Kevin de Queiroz

• B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
• M.S., San Diego State University
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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

Journal Article

• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2025. "Recent Developments in Species Delimitation and Taxonomy Considered in the Context of the Unified Species Concept." Herpetologica, 81, (2). https://doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-25-00001.
• de Queiroz, Kevin, Müller, Patrick, Hammel, Jörg U., and Baranov, Viktor. 2025. "A Fossil Anolis Lizard Tail in Mexican Amber: Phylogenetic Relationships and Biogeographic Significance." Journal of Herpetology, 58, (4). https://doi.org/10.1670/23-070.
• de Queiroz, Kevin, Huie, Jonathan M., Hammel, Jörg U., Müller, Patrick, and Baranov, Viktor. 2024. "A new fossil Anolis lizard in Hispaniolan amber: Ecomorphology and systematics." Journal of Herpetology, 58, (1) 75–82. https://doi.org/10.1670/23-058.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Langan, Esther M. 2024. "Anolis richardii (Richard’s Anole). Clawlessness." Herpetological Review, 55, (1) 93–94.
• Gaughran, Stephen J., Gray, Rachel, Ochoa, Alexander, Jones, Menna, Fusco, Nicole, Miller, Joshua M., Poulakakis, Nikos, de Queiroz, Kevin, Caccone, Adalgisa, and Jensen, Evelyn L. 2024. "Whole-genome sequencing confirms multiple species of Galapagos giant tortoises." Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae164.
• Gottscho, Andrew D., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Leaché, Adam D., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Lovich, Robert E. 2024. "Population genomics of flat-tailed horned lizards (Phrynosoma mcallii) informs conservation and management across a fragmented Colorado Desert landscape." Molecular ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17308.
• Jung, Catherine, Frederick, Jeffrey H., Graham, Natalie R., Wang, Ian J., Fenton, Calvin, de Queiroz, Kevin, Bell, Rayna C., and Yuan, Michael L. 2024. "Environmentally associated colour divergence does not coincide with population structure across Lesser Antillean anoles." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blae047.
• 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.
• Cantino, Philip D., Cellinese, Nico, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2023. "A Brief Guide to Establishing Phylogenetically Defined Names under the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature." Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, 1, (2) 31–38. https://doi.org/10.11646/bpn.1.2.1.
• Cantino, Philip D., Cellinese, Nico, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2023. "Proposed New Article on the Date and Authorship of Names Originally Published with Incomplete Protologues." Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, 1, (2) 39–41. https://doi.org/10.11646/bpn.1.2.2.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2023. "Authorship of the Name Anolidae." Herpetological Review, 54, (2) 211–212.
• Huie, Jonathan M., Langan, Esther M., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2023. "No longer in doubt: Discovery of a second specimen corroborates the validity of Anolis incredulus Garrido and Moreno 1998 (Reptilia, Iguania)." Zootaxa, 5284, (1) 121–141. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.4.
• Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Werneck, Fernanda P., Fernandes, Igor Yuri, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2023. "Spiny tails and clades: A fully sampled phylogeny of hoplocercine lizards (Iguanidae/ Hoplocercinae) and its taxonomic and nomenclatural implications." Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, 1, (1) 8–28. https://doi.org/10.11646/bpn.1.1.2.
• Yuan, Michael L., Jung, Catherine, Frederick, Jeffrey H., Fenton, Calvin, de Queiroz, Kevin, Cassius, Jourdan, Williams, Rudell, Wang, Ian J., and Bell, Rayna C. 2023. "Parallel and non-parallel phenotypic responses to environmental variation across Lesser Antillean anoles." Evolution, 77, (4) 1031–1042. https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad018.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2022. "Introducing the Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature." Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, 1, (1) 29–30. https://doi.org/10.11646/bpn.1.1.3.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2022. "The Correct Name for the Taxon Ranked as a Family Containing the Genus Anolis under Rank-based Nomenclature and the Author of the Name Anolis loysiana." Herpetological Review, 53, (3) 418–420.
• Mulcahy, Daniel G., Ibáñez, Roberto D., Jaramillo, Cesar A., Crawford, Andrew J., Ray, Julie M., Gotte, Steve W., Jacobs, Jeremy F., Wynn, Addison H., Gonzalez-Porter, Gracia, McDiarmid, Roy W., Crombie, Ronald I., Zug, George R., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2022. "DNA barcoding of the National Museum of Natural History reptile tissue holdings raises concerns about the use of natural history collections and the responsibilities of scientists in the molecular age." PLOS ONE, 17, (3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264930.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2021. "Response to criticisms of an updated subspecies concept." Herpetological Review, 52, (4) 773–776.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2021. "Dr. Kevin de Queiroz." Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109, (4) 1070–1072. https://doi.org/10.1643/t2021113.
• O'Connell, Kyle A., Mulder, Kevin P., Wynn, Addison, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Bell, Rayna C. 2021. "Genomic library preparation and hybridization capture of formalin-fixed tissues and allozyme supernatant for population genomics and considerations for combining capture- and RADseq-based single nucleotide polymorphism data sets." Molecular Ecology Resources, https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13481.
• Huie, Jonathan M., Prates, Ivan, Bell, Rayna C., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2021. "Convergent patterns of adaptive radiation between island and mainland Anolis lizards." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134, (1) 85–110. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab072.
• Prates, Ivan, D'Angiolella, Annelise B., Rodrigues, Miguel T., Melo-Sampaio, Paulo R., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Bell, Rayna C. 2021. "Evolutionary drivers of sexual signal variation in Amazon Slender Anoles." Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14230.
• Myers, Edward A., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Falk, Bryan, Johnson, Kiyomi, Carbi, Marina, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2021. "Interspecific Gene Flow and Mitochondrial Genome Capture During the Radiation of Jamaican Anolis Lizards (Squamata; Iguanidae)." Systematic Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syab089.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "An updated concept of subspecies resolves a dispute about the taxonomy of incompletely separated lineages." Herpetological Review, 51, (3) 459–461.
• Derycke, Elizabeth G., Gottscho, Andrew D., Mulcahy, Daniel G., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. "A new cryptic species of fringe-toed lizards from southwestern Arizona with a revised taxonomy of the Uma notata species complex (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)." Zootaxa, 4778, (1) 67–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4778.1.3.
• Miller, Aryeh H., Davis, Hayden R., Luong, Anh Mai, Hanh Do, Quyen, Pham, Cuong The, Ziegler, Thomas, Lee, Justin L., de Queiroz, Kevin, Reynolds, R. Graham, and Nguyen, Truong Quang. 2020. "Discovery of a New Species of Enigmatic Odd-Scaled Snake (Serpentes: Xenodermidae: Achalinus) from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam." Copeia, 108, (4) 796–808. https://doi.org/10.1643/CH2020060.
• Prates, Ivan, Melo-Sampaio, Paulo Roberto, de Queiroz, Kevin, Carnaval, Ana Carolina, Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, and Drummond, Leandro de Oliveira. 2020. "Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics." Amphibia-Reptilia, 41, (1) 87–103. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-20191179.
• Reynolds, R. G., Kolbe, Jason J., Glor, Richard E., López-Darias, Marta, Gómez Pourroy, C. Verónica, Harrison, Alexis S., de Queiroz, Kevin, Revell, Liam J., and Losos, Jonathan B. 2020. "Phylogeographic and phenotypic outcomes of brown anole colonization across the Caribbean provide insight into the beginning stages of an adaptive radiation." Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, (4) 468–494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13581.
• Poe, Steven, de Oca, Adrián Nieto-Montes, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, de Queiroz, Kevin, Velasco, Julián A., Truett, Brad, Gray, Levi N., Ryan, Mason J., Köhler, Gunther, Ayala-Varela, Fernando, and Latella, Ian. 2018. "Comparative Evolution of an Archetypal Adaptive Radiation: Innovation and Opportunity in Anolis Lizards." American Naturalist, 191, (6). https://doi.org/10.1086/697223.
• Axtell, Ralph W. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2017. "Holbrookia lacerata lacerata (Northern Spot-tailed Earless Lizard). [Geographic Distribution.]." Herpetological Review, 48, (4) 812.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Losos, Jonathan B. 2017. "Anolis pulchellus (Puerto Rican Grass-bush Anole) and Sphaerodactylus macrolepis (Big-scaled Dwarf Gecko). Predator-prey interaction." Herpetological Review, 48, (1) 184.
• Poe, Steven, Nieto-Montes, de Oca, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, de Queiroz, Kevin, Velasco, Julián A., Truett, Brad, Gray, Levi N., Ryan, Mason J., Köhler, Gunther, Ayala-Varela, Fernando, and Latella, Ian. 2017. "A Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Taxonomic study of all Extant Species of Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae)." Systematic Biology, 66, (5) 663–697. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx029.
• Lyson, Tyler R., Rubidge, Bruce S, Scheyer, Torsten M, de Queiroz, Kevin, Schachner, Emma R, Smith, Roger M H., Botha-Brink, Jennifer, and Bever, G. S. 2016. "Fossorial Origin of the Turtle Shell." Current Biology, 26, (14) 1887–1894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.020.
• Sherratt, Emma, Del, Rosario Casta, Garwood, Russell J., Mahler, D. L., Sanger, Thomas J., Herrel, Anthony, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Losos, Jonathan B. 2015. "Amber fossils demonstrate deep-time stability of Caribbean lizard communities." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, (32) 9961–9966. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506516112.
• Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Venegas, Pablo J., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2015. "Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America." ZooKeys, (494) 107–132. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.494.8903.
• Buden, Donald W., de Queiroz, Kevin, Rooijen, Johan Van, Stinson, Derek W., Wiles, Gary J., and Robert, Sabrino. 2014. "New Information and Reappraisals Concerning Some Alien and Indigenous Snake Records from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Mariana Islands." Pacific Science, 68, (2) 287–293. https://doi.org/10.2984/68.2.8.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2014. "Popperian Corroboration and Phylogenetics." Systematic Biology, 63, (6) 1018–1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syu064.
• Lyson, Tyler R., Schachner, Emma R., Botha-Brink, Jennifer, Scheyer, Torsten M., Lambertz, Markus, Bever, G. S., Rubidge, Bruce S., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2014. "Origin of the unique ventilatory apparatus of turtles." Nature Communications, 5, (5211). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6211.
• Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool." Science, 344, (6186) 814–815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814.
• Castañeda, Maria del Rosario and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2013. "Phylogeny of the Dactyloa Clade of Anolis Lizards: New Insights from Combining Morphological and Molecular Data." Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 160, (7) 345–398. https://doi.org/10.3099/0027-4100-160.7.345.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2013. "Nodes, Branches, and Phylogenetic Definitions." Systematic Biology, 62, (4) 625–632. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syt027.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, Michael J. 2013. "Phylogenetic Nomenclature, Hierarchical Information, and Testability." Systematic Biology, 62, (1) 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/sys054.
• Lyson, Tyler R., Bhullar, Bhart-Anjan S., Bever, Gabe S., Joyce, Walter G., de Queiroz, Kevin, Abzhanov, Arhat, and Gauthier, Jacques A. 2013. "Homology of the enigmatic nuchal bone reveals novel reorganization of the shoulder girdle in the evolution of the turtle shell." Evolution & development, 15, (5) 317–325. https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.12041.
• Noonan, Brice P., Pramuk, Jennifer B., Bezy, Robert L., Sinclair, Elizabeth A., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Sites Jr., Jack W. 2013. "Phylogenetic relationships within the lizard clade Xantusiidae: using trees and divergence times to address evolutionary questions at multiple levels." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 69, (1) 109–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.017.
• Venegas, Pablo, Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Duran, Vilma, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2013. "Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru." ZooKeys, 277, (0) 69–90. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.277.3594.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2012. "Biological nomenclature from Linnaeus to the PhyloCode." Bibliotheca Herpetologica, 9, (1-2) 135–145.
• Alföldi, Jessica, Di Palma, Frederica, Grabherr, Manfred, Williams, Christina, Kong, Lesheng, Mauceli, Evan, Russell, Pamela, Lowe, Craig B., Glor, Richard E., Jaffe, Jacob D., Ray, David A., Boissinot, Stephane, Shedlock, Andrew M., Botka, Christopher, Castoe, Todd A., Colbourne, John K., Fujita, Matthew K., Moreno, Ricardo Godinez, Boudewijn, F. Ten Hallers, Haussler, David, Heger, Andreas, Heiman, David, Janes, Daniel E., Johnson, Jeremy, de Jong, Pieter J. et al. 2011. "The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals." Nature, 477, (7366) 587–591. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10390.
• Castañeda, Maria del Rosario and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2011. "Phylogenetic relationships of the Dactyloa clade of Anolis lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 61, (3) 784–800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.004.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2011. "Branches in the lines of descent: Charles Darwin and the evolution of the species concept." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103, (1) 19–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01634.x.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2011. "Plural versus Singular Common Names for Amphibian and Reptile Species." Herpetological Review, 42, (3) 339–342.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, Michael J. 2011. "Phylogenetic Nomenclature, Three-Taxon Statements, and Unnecessary Name Changes." Systematic Biology, 60, (6) 887–892. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr070.
• Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Etheridge, Richard, and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2011. "A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania)." Zootaxa, (2752) 1–44.
• Castañeda, Maria del Rosario and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2010. "Phylogenetic relationships of the Dactyloa clade, based on molecular and morphological data." Anolis Newsletter, 6 11–13.
• Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Losos, Jonathan B., Hertz, Paul E., de Queiroz, Kevin, Chamizo, Ada R., Leal, Manuel, and Rivalta González, Vilma. 2010. "The anoles of Soroa: Aspects of their ecological relationships." Breviora, (520) 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3099/0006-9698-520.1.1.
• Torres-Carvajal, Omar, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Etheridge, Richard. 2009. "A new species of iguanid lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from southern Ecuador with a key to eastern Ecuadorian Enyalioides." ZooKeys, (27) 59–71. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.27.273.
• Torres-Carvajal, Omar and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2009. "Phylogeny of hoplocercine lizards (Squamata: Iguania) with estimates of relative divergence times." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 50, (1) 31–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.002.
• Dayrat, B., Cantino, P. D., Clarke, J. A., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2008. "Species names in the PhyloCode: The approach adopted by the international society for phylogenetic nomenclature." Systematic Biology, 57, (3) 507–514. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150802172176.
• Espinoza, Robert E. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2008. "Richard Emmett Etheridge." Copeia, 2008, (3) 707–718. https://doi.org/10.1643/OT-08-090.
• Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C., Shearer, A. E., Morris, Molly R., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2008. "Phylogeography and monophyly of the swordtail fish species Xiphophorus birchmanni (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae)." Zoologica Scripta, 37, (2) 129–139. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00311.x.
• Kolbe, Jason J., Larson, Allan, Losos, Jonathan B., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2008. "Admixture determines genetic diversity and population differentiation in the biological invasion of a lizard species." Biology Letters, 4, (4) 434–437. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0205.
• Schulte, James A., II and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2008. "Phylogenetic relationships and heterogeneous evolutionary processes among phrynosomatine sand lizards (Squamata, Iguanidae) revisited." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47, (2) 700–716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.010.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2007. "Toward and integrated system of clade names." Systematic Biology, 56, (6) 956–974. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150701656378.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2007. "Species concepts and species delimitation." Systematic Biology, 56, (6) 879–886. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150701701083.
• Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C., Morris, Molly R., Dubois, N. S., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2007. "Genetic variation and phylogeography of the swordtail fish Xiphophorus cortezi (Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae)." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40, (1) 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.022.
• Brandley, M. C., Wynn, Addison H., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2006. "Karyotype and relationships of Anolis desechensis." Journal of Herpetology, 40, (1) 136–139. https://doi.org/10.1670/98-05N.1.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2006. "The PhyloCode and the distinction between taxonomy and nomenclature." Systematic Biology, 55, (1) 160–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150500431221.
• Laurin, M., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Cantino, P. 2006. "Sense and stability of taxon names." Zoologica Scripta, 35, (1) 113–114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00219.x.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2005. "Ernst Mayr and the Modern Concept of Species." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 6600–6607.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2005. "Different species problems and their resolution." BioEssays, 27, (12) 1263–1269.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2005. "A unified concept of species and its consequences for the future of taxonomy." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 56, (18) 196–215.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2005. "Cracking the Code." American Scientist, 93, (5) 388–388.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2005. "Linneaen, rank-based, and phylogenetic nomenclature: Restoring primacy to the link between names and taxa." Symboliae Botanicae Upsaliensis, 33, (3) 127–140.
• Laurin, M., de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, P., Cellinese, N., and Olmstead, R. 2005. "The PhyloCode, types, ranks and monophyly: a response to Pickett." Cladistics, 21, (6) 605–607.
• Brandley, M. C. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2004. "Phylogeny, ecomorphological evolution, and historical biogeography of the Anolis cristatellus series." Herpetological Monographs, 18 90–125.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2004. "The measurement of test severity, significance tests for resolution, and a unified philosophy of phylogenetic inference." Zoologica Scripta, 33, (5) 463–473.
• de Queiroz, Kevin, Buckley, L., and Kearney, M. 2004. "Snake relationships and ambiguous data." Herpetological Review, 35, (2) 117–121.
• Crother, Brian I., Boundy, Jeff, Campbell, Jonathan A., de Queiroz, Kevin, Frost, Darrel, Green, David M., Highton, Richard, Iverson, John B., McDiarmid, Roy W., Meylan, Peter A., Reeder, Tod W., Seidel, Michael E., Sites, Jack W. J., Tilley, Stephen G., and Wake, David B. 2003. "Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico: update." Herpetological Review, 34, (3) 196–203.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Poe, S. 2003. "Failed refutations: Further Comments on Parsimony and Likelihood Methods and Their Relationship to Popper's Degree of Corroboration." Systematic Biology, 52, (3) 352–367.
• Losos, J. B., Leal, M., Glor, R. E., de Queiroz, Kevin, Hertz, P. E., Schettino, L. Rodriguez, Lara, A. Chamizo, Jackman, T. R., and Larson, A. 2003. "Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community." Nature, 424 542–545.
• Jackman, Todd R., Irschick, Duncan J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Losos, Jonathan B., and Larson, Allan. 2002. "Molecular Phylogenetic Perspective on Evolution of Lizards of the Anolis grahami Series." Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 294, (1) 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.10073.
• McDiarmid, Roy W., de Queiroz, Kevin, Beaman, Kent, Crother, Brian, Etheridge, Richard, Flores Villela, Oscar, Frost, Darrel, Grismer, L. Lee, Hollingsworth, Bradford D., Kearney, Maureen, McGuire, Jimmy A., Wright, John, and Zug, George R. 2002. "Comment on the proposed precedence of the specific name of Euphryne obesus Baird, 1859 over that of Sauromalus ater Dumeril, 1856 (Reptilia, Squamata)." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 59, (1) 45–48.
• Rodriguez Schettino, L. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2002. "Anolis sagrei sagrei (Cuban Brown Lizard; Chino, Torito). Habitat Use and Thermal Biology." Herpetological Review, 33, (4) 305.
• Rodriguez Schettino, L. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2002. "Anolis homolechis homolechis (NCN). Thermal Biology and Microhabitat." Herpetological Review, 33, (4) 304.
• Creer, Douglas A., de Queiroz, Kevin, Jackman, Todd R., Losos, Jonathan B., and Larson, Allan. 2001. "Systematics of the Anolis roquet Series of the Southern Lesser Antilles." Journal of Herpetology, 35, (3) 428–441. https://doi.org/10.2307/1565961.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Cantino, Philip D. 2001. "Phylogenetic Nomenclature and the PhyloCode." The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 58, (4) 254–271.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Cantino, Philip D. 2001. "Taxon Names, Not Taxa, Are Defined." Taxon, 50, (3) 821–826.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, M. 2001. "Taxing debate for taxonomists." Science, 292, (5525) 2249–2249.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Poe, Steven. 2001. "Philosophy and Phylogenetic Inference: A Comparison of Likelihood and Parsimony Methods in the Context of Karl Popper's Writings on Corroboration." Systematic Biology, 50, (3) 305–321.
• Morris, Molly R., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Morizot, Don C. 2001. "Phylogenetic Relationships Among Populations of Northern Swordtails (Xiphophorus) as Inferred from Allozyme Data." Copeia, 1 65–81. https://doi.org/10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0065:PRAPON]2.0.CO;2.
• Schneider, Christopher J., Losos, Jonathan B., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2001. "Evolutionary Relationships of the Anolis bimaculatus Group from the Northern Lesser Antilles." Journal of Herpetology, 35, (1) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.2307/1566016.
• Buckley, L., Kearney, M., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2000. "Slowly-evolving protein loci and higher-level snake phylogeny: A reanalysis." Herpetologica, 56, (3) 324–332.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 2000. "The Definitions of Taxon Names: A Reply to Stuessy." Taxon, 49, (3) 533–536.
• Wilgenbusch, James and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2000. "Phylogenetic Relationships Among the Phrynosomatid Sand Lizards Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequences Generated by Heterogeneous Evolutionary Processes." Systematic Biology, 49, (3) 592–612.
• Cantino, Philip D., Bryant, Harold N., de Queiroz, Kevin, Donoghue, Michael J., Eriksson, Torsten, Hillis, David M., and Lee, Michael S. Y. 1999. "Species Names in Phylogenetic Nomenclature." Systematic Biology, 48, (4) 790–807.
• Jackman, Todd R., Larson, Allan, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Losos, Jonathan B. 1999. "Phylogenetic Relationships and Tempo of Early Diversification in Anolis Lizards." Systematic Biology, 48, (2) 254–285.
• de Queiroz, Kevin, Chu, Ling-Ru, and Losos, Jonathan B. 1998. "A Second Anolis Lizard in Dominican Amber and the Systematics and Ecological Morphology of Dominican Amber Anoles." American Museum Novitates, (3249) 1–23.
• Losos, Jonathan B., Jackman, Todd R., Larson, Allan, de Queiroz, Kevin, and Rodr¡guez-Schettino, Lourdes. 1998. "Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards." Science, 279, (5359) 2115–2118.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1997. "Misunderstandings About the Phylogenetic Approach to Biological Nomenclature: A Reply to Liden and Oxelman." Zoologica Scripta, 26, (1) 67–70.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1997. "The Linnaean Hierarchy and the Evolutionization of Taxonomy, with Emphasis on the Problem of Nomenclature." Aliso, 15, (2) 125–144.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Good, David A. 1997. "Phenetic Clustering in Biology: A Critique." The Quarterly review of biology, 72, (1) 3–30.
• Losos, J. B. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1997. "Darwin's lizards: Like Galapagos finches, anoles of the Greater Antilles have proved to be eminently adaptable." Natural History, 106, (11) 34–39.
• Losos, Jonathan B. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1997. "Evolutionary Consequences of Ecological Release in Caribbean Anolis Lizards." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 61, (4) 459–483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01802.x.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1996. "Including the Characters of Interest During Tree Reconstruction and the Problems of Circularity and Bias in Studies of Character Evolution." American Naturalist, 148, (4) 700–708.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1995. "Checklist and Key to the Extant Species of Mexican Iguanas (Reptilia: Iguaninae)." Publicationes Especiales del Museo de Zoologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, (9) 1–48.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1995. "The Definitions of Species and Clade Names: A Reply to Ghiselin." Biology and Philosophy, 10 223–228.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1995. "Phylogenetic Approaches to Classification and Nomenclature, and the History of Taxonomy (An Alternative Interpretation)." Herpetological Review, 26, (2) 79–81.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1994. "Replacement of an Essentialistic Perspective on Taxonomic Definitions as Exemplified by the Definition of "Mammalia"." Systematic Biology, 43, (4) 497–510. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/43.4.497.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Gauthier, Jacques. 1994. "Toward a Phylogenetic System of Biological Nomenclature." Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 9, (1) 27–31.
• Porter, Calvin A., Haiduk, Michael W., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1994. "Evolution and Phylogenetic Significance of Ribosomal Gene Location in Chromosomes of Squamate Reptiles." Copeia, 2 302–313.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1992. "Phylogenetic Relationships and Rates of Allozyme Evolution Among the Lineages of Sceloporine Sand Lizards." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 45 333–362.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1992. "Phylogenetic Definitions and Taxonomic Philosophy." Biology and Philosophy, 7 295–313.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1992. "Principles of Systematic Zoology, 2nd Edition (Review)." Systematic Biology, 41, (2) 264–266.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Gauthier, Jacques. 1992. "Phylogenetic Taxonomy." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 23 449–480.
• Graybeal, Anna and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1992. "Inguinal Amplexus in Bufo fastidiosus, with Comments on the Systematics of Bufonid Frogs." Journal of Herpetology, 26, (1) 84–87.
• Norell, Mark A. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1991. "The Earliest Iguanine Lizard (Reptilia: Squamata) and its Bearing on Iguanine Phylogeny." American Museum Novitates, (2997) 1–16.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, M. J. 1990. "Phylogenetic systematics and species revisited." Cladistics, 6 83–90.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, Michael J. 1990. "Phylogenetic Systematics or Nelson's Version of Cladistics?" Cladistics, 6 61–75.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Gauthier, Jacques. 1990. "Phylogeny as a Central Principle in Taxonomy: Phylogenetic Definitions of Taxon Names." Systematic zoology, 39, (4) 307–322.
• Cannatella, David C. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1989. "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Anoles: Is a New Taxonomy Warranted?" Systematic zoology, 38, (1) 57–69.
• Warheit, Kenneth I., Good, David A., and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1989. "Variation in Numbers of Scleral Ossicles and Thier Phylogenetic Transformations Within the Pelecaniformes." The Auk, 106 383–388.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1988. "Systematics and the Darwinian Revolution." Philosophy of Science, 55, (2) 238–259.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Good, D. A. 1988. "The scleral ossicles of Opisthocomus and their phylogenetic significance." The Auk, 105, (1) 29–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/105.1.29.
• de Queiroz, Kevin and Donoghue, Michael J. 1988. "Phylogenetic Systematics and the Species Problem." Cladistics, 4 317–338.
• de Queiroz, Alan and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1987. "Prey Handling Behavior of Eumeces gilberti with Comments on Headfirst Ingestion in Squamates." Journal of Herpetology, 21, (1) 57–63.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1987. "A New Spiny-Tailed Iguana from Honduras, with Comments on Relationships Within Ctenosaura (Squamata: Iguania)." Copeia, 1987, (4) 892–902. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445552.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1985. "The Ontogenetic Method Determining Character Polarity and its Relevance to Phylogenetic Systematics." Systematic zoology, 34, (3) 280–299.
• Wyss, Andre R. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 1984. "Phylogenetic Methods and the Early History of Amniotes." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 4, (4) 604–608.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1982. "The Scleral Ossicles of Sceloporine Iguanids: A Reexamination with Comments on their Phylogenetic Significance." Herpetologica, 38, (2) 302–311.

Book Chapter

• de Queiroz, Kevin and Chan, Lauren M. 2025. "Squamata (excluding snakes) – Lizards." In Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. 9th ed. Nicholson, Kirsten E., editor. 23–37. Lawrence, Kansas: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
• 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. (https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276)
• 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. (https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276)
• 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.

Web Page / Electronic Publication

• BUCKLEY, LARRY J., Grant, Tandora D., de Queiroz, Kevin, Malone, Catherine L., Reynolds, R. Graham, PASACHNIK, STESHA A., Zarza, Eugenia, and Hollingsworth, Bradford D. 2022. A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae), 2022 Supplement to: 2016 Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11 (Monograph 6): 4–46 and 2019 Supplement. IUCN Iguana Specialist Group. Iguana Specialist Group / Species / Iguana Taxonomy. May 9, 2022 International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
• BUCKLEY, LARRY J., de Queiroz, Kevin, Grant, Tandora D., Hollingsworth, Bradford D., Iverson, John B., Malone, Catherine L., and PASACHNIK, STESHA A. 2019. A Checklist of the Iguanas of the World (Iguanidae; Iguaninae), 2019 Supplement to: 2016 Herpetological Conservation and Biology 11 (Monograph 6): 4–46. International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Iguana Specialist Group.

Dataset

• O'Connell, Kyle A., Mulder, Kevin P., Bell, Rayna C., de Queiroz, Kevin, and Wynn, Addison H. 2021. [Dataset] Formalin-fixed and allozyme supernatant project. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.13570859.V1.

Book

• de Queiroz, Kevin, Cantino, Philip D., and Gauthier, Jacques A., editors. 2020. Phylonyms: A Companion to the PhyloCode. 1st ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446276.
• Cantino, Philip D. and de Queiroz, Kevin. 2020. International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature (PhyloCode). 1st ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429446320.
• Bonett, Ronald M., Boundy, Jeff, Burbrink, Frank T., Crother, Brian I., de Queiroz, Kevin, Frost, Darrel R., Highton, Richard, Iverson, John B., Jockusch, Elizabeth L., Kraus, Fred, Krysko, Kenneth L., Leaché, Adam D., Moriarty Lemmon, Emily, McDiarmid, Roy W., Mendelson, Joseph R., III, Meylan, Peter A., Reeder, Tod W., Ruane, Sara, and Seidel, Michael E. 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Moriarty, John J., editor. Topeka, Kansas: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
• de Queiroz, Kevin. 1987. Phylogenetic Systematics of Iguanine Lizards: A Comparative Osteological Study. Univ of California Pr.