2023  Wiggins, J.M., J. Landers, J. W. Agan, and S. F. Fox. When do Young Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) First Copulate with and Fertilize Females? Herpetologica, 79:91–97.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-22-00039

 

2023   Carlson, T., E. Cabrera-Guzmán and S. Fox. Explosive Fall Breeding of the Ringed Salamander (Ambystoma annulatum) in the Ozark Plateau of Oklahoma, USA. Southwestern Naturalist, 67:87-94. URL: https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-67.2.87

 

2021   Santoyo-Brito, E., S. Perea-Fox, H. Núñez, and S. F. Fox. Maternal care  and secretive behaviour of neonates in the highly social lizard Liolaemus leopardinus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from the central Chilean Andes may relate to size-specific bird predation. Behaviour 158:195–223. PDF

 

2020  Santoyo-Brito, E., H. Núñez, W. E. Cooper, Jr., and S. F. Fox. Comparison of escape behavior between solitary and grouped Liolaemus leopardinus lizards from the central Chilean Andes. Herpetologica 76: 285–289. PDF

 

2020  Fox, S. F., F. J. Rodríguez-Romero, and A. A. Crosby. Juvenile-juvenile social signalling: a case for precocial sexual selection in the collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris (Squamata: Crotaphytidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 336–344. (Full article)

 

2020  Wiggins, J. M., E. Santoyo-Brito, J. B. Scales, and S. F. Fox. Gene dose indicates presence of sex chromosomes in Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris), a species with temperature-influenced sex determination. Herpetologica 76: 27-30. PDF

 

2018   Santoyo-Brito, E., S. Fox, and H. Núñez. Age estimation through skeletochronology and mark-recapture of free-living individuals in a population of a high-elevation, viviparous lizard from Chile, Liolaemus leopardinus. Phyllomedusa 17: 101-112.

 

2017   Fox, S. F., E. Santoyo-Brito, and H. Núñez. LIOLAEMUS NITIDUS (Shining Tree Iguana). OCULAR SINUS BLEEDING. Herpetological Review 48:651.

 

2017   Santoyo-Brito, E., S. Fox, and M. Anderson. Incubation temperature modifies sex ratio of hatchlings in Collared Lizards, Crotaphytus collaris. Journal of Herpetology 51:197-201. PDF

 

2015   Santoyo-Brito, E. and S. F. Fox. Test and evaluation of various techniques to study refuged lizards in the field. Southwestern Naturalist 60:336-339. PDF

 

2015   Garvin, S. D.,  B. H. Noden, J. W. Dillwith, S. F. Fox, M. E. Payton, and R. W. Barker. Sylvatic infestation of reptiles of Oklahoma with immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 52:873-878. PDF

 

2014   Moore, D. B., D. B. Ligon, B. M. Fillmore, and S. F. Fox. Spatial use and selection of habitat in a reintroduced population of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii). Southwestern Naturalist 59:30-37. PDF

 

2014   Santoyo-Brito, E., S. Fox, and H. Núñez. Predation by the Rufous-banded Miner, Geositta rufipennis, on the Lizard Liolaemus leopardinus. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile: 63: 69-72. PDF

 

2014   Santoyo-Brito E., H. Núñez, and S. Fox. LIOLAEMUS BELLII (Dusky Lizard). PREDATION. Herpetological Review 45: 130-131. PDF

 

2013   Moore, D. B., D. B. Ligon, B. M. Fillmore, and S. F. Fox. Growth and viability of a translocated population of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8:141-148. PDF

 

2012   Sasaki, K., S. F. Fox, and D. Duvall. Reproductive ecology and human caused mortality in the Japanese mamushi snake (Gloydius blomhoffii) on the northernmost main island of Japan. Journal of Herpetology 46:689-695. PDF

 

2012   Santoyo-Brito, E., M. L. Anderson, and S.F. Fox. An artificial nest chamber for captive Crotaphytus collaris that increases clutch success and promotes natural behavior. Herpetological Review 43:430-432. PDF

 

2012   Santoyo-Brito, E., and S.F. Fox. Force fed radio-transmitter technique for finding refuged lizards. The Southwestern Naturalist 57:459-460. PDF

 

2012   Anderson, M. L., L. A. White, and S. F. Fox. A comparison of two methods to assess territorial aggression in the lizard Uta stansburiana. Herpetological Review 44:72-77. PDF

 

2012   Anderson, M. L., C. N. Cavalieri, F. Rodriguez-Romero, and S. F. Fox. The differential effect of tail autotomy on sprint performance between the sexes in the lizard Uta stansburiana. Journal of Herpetology 46:648-652. PDF

 

2011   Pincheira-Donoso, D., S. F. Fox, J. A. Scolaro, N. Ibargüengoytía, J. C. Acosta, V. Corbalán, M. Medina, J. Boretto, H. J. Villavicencio, and D. J. Hodgson. Body size dimensions in lizard ecological and evolutionary research: exploring the predictive power of mass estimation equations in two Liolaemidae radiations. Herpetological Journal 21:35-42. PDF

 

2011   Cavalieri, C. N., D. T. Lynch, and S. F. Fox. Using a portable reader for non-invasive detection of PIT-tagged skinks under coverboards. Herpetological Review 42:181-184. PDF

 

2010  Sasaki, K., Y. Sasaki, and S. F. Fox. Endangered traditional beliefs in Japan: Influences on snake conservation. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 5:474–485. PDF

 

2010  Echelle, A. A., J. C. Hackler, J. B. Lack, S. R. Ballard, J. Roman, S. F. Fox, D. M. Leslie, Jr., & R. A. Van Den Bussche. Conservation genetics of the alligator snapping turtle: cytonuclear evidence of range-wide bottlenecking and unusually pronounced geographic structure. Conservation Genetics 11:1375-1387. PDF

 

2010  Cavalieri, C. N., and S. F. Fox. Some natural history notes on the brooding behavior and social system of two Oklahoma skinks, Plestiodon fasciatus and Plestiodon obtusirostris. Reptiles and Amphibians 17:201-205. PDF

 

2009  Riedle, J. D., P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Habitat associations of aquatic turtle communities in eastern Oklahoma. Proceedings Oklahoma Academy of Science 89:19-29. PDF

 

2009  Murphy, A. R., M. G. Gardner, and S. F. Fox. Isolation of microsatellites via enrichment and a sequence tagged method (STM) in a South American lizard with suspected parental care, Liolaemus leopardinus. Conservation Genetics Resources. 1:13–16. PDF

 

2009  Karsten, K. B., L. N. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy. Sexual selection on body size and secondary sexual characters in two closely related, sympatric chameleons in Madagascar. Behavioral Ecology 20:1079-1088. PDF

 

2009  Karsten, K. B., L. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy. Social behavior of two species of chameleons in Madagascar: insights into sexual selection. Herpetologica 65:54-69. PDF

 

2009  Karsten, K. B., L. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy. Population densities and conservation assessments for three species of chameleons in the Toliara region of south-western Madagascar. Amphibia-Reptilia 30:341-350. PDF

 

2008  Wack, C. L., S. F. Fox, E. C. Hellgren, and M. B. Lovern. Effects of sex, age, and season on plasma steroids in free-ranging Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum). Gen. Comp. Endocrin. 155:589-596. PDF

 

2008  Sasaki, K., S. F. Fox, and D. Duvall. Rapid evolution in the wild: changes in body size, life-history traits, and behavior in hunted Japanese mamushi snake (Gloydius blomhoffii) populations. Conservation Biology 23:93-102. PDF

 

2008  Riedle, J. D., P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, J. C. Hackler, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Population structure of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, on the western edge of its distribution. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7: 100–104. PDF

 

2008  Karsten, K. B., L. N. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox and C. J. Raxworthy. A unique life history among tetrapods: an annual chameleon living mostly as an egg. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105:8980-8984. (Excerpted in N.Y. Times, Discovery channel, National Geographic channel, Science News, New Scientist, Fox News, MSNBC; and featured interviews with NPR, BBC, and CBC). PDF

 

2008  Husak, J. F., S. F. Fox, and R. A. Van den Bussche. Faster male lizards are better defenders not sneakers. Animal Behaviour. 75:1725-1730. PDF

 

2008  Husak, J. F., and S. F. Fox. Sexual selection on locomotor performance. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10:213-228. PDF

 

2007  Moody, R. W., D. A. Endriss, E. C. Hellgren, and S. F. Fox. Studying a population of Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in an urban/military environment. Iguana 14:8-17. PDF

 

2007  Endriss, D. A., E. C. Hellgren, S. F. Fox, and R. W. Moody. Demography of an urban population of the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) in central Oklahoma. Herpetologica 63: 320–331. PDF

 

2006  Riedle, J. D., P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Microhabitat use, home range, and movements of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii,in Oklahoma. Southwestern Naturalist 51:35-40. PDF

 

2006  Husak, J.F., J.M. Macedonia, S.F. Fox, and R.C. Sauceda. Predation cost of conspicuous male coloration in collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris): an experimental test using clay-covered model lizards. Ethology 112:572–580. PDF

 

2006  Husak, J. F., M. B. Lovern, S. F. Fox, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. Faster lizards sire more offspring: sexual selection on whole-animal performance. Evolution 60:2122-2130. PDF

 

2006  Husak, J. F., and S. F. Fox. Field use of sprint speed by collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris): compensation and sexual selection. Evolution 60:1888-1895. PDF

 

2006  Husak, J. F., A. K. Lappin, S. F. Fox, and J. A. Lemos-Espinal, Bite-force performance predicts dominance in male Venerable Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus antiquus). Copeia 2006:301-306. PDF

 

2006  Fox, S. F., A. L. Greer, R. Torres-Cervantes, and J. P. Collins. First case of ranavirus-associated morbidity and mortality in natural populations of a South American frog, Atelognathus patagonicus. Dis. Aquat. Org. 72:87-92. PDF

 

2005  Stark, R.C., S.F. Fox, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. Male Texas horned lizards increase daily movements and area covered in spring: evidence for mate searching polygyny? Journal of Herpetology 39:169-173. PDF

 

2005  Ortubay, S., V. Cussac, M. Battini, J. Barriga, J. Aigo, M. Alonso, P. Macchi, M. Reissig, J. Yoshioka, and S. Fox. Is the decline of birds and amphibians in a steppe lake of northern Patagonia a consequence of limnological changes following fish introduction? Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 16: 93-105. PDF

 

2005  Loehl, C., T. B. Wigley, P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, S. Rutzmoser, R. E. Thill, and M. A. Melchiors. Herpetofaunal species richness responses to forest landscape structure in Arkansas. For. Ecol. Manag. 209:293-308. PDF

 

2005  Fox, S. F., J. H. Yoshioka, M. E. Cuello, and C. Ubeda. Status, distribution, and ecology of a threatened semi-aquatic frog (Atelognathus patagonicus) of northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Copeia. 2005:920-928. PDF

 

2005  Cooper, W.E. Jr., L.J. Vitt, J.P. Caldwell, and S.F. Fox. Relationships among foraging variables, phylogeny, and foraging modes, with new data for nine North American lizard species. Herpetologica 61:250-259. PDF

 

2005  Riedle, J.D., P.A. Shipman, S.F. Fox, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. Status and distribution of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, in Oklahoma. Southwestern Naturalist 50:79-84. PDF

 

2004  Husak, J.F., J.K. McCoy, S.F. Fox, and T.A. Baird. Is coloration of juvenile male collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) female mimicry?: an experimental test. Journal of Herpetology 38:156-160. PDF

 

2003  Husak, J.F. and S.F. Fox. Spatial organization and the dear enemy phenomenon in adult female collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris. Journal of Herpetology 37:211-215. PDF

 

2003  Husak, J.F. and S.F. Fox. Adult male collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris, increase aggression towards displaced neighbours. Animal Behaviour 65:391-396. PDF

 

2001  Cooper, W.E. Jr., L.J. Vitt, J.P. Caldwell, and S.F. Fox. Foraging modes of some American lizards: relationships among measurement variables and discreteness of modes. Herpetologica 57 :65-76. PDF

 

2000  Stark, R.C. and S.F. Fox. Use of fluorescent powder to track horned lizards. Herpetol. Rev. 31 :230-231. PDF

 

2000  Jones, B., S.F. Fox, D.M. Leslie, Jr., D.M. Engle, and R.L. Lochmiller. Herpetofaunal responses to brush management with herbicide and fire in the Cross Timbers. Journal of Range Management 53 :154-158. PDF

 

2000  Fox, S.F. and J.K. McCoy. The effects of tail loss on survival, growth, reproduction, and sex ratio of offspring in the lizard Uta stansburiana in the field. Oecologia. 122 :327-334. PDF

 

1999  Shipman, P., D.L. Crosswhite, and S.F. Fox. Diet of the Ouachita dusky salamander (Desmognathus brimleyorum) in southeastern Oklahoma. Amer. Midl. Nat. 141 :398-401. PDF

 

1999  Crosswhite, D.L., S.F. Fox, and R.E. Thill. Comparison of methods for collecting reptiles and amphibians in upland forests of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci. 79 :45-50. PDF

 

1998  Fox, S.F., J.M. Conder, and A.E. Smith. Sexual dimorphism in the ease of tail autotomy: Uta stansburiana with and without previous tail loss. Copeia 1998 :376-382. [Excerpted in Winter 1999 issue of Nature Australia] PDF

 

1998  Crosswhite, D.L., S.F. Fox, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and M.S. Gregory. Distribution of the Ouachita dusky salamander (Desmognathus brimleyorum) in southeastern Oklahoma. Proceedings Oklahoma Academy Science 78:11-14.

 

1997  McCoy, J.K., H.J. Harmon, T.A. Baird, and S.F. Fox. Geographic variation in sexual dichromatism in the collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, (Sauria: Crotaphytidae). Copeia. 1997 :565-571. PDF

 

1997  Carothers, J.H., S.F. Fox, P.A. Marquet, F.M. Jaksic. Thermal characteristics of 10 Andean lizards of the genus Liolaemus in central Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70 :297-309.

 

1997  Baird, T.A., S.F. Fox, and J.K. McCoy. Population differences in the roles of size and coloration in intra- and intersexual selection in the collared lizard, Crotaphytus collaris : influence of habitat and social organization. Behavioral Ecology 8 :506-517. PDF

 

1996  McCoy, J.K. and S.F. Fox. Is Barisia rudicollis (Sauria:Anguidae) arboreal? A morphological analysis. Southwest. Natur. 41 :359-364. PDF

 

1996  Cooper, W.E., C.S. DePerno, and S.F. Fox. Prey chemical discrimination and strike-induced chemosensory searching in lizards: their absence in a crotaphytid lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) and a proposal for research in zoos. Zoo Biology 15 :239-253. PDF

 

1994  McCoy, J.K., S.F. Fox, and T.A. Baird. Geographic variation in sexual dimorphism in the collared lizard,Crotaphytus collaris (Sauria: Crotaphytidae). Southwest. Natur. 39 :328-335. PDF

 

1994  Fox, S.F., S.S. Perea-Fox, and R. Castro Franco. Development of the tail autotomy adaptation at high and low elevations in Mexico under disparate levels of predation. Southwest. Natur. 39 :311-322. PDF

 

1992  McCoy, J.K. and S.F. Fox. Redescription of the Mexican lizard Barisia rudicollis [Weigman] (Sauria:Anguidae). Copeia 1992 :1114-1117. PDF

 

1992  Heger, N.A., and S.F. Fox. Viability of lizard (Sceloporus undulatus) eggs exposed to simulated flood conditions. J. Herp. 26 :338-341. PDF

 

1992  Fox, S.F. and T.A. Baird. The dear enemy phenomenon in the collared lizard,Crotaphytus collaris, with a cautionary note on experimental methodology. Animal Behaviour 44 :780-782. PDF

 

1990  Medel, R. G., P. A. Marquet, S. F. Fox, and F. M. Jaksic. Depredación sobre lagartijas en Chile central: importancia relativa de atributos ecológicos y morfológicos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 63 :261-266. PDF

 

1990  Fox, S.F., N.A. Heger, and L.S. DeLay. Social cost of tail loss in Uta stansburiana : lizard tails as status-signalling badges. Animal Behavior 39 :549-554. PDF

 

1989  Núñez, H. and S.F. Fox. Liolaemus puritamensis, a new species of iguanid lizard previously confused with Liolaemus multiformis (Squamata: Iguanidae). Copeia 1989 :456-460. PDF

 

1988  Medel, R.G., J.E. Jiménez, S.F. Fox, and F.M. Jaksíc. Experimental evidence that high population frequencies of lizard tail autotomy indicate inefficient predation. Oikos 53 :321-324. PDF

 

1987  Dorschner, K.W., S.F. Fox, M. Keener, and R.D. Eikenbary. Lotka-Volterra competition revisited: the importance of intrinsic rates of increase to the unstable equilibrium. Oikos 48 :55-61. PDF

 

1984  Ferguson, G.W., and S.F. Fox. Annual variation of survival advantage of large juvenile side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana : its causes and evolutionary significance. Evolution 38 :342-349. PDF

 

1982  Fox, S.F. and M.A. Rostker.   The social cost of tail loss in Uta stansburiana. Science 218:692-693. (Excerpted in N.Y. Times, Newsweek, New Scientist, International Wildlife, and Voice of America.) PDF

 

1981  Fox, S.F., E. Rose, and R. Myers. Dominance and the acquisition of superior home ranges in the lizard Uta stansburiana. Ecology 62 :888-893. PDF

 

1978  Fox, S.F. Natural selection among behavioral phenotypes of the lizard Uta stansburiana. Ecology 59 :834-847. PDF

 

1978  Baker, M.C., and S.F. Fox. Dominance, survival and enzyme polymorphism in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Evolution 32 :607-711. PDF

 

1978  Baker, M.C. and S.F. Fox. Differential survival in common grackles sprayed with turgitol. American Naturalist 112 :675-682. PDF

 

1975  Fox, S.F. Natural selection among morphological phenotypes in the lizard Uta stansburiana. Evolution 29 :95-107. PDF

 

1968  Banks, E.M., and S.F. Fox. Relative aggression of two sympatric rodents; a preliminary report. Communications in Behavioral Biology, Part A, 2 :51-58

2009  Fox, S. F. Life history and behavior. Chapter in Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide (L. Jones and R. Lovich, editors). Rio Nuevo Press, Tucson, AZ.

 

2005  Pincheira-Donoso, D. y Núñez, H. 2005. Las especies chilenas del género Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 (Iguania: Tropiduridae: Liolaeminae): taxonomía, sistemática y evolución. Foreward by S. F. Fox. Publicación Ocasional del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile Nº 59: 7-486.

 

2004  Fox, S.F., P. A. Shipman, R.E. Thill, J.P. Phelps, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. Amphibian communities under diverse forest management in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. In Ouachita and Ozark Mountains Symposium: Ecosystem Management Research. October 26-28 1999, Hot Springs, Arkansas. J.M. Guldin, editor, pp. 164-173. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-74. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

 

2004  Shipman, P.A., S.F. Fox, R.E. Thill, J.P. Phelps, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. Reptile communities under diverse forest management in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. In Ouachita and Ozark Mountains Symposium: Ecosystem Management Research. October 26-28 1999, Hot Springs, Arkansas. J.M. Guldin, editor, pp. 174-182. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-74. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

 

2004  Crosswhite, D.L., S.F. Fox, and R.E. Thill. Herpetological habitat relations in the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas. In Ouachita and Ozark Mountains Symposium: Ecosystem Management Research. October 26-28 1999, Hot Springs, Arkansas. J.M. Guldin, editor, pp. 273-282. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-74. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.

 

2004  Fox, S. F. Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity (Book Review). Copeia 2004:955-957. PDF

 

2003  Fox, S.F., J.K. McCoy, and T.A. Baird (eds.) Lizard social behavior. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

 

2003  Fox, S.F. and P.A. Shipman. Social behavior at high and low elevations: environmental release and phylogenetic effects in Liolaemus. In Lizard social behavior, S.F. Fox, J.K. McCoy, and T.A. Baird, eds., pp. 310-355. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. PDF

 

2003  McCoy, J.K., T.A. Baird, and S.F. Fox. Sexual selection, social behavior, and the environmental potential for polygyny. In Lizard social behavior, S.F. Fox, J.K. McCoy, and T.A. Baird, eds., pp. 149-171. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD.

 

1983  Fox, S.F. Fitness, home range quality, and social rank in Uta stansburiana. In Lizard Ecology: Studies on a Model Organism. R.B. Huey, E.R. Pianka, and T.W. Schoener (eds), pp 149-168. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.