Publication list of Prof Edwards
Publications
Authored/co-authored by Shelley Edwards
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
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De la Fontaine B, Edwards S. (2024) Are larger termite mounds more resistant to fire? a study of two southern African termites (Isoptera: Termitidae). Austral Entomology. In press.
Craig A, Edwards S. (2024) Counting Common Starlings: is this species invasive in rural South Africa? Ostrich. 2024: 1-9
Edwards S, Bessinger R. (2024) Morphological variations of auditory bullae in otomyine rodents (Rodentia: Otomyini) in southern African biomes. Journal of Morphology. 285: e21680. LINK
Mshiywa F, Edwards S, Bradley G. (2023) Rhodophyta DNA Barcoding: ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase Gene and Novel Universal Primers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(1): 58. LINK
Baptista NL, Vaz Pinto P, Keates C, Lobón-Rovira J, Edwards S, Rödel M-O. (2023) Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centres of endemism. Vertebrate Zoology. 73: 991-1031. LINK
Zhao Z, Conradie W, Pietersen DW, Jordaan A, Nicolau GK, Edwards S, Riekert S, Heideman N. (2023) Diversification of the African legless skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Family Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182: 107747. LINK
Nicolau GK, Edwards S. (2023) Diversity and endemism of South African gekkonids linked with the escarpment has implications for conservation priorities. Diversity. 15(2): 306. LINK
Edwards S. (2022) One and done, or a bundle and stumble?: An exploration of assessment methods in undergraduate science classes. Acta Educationis Generalis. 12(3): 47-61 LINK
Lobon-Rovira J, Conradie W, VazPinto P, Keates C, Edwards S, Du Plessis A, Branch WR. (2022) Systematic revision of Afrogecko ansorgii Boulenger, 1907 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from western Angola. Zootaxa. 5124(4), 401-430. LINK
Baptista NL, Vaz Pinto P, Keates C, Edwards S, Rodel M-O, Conradie W. (2021) A new species of red toad, Schismaderma Smith, 1849 (Anura: Bufonidae), from central Angola. Zootaxa. 5081(3): 301-332. LINK
Villet M, Edwards S. (2021) Phylogenetic position of the African cicada genus Tugelana Distant, 1912 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). African Invertebrates. 62(2): 399-410. LINK
Nicolau GK, Petford M, Edwards S, Busschau T, Lynch K, Kemp L, Balmer J, Keates C, Hundermark CR, Weeber J, Conradie W. (2021) New insights into the geographical distribution, ecology and conservation status of South Africa’s endemic Coastal Leaf-toed Gecko, Cryptactites peringueyi (Boulenger, 1910). Herpetology Notes. 14: 439-450. LINK
Conradie W, Nicolau GK, Kemp L, Edwards S, Snaken-Borg K, Reeves B. (2020). Lygodactylus capensis: New records for Makhanda area. African Herp News. 74: 78-82
van Steenderen CJM, Paterson ID, Edwards S, Day MD. (2020). Addressing the red flags in cochineal identification: The use of molecular techniques to identify cochineal insects that are used as biological control agents for invasive alien cacti. Biol. Control. 152: 104426. LINK
Keates C, Conradie W, Greenbaum E, Edwards S. (2019) A snake in the grass: Genetic structuring of the widespread African grass snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the description of a new genus and a new species. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. 57(4): 1039-1066. LINK
Rink A, Bowie R, Altweg R, Edwards S, Colville J. (2019) Contest dynamics and assessment strategies in combatant monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini). Behav. Ecol. 30(3): 713-723. LINK
Branch WR, Baptista N, Keates C, Edwards S. (2019) Rediscovery, taxonomic status, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare and endemic snakes (Serpentes: Psammophiinae) from the southwestern Angolan plateau. Zootaxa. 4590(3): 342-366. LINK
Conradie W, Busschau T, Edwards S. (2018) Two new species of Acontias (Acontinae, Scincidae) from the Mpumalanga Highveld escarpment of South Africa. Zootaxa. 4429 (1): 089–106. LINK
Edwards S, Tolley KA, Measey GJ. (2017) Habitat characteristics influence the breeding of Rose’s dwarf mountain toadlet Capensibufo rosei (Anura: Bufonidae). Herp. J. 27: 287–298. LINK
Edwards S, Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Measey GJ, Tolley KA. (2016) Diving in head first: trade-offs between phenotypic traits and sand-diving predator escape strategy in Meroles desert lizards. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 119(4): 919-931. LINK
da Silva JM, Feldheim K, Daniels RJ, Edwards S, Tolley KA. (2016) Analysis of genetic diversity in Rose’s mountain toadlet (Capensibufo rosei) using novel microsatellite markers. Afr. J. Herp. 65(2): 69-82. LINK
Measey GJ, Vimercati G, de Villiers FA, Mokhatla MM, Davies SJ, Edwards S, Altwegg R. (2015) Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy. PeerJ. 3: e1204. LINK
Vanhooydonck B, Measey GJ, Edwards S, Makhubo B, Tolley KA, Herrel A. (2015) The effects of substratum on locomotor performance in lacertid lizards. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 115(4): 869–881. LINK
Baeckens S, Edwards S, Huyghe K, Van Damme R. (2015) Chemical signalling in lizards: An interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 114 (1): 44–57. LINK
Bates MF, Tolley KA, Edwards S, Davids Z, Da Silva JM, Branch WR. (2013) A molecular phylogeny of the African plated lizards, genus Gerrhosaurus Wiegmann, 1828 (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa. 3750 (5): 465–493. LINK
Edwards S, Tolley KA, Vanhooydonck B, Measey GJ, Herrel A. (2013) Is dietary niche breadth linked to morphology and performance in Sandveld lizards Nucras (Sauria: Lacertidae)? Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 110: 674–688. LINK
Edwards S, Branch WR, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Measey GJ, Tolley K. (2013) Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa. 3669 (2): 101–114. LINK
Edwards S, Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Measey GJ, Tolley K. (2012) Convergent evolution associated with habitat decouples phenotype from phylogeny in a clade of lizards. PLoS-One 7 (12): e52636. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051636. LINK
Ganem G, Meynard CN, Perigault M, Lancaster J, Edwards S, Caminade P, Watson J, Pillay N. (2012) Environmental correlates and co-occurrence of three mitochondrial lineages of striped mice (Rhabdomys) in the Free State Province (South Africa). Acta Oecol. 42: 30–40. LINK
Edwards S, Claude J, Van Vuuren BJ, Matthee CA. (2011) Evolutionary history of the Karoo bush rat, Myotomys unisulcatus (Rodentia: Muridae): discordance between morphology and genetics. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 102: 510–526. LINK
BOOKS/CHAPTERS:
Edwards S (2014) Convergence in morphology is preceded by convergence in performance in lizards. In: Kiernan MP (ed.) Lizards: Thermal Ecology, Genetic Diversity and Functional Role in Ecosystems. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA. LINK
Authored/co-authored by ZEML group members:
Phillips, J. R., Reissig, J., & Nicolau, G. K. (2023). Notes on lung development in South African ghost frogs (Anura: Heleophrynidae). African Journal of Herpetology, 72(1), 81-90.
Keates C, Conradie W, Dalu T, Dondofema F, Riddell ES, Wasserman RJ. (2022). Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic Floodplain water snake, Lycodonomorphus obscuriventris FitzSimons, 1964. Koedoe, 64(1), 1-9.
van Steenderen CJM, Sutton GF. (2022). SPEDE‐sampler: an R Shiny application to assess how methodological choices and taxon‐sampling can affect Generalised Mixed Yule Coalescent (GMYC) output and interpretation. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22(5), 2054-2069
Conradie W, Baptista NL, Verburgt L, Keates C, Harvey J, Julio T, Neef G. (2021). Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi river drainages. Part 1: Serpentes (snakes). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 15(2), 244-278.
Conradie W, Deepak V, Keates C, Gower DJ. (2020). Kissing cousins: a review of the African genus Limnophis Günther, 1865 (Colubridae: Natricinae), with the description of a new species from north-eastern Angola. African Journal of Herpetology, 69(1), 79-107.
Conradie W, Keates C, Lobón-Rovira J, Pinto PV, Verburgt L, Baptista NL, ... & Júlio T. (2020). New insights into the taxonomic status, distribution and natural history of De Witte’s Clicking Frog (Kassinula wittei Laurent, 1940). African Zoology, 55(4), 311-322.
van Steenderen, C. (2020). BinMat: a molecular genetics tool for processing binary data obtained from fragment analysis in R. Authorea Preprints.
Nicolau GK. (2019). In Situ Copulation and Intersexual Den Sharing in Varanus albigularis albigularis (Daudin, 1802), Eastern Cape, South Africa. On the Cover: Varanus macraei, 13(2), 107-108.
Publications submitted or in review
Edwards S, Barker C. (2024) Anti-predator response of a Dwarf Chameleon, Bradypodion ventrale, to a mammalian predator. Animal Behaviour. In review.
Keates C, Edwards S, Conradie W, Greenbaum E. (2024) Phylogeographic structuring in a widespread southern African Grass Snake (Psammophiidae: Psammophylax rhombeatus). African Journal of Herpetology. In review.
Jeme A, Edwards S. (2023) Source and potential spread of introduced populations of Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. African Zoology. In review.
Msimang A, Edwards S, Alloggio S, Tandlich R. (2023) Human wellbeing and animal welfare: Is there an ethical link to be implemented from the COVID19 pandemic into the practice of emergency management? American Journal of Disaster Management. In review.
Publications in preparation
Edwards S, Howarth N. Sexual dimorphism of shell shape in the leopard tortoise, Stigmochelys pardalis pardalis (Bell, 1828), from Pumba Private Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Keates C, Edwards S, Conradie W. Revisiting the Psammophiidae phylogeny.
da Silva JM, Taft JM, Edwards S, Daniels R, Tolley KA. Deceptive distinctions: genetic and morphological similarity among wide-ranging sub-species of an African sand lizard (Pedioplanis lineoocellata).
Edwards S, Conradie W. Phylogeny of the slug-eater snakes Duberria, with remarks on their evolution, and description of new species.
Edwards S, Nicolau G, Rawson W, Hlope N. Phylogenetic investigations of the convergent evolution of fishing behaviour in the spider family Pisauridae.
Comley J, Edwards S. Population genetics investigations of brown hyena, using a newly developed individual identification method using genetic markers.
Jackson E, Edwards S. Conradie W. Diet, morphology, reproduction and distribution of the Yellow-bellied sea snake - Hydrophis platurus - along the South African coastline.