Peer-reviewed research publications
PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS
26. Domínguez-Guerrero SF, D Esquerré, ED Burress, CA Maciel-Mata, LRV Alencar, & MM Muñoz. 2024. Viviparity imparts a macroevolutionary signature of ecological opportunity in the body size of female Liolaemus lizards. Nature Communications, 15: 4966. Link. PDF.
25. Skeels A, D Esquerré, D Lipsky, L Pellissier & LM Boschman. 2023. Elevational Goldilocks zone underlies the exceptional diversity of an Andean lizard radiation (Liolaemus; Liolaemidae). Evolution, 77, 2672–2686. Link. PDF.
24. Esquerré D, IG Brennan, SC Donnellan & JS Keogh. 2022. Evolutionary models demonstrate rapid and adaptive diversification of Australo-Papuan pythons. Biology Letters, 18: 20220360. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on Journal Cover!
23. Pavón-Vázquez CJ, D Esquerré, AJ Fitch, B Maryan, P Doughty, SC Donnellan & JS Keogh. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173: 107516. Link. PDF.
22. Pavón-Vázquez CJ, D Esquerré & JS Keogh. 2022. Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22: 15. Link. PDF.
21. Esquerré D, JS Keogh, D Demangel, M Morando, LJ Avila, JW Sites Jr, F Ferri-Yáñez & AD Leaché. 2022. Rapid radiation and rampant reticulation: Phylogenomics of South American Liolaemus lizards. Systematic Biology, 71: 286-300. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
20. Melville J, DG Chapple, JS Keogh, J Sumner, A Amey, Phil Bowles, IG Brennan, P Couper, S Donellan, P Doughty, D Edwards, RJ Ellis, D Esquerré, J Fenker, M Gardner, A Georges, M Haines, CJ Hoskin, M Hutchinson, C Moritz, J Nankivell, P Oliver, CJ Pavón-Vázquez, M Pepper, DL Rabosky, K Sanders, G Shea, S Singhal, J Worthington Wilmer & R Tingley. 2021. A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLOS Biology, 19: e3001210. Link. PDF.
19. Esquerré, D, S Donnellan, CJ Pavón-Vázquez, J Fenker & JS Keogh. 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161: 107181. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Note, PDF is in low resolution, contact me for full resolution.
18. Natusch*, DJD, D Esquerré*, JA Lyons, A Hamidy, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, A Riyanto, JS Keogh & S Donnellan. 2021. Phylogenomics, biogeography and taxonomic revision of New Guinean pythons (Pythonidae, Leiopython) harvested for international trade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 158: 106960. *Equal first authors. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
17. Álvarez-Varas R, M Heidemeyer, C Riginos, HA Benítez, E Reséndiz, M Lara-Uc, D A Godoy, JP Muñoz-Pérez, DE Alarcón-Ruales , GM Vélez-Rubio, A Fallabrino, S Piovano, J Alfaro-Shigueto , C Ortiz-Álvarez, JC Mangel, D Esquerré, P Zárate, C Medrano, F León, F Guerrero, JA Vianna, D Véliz. 2021. Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: challenges for management and conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 191: 434–453. Link. PDF.
16. Medina, I, R Vega-Trejo, T Wallenius, D Esquerré, C León, D Perez & M Head. 2020. No link between nymph and adult colouration in shield bugs: weak selection by predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287: 20201011. Link. PDF.
15. Esquerré, D, SC Donnellan, IG Brennan, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, H Zaher, F Grazziotin & JS Keogh. Phylogenomics, biogeography and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace’s line. 2020. Systematic Biology, 69: 1039-1051. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. AMONG THE MOST READ ARTICLES IN THE JOURNAL FOR THE YEAR
14. Skeels, A, D Esquerré & M Cardillo. 2020. Alternative pathways to diversity across ecologically distinct lizard radiations. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29: 454-469. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
13. Natusch*, DJD, D Esquerré*, JA Lyons, A Hamidy, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, A Riyanto, JS Keogh & S Donnellan. 2020. Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of Melanesia and Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 142: 106640. *Equal first authors. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
12. Esquerré, D, D Ramirez-Álvarez, C Pavón, J Troncoso-Palacios, CF Garín, JS Keogh & AD Leaché. 2019. Speciation across mountains: phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106524. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
11. Esquerré, D, IG Brennan, RA Catullo, F Torres-Perez & JS Keogh. 2019. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification and reproductive biology in South America’s most species rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Evolution 73 (2): 214-230. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on journal cover. Among the most dowloaded papers in Evolution during 2018-2019.
10. Cádiz, FJ, D Esquerré, VH Cádiz & FM Martins. 2019. Phylogeography of Plectostylus Beck, 1837 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Orthalicoidea): Origin and isolation of the Fray Jorge forest relicts in northern Chile. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57: 57-66. Link. PDF.
9. Troncoso-Palacios, J, D Esquerré, FA Urra, HA Díaz, C. Castro-Pastene & M. Soledad-Ruiz. 2018. The true identity of the New World iguanid lizard Liolaemus chillanensis Müller and Hellmich 1932 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and the description of a new species of the Liolaemus elongatus Group. Zoological Studies 57: 22 (19 pp.). Link. PDF.
8. Esquerré, D, E Sherratt & JS Keogh. 2017. Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. Evolution 71(12): 2829-2844. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
7. Esquerré, D, JS Keogh. 2016. Parallel selective pressures drive convergent diversification of phenotypes in pythons and boas. Ecology Letters 19(7): 800-809. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on the journal cover
6. Esquerré, D, J Troncoso-Palacios, R Barros. 2016. Liolaemus riodamas Esquerré, Núñez & Scolaro, 2013 (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae): new record for the Maule Region in Chile. Check List, 12(2): 1872. PDF
5. Troncoso-Palacios, J, HA Díaz, D Esquerré, FA Urra. 2015. Two new species of the Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi complex (Iguania, Liolaemidae) from Andean highlands of southern Chile. ZooKeys, 500: 83-109. PDF Featured on the journal cover
4. Troncoso-Palacios, J & D Esquerré. 2014. A new species of Phymaturus of the P. mallimaccii Group from the Andes of central Chile (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Phyllomedusa, 13 (1): 3-15. PDF
3. Esquerré, D, J Troncoso-Palacios, C Garín, H Núnez. 2014. The missing leopard lizard: Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., a new species of the leopardinus clade (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of the O’Higgins Region in Chile. Zootaxa, 3815 (4): 507-525. PDF
2. Esquerré, D, JS Keogh, L Schwanz. 2014. Direct effects of incubation temperature on morphology, thermoregulatory behaviour and locomotor performance in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus). Journal of Thermal Biology, 43: 33-39. PDF
1. Esquerré, D, H Núñez, JA Scolaro. 2013. Liolaemus carlosgarini and Liolaemus riodamas (Squamata: Liolaemidae), two new species of lizards lacking precloacal pores, from Andean areas of central Chile. Zootaxa, 3619: 428–452. PDF
26. Domínguez-Guerrero SF, D Esquerré, ED Burress, CA Maciel-Mata, LRV Alencar, & MM Muñoz. 2024. Viviparity imparts a macroevolutionary signature of ecological opportunity in the body size of female Liolaemus lizards. Nature Communications, 15: 4966. Link. PDF.
25. Skeels A, D Esquerré, D Lipsky, L Pellissier & LM Boschman. 2023. Elevational Goldilocks zone underlies the exceptional diversity of an Andean lizard radiation (Liolaemus; Liolaemidae). Evolution, 77, 2672–2686. Link. PDF.
24. Esquerré D, IG Brennan, SC Donnellan & JS Keogh. 2022. Evolutionary models demonstrate rapid and adaptive diversification of Australo-Papuan pythons. Biology Letters, 18: 20220360. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on Journal Cover!
23. Pavón-Vázquez CJ, D Esquerré, AJ Fitch, B Maryan, P Doughty, SC Donnellan & JS Keogh. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173: 107516. Link. PDF.
22. Pavón-Vázquez CJ, D Esquerré & JS Keogh. 2022. Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22: 15. Link. PDF.
21. Esquerré D, JS Keogh, D Demangel, M Morando, LJ Avila, JW Sites Jr, F Ferri-Yáñez & AD Leaché. 2022. Rapid radiation and rampant reticulation: Phylogenomics of South American Liolaemus lizards. Systematic Biology, 71: 286-300. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
20. Melville J, DG Chapple, JS Keogh, J Sumner, A Amey, Phil Bowles, IG Brennan, P Couper, S Donellan, P Doughty, D Edwards, RJ Ellis, D Esquerré, J Fenker, M Gardner, A Georges, M Haines, CJ Hoskin, M Hutchinson, C Moritz, J Nankivell, P Oliver, CJ Pavón-Vázquez, M Pepper, DL Rabosky, K Sanders, G Shea, S Singhal, J Worthington Wilmer & R Tingley. 2021. A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLOS Biology, 19: e3001210. Link. PDF.
19. Esquerré, D, S Donnellan, CJ Pavón-Vázquez, J Fenker & JS Keogh. 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161: 107181. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Note, PDF is in low resolution, contact me for full resolution.
18. Natusch*, DJD, D Esquerré*, JA Lyons, A Hamidy, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, A Riyanto, JS Keogh & S Donnellan. 2021. Phylogenomics, biogeography and taxonomic revision of New Guinean pythons (Pythonidae, Leiopython) harvested for international trade. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 158: 106960. *Equal first authors. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
17. Álvarez-Varas R, M Heidemeyer, C Riginos, HA Benítez, E Reséndiz, M Lara-Uc, D A Godoy, JP Muñoz-Pérez, DE Alarcón-Ruales , GM Vélez-Rubio, A Fallabrino, S Piovano, J Alfaro-Shigueto , C Ortiz-Álvarez, JC Mangel, D Esquerré, P Zárate, C Medrano, F León, F Guerrero, JA Vianna, D Véliz. 2021. Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: challenges for management and conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 191: 434–453. Link. PDF.
16. Medina, I, R Vega-Trejo, T Wallenius, D Esquerré, C León, D Perez & M Head. 2020. No link between nymph and adult colouration in shield bugs: weak selection by predators. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287: 20201011. Link. PDF.
15. Esquerré, D, SC Donnellan, IG Brennan, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, H Zaher, F Grazziotin & JS Keogh. Phylogenomics, biogeography and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace’s line. 2020. Systematic Biology, 69: 1039-1051. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. AMONG THE MOST READ ARTICLES IN THE JOURNAL FOR THE YEAR
14. Skeels, A, D Esquerré & M Cardillo. 2020. Alternative pathways to diversity across ecologically distinct lizard radiations. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29: 454-469. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
13. Natusch*, DJD, D Esquerré*, JA Lyons, A Hamidy, AR Lemmon, EM Lemmon, A Riyanto, JS Keogh & S Donnellan. 2020. Species delimitation and systematics of the green pythons (Morelia viridis complex) of Melanesia and Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 142: 106640. *Equal first authors. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
12. Esquerré, D, D Ramirez-Álvarez, C Pavón, J Troncoso-Palacios, CF Garín, JS Keogh & AD Leaché. 2019. Speciation across mountains: phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106524. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
11. Esquerré, D, IG Brennan, RA Catullo, F Torres-Perez & JS Keogh. 2019. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification and reproductive biology in South America’s most species rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). Evolution 73 (2): 214-230. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on journal cover. Among the most dowloaded papers in Evolution during 2018-2019.
10. Cádiz, FJ, D Esquerré, VH Cádiz & FM Martins. 2019. Phylogeography of Plectostylus Beck, 1837 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Orthalicoidea): Origin and isolation of the Fray Jorge forest relicts in northern Chile. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57: 57-66. Link. PDF.
9. Troncoso-Palacios, J, D Esquerré, FA Urra, HA Díaz, C. Castro-Pastene & M. Soledad-Ruiz. 2018. The true identity of the New World iguanid lizard Liolaemus chillanensis Müller and Hellmich 1932 (Iguania: Liolaemidae) and the description of a new species of the Liolaemus elongatus Group. Zoological Studies 57: 22 (19 pp.). Link. PDF.
8. Esquerré, D, E Sherratt & JS Keogh. 2017. Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. Evolution 71(12): 2829-2844. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material.
7. Esquerré, D, JS Keogh. 2016. Parallel selective pressures drive convergent diversification of phenotypes in pythons and boas. Ecology Letters 19(7): 800-809. Link. PDF. Supplementary Material. Featured on the journal cover
6. Esquerré, D, J Troncoso-Palacios, R Barros. 2016. Liolaemus riodamas Esquerré, Núñez & Scolaro, 2013 (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae): new record for the Maule Region in Chile. Check List, 12(2): 1872. PDF
5. Troncoso-Palacios, J, HA Díaz, D Esquerré, FA Urra. 2015. Two new species of the Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi complex (Iguania, Liolaemidae) from Andean highlands of southern Chile. ZooKeys, 500: 83-109. PDF Featured on the journal cover
4. Troncoso-Palacios, J & D Esquerré. 2014. A new species of Phymaturus of the P. mallimaccii Group from the Andes of central Chile (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Phyllomedusa, 13 (1): 3-15. PDF
3. Esquerré, D, J Troncoso-Palacios, C Garín, H Núnez. 2014. The missing leopard lizard: Liolaemus ubaghsi sp. nov., a new species of the leopardinus clade (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the Andes of the O’Higgins Region in Chile. Zootaxa, 3815 (4): 507-525. PDF
2. Esquerré, D, JS Keogh, L Schwanz. 2014. Direct effects of incubation temperature on morphology, thermoregulatory behaviour and locomotor performance in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus). Journal of Thermal Biology, 43: 33-39. PDF
1. Esquerré, D, H Núñez, JA Scolaro. 2013. Liolaemus carlosgarini and Liolaemus riodamas (Squamata: Liolaemidae), two new species of lizards lacking precloacal pores, from Andean areas of central Chile. Zootaxa, 3619: 428–452. PDF
Natural History Notes
Esquerré, D. 2021. Erythrolamprus mimus (Mimic False Coralsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review, 52(4): 871-872. Link. PDF.
Books and book chapters
Esquerré, D. 2021. Aspectos filogenéticos en Liolaemidae y su aplicación en estudios sistemáticos y evolutivos. Pp 345-350. In: [Abdala, C. S.; Laspiur, A.; Scrocchi, G.J.; Semhan, R.; Lobo, F. & Valladares, P. (Eds)]. Las lagartijas de la Familia Liolaemidae. Sistemática, distribución e historia natural de una de las familias de vertebrados más diversidad del cono sur de Sudamética. Vol. 1. RIL Editores, Chile
Núñez, H, D Esquerré, D Pincheira-Donoso & C Garín. 2018. Reptiles. In: Biodiversidad de Chile: Patrimonio y Desafios. Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Chile. PDF
Esquerré, D. 2018. Lagartija de Gravenhorst (Liolaemus gravenhorstii), Gruñidor de Alvaro (Pristidactylus alvaroi) and Gruñidor de Valeria (Pristidactylus valeriae). In: Fauna Chilena Amenazada: 34 especies para conservar, Tomo III. / Endangered Chilean Wildlife: 34 species to preserve, Tome III. Photosintesis, Santiago, Chile. Buy.
Esquerré, D & H Núñez. 2017. Reptiles de la Región Metropolitana de Chile: una guía de campo / Reptiles of the Metropolitan Region of Chile: a field guide. CEA Ediciones, Valdivia, Chile. Buy.
Esquerré, D. 2017. Matuasto del Maule (Phymaturus maulense) and Dragon de Manuel (Liolaemus manueli). In: Fauna Chilena Amenazada: 34 especies para conservar, Tomo II. / Endangered Chilean Wildlife: 34 species to preserve, Tome II. Photosintesis, Santiago, Chile. Buy.
Núñez, H, D Esquerré, D Pincheira-Donoso & C Garín. 2018. Reptiles. In: Biodiversidad de Chile: Patrimonio y Desafios. Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Chile. PDF
Esquerré, D. 2018. Lagartija de Gravenhorst (Liolaemus gravenhorstii), Gruñidor de Alvaro (Pristidactylus alvaroi) and Gruñidor de Valeria (Pristidactylus valeriae). In: Fauna Chilena Amenazada: 34 especies para conservar, Tomo III. / Endangered Chilean Wildlife: 34 species to preserve, Tome III. Photosintesis, Santiago, Chile. Buy.
Esquerré, D & H Núñez. 2017. Reptiles de la Región Metropolitana de Chile: una guía de campo / Reptiles of the Metropolitan Region of Chile: a field guide. CEA Ediciones, Valdivia, Chile. Buy.
Esquerré, D. 2017. Matuasto del Maule (Phymaturus maulense) and Dragon de Manuel (Liolaemus manueli). In: Fauna Chilena Amenazada: 34 especies para conservar, Tomo II. / Endangered Chilean Wildlife: 34 species to preserve, Tome II. Photosintesis, Santiago, Chile. Buy.
Non-peer reviewed articles
Landford, J & D Esquerré. 2023. An Australian naturalist’s journey to the National Parks of Costa Rica. Aspectos filogenéticos en Liolaemidae y su aplicación en estudios sistemáticos y evolutivos. Pp 345-357. In: [Vargas-Araya, A, D Parker, N Campbell, M Guzmán & S Estefan (Eds)]. Pura Vida! Australian Perspectives on the Bicentenary of Costa Rica. Editorial Universal Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica.
Esquerré, D. 2016. La naturaleza en arte: las ilustraciones de Alonso "Loncho" Salazar. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 3: 36-39. PDF
Vidal, M, H Díaz-Páez, J Troncoso-Palacios, FA Urra & D Esquerré. 2013. Lista actualizada de las especies de Anfibios y Reptiles descritas para Chile . Published online in http://www.herpetologiadechile.cl/index.html. PDF
Esquerré, D. 2016. La naturaleza en arte: las ilustraciones de Alonso "Loncho" Salazar. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 3: 36-39. PDF
Vidal, M, H Díaz-Páez, J Troncoso-Palacios, FA Urra & D Esquerré. 2013. Lista actualizada de las especies de Anfibios y Reptiles descritas para Chile . Published online in http://www.herpetologiadechile.cl/index.html. PDF
Plenary talks
2020. Lecciones de evolución a través de Gondwana: las notables historias evolutivas de las pitones y lagartos liolaémidos. Invited plenary speaker for the XI Congreso de la Red Chilena de Herpetología, Santiago, Chile.
2019. Australasian Evolution Society Meeting. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification and reproductive biology in South America’s most species rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. AES Student Research Award Plenary.
2019. Australasian Evolution Society Meeting. How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification and reproductive biology in South America’s most species rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae). University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. AES Student Research Award Plenary.
Other invited talks
2021. Old World Serpents and New World Dragons: The Evolutionary dynamics of Pythons and Liolaemid Lizards. Invited seminar for the Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA.
2020. La historia de Liolaemus: uno de los grupos de reptiles mas extraordinario. Invited presentation for Naturalistas Chile, which gathered almost 3000 attendees.
2019. Serpientes del Viejo Mundo y Dragones del Nuevo Mundo: Las Dinámicas Evolutivas de las Pitones y los Lagartos Liolaemidos. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Special Invited Seminar.
2020. La historia de Liolaemus: uno de los grupos de reptiles mas extraordinario. Invited presentation for Naturalistas Chile, which gathered almost 3000 attendees.
2019. Serpientes del Viejo Mundo y Dragones del Nuevo Mundo: Las Dinámicas Evolutivas de las Pitones y los Lagartos Liolaemidos. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Special Invited Seminar.
Conference presentations and talks
2022. Research School of Biology’s Early to Mid-Career Researcher Conference. The evolution of venom and its role in shaping biodiversity. The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Oral presentation. Winner of People’s Choice Award for Best Presentation.
2022. The Australian Society of Herpetologists Meeting. Genomics as a tool to uncover deep and shallow evolutionary stories in pythons. Mylor, South Australia. Oral presentation.
2020. The 9th World Congress of Herpetology, Dunedin, New Zealand. Phylogenomics of the South American Liolaemus lizards (Squamata, Liolaemidae, subgenus Liolaemus) demonstrates rapid radiation and rampant reticulation. University of Otago. Oral presentation.
2020. The convoluted and complicated story of Liolaemus, South America’s most diverse lizards. Invited speaker for the Landscape Ecology Group at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
2020. The smallest giant snakes: the phylogeography and systematics of the dwarf pythons Antaresia (Squamata, Pythonidae). Invited speaker for the Moritz Lab group at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2019. Evolutionary Transformations in Vertebrate History, Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference. Phylogenomics, biogeography and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace’s line. Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Oral Presentation.
2019. Old World Serpents and New Worlds Dragons: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Pythons and Liolaemid Lizards. Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. PhD Exit Seminar.
2018. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand, Kindilan, Queensland, 2018. Evolution of pythons: understanding the remarkable morphological diversity behind the world’s largest snakes. Oral presentation and winner of Peter Rawlinson Prize for Best Spoken Presentation by a PhD Student.
2018. II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier 2018. Evolution of pythons: understanding the remarkable morphological diversity behind the world’s largest snakes. Oral presentation as a finalist for the Hamilton Award.
2017. Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology: A joint meeting of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Phylogenomics and biogeography of the pythons—a Trans-Wallacean clade of giant snakes. Oral presentation.
2017. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. A lizard explosion in the Andes: the story of the liolaemid lizards. Oral presentation.
2017. Reconstricting the evolutionary history of the world’s largest snakes: phylogenomics of the pythons using anchored hybrid enrichment. Genomics and Collections – Adaptations to Macroevolution Conference, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. Oral presentation.
2017. Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. Evolution Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA. Oral presentation.
2017. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Evolution in the Andes…as told by a peculiar group of lizards. Oral presentation.
2017. Meeting of the ACT Herpetological Association, Belconnen Soccer Club, Canberra, Australia. Herping in Indonesia. One hour presentation.
2016. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, Hangzhou, China. Adaptive and allometric effects on the evolution of python phenotypes. Oral presentation.
2016. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, Hangzhou, China. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Poster Presentation.
2016. EMBO Course on Computational Molecular Evolution, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Poster Presentation.
2016. Annual Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Oral presentation.
2015. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. From dwarfs to giants: the evolution of allometry in pythons. Oral presentation.
2015. ANU Masters Exit Seminar, Canberra, Australia. Parallel selective pressures drive convergent phenotypic diversification in pythons and boas. Oral 30-minute presentation.
2015. Annual Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Eildon, Victoria, Australia. Convergent evolution of head shape driven by parallel adaptation to similar life-styles in pythons and boas. Oral presentation.
2014. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Pythons and boas: two stories that rhyme. Oral presentation. Winner of the Hirota Naroa Award.
2014. Meeting of the ACT Herpetological Association, Belconnen Soccer Club, Canberra, Australia. The evolution and convergence of ecomorphology in pythons, boas and their relatives. One hour presentation.
2014. 50th Anniversary Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Greenhills Conference Centre Canberra, Australia.
The evolution of head shape in Australo-Papuan pythons with evidence of convergence with boas. Oral presentation.
2013. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Reconstricting the evolution of Australo-Papuan pythons. Oral presentation.
2012. III Coloquio de Anfibios y Reptiles, Lican Ray, Chile. Filogenia molecular del complejo elongatus-kriegidel género Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Oral presentation.
2012. I Reunión Conjunta de Botánica, Ecología y Evolución. Concepción, Chile. Relaciones filogenéticas entre especies de Liolaemus del complejo elongatus-kriegi. (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Poster.
2011. II Coloquio de Anfibios y Reptiles, Parque Katalapi, Chile. Dos nuevas especies de lagartos Liolaemuspertenecientes al complejo elongatus-kriegi. Oral presentation.
2011. LIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile, Puerto Varas, Chile. Dos nuevas especies de lagartos Liolaemus pertenecientes al complejo elongatus-kriegi. Poster.
2022. The Australian Society of Herpetologists Meeting. Genomics as a tool to uncover deep and shallow evolutionary stories in pythons. Mylor, South Australia. Oral presentation.
2020. The 9th World Congress of Herpetology, Dunedin, New Zealand. Phylogenomics of the South American Liolaemus lizards (Squamata, Liolaemidae, subgenus Liolaemus) demonstrates rapid radiation and rampant reticulation. University of Otago. Oral presentation.
2020. The convoluted and complicated story of Liolaemus, South America’s most diverse lizards. Invited speaker for the Landscape Ecology Group at ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
2020. The smallest giant snakes: the phylogeography and systematics of the dwarf pythons Antaresia (Squamata, Pythonidae). Invited speaker for the Moritz Lab group at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2019. Evolutionary Transformations in Vertebrate History, Australian Academy of Science Boden Research Conference. Phylogenomics, biogeography and morphometrics reveal rapid phenotypic evolution in pythons after crossing Wallace’s line. Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Oral Presentation.
2019. Old World Serpents and New Worlds Dragons: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Pythons and Liolaemid Lizards. Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. PhD Exit Seminar.
2018. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand, Kindilan, Queensland, 2018. Evolution of pythons: understanding the remarkable morphological diversity behind the world’s largest snakes. Oral presentation and winner of Peter Rawlinson Prize for Best Spoken Presentation by a PhD Student.
2018. II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology – Montpellier 2018. Evolution of pythons: understanding the remarkable morphological diversity behind the world’s largest snakes. Oral presentation as a finalist for the Hamilton Award.
2017. Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology: A joint meeting of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists, the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia. Phylogenomics and biogeography of the pythons—a Trans-Wallacean clade of giant snakes. Oral presentation.
2017. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. A lizard explosion in the Andes: the story of the liolaemid lizards. Oral presentation.
2017. Reconstricting the evolutionary history of the world’s largest snakes: phylogenomics of the pythons using anchored hybrid enrichment. Genomics and Collections – Adaptations to Macroevolution Conference, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. Oral presentation.
2017. Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes. Evolution Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA. Oral presentation.
2017. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Evolution in the Andes…as told by a peculiar group of lizards. Oral presentation.
2017. Meeting of the ACT Herpetological Association, Belconnen Soccer Club, Canberra, Australia. Herping in Indonesia. One hour presentation.
2016. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, Hangzhou, China. Adaptive and allometric effects on the evolution of python phenotypes. Oral presentation.
2016. The 8th World Congress of Herpetology, Hangzhou, China. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Poster Presentation.
2016. EMBO Course on Computational Molecular Evolution, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Poster Presentation.
2016. Annual Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. The evolution of allometric diversity in pythons. Oral presentation.
2015. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. From dwarfs to giants: the evolution of allometry in pythons. Oral presentation.
2015. ANU Masters Exit Seminar, Canberra, Australia. Parallel selective pressures drive convergent phenotypic diversification in pythons and boas. Oral 30-minute presentation.
2015. Annual Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Eildon, Victoria, Australia. Convergent evolution of head shape driven by parallel adaptation to similar life-styles in pythons and boas. Oral presentation.
2014. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Pythons and boas: two stories that rhyme. Oral presentation. Winner of the Hirota Naroa Award.
2014. Meeting of the ACT Herpetological Association, Belconnen Soccer Club, Canberra, Australia. The evolution and convergence of ecomorphology in pythons, boas and their relatives. One hour presentation.
2014. 50th Anniversary Meeting of The Australian Society of Herpetologists, Greenhills Conference Centre Canberra, Australia.
The evolution of head shape in Australo-Papuan pythons with evidence of convergence with boas. Oral presentation.
2013. ANU Research School of Biology Student Conference, Canberra, Australia. Reconstricting the evolution of Australo-Papuan pythons. Oral presentation.
2012. III Coloquio de Anfibios y Reptiles, Lican Ray, Chile. Filogenia molecular del complejo elongatus-kriegidel género Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Oral presentation.
2012. I Reunión Conjunta de Botánica, Ecología y Evolución. Concepción, Chile. Relaciones filogenéticas entre especies de Liolaemus del complejo elongatus-kriegi. (Iguania: Liolaemidae). Poster.
2011. II Coloquio de Anfibios y Reptiles, Parque Katalapi, Chile. Dos nuevas especies de lagartos Liolaemuspertenecientes al complejo elongatus-kriegi. Oral presentation.
2011. LIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile, Puerto Varas, Chile. Dos nuevas especies de lagartos Liolaemus pertenecientes al complejo elongatus-kriegi. Poster.