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- Baba Dioum, Senegalese conservationist -

“We will conserve what we love, love what we understand, and understand what we are taught.”

  • Reinhold, J.M., *E. Halbert, *M. Roark, S.N. Smith, K.M. Stroh, C.D. Siler, D.S. McLeod and C. Lahondère. 2023. The role of Culex territans mosquitoes in the transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to amphibian hosts. Parasites Vectors 16, 424. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-023-05992-x

  • Xu, L., Y. Hong, E.P. Smith, D.S. McLeod, X. Deng and L.J. Freeman. 2023. Deep Neural Network Identification of Limnonectes Species and New Class Detection Using Image Data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 1-21.

  • *Weisenbeck, D.R., *E.M. Nelson, and D.S. McLeod. 2022. Herpetological inventory at Sweet’s farm in Highland County, Virginia. Banisteria 56: 118–136

  •  McGrath-Blaser, S., M. Steffen, T. U. Grafe, M. Torres-Sánchez, D.S. McLeod, and C.R. Muletz-Wolz. 2021. Early life skin microbial trajectory as a function of vertical and environmental transmission in Bornean foam-nesting frogs. Animal Microbiome 3:83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523‐021‐00147‐8

  • Schoen, S.N., D.S. McLeod, A. Golden*, P. Carrington*, J. Lasky*, B. Sweet*, M. Taylor*, J. Tony, M.A. Ward*, K. Williams*, U. Zainalabidin*, and T.U. Grafe. 2021. Early calling in the presence of eavesdroppers: the case of frog-biting midges (Diptera: Corethrellidae) and the rough sided frog (Anura: Pulchrana glandulosa). Herpetological Review. 52(2):260–265.

  • Stuart, B.L., S.N. Schoen*, E.M. Nelson*, H. Maher*, T. Neang, J.J.L. Rowley, and D.S. McLeod. 2020. A new species in the Limnonectes kuhlii complex (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Cambodia. Zootaxa. 4894(3):451–473.

  • Bell, R.C., D.G. Mulcahy, S.W. Gotte, A.J. Maley, C. Mendoza*, G. Steffensen*, J.C. Barron II*, O.J. Hyman, W. Flint, A. Wynn, R.W. McDiarmid, D.S. McLeod. 2020. Type Locality Project: collecting genomic quality, topotypic vouchers and training the next generation of specimen-based researchers. Systematics and Biodiversity, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1769224

  • McLeod, D.S., Childs, A.M.; Horr, D. 2020. Geographic distribution: Carphophis amoenus (Eastern Worm Snake). USA: Virginia: Giles Co. Herpetological Review 51(1): 77-78.

  • McLeod, D.S., J. Gumpf*, B. Alavi*, T.U.Grafe, P. Yambun, O.J. Hyman. 2020. Detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis but not B. salamandrivorans in frog populations from Northern Borneo. Herpetological Review. 51(2): 257–261

  • Sparacino, A.M*., V.H. Gonzalez, S. Ball, J.J. Cielocha, K. Helm*, D.S. McLeod. 2018. A quantitative analysis of four undergraduate human anatomy laboratory curricula: approaches, identified structures, concepts, and thematic emphases. Medical Science Educator. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-018-00639-4

  • Paris III, J.M*, P. Mahan*, V.H. Gonzalez, D.S. McLeod. 2016. Diet composition of Southeast Asian fanged frogs of the Limnonectes kuhlii species complex. Herpetological Review. 47(4):549­–552

  • Ahmad-Sah, H.H., U. Grafe, A. Dornburg,  A. M. Bauer, R. Abdul-Wahab, L.L. Grismer,  G. J. Watkins-Colwell, D.S. McLeod. 2016. The Amphibians, Reptiles and Fishes of the 2012 Bukit Pagon Expedition, Brunei Darussalam. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):97–114

  • Chatmongkon, S., Z-Y Yuan, J-M Chen, M. Hou, H-P Zhao, L-J Wang, S.N. Nguyen, T.Q. Nguyen, R.W. Murphy, J. Sullivan*, D.S. McLeod, J. Che. 2016. How many species are there in the Limnonectes kuhlii complex?  A re-evaluation of the molecular phylogeny and the description of a new species from China and Myanmar. Zootaxa 4093 (2): 181–200

  • Rothschild, B.M, D.R. Wilhite, D.S. McLeod, and H. Ting*. 2015. Evidence from surface microscopy for recognition of fleshy and tendinous muscle insertion in extant vertebrate femora: implications for muscle reconstruction in fossils. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2015.1049163

  • Ampai*, N., A. Rujirawan, J. Arkajag, D.S. McLeod, A. Aowphol. 2015. Description of the tadpoles of two endemic frogs: the Phu Luang cascade frog Odorrana aureola (Anura: Ranidae) and the Isan big-headed frog Limnonectes isanensis (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from northeastern Thailand. Zootaxa 3981 (4):508–520.

  • McLeod D.S., S. Kurlbaum*, and N. Van Hoang. 2015. More of the same: a diminutive new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from northern Vietnam (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa 3947(2):201–214.

  • Lambertz, M., T. Hartman, S. Walsh*, P. Giessler, D.S. McLeod. 2014. Anatomy, histology, and the systematic implications of the head ornamentation in the males of four species of Limnonectes (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:117–132.

  • Haas, A., J. Pohlmeyer, D.S. McLeod, T. Kleinteich, S.T. Hertwig, I. Das, D.R. Bucholz. 2014. Extreme tadpoles II: The highly derived larval anatomy of Occidozyga baluensis (Boulenger, 1896), an obligate carnivorous tadpole. Zoomorphology  133 (3): 321–342.

  • Aowphol, A., A. Rujirawan, W. Taksintum, S. Arsirapot, and D.S. McLeod. 2013. Re-evaluating the taxonomic status of Chiromantis in Thailand using multiple lines of evidence (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae). Zootaxa 3702: 101–123.

  • McLeod, D.S., J. K. Kelly, A. Barley. 2012. “Same-Same but Different”: another new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii Complex from Thailand (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 19 (3):261–274.

  • McLeod, D.S., C.D. Siler, A.C. Diesmos, E. Umali, G. Mendel, M.L. Diesmos, P.C. Buenavente, A.O. Arkonceo, K.L. Balaquit, C.C. Uy, M.M. Villaseran, E.C. Yarra, R.M. Brown. 2011. Results of the first herpetofaunal inventory of Angat Dam Watershed, Bulacan Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research. 2(4): 177–198

  • McLeod, D.S., *S.J. Horner, *C. Husted, A. Barley & D. Iskandar. 2011  “Same-same, but different”: an unusual new species of the Limnonectes kuhlii complex from West Sumatra (Anura: Dicroglossidae). Zootaxa. 2883: 52–64

  • McLeod, D.S. 2010. Of Least Concern?  Systematics of a cryptic species complex: Limnonectes kuhlii (Amphiba; Anura: Dicroglossidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56:991–1000

  • McLeod, D.S. 2008. A new species of big-headed, fanged dicroglossine frog (Genus Limnonectes) from Thailand. Zootaxa. 1807:26–46

  • McLeod, D.S., J.A. Sheridan, W. Jiraungkoorskul, and W. Khonsue. 2008. A survey for Chytrid Fungus in Thai Amphibians. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 56(1):199–204

  • McLeod, D.S., N. Ahmad. 2007. A new species of Theloderma (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from southern Thailand and peninsular Malaysia. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 14(1): 65–72.

  • McLeod, D.S. 2005. Nebraska’s Declining Amphibians. In M. J. Lannoo,editor. Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Univ. of Calif. Press. Pg 292.

  • 2019. McLeod, D.S, E. Nelson*, and D. Horr*. A History of Herpetology at Mountain Lake Biological Station. Virginia Herpetological Society.

  • 2018. McLeod, D.S., R.C. Bell, A. Malley, G. Steffensen*, C. Mendoza*, W. Flint, O. Hyman,  S. Gotte, D. Mulcahy, and R. McDiarmid. Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON): Adding tools to the conservation toolbox. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (SEPARC), Helen GA. Contributed poster presentation.

  • 2016. Untangling the relationships in a group of fanged frogs. Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern Journal Club presentation. Invited speaker.

  • 2016. Frog diversity hidden in plain view. Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Outreach and Faculty of Science Universiti Brunei Darussalam.  Invited Plenary Lecture

  • 2015. Have we underestimated the diversity of Bornean frogs?  International conference on rainforest ecology, diversity and conservation in Borneo. Contributed oral paper.

  • 2015. Amphibian diversity in Thailand:  Lessons from the Limnonectes kuhlii complex (Anura: Dicroglossidae). 5th Taxonomy and Systematics in Thailand conference. Invited speaker

  • 2012. A Phylogenetic Reassessment of Limnonectes kuhlii Tschudi (1838). Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), Bonn, Germany. Contributed oral Paper.

  • 2009. Limnonectes kuhlii; a complex identity.  Biology of the Amphibians in the Sunda Region, South-East Asia.Kuching, Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo). 

  • 2009.  Of Least Concern: Uncovering diversity in an Asian Fanged Frog. Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Portland, OR. 

  • 2009.  Of Least Concern: Uncovering diversity in an Asian Fanged Frog. Emporia State University Seminar Series. Emporia, KS.

  • 2008.  Tales from Thailand: field work and fanged frogs.  KU Natural History Museum Wild Science public lecture series.  Lawrence, KS.

  • 2007  They call me “kuhlii”: Uncovering cryptic diversity in an Asian Frog.  Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  St. Louis, MO.  

  • 2006  A preliminary test for Chytrids in populations of Thai amphibians.  University of Kansas NHM GSO Annual Retreat.  University of Kansas.

  • 2005  Amphibians and the Environment.  NSEP David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship Symposium.  Washington D.C

  • 2005  Amphibian Diversity and Ecology in Thailand.  Annual meeting of the Kansas Herpetological Society.  Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, KS. 

  • 2004  Natural History Collections Management.  Department of Biology Chulalongkorn University.  Co-presented with John Simmons (principal lecturer). 

  • 2004  Natural History Museum Management.  A one-week workshop co-presented with J. Simmons at Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology.

  • 2002  An Introduction to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Southern Thailand.  Presented to the Kansas Herpetological Society, Lawrence, Kansas.

  • 1998  A Re-Survey of Nebraska’s Amphibians After Twenty Years:  A Test for Declines.  Presented to the Kansas Herpetological Society, Lawrence Kansas.

Selected Publications 
Selected Presentations
* indicates undergraduate author
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