Linking micro- and macroevolution
Representative publications
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., Q. Rana, K. Farleigh, E. Crispo, M. Zeng, J. Liliah, D. Mulcahy, A. Ascanio, T. Jezkova, A.D. Leaché, T. Flouri, Z. Yang & C. Blair. 2024. Gene flow and isolation in the arid Nearctic revealed by genomic analyses of desert spiny lizards. Systematic Biology 73: 323–342. Available here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., I.G. Brennan, A. Skeels & J.S. Keogh. 2022 Competition and geography underlie speciation and morphological evolution in Indo-Australasian monitor lizards. Evolution 76: 476–495. Available here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., D. Esquerré, A.J. Fitch, P. Doughty, S.C. Donnellan & J.S. Keogh. 2022. Between a rock and a dry place: phylogenomics, biogeography, and systematics of ridge-tailed monitors (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus acanthurus complex). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 173: 107516. Available here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., D. Esquerré & J.S. Keogh. 2022. Ontogenetic drivers of morphological evolution in monitor lizards and allies (Squamata: Paleoanguimorpha), a clade with extreme body size disparity. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 15. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., I.G. Brennan & J.S. Keogh. 2021. A comprehensive approach to detect hybridization sheds light on the evolution of Earth’s largest lizards. Systematic Biology 70: 877–890. Available here
Esquerré, D., S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, J. Fenker & J.S. Keogh. 2021. Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world’s smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 161: 107181. Available here
Melville, J., D.G. Chapple, J.S. Keogh, J. Sumner, A. Amey, P. Bowles, I.G. Brennan, P. Couper, S. Donnellan, P. Doughty, D. Edwards, R.J. Ellis, D. Esquerré, J. Fenker, M.G. Gardner, A. Georges, M. Haines, C.J. Hoskin, M. Hutchinson, C. Moritz, J. Nankivell, P. Oliver, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, M. Pepper, D.L. Rabosky, K. Sanders, G. Shea, S. Singhal, J. Worthington Wilmer & R. Tingley. 2021. A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLOS Biology 19: e3001210. Full text here
Gray, L.N., A.J. Barley, D.M. Hillis, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, S. Poe & B.A. White. 2020. Does breeding season variation affect evolution of a sexual signaling trait in a tropical lizard clade? Ecology and Evolution 10: 3738–3746. Full text here
Esquerré, D., D. Ramirez-Álvarez, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, J. Troncoso-Palacios, C.F. Garín, J.S. Keogh & A.D. Leaché. 2019. Speciation across mountains: phylogenomics, species delimitation and taxonomy of the Liolaemus leopardinus clade (Squamata, Liolaemidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106524. Available here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., U.O. García-Vázquez, R.W. Bryson, Jr., M. Feria-Ortiz, N.L. Manríquez-Morán & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2018. Integrative species delimitation in practice: revealing cryptic lineages within the short-nosed skink Plestiodon brevirostris (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 242–257. Available here
García-Vázquez, U.O., A. Nieto-Montes de Oca, R.W. Bryson Jr., W. Schmidt-Ballardo & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2018. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Biogeography 45: 1640–1652. Available here
Bryson, Jr., R.W., C.W. Linkem, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, A. Nieto-Montes de Oca, J. Klicka & J.E. McCormack. 2017. A phylogenomic perspective on the biogeography of skinks in the Plestiodon brevirostris group inferred from target enrichment of ultraconserved elements. Journal of Biogeography 44: 2033–2044. Available here
Other peer-reviewed articles
Feria-Ortiz, M., U.O. García-Vázquez, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2023. Reproductive traits and change in body shape of neonates in the oak forest skink, Plestiodon lynxe. Acta Zoologica 104: 608–620. Download
Barragán-Reséndiz, L.M., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, L. Canseco-Márquez, R.I. Cervantes-Burgos, M. Trujano-Ortega & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2022. A new species of snake of the Geophis sieboldi group (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from Estado de México, Mexico. Herpetologica 78: 268–276. Available here
García-Vázquez, U.O., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, M. Feria Ortiz & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2021. A new species of blue-tailed skink (Scincidae: Plestiodon) from the Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico. Herpetologica 77: 85–93. Available here
García-Vázquez, U.O., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, J.C. Blancas-Hernández, E. Blancas-Calva & E. Centenero-Alcalá. 2018. A new rare species of the Rhadinaea decorata group (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico. ZooKeys 780: 137–154. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., A. Nieto-Montes de Oca, A.A. Mendoza-Hernández, E. Centenero-Alcalá, S.A. Santa Cruz-Padilla & V.H. Jiménez-Arcos. 2017. A new species of Plestiodon (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Balsas Basin, Mexico. Zootaxa 4365: 149–172. Available here
Canseco-Márquez, L., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, M.A. López-Luna & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2016. A new species of earth snake (Dipsadidae, Geophis) from Mexico. ZooKeys 610: 131–145. Download
Clause, A.G., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, P.A. Scott, C.C. Murphy, E.W. Schaad & L.N. Gray. 2016. Identification uncertainty and proposed best-practices for documenting herpetofaunal geographic distributions, with applied examples from southern Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 977–1000. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., I. Solano-Zavaleta & L.N. Gray. 2014. Morphological variation and natural history of Anolis duellmani (Squamata: Dactyloidae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 146–153. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., L. Canseco-Márquez & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2013. A new species in the Geophis dubius group (Squamata: Colubridae) from northern Puebla, México. Herpetologica 69: 358–370. Available here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., U.O. García-Vázquez, J.C. Blancas-Hernández & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2011. A new species of the Geophis sieboldi Group (Squamata: Colubridae) exhibiting color pattern polymorphism from Guerrero, Mexico. Herpetologica 67: 332–343. Available here
Submitted and in press
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., A.J. Fitch, P. Doughty, S.C. Donnellan & J.S. Keogh. Integrating genomics, collections, and community science to reveal speciation in a variable monitor lizard (Varanus tristis). Submitted.
Blair, C., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, Q. Rana, K. Farleigh, E. Crispo, T. Panzera, F. de Medeiros Magalhães, B. White-Brooks, U.O. García-Vázquez. 2024. Isolation and divrgence of Greater Earless Lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Cophosaurus) in Western North America support multiplediversification processes and indicate a cryptic species complex. Submitted.
Everson, K.M., L. Pozzi, M.A. Barrett, M.E. Blair, M.E. Donohue, P.M. Kappeler, A.C. Kitchener, A.R. Lemmon, E.M. Lemmon, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, U. Radespiel, B. Randrianambinina, R.M. Rasoloarison, S. Rasoloharijaona, C. Roos, J. Salmona, A.D. Yoder, R. Zenil-Ferguson, D. Zinner & D.W. Weisrock. Not one, but multiple radiations underlie the biodiversity of Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. Submitted.
Book chapters
Meza-Lázaro, R.N. & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2018. Heterogeneidad del Patrón de Sustitución: Elección entre Estrategias de Partición mediante Modelos Mixtos y Análisis de Modelos Mezclados usando Salto Reversible. In: Mata-López, R., A.N. Castañeda Sortibrán, E.A. García T.rejo M.B.I. Honey Escandón, M.B. Mendoza Garfias & I.P. Cervantes Aguilar (eds.). Sistemática Molecular y Bioinformática. Guía práctica. Las Prensas de Ciencias, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico, pp. 178–182. Available here
Preprints
Blair, C., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, Q. Rana, K. Farleigh, E. Crispo, T. Panzera, F. de Medeiros Magalhães, B. White-Brooks, U.O. García-Vázquez. 2024. Isolation and divergence of Greater Earless Lizards (Phrynosomatidae: Cophosaurus) in Western North America support multiple diversification processes and indicate a cryptic species complex. Authorea 10.22541/au.173090566.61056620/v1. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., A.J. Fitch, P. Doughty, S.C. Donnellan & J.S. Keogh. 2023. Integrating genomics, collections, and community science to reveal speciation in a variable monitor lizard (Varanus tristis). bioRxiv 2023.10.03.560725. Download
Everson, K.M., L. Pozzi, M.A. Barrett, M.E. Blair, M.E. Donohue, P.M. Kappeler, A.C. Kitchener, A.R. Lemmon, E.M. Lemmon, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, U. Radespiel, B. Randrianambinina, R.M. Rasoloarison, S. Rasoloharijaona, C. Roos, J. Salmona, A.D. Yoder, R. Zenil-Ferguson, D. Zinner & D.W. Weisrock. 2023. Not one, but multiple radiations underlie the biodiversity of Madagascar’s endangered lemurs. bioRxiv 2023.04.26.537867. Download
Gray, L.N., A.J. Barley, D.M. Hillis, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, S. Poe & B.A. White. 2019. Does breeding season variation affect evolution of a sexual signaling trait in a tropical lizard clade? bioRxiv 864132. Download
Theses
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. 2021. From genes to communities: an integrative approach to the evolution of Varanidae. Ph.D. thesis. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Full text here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. 2015. Reevaluación de los límites de especies en el escinco Plestiodon brevirostris con base en datos multi-locus. M.S. thesis. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico. Full text here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. 2013. Reevaluación del status taxonómico de una población de Geophis (Squamata: Colubridae) del norte de Puebla, México. B.D. thesis. Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, México D.F., Mexico. Full text here
Peer-reviewed notes
Domínguez-Acevedo, R.A., M. Arvizu-Meza & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2024. Primer registro de cripsis inversa en Crotalus triseriatus (Cascabel Transvolcánica). Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 7: 161–164. Download
Peralta-Hernández, R., & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2022. Nota de Distribución. Geophis blanchardi (Colubridae). Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 5: 49–50. Download
White, B.A., LN. Gray, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, & U.O. García-Vázquez. Triprion (Anotheca) spinosus. Phragmosis. Herpetological Review 53: 481. Full text here
Loc-Barragán, J.A., C.I. Grünwald, U.O. García-Vázquez & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2020. Nota de distribución. Plestiodon parviauriculatus (Squamata: Scincidae). Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 3: 126. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., O. Jiménez-Robles, M. Arvizu-Meza & D. Dashevsky. 2020. Geographic distribution. Cacophis squamulosus. Herpetological Review 51: 543. Full text here
Sánchez-García, J.C., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, L. Canseco-Márquez, J. Cruzado-Cortés & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2019. New records and morphological variation of Rhadinaea marcellae Taylor, 1949 (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sierra Madre Oriental, México. Check List 15: 729–733. Download
Valdenegro-Brito, A.E., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, R. Luna-Reyes & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2018. Distribución geográfica de Scincella incerta (Squamata: Scincidae) en el estado de Chiapas, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 34: e3412140. Download
White, B.A., L.N. Gray, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, U.O. García-Vázquez & A.S. Harrison. 2018. Natural History Notes. Thamnophis proximus (Western Ribbonsnake). Herpetological Review 49: 356–357. Full text here
García-Vázquez, U.O., J.C. Sánchez-García, L.N. Gray, B.A. White, R.W. Hansen & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2017. Geographic Distribution. Lampropeltis mexicana. Herpetological Review 48: 128. Full text here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., M. Trujano-Ortega, A. Arellano Covarrubias & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2017. Geographic Distribution. Barisia ciliaris. Herpetological Review 48: 388. Full text here
Šmek, P., P. Uetz & C.J. Pavón-Vázquez. 2017. Distribution Notes. Range extension of Mesoscincus managuae (Dunn, 1933) in Guatemala. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4: 955–958. Download
White, B.A., L.N. Gray, C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, U.O. García-Vázquez & A.S. Harrison. 2017. Natural History Notes. Aristelliger georgeensis (Saint George Island Gecko). Herpetological Review 48: 637. Full text here
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., M. Trujano-Ortega, A. Arellano Covarrubias & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2016. Nature Notes. Anolis tropidonotus Peters 1863. Reproduction. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 479–480. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., L.N. Gray, B.A. White, U.O. García-Vázquez & A.S. Harrison. 2016. Distribution Notes. First records for Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico: Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae), Trachycephalus typhonius (Anura: Hylidae), and Indotyphlops braminus (Squamata: Typhlopidae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 531–533. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., L.N. Gray, B.A. White & A.S. Harrison. 2016. Nature Notes. Boa imperator Daudin 1803. Diet. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 490–492. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. & M. Arvizu-Meza. 2016. Nature Notes. Phrynosoma braconnieri Duméril & Bocourt, 1870. Behavior. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 726. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., I.P. Maayan, B.A. White & A.S. Harrison. 2016. Distribution Notes. Three noteworthy herpetofaunal records from Belize. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3: 780–782. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., M. Arvizu-Meza & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2015. Nature Notes. Aquiloeurycea cephalica (Cope, 1865). Size and natural history. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2: 515–517. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., U.O. García-Vázquez, R.N. Meza-Lázaro & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2015. Distribution Notes. First record of the coralsnake, Micrurus nebularis Roze 1989, from the state of Puebla, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2: 131–133. Download
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J., A. Arellano Covarrubias & U.O. García-Vázquez. 2014. Geographic Distribution. Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni. Herpetological Review 45: 654. Full text here
Solano-Zavaleta, I., C.J. Pavón-Vázquez, G. Campillo-García, J.C. Arenas-Monroy, E. Pérez-Ramos, E. Centenero-Alcalá, J.J. Avendaño-Pazos & A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2014. Distribution Notes. New record and comments on the distribution of the Mexican colubrid snake Coniophanes melanocephalus (Peters, 1869). Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 295–298. Download