Present Address

Section of Integrative Biology (C0930) and Texas Memorial Museum
Lab/Office: (512) 471-5302
University of Texas FAX: (512) 471-3878 Austin, TX 78712-1064
E-mail: rafe@mail.utexas.edu

Education

B.A. Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1994.
M.S. Zoology, Miami University, 1997.
Thesis: Systematics evolution in the Rana signata complex of Southeast Asian stream frogs: reconsideration of Huxley's modification of Wallace's Line at the Oriental-Australian faunal zone interface. Research Interests Acoustic and functional diversity in mate recognition systems of amphibians. Comparative methods in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. Biodiversity, evolution, biogeography, and systematics of amphibians and reptiles of SE Asia (especially the Philippines).

Publications

1.  Brown, R. M. and A. C. Diesmos. In press. Philippine Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae): taxonomy, ecology, and conservation prospects from some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop (Journal of the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines).

2.  Ferner, J. W., Brown, R. M., R. V. Sison, and R. S. Kennedy. In press. Amphibians and reptiles of Panay island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research.

3.  Brown, R. M., A. E. Leviton, J. W. Ferner, and R. V. Sison. In press. A new species of snake in the genus Hologerrhum (Reptilia; Squamata; Serpentes) from Panay Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research.

4.  Brown, R. M., J. A. McGuire, J. W. Ferner, N. Icarangal, Jr., and R. S. Kennedy. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of Luzon Island, II: Preliminary report on the herpetofauna of Aurora Memorial National Park, Philippines. Hamadryad 25:175-195

5. Brown, R. M. and D. T. Iskandar. 2000. Nest site selection, larval hatching, and advertisement calls, of Rana arathooni (Amphibia; Anura; Ranidae) from southwestern Sulawesi (Celebes) Island, Indonesia. Journal of Herpetology 34:404-413.

6.  Brown, R. M., J. A. McGuire, and A. C. Diesmos. 2000. Status of some Philippine frogs related to Rana everetti (Anura: Ranidae), description of a new species, and resurrection of Rana igorota Taylor 1922. Herpetologica 56:81-104.

7.  Brown R. M., J. Supriatna, and H. Ota. 2000. Discovery of a new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus and comments on the status of L. serraticaudus. Copeia 2000:191-209.

8.  Brown, R. M. 2000. New species of parachute gecko (Squamata; Gekkonidae; Genus Ptychozoon) from northeastern Thailand and Central Vietnam. Copeia 1999:990-1001.

9.  Brown, R. M., A. E. Leviton, and R. V. Sison. 1999. Description of a new species of Pseudorabdion from Panay Island, Philippines, with a revised key to the genus. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8:7-12.

10. Brown, R. M., J. A. McGuire, J. W. Ferner, and A. C. Alcala. 1999. A new diminutive species of skink (Squamata; Scincidae; Lygosominae: Sphenomorphus) from Luzon Island, Republic of the Philippines. Copeia 1999:362-370.

11. Brown,W. C., A. C. Alcala, and R. M. Brown. 1998. Taxonomic status of Cornufer worcesteri. Journal of Herpetology 33:131-133.

12. Brown, W. C., R. M. Brown, A. C. Alcala and D. Frost. 1997. Replacement name for Platymantis reticulatus Brown, Brown, and Alcala, 1997 (Ranidae: Raninae). Herpetological Review 28:131.

13. Brown, R. M., J. W. Ferner and A. C. Diesmos. 1997. Definition of the Philippine parachute gecko, Ptychozoon intermedium Taylor 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae): redescription, designation of a neotype, and comparisons with related species. Herpetologica 53:357-373.

14. Ferner, J.W., R. M. Brown, and Greer, A. E. 1997. A new genus and species of closed canopy forest skinks from the Philippine islands. Journal of Herpetology 31:187-192

15. Brown, W. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala. 1997. Species of the hazelae group of Platymantis from the Philippines with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49:405-421.

16. Brown, R. M., J. W. Ferner, R. V. Sison, P. C. Gonzales, and R. S. Kennedy. 1996. Amphibians and reptiles of the Zambales mountains of Luzon Island, Philippines. Herpetological Natural History 4:1-17.

17. Brown, R.M., and D. H. Taylor. 1995. Compensatory escape mode trade-offs between locomotor performance and maneuvering behavior across larval ontogeny of the wood frog Rana sylvatica. Copeia, 1995:1-7.

18. Brown, R. M., D. H. Taylor, and D. H. Gist. 1995. Effects of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance of wall lizards (Podarcis muralis). Journal of Herpetology 29:98-105.

19. Brown, R., M., J. F. Ferner, and R. V. Sison. 1995. Rediscovery and redescription of Sphenomorphus beyeri (Lacertilia; Scincidae) from the Zambales Mountains of Luzon, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108:6-17.

20. Brown, R. M., J. F. Ferner, and L. A. Ruedas. 1995. A new species of lygosomine lizard (Reptilia; Lacertilia; Scincidae; Sphenomorphus) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108:18-28.

21. Brown, R. M., D. H. Gist, and D. H. Taylor. 1995. The home range ecology of an introduced population of wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) in Cincinnati, Ohio. American Midland Naturalist 133:186-102.

Manuscripts in Review

1. Diesmos, A. C., R. M. Brown, and A. C. Alcala. New species of narrow-mouthed frog (Amphibia; Anura; Microhylidae: genus Kaloula) from the mountains of southern Luzon Island, Philippines. Copeia

2. Brown, R. M. and S. I. Guttman. Systematic evolution in the Rana signata complex of Philippine and Bornean stream frogs; reconsideration of Huxley's modification of Wallace's Line at the Oriental-Australian faunal zone interface. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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