Education

B.S., Albright College, 1960
M.S., University of Florida, 1963
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1968

Research Interests

Herpetology/biology and systematics of amphibians and reptiles; currently focused on the systematics of the herpetofauna of Oceania and Burma.

Recent Publications

Böhm, Monika, Collen, Ben, Baillie, Jonathan E. M., Bowles, Philip, Chanson, Janice, Cox, Neil, Hammerson, Geoffrey, Hoffmann, Michael, Livingstone, Suzanne R., Ram, Mala, Rhodin, Anders G. J., Stuart, Simon N., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Young, Bruce E., Afuang, Leticia E., Aghasyan, Aram, García, Andrés, Aguilar, Cé, Ajtic, Rastko, Akarsu, Ferdi, Alencar, Laura R. V., Allison, Allen, Ananjeva, Natalia, Anderson, Steve, Andrén, Claes, et al 2013. The conservation status of the world's reptiles. Biological Conservation, 157: 372-385. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.015

Zug, George R. 2013. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands: a comprehensive guide Berkeley: University of California Press. 306 pages.

Zug, George R.. Data resources for Tropical Asian Dry Forest Amphibians and Reptiles. Smithsonian Institution. 2012.

Zug, George R. 2012. A new species of treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis species group) from Rotuma, south-central Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125(1): 74-84. doi:10.2988/11-24.1

Zug, George R. 2012. Lizards of Tonga with a description of a new Tongan treeskink (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia samoensis Group). Pacific Science, 66(2): 225-237.

Zug, George R. and Fisher, R. N. 2012. A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands. Zootaxa, 3257: 22-37.

Austin, Christopher C., Rittmeyer, Eric N., Oliver, Lauren A., Andermann, John O., Zug, George R., Rodda, Gordon H. and Jackson, Nathan D. 2011. The bioinvasion of Guam: inferring geographic origin, pace, pattern and process of an invasive lizard (Carlia) in the Pacific using multi-locus genomic data. Biological Invasions, 13(9): 1951-1967. doi:10.1007/s10530-011-0014-y

Zug, George R. 2011. Tropical Asian Dry Forest Amphibians and Reptiles: A regional comparison of ecological communities. In: McShea, William J., Davies, Stuart James and Bjumpakpjan, Naris, The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forest in Asia. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, pp.275-303.

Zug, George R., Gotte, Steve W. and Jacobs, Jeremy F. 2011. Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed Pythons (Reptilia: Squamata). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 124(2): 112-136.

Zug, George R., Hamilton, Alison M. and Austin, Christopher C. 2011. A new Emoia samoensis group lizard (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Cook Islands, South-central Pacific. Zootaxa, 2765: 47-57.

Zug, George R., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Vindum, Jens V. and Win, Kyi Soe 2010. Non-reproductive seasonal colour change in a population of Calotes "versicolor" from Myanmar (Squamata: Agamidae). Salamandra, 46(2): 104-107.

Hamilton, Alison M., Zug, George R. and Austin, Christopher C. 2010. Biogeographic anomaly or human introduction: a tree skink (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Cook Islands?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100: 318-328.

Furness, Andrew I., McDiarmid, Roy W., Heyer, W. Ronald and Zug, George R. 2010. Oviduct modifications in foam-nesting frogs, with emphasis on the genus Leptodactylus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). South American Journal of Herpetology, 5(1): 13-29.

Austin, Christopher C., Rittmeyer, Eric N., Richards, Stephen J. and Zug, George R. 2010. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and body size evolution in Pacific crocodile skinks Tribolonotus (Squamata; Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 57: 227-236.

Zug, George R. 2010. An Outlying Carlia Population from Java and Comments on Species Groups within the Genus Carlia (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 61(8): 389-408.

Zug, George R. 2010. Speciation and dispersal in a low diversity taxon: the Slender Geckos Hemiphyllodactylus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 631: 1-70. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.631

Watling, Dick, Wynn, Addison H. and Zug, George R. 2010. Rediscovery of the Taveuni blind snake. Oryx, 44(2): 165-166.

Balmer, Oliver, Ciofi, Claudio, Galbraith, David A., Swingland, Ian R., Zug, George R. and Caccone, Adalgisa 2010. Population genetic structure of Aldabra giant tortoises. Journal of Heredity, 102(1): 29-37.

Zug, George R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. College Station, TX: Texas A&M Press, pp.1317-1320.

Zug, George R., Vindum, Jens J., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Lwin, Kyi Soe and Win, Ye Myo 2009. Calotes "versicolor" (Burmese garden lizard). Gliding. Herpetological Review, 40(3): 340-341.

Zug, George R. 2009. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines) (Case 3463). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 66(1): 80

Curtin, A. J., Zug, George R. and Spotila, J. R. 2009. Longevity and growth strategies of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in two American deserts. Journal of Arid Environments, 73(4-5): 463-471.