John Joseph Wiens

John Joseph Wiens (1967–), U.S. herpetologist.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Wiens, J.J. & Titus, T.A. 1991. A phylogenetic analysis of Spea (Anura: Pelobatidae). Herpetologica 47(1): 21–28. JSTOR Reference page.

Reeder, T.W. & Wiens, J.J. 1996. Evolution of the lizard family Phrynosomatidae as inferred from diverse types of data. Herpetological Monographs 10: 43–84. DOI: 10.2307/1466980 Reference page.

Chippindale, P.T., Price, A.H., Wiens, J.J. & Hillis, D.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships and systematic revision of central Texas hemidactyliine plethodontid salamanders. Herpetological Monographs 14: 1–81. Reference page.

Wiens, J.J. & Etheridge, R. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of hoplocercid lizards, coding and combining meristic, morphometric, and polymorphic data using step matices. Herpetologica 30(3): 375–398. DOI: 10.1655/02-25 Reference page.

Wiens, J.J., Fetzner, J.W., Parkinson, C.L. & Reeder, T.W. 2005. Hylid frog phylogeny and sampling strategies for speciose clades. Systematic Biology 54(5): 719–748. DOI: 10.1080/10635150500234625 Reference page.

Wiens, J.J., Graham, C.H., Moen, D.S., Smith, S.A. & Reeder, T.W. 2006. Evolutionary and ecological causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient in hylid frogs: treefrog tree unearth the roots of high tropical diversity. The American Naturalist 168(5): 579–596. DOI: 10.1086/507882 Reference page.

Wiens, J.J., Kuczynski, C.A., Townsend, T., Reeder, T.W., Mulcahy, D.G. & Sites Jr., J.W. 2010. Combining Phylogenomics and Fossils in Higher-Level Squamate Reptile Phylogeny: Molecular Data Change the Placement of Fossil Taxa. Systematic Biology 59(6): 674–688. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq048 Reference page.
Wiens, J.J., Kuczynski, C.A., Hua, X. & Moen, D.S. 2010. An expanded phylogeny of treefrogs (Hylidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 871–882. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.013 Reference page.
Wiens, J.J., Kuczynski, C.A., Arif, S. & Reeder, T.W. 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of phrynosomatid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial data, and a revised phylogeny for Sceloporus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(1): 150–161. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.09.008 Reference page.

Pyron, R.A. & Wiens, J.J. 2011. A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2,800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 543–583. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.06.012 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T., Colli, G.R., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Vitt, L.J., Kuczynski, C.A. & Wiens, J.J. 2011. The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58(2): 329–342. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.006 Reference page.
Townsend, T.M., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Sites, Jr., J.W., Kuczynski, C.A., Wiens, J.J. & Reeder, T.W. 2011. Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61(2): 363–380. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008 . PDF Reference page.

Wiens, J.J., Hutter, C.R., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Townsend, T.M., Sites, J.W. & Reeder, T.W. 2012. Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species. Biology Letters 8(6): 1043–1046. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703 Reference page.

Pyron, R.A., Burbrink, F.T. & Wiens, J.J. 2013. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13(93): 1–53. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Reeder, T.W., Townsend, T.M., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Wood Jr., P.L., Sites Jr., J.W. & Wiens, J.J. 2015. Integrated analyses resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and reveal unexpected placements for fossil taxa. PLoS One 10: e0118199. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118199 Reference page.

Zheng, Y. & Wiens, J.J. 2016. Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(Part B): 537–547. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.009 Reference page.

Streicher, J.W. & Wiens, J.J. 2017. Phylogenomic analyses of more than 4000 nuclear loci resolve the origin of snakes among lizard families. Biology Letters 13(9): 20170393. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0393 Reference page.

Streicher, J.W., Miller, E.C., Guerrero, P.C., Correa, C., Ortiz, J.C., Crawford, A.J., Pie, M.R. & Wiens, J.J. 2018. Evaluating methods for phylogenomic analyses, and a new phylogeny for a major frog clade (Hyloidea) based on 2214 loci. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 119: 128–143. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.013 Reference page.

Barrientos, L.S., Streicher, J.W., Miller, E.C., Pie, M.R., Wiens, J.J. & Crawford, A.J. 2021. Phylogeny of terraranan frogs based on 2,665 loci and impacts of missing data on phylogenomic analyses. Systematics and Biodiversity 19(7): 818–833. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1933249 Reference page.

Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Wiens, J.J. & García-Vázquez, U.O. 2025. Phylogenomic Analyses Reveal Hidden Diversity in Gerrhonotus (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae) and Description of a New Species from Western Mexico. Herpetologica 81(3): 303–321. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00004 Reference page.