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Evans, Matthew
Assistant Curator
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Geographic Focus
Selected Publications
Article
Kawano, Sandy M., Martin, Johnson, Medina, Joshua, Doherty, Conor, Zheng, Gary, Hsiao, Emma, Evans, Matthew J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Pyron, R. A., Huie, Jonathan M., Lima, Riley, Langan, Esther M., Peters, Alan, and Irschick, Duncan J. 2024. "Applying 3D Models of Giant Salamanders to Explore Form-function Relationships in Early Digit-bearing Tetrapods ." Integrative And Comparative Biology , https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae129 .
2024
Grant, Evan H. Campbell, Fleming, Jillian, Bastiaans, Elizabeth, Brand, Adrianne B., Brooks, Jacey L., Devlin, Catherine, Epp, Kristen, Evans, Matt, Fisher-Reid, M., Gratwicke, Brian, Grayson, Kristine L., Haydt, Natalie T., Hernández-Pacheco, Raisa, Hocking, Daniel J., Hyde, Amanda, Losito, Michael, MacKnight, Maisie G., Matlaga, Tanya J. H., Mead, Louise, Muñoz, David, Peterman, William, Puza, Veronica, Shafer, Charles, Sterrett, Sean C., Sutherland, Chris et al. 2024. "Range-wide salamander densities reveal a key component of terrestrial vertebrate biomass in eastern North American forests ." Biology Letters , 20, (8). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.0033 .
2024
Mulder, Kevin P., Savage, Anna E., Gratwicke, Brian, Longcore, Joyce E., Bronikowski, Ed, Evans, Matthew, Longo, Ana V., Kurata, Naoko P., Walsh, Tim, Pasmans, Frank, McInerney, Nancy, Murray, Suzan, Martel, An, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2024. "Sequence capture identifies fastidious chytrid fungi directly from host tissue ." Fungal Genetics and Biology , 170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2023.103858 .
2024
Terrell, Kimberly A., Quintero, Richard P., Galicia, Veronica Acosta, Bronikowski, Ed, Evans, Matthew, Kleopfer, John D., Murray, Suzan, Murphy, James B., Nissen, Bradley D., and Gratwicke, Brian. 2021. "Physiological impacts of temperature variability and climate warming in hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis ) ." Conservation Physiology , 9, (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab079 .
2021
Anderson, Kailey B., Steeil, James C., Neiffer, Donald L., Evans, Matt, Peters, Alan, Allender, Matthew C., and Cartoceti, Andrew N. 2021. "Retrospective Review of Ophidiomycosis (Ophidiomyces Ophiodiicola) at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park (1983-2017)." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine , 52, (3) 997–1002. https://doi.org/10.1638/2020-0213 .
2021
Lassiter, Elliot, Garces, Orlando, Higgins, Kathleen, Baitchman, Eric, Evans, Matthew, Guerrel, Jorge, Klaphake, Eric, Snellgrove, Donna, Ibáñez, Roberto D., and Gratwicke, Brian. 2020. "Spindly leg syndrome in Atelopus variusis linked to environmental calcium and phosphate availability ." Plos One , 15, (6) Article e0235285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235285 .
2020
Bauer, Kendra L., Steeil, James C., Walsh, Timothy F., Evans, Matthew J., Klocke, Blake, Gratwicke, Brian, Siegal-Willott, Jessica L., and Neiffer, Donald L. 2018. "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in a Captive Collection of Green Salamanders (Aneides aeneus ), Long-Tailed Salamanders (Eurycea longicauda ), and Two-Lined Salamanders (Eurycea bislineata ) ." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine , 49, (2) 454–459. https://doi.org/10.1638/2017-0174.1 .
2018
Della Togna, Gina, Gratwicke, Brian, Evans, Matthew, Augustine, Lauren, Chia, Han, Bronikowski, Ed, Murphy, James B., and Comizzoli, Pierre. 2018. "Influence of extracellular environment on the motility and structural properties of spermatozoa collected from hormonally stimulated Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki) ." Theriogenology , 108 153–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2017.11.032 .
2018
Steeil, James C., Hope, Katharine L., Evans, Matthew, Peters, Alan, and Cartoceti, Andrew. 2018. "Multifocal Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola Infection in an Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) without the Presence of Skin Lesions ." Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery , 28, (3-4) 76–80. https://doi.org/10.5818/18-02-146.1 .
2018
Camperio Ciani, Julio Federico, Guerrel, Jorge, Baitchman, Eric, Diaz, Rigoberto, Evans, Matthew, Ibáñez, Roberto D., Ross, Heidi, Klaphake, Eric, Nissen, Bradley, Pessier, Allan P., Power, Michael L., Arlotta, Caitlin, Snellgrove, Donna, Wilson, Brad, and Gratwicke, Brian. 2018. "The relationship between spindly leg syndrome incidence and water composition, overfeeding, and diet in newly metamorphosed harlequin frogs (Atelopus spp.) ." PLOS ONE , 13, (10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204314 .
2018
Della Togna, Gina, Trudeau, Vance L., Gratwicke, Brian, Evans, Matthew, Augustine, Lauren, Chia, Han, Bronikowski, Edward J., Murphy, James B., and Comizzoli, Pierre. 2017. "Effects of hormonal stimulation on the concentration and quality of excreted spermatozoa in the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) ." Theriogenology , 91 27–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2016.12.033 .
2017
Augustine, Lauren, Pryes, Karissa, and Evans, Matthew. 2017. "Social behavior in captive Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer ) at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park." Herpetological Review , 48, (1) 75–82.
2017
Murphy, James B., Evans, Matthew, Augustine, Lauren, and Miller, Kyle. 2016. "Behaviors in the Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer ) ." Herpetological Review , 47, (2) 235–240.
2016
Age, fertility and reproductive behavior in cuban crocodiles, Crocodylus rhombifer , at the smithsonian's national zoological park: Age, Fertility and Reproductive Behavior in Cuban .
Zoo Biology .
34:278-284.
2015
Terrell, Kimberly A., Quintero, Richard P., Murray, Suzan, Kleopfer, John D., Murphy, James B., Evans, Matthew J., Nissen, Bradley D., and Gratwicke, Brian. 2013. "Cryptic impacts of temperature variability on amphibian immune function ." Journal of experimental biology , 216 4204–4211. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.089896 .
2013
Evans, Matthew J., Gratwicke, Brian, and Murphy, James B. 2012. "New Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project Exhibit at Smithsonian National Zoological Park." Herpetological Review , 43, (2) 208–209.
2012
Gratwicke, Brian, Evans, Matthew J., Jenkins, Peter T., Kusrini, Mirza D., Moore, Robin D., Sevin, Jennifer, and Wildt, David E. 2010. "Is the international frog legs trade a potential vector for deadly amphibian pathogens? " Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment , 8, (8) 438–442. https://doi.org/10.1890/090111 .
2010
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