Science Articles

Scientific Articles

2023

20. Lamichhane, S., Bhattarai, D., Mareseni, T., Shaney, K. J., Karki, J. B., Adhikari, B., Pandeya, P., Shrestha, B., Adhikari, H. 2023. Landscape predictors influencing livestock depredation by leopards in and around Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Peer J. 11: e16516. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10725174/.

2022
19. Sideleau, B., Staniawicz, A., Shaney, K. J. 2022. An analysis of Sunda gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) attacks on humans. Marine and Freshwater Research.

2021
18. Gutierrez-Garcia, T.A., Shaney, K.J., Vazquez-Dominguez, E., Enk, J., Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2021. Tropical Fossil Mitogenomes: Holocene biogeogeography of two codistributed rodent genera from the Yucatán Peninsula. Journal of Archeological Science. 

​2020
17. Shaney, K.J.§, Grisell Díaz-Ramírezu “U“§, Castaneda-Rico, S., Espindola, S., Berovides-Alvarez, V, Vazquez-Dominquez, E.§*. 2020. Defining intraspecific conservation units in the endemic Cuban Rock Iguanas (Cyclura nubila nubila). Scientific Reports.

16. Shaney, K. J.*, Harvey, M.B., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N., Smith, E. N. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeography of cloud forest lizards of the genus Dendragama in Sumatra. ZooKeys. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/49355/

15. O’Connell, K.A., Oaks, J.R., Hamidy, A., Shaney, K.J., Kurniawan, N., Smith, E.N., Fujita, M.K. 2020. Impacts of the Toba eruption and montane forest expansion on diversification in Sumatran parachuting frogs (Rhacophorus). Molecular Ecology.

14. Shaney, K.J.*, Maldonado, J., Smart, U., Fujita, M.K., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N., Harvey, M.B., Smith, E. 2020. Phylogeography of montane forest dragons could shed light on the history of forests and diversification processes on Sumatra. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

13. Harvey, M. B., Larson, T.R., Jacobs, T.L., Shaney, K. J., Streicher, J., Smith, E. N. 2020. Phoxophrys After 59 Years: Review of Morphology, Phylogeny, Status of Pelturagonia, and A New Species from Southeastern Kalimantan. Herpetological Monographs. PDF

2017 

12. Harvey, M. B., Scrivani, J., Shaney, K. J., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N., Smith, N. 2017. Sumatra’s Endemic Crested Dragons (Agamidae: Lophocalotes): A New Species from the Bukit Barisan Range and Comments on Lophocalotes ludekingi. Herpetologica.  PDF

11. Shaney, K. J.*, Hamidy, A., Walsh, M., Arida, E., Arimbi, A. “U“, Smith, E. N. 2017. Impacts of anthropogenic pressures on the contemporary biogeography of threatened crocodilians in Sumatra. Oryx. PDF

10. Harvey, M. B., Shaney, K. J., Sidik, I., Kurniawan, N., Smith, E. N. 2017. Endemic dragons of Sumatra’s volcanoes: new species of Dendragama (Aquamata: Agamidae) and status of Salea rosaceum Thominot. Herpetological Monographs.  

9. O’Connell, K. A., Smith, E. N., Shaney, K. J., Arifin, U., Kurniawan, N., Sidik, I., Fujita, M. K. 2017. Coalescent species delimitation of Rhacophorus catamitus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) on Sumatra, and the description of a new species. Zoologica Scripta.  

8. Harvey, M. B., Shaney, K. J., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N., Smith, E. N. 2017. A new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Bukit Barisan Range of Sumatra with an estimation of its phylogeny. Zootaxa.  PDF

2016

7. Wostl, E., Sidik, I., Trilaksono, W., Shaney, K. J., Kurniwan, N., Vogel, G, Smith, E. N. 2016. Taxonomic status of the Sumatran Pitviper Trimeresurus (Popeia) toba David, Petri, Vogel & Doria, 2009 (Squamata: Viperidae) and other Sunda Shelf species of the subgenus Popeia. Journal of Herpetology. 50, 633 – 641. PDF 

6. Shaney, K. J.*, Wostl, E., Harvey, M., Smith, E. N. 2016. Conservation challenges regarding IUCN red list assessments in biogeographically complex regions: examples from overexploited reptiles of Indonesia. Oryx. 1, 1 – 12.  PDF

5. Shaney, K. J.*, Adams, R., Kurniawan, N., Hamidy, A., Smith, E. N., Castoe, T. A. 2016. A suite of potentially amplifiable microsatellite loci for reptiles of conservation concern from Africa and Asia. Conservation Genetics Resources. 8, 307 – 311.  PDF

2013 – 2015

4. Reyes-Velasco, J., Card, D. C., Andrew, A., Shaney, K. J., Adams, R. H., Schield, D., Casewell, N. R., Mackessy, S. P., Castoe, T. A. 2015. Expression of venom homologs in diverse python tissues suggests a new model for the evolution of snake venom. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32, 173 – 183.  PDF

3. Streicher, J. W., Kurniati, H., Harvey, M. B., Anders, B., Shaney, K. J., Smith, E. N. 2014. Mitochondrial  DNA reveals a new species of parachuting frog (Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorus) from Sumatra. Zootaxa. 3878, 351 – 365.  PDF

2. Harvey, M. B., Hamidy, A., Kurniawan, N., Shaney, K.J., Smith, E. N. 2014. Three new species of Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 3841, 211 – 238.  PDF

1. Castoe, T.A., de Koning, A.P.J., Hall, K. T., Card, D. C., Schield, D. R., Fujita, M.K., Ruggiero, R. P., Degner, J. F., Daza, J. M., Gu, W., Reyes-Velasco, J., Shaney, K.J., (and 26 other authors). 2013. The Burmese Python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA.110, 20645 – 20650.  PDF

​Book Chapters  

1. Shaney, K.J., Schield, D.R., Card, D.C., Ruggiero, R.P., Pollock, D.D., Mackessy, S.P., Castoe, T.A. 2016. Squamate reptile genomics and evolution. In: Handbook of   Toxinology: Venom Genomics and Proteomics, P. Gopalakrishnakone (Ed.), Springer    Reference Press, New York, NY. PDF

Scientific Reports

4. Shaney, K. J., Shwedick, B., Simpson, B., Pine, A., Sideleau, B., Stevenson, C. The False Gharial IUCN Red List status: Endangered. IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21981/214287051.

3. Shaney, K.J.*, Hamidy, A., Smith, E.N.  Status of the False Gharial in Sumatra. 2017. IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Report. http://www.iucncsg.org/. PDF

2. Shaney, K. J.*, Trilaksono, W., Hamidy, A., Smith, E.N. 2015. Preliminary assessment of False Gharial (Tomistoma Schlegelii) populations in Sumatra. IUCN Crocodile Specialist Group Report. http://www.iucncsg.org/.  PDF

1. Shaney, K. J.*, and J. C. Marshall. 2013. A herpetofaunal biodiversity survey along the Wasatch Mountains, Utah: A focus on Morgan and Weber counties. Southwestern  Center for Herpetological Research Bulletin. 3, 17 – 22. 

Popular Articles 

2. Shaney, K.J.* In press. Combatiendo caza furtiva y expansión de aceite de palma: Los cocodrilos del agua negro de Sumatra. (Combatting poaching and expansión of palm oil: Blackwater crocodiles of Sumatra). Oikos. Influence: 28.7k Twitter followers, 39k Facebook followers. 

1. Shaney, K.J.* In Press. Elk population management and policy in Texas. 2017. Bugle Magazine (Official Magazine of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation). Conservation and Hunter Education Magazine with 205,000 magazine subscribers, 575k Facebook followers.