Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Kevin de Queiroz

Research Zoologist, Curator of Amphibians & Reptiles
Department / Division
Education
  • B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
  • M.S., San Diego State University
  • Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests

Systematics and evolutionary biology of amphibians and reptiles; principles and methods of systematic biology

Publications
Journal Article
Web Page / Electronic Publication
Dataset
Book
Book Chapter
  • Clarke, J. A., Mindell, D. P., de Queiroz, Kevin, Hanson, M., Norell, M. A., and Gauthier, J. A. 2020. "Aves." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1247–1253. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin and Gauthier, J. A. 2020. "Squamata." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1093–1101. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin and Gauthier, J. A. 2020. "Lepidosauria." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1079–1085. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, and Schulte, James A., II. 2020. "Iguania." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1149–1154. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276-267.
  • Gauthier, J. A. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Pan-Squamata." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1087–1092. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Gauthier, J. A. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Pan-Lepidosauria." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1075–1078. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Gauthier, J. A. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Diapsida." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1033–1040. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Gauthier, J. A. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Sauria." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1065–1073. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Head, J. J., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Greene, H. W. 2020. "Serpentes." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1135–1143. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Head, J. J., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Greene, H. W. 2020. "Pan-Serpentes." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1131–1134. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276-264.
  • Kearney, M. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Amphisbaenia." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1123–1129. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Kearney, M. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "Pan-Amphisbaenia." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1119–1121. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Schulte, James A., II, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Torres-Carvajal, Omar. 2020. "Acrodonta." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1169–1174. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Schulte, James A., II. 2020. "Iguanidae." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 1159–1164. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.
  • Wiemann, J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Rowe, T. B., Planavsky, N. B., Anderson, R. P., Gogarten, J. P., Turner, P. E., and Gauthier, J. A. 2020. "Pan-Biota." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 3–11. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276-2.
  • Wiemann, J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Rowe, T. B., Planavsky, N. J., Anderson, R. P., Gogarten, J. P., Turner, P. E., and Gauthier, J. A. 2020. "Biota." In Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P. D., and Gauthier, J. A., editors. 13–28. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276-3.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin, Reeder, Tod W., and Leaché, Adam D. 2017. "Squamata (in part) - Lizards." In Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. Crother, Brian I., Bonett, Ronald M., Boundy, Jeff, Burbrink, Frank T., de Queiroz, Kevin, Frost, Darrel R., Highton, Richard, Iverson, John B., Jockusch, Elizabeth L., Kraus, Fred, Krysko, Kenneth L., Leache, Adam D., Lemmon, Emily Moriarty, McDiarmid, Roy W., Mendelson,Joseph R., III, Meylan, Peter A., Reeder, Tod W., Ruane, Sara, and Seidel, Michael E., editors. 38–58. Topeka: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
  • BUCKLEY, LARRY J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Grant, Tandora D., Hollingsworth, Bradford D., Iverson, John B., PASACHNIK, STESHA A., and STEPHEN, CATHERINE L. 2016. "A checklist of the iguanas of the world (Iguanidae; Iguaninae)." In Iguanas: Biology, Systematics, and Conservation. Iverson, John B., Grant, Tandora D., Knapp, C. R., and PASACHNIK, STESHA A., editors. 4–46. In Herpetological Conservation and Biology.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin and Reeder, Tod W. 2012. "Squamata — Lizards." In Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding.. 7th ed. Crother, Brian I., editor. 32–51. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin. 2009. "[Letter from Kevin de Queiroz]." In Letters to Linnaeus. Knapp, Sandra and Wheeler, Quentin, editors. 199–203. London: The Linnean Society of London.
  • Gauthier, Jacques and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2001. "Feathered Dinosaurs, Flying Dinosaurs, Crown Dinosaurs and the Names "Aves"." In New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H.Ostrom. 7–41. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin. 2000. "Logical Problems Associated with Including and Excluding Characters During Tree Reconstruction and their Implications for the Study of Morphological Character Evolution." In Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data. 192–212. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin. 1999. "The General Lineage Concept of Species and the Defining Properties of the Species Category." In Species, New Interdisciplinary Essays. 49–89. Bradford/MIT Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin. 1998. "The General Lineage Concept of Species, Species Criteria, and the Process of Speciation." In Endless Forms: Species and Speciation. 57–75. Oxford University Press.
  • Jackman, T., Losos, J. B., Larson, A., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1997. "Phylogenetic Studies of Convergent Adaptive Radiations in Caribbean Anolis Lizards." In Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation. Givnish, T. J. and Sytsma, Kenneth J., editors. 535–557. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
  • de Queiroz, Kevin. 1996. "A phylogenetic approach to biological nomenclature as an alternative to the Linnaean systems in current use." In Proceedings of a Mini-Symposium on Biological Nomenclature in the 21st Century. Reveal, James L., editor. 125–144. University of Maryland.
  • Gauthier, Jacques, Cannatella, David C., de Queiroz, Kevin, Kluge, Arnold G., and Rowe, Timothy. 1989. "Tetrapod Phylogeny." In The Hierarchy of Life. 337–353. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (Biomedical Divison).
  • Estes, Richard Despard, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Gauthier, Jacques. 1988. "Phylogenetic relationships within squamata." In Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays Commemorating Charles L.Camp. Estes, Richard Despard and Pregill, Gregory K., editors. 119–281. Stanford University Press.
  • Etheridge, Richard and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1988. "A phylogeny of iguanidae." In Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays Commemorating Charles L.Camp. Estes, Richard Despard and Pregill, Gregory K., editors. 631–631. Stanford University Press.
  • Gauthier, Jacques, Estes, Richard Despard, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1988. "A phylogenetic analysis of lepidosauromorpha." In Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families: Essays Commemorating Charles L.Camp. Estes, Richard Despard and Pregill, Gregory K., editors. 15–98. Stanford University Press.