Robert W. Bryson Jr.

Robert W. Bryson Jr., U.S. herpetologist and ornithologist.

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States.
Barrick Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4012, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Bryson, R.W., Jr., Dixon, J.R. & Lazcano, D. 2005. New species of Lampropeltis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre Occidental, México. Journal of Herpetology 39(2): 207–214. JSTOR Reference page.

Bryson, R.W., Jr., García-Vázquez, U.O. & Riddle, B.R. 2011. Phylogeography of Middle American gophersnakes: mixed responses to biogeographical barriers across the Mexican transition Zone. Journal of Biogeography 38(8): 1570–1584. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02508.x Reference page.
Burbrink, F.T., Yao, H., Ingrasci, M., Bryson, R.W., Jr., Guiher, T.J. & Ruane, S. 2011. Speciation at the Mogollon Rim in the Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60(3): 445–454. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.05.009 Reference page.

Graham, M.R., Ayrey, R.F. & Bryson Jr., R.W. 2012. Multivariate methods support the distinction of a new highland Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from the Sierra de los Ajos, Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 40(3): 281–290. Reference page.

Grummer, J.A. & Bryson, Jr., R.W. 2014. A new species of bunchgrass lizard (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from the southern sky islands of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. Zootaxa 3790(3): 439–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.3.3 Reference page.
Bryson, R.W., Jr., Chaves, J., Smith, B.T., Miller, M.J., Winker, K., Pérez-Emán, J.L. & Klicka, J. 2014. Diversification across the New World within the ‘blue’ cardinalids (Aves: Cardinalidae). Journal of Biogeography 41(3): 587–599. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12218 Reference page.
Bryson, R.W., Jr., Linkem, C.W., Dorcas, M.E., Lathrop, A., Jones, J.M., Alvarado-Díaz, J., Grünwald, C.I. & Murphy, R.W. 2014. Multilocus species delimitation in the Crotalus triseriatus species group (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3826(3): 475–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.3 Reference page.
Ruane, S., Bryson, Jr., R.W., Pyron, R.A. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses. Systematic Biology 63(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt099 Reference page.
Slager, D.L., Battey, C.J., Bryson, R.W., Jr., Voelker, G. & Klicka, J. 2014. A multilocus phylogeny of a major New World avian radiation: The Vireonidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 95-104. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.021 PDF Reference page.

Contreras-Félix, G.A., Francke, O.F. & Bryson, R.W., Jr. 2015. A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Zootaxa 3936(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.8. Reference page.

Savary, W.E. & Bryson, R.W., Jr. 2016. Pseudouroctonus maidu, a new species of scorpion from northern California (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). ZooKeys 584: 49-59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.584.6026. Reference page.

Banda-Leal, J., Nevárez-de los Reyes, M. & Bryson Jr., R.W. 2017. A New Species of Pygmy Alligator Lizard (Squamata: Anguidae) from Nuevo León, México. Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 223–226. DOI: 10.1670/15-168 Reference page.

Bryson, R.W. Jr., Wood, D.A., Graham, M.R., Soleglad, M.E. & McCormack, J.E. 2018. Genome-wide SNP data and morphology support the distinction of two new species of Kovarikia Soleglad, Fet & Graham, 2014 endemic to California (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). ZooKeys 739: 79–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.739.20628. Reference page.
Bryson, Jr., R.W., Zarza, E., Grummer, J.A., Paara-Olea, G., Flores-Villela, O., Klicka, J. & McCormack, J.E. 2018. Phylogenomic insights into the diversification of salamanders in the Isthmura bellii group across the Mexican highlands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 125: 78–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.024 Reference page.
García-Vázquez, U.O., Nieto‐Montes de Oca, A., Bryson, Jr., R.W., Schmidt‐Ballardo, W. & Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. 2018. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Biogeography 45(7): 1640–1652. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13241 Reference page.
Smith, B.T., Bryson, R.W.Jr., Mauck III, W.M., Chaves, J., Robbins, M.B., Aleixo, A. & Klicka, J. 2018. Species delimitation and biogeography of the gnatcatchers and gnatwrens (Aves: Polioptilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126:45-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.012Reference page.

Azzinnari, J.S., Bryson Jr., R.W., Graham, M.R., Solís-Rojas, C. & Sissom, W.D. 2021. A new Vaejovis C.L. Koch from the Sierra Madre Occidental of Durango, Mexico (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Insecta Mundi 0852: 1–12. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Bryson, Jr., R.W., Grummer, J.A., Connors, E.M., Tirpak, J., McCormack, J.E. & Klicka, J. 2021. Cryptic diversity across the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Mexico in the montane bunchgrass lizard Sceloporus subniger (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae). Zootaxa 4963(2): 335–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.5 Reference page.

Blair, C., Bryson, R.W., García-Vázquez, U.O., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Lazcano, D., McCormack, J.E. & Klicka, J. [2021] 2022. Phylogenomics of alligator lizards elucidate diversification patterns across the Mexican Transition Zone and support the recognition of a new genus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135(1): 25–39. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab139 Reference page.