Publications
(* denotes student author)
Chan, L., L.A. Fitzgerald, and K. Zamudio. 2007. Characterization of microsatellite markers for the endemic sand dune lizard, Sceloporus arenicolus. Molecular Ecology Notes 7(2): 337-339.
*Perotti, M.G., L.A. Fitzgerald, L. Moreno, and M. Pueta. 2006. Behavioral responses of Bufo arenarum tadpoles to odonate naiad predation. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 1(2): 117-120.
*Mieres, M.M. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2006. Monitoring and managing the harvest of tegu lizards in Paraguay. The Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6): 1723-1734.
*Saenz, D., L.A. Fitzgerald, K.A. Baum, R.N. Conner. 2006. Abiotic correlates of anuran calling phenology: the importance of rain, temperature, and season. Herpetological Monographs 20:64-82.
*Dayton, G. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2006. Habitat suitability models for desert anurans. Biological Conservation 132: 40-49.
*Dayton, G. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2005. Priority effects and desert anuran communities. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(8)1112-1116.
*Cruz, F.B., L.A. Fitzgerald, R.E. Espinoza, J.A. Schulte II. 2005. The importance of phylogenetic scale in tests of Bergmann’s and Rapoport’s rules: lessons from a clade of South American lizards. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:1559-1574.
*Hibbitts, T.J. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2005. Morphological and ecological convergence in two Natricine snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85(3): 363-371.
*Ryberg W.A. and Lee A. Fitzgerald. 2005. Herpetofaunal Inventory of Fort Wolters in North-Central Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 50(2): 267-272.
*Ceballos C. and L.A. Fitzgerald 2004. Native and exotic turtle trade in Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(3):881-892.
Fitzgerald, L.A., C.W. Painter, A. Reuter, and C. Hoover. 2004. Harvest and trade in reptiles of the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion. TRAFFIC North America, World Wildlife Fund. (Peer-reviewed).
*Ryberg W.A., L.A. Fitzgerald, R.L. Honeycutt, J.C. Cathey, and Toby J. Hibbitts. 2004. Vertebrate inventory of Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area in eastern Texas. Southwestern Naturalist. 49(4): 528-534.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 2004 Amphibians and Reptiles. Chapter 10, In N. Wilkins (ed.), Texas Master Naturalists Curriculum Book.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 2003. Whiptail lizards, tegus and allies (Teiidae). Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 2003. Microteiids (Gymnophthalmidae). Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia.
*Ryberg, W.A., L.A. Fitzgerald, R.L. Honeycutt, and J.C. Cathey (2002) Genetic relationships of American Alligator populations across scales of ecological and geographic separation. Journal of Experimental Zoology 294(4):325-333.
*Dayton, G.H. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 2001. Competition, predation, and the distribution of four desert anurans Oecologia 129:430-435.
*Vega L.E., P.J.
Bellagamba, and L.A. Fitzgerald˚. 2000. Long-term effects of
anthropogenic habitat disturbance on a lizard assemblage inhabiting
coastal dunes in Argentina. Canadian Journal of Zoology
78:1653-1660.
(˚corresponding author)
Fitzgerald, L.A. and C.W. Painter. 2000. Rattlesnake commercialization: long-term trends, issues, and implications for conservation. Wildlife Socitey Bulletin 28 (1):235-253.
Fitzgerald, L.A., J.A. Cook, and A.L. Aquino. 1999. The molecular phylogenetics and conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). Copeia 1999 (4):894-905
Fitzgerald, L.A., F. Cruz, and G. Perotti. 1999. Phenology of a lizard assemblage in the dry chaco of Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 33 (4):526-535.
Painter, C.W. and Fitzgerald L.A. 1999. Crotalus atrox. Morphology. Herpetological Review 30(1):44.
Frost D.R., H. M. Crafts, L. A. Fitzgerald, and T.A. Titus. 1998. Geographic Variation, species recognition, and molecular evolution of cytochrome oxidase I in the Tropidurus spinulosus complex (Iguania: Tropiduridae). Copeia 1998 4:839-851.
Fitzgerald. L.A. 1998. Book review: Harry W. Greene. Snakes: the evolution of mystery in nature. Quarterly Review of Biology 73:365-366.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 1997. Book Review: J.M. Cei. (1993). Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste, y este de la Argentina. Herpetofauna de las selvas subtropicales Puna y Pampas. Herpetological Journal 7(1):32-33.
Palacios, R., R. Villalba, Fitzgerald L.A. 1997. Tupinambis merianae. Predation. Herpetological Review 28(4):205-6.
Sugg, D.W., L.A. Fitzgerald, and H.L. Snell. 1995. Growth rate, timing of reproduction, and size dimorphism in the southwestern earless lizard (Cophosaurus texanus scitulus). Southwestern Naturalist 40(2):193-202.
Miles, D.B., L.A. Fitzgerald, and H.L. Snell. 1995. Morphological correlates of locomotory performance in juvenile marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus subcristatus). Oecologia 103:261-264.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 1994. The interplay between life history and environmental stochasticity: Implications for management of exploited lizard populations. American Zoologist 34: 371-381.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 1994. Tupinambis lizards and people: a sustainable use approach to conservation and development. Conservation Biology 8(1): 12-15.
Fitzgerald, L.A., G. Porini, and V. Lichtschein 1994. El manejo de Tupinambis en Argentina: historia, estado actual, y perspectivas futuras. Interciencia 19(4):166-170.
Fitzgerald. L.A., F.B. Cruz, and M.G. Perotti. 1993. The reproductive cycle and size at maturity of Tupinambis rufescens (Sauria: Teiidae) in the dry chaco of Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 27(1):70-78.
Cruz, F.B., M.G. Perotti, and L.A. Fitzgerald. 1992. Lista de anfibios y reptiles colectados en una localidad del chaco Salteño. Acts Zoológica Lilloana XLII:1:101-107.
Fitzgerald, L.A. 1992. La historia natural de Tupinambis. Revista UNA, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay. 3:(3):71-72.
Fitzgerald, L.A., J.M. Chani, and O.E. Donadio. 1991. Tupinambis lizards in Argentina: Implementing management of a traditionally exploited resource. Pages 303-316 In John G. Robinson and Kent H. Redford (eds.) Neotropical Wildlife Use and Conservation. University of Chicago Press.
Scott, Norman J., A.L. Aquino, and L.A. Fitzgerald. 1991. Distribution, habitats, and conservation of the caimans (Alligatoridae) of Paraguay. Vida Silvestre Neotropical 2(2):43-51.
Fitzgerald, L. A. 1989. An evaluation of stomach flushing techniques for crocodilians. Journal of Herpetology 23(2):170-172.
Scott, Norman J., T.C. Maxwell, O.W. Thornton, Jr., L.A. Fitzgerald, and J.W. Flury. 1989. Distribution, habitat, and future of Harter's water snake, Nerodia harteri, in Texas. Journal of Herpetology 23(4):373-388.
Fitzgerald, L.A. and W.G. Degenhardt. 1986. Geographic distribution: Bufo microscaphus. SSAR Herpetological Review 17(3):65.
Foster, M. and L.A. Fitzgerald. 1982. A technique for live-trapping cormorants. Journal of Field Ornithology 53(4):422-423.
Herpetology at Texas A&M ۰ TCWC ۰ Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences ۰ Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program ۰ Texas A&M University