dating versus node-age calibrations in tetraodontiform fishes (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae) D Arcila, RA Pyron, JC Tyler, G Ortí, R Betancur-R Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82, 131-145, 2015 | 109 | 2015 |
| Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (Genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses S Ruane, RW Bryson Jr, RA Pyron, FT Burbrink Systematic Biology 63 (2), 231-250, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
| How does ecological opportunity influence rates of speciation, extinction, and morphological diversification in New World ratsnakes (tribe Lampropeltini)? FT Burbrink, RA Pyron Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution 64 (4), 934-943, 2010 | 109 | 2010 |
| The interplay of past diversification and evolutionary isolation with present imperilment across the amphibian tree of life W Jetz, RA Pyron Nature ecology & evolution 2 (5), 850-858, 2018 | 108 | 2018 |
| Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka RA Pyron, HKD Kandambi, CR Hendry, V Pushpamal, FT Burbrink, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3), 969-978, 2013 | 107 | 2013 |
Frank BurbrinkDepartment of Herpetology, the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th StreetE-mail confirmado em amnh.org
