Cover Articles

Genome Biology and Evolution, 2026 Evolution, 2025 Integrative Organismal Biology, 2025 Genome Biology and Evolution, 2022 Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021 Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2019 Journal of Herpetology, 2018 Ichthyology & Herpetology (Copeia), 2018

Peer-Reviewed Publications

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34 COVER ARTICLE	Margres MJ, Hirst SR, Gallinson DG, Rautsaw RM, McDonald PJ, Guedouar EG, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Ellsworth SA, Wray KP, Rokyta DR. 2026. Truncated life history underlies rapid local adaptation in island rattlesnake venom expression. Genome Biology and Evolution 18(6). DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evag131
33	Fowler JH, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Hogan MP, Hofmann EP, Mason AJ, Nagesan R, Borja M, Herrera L, Castaneda-Gaytan G, Davis Rabosky AR, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2026. Inter- and intraspecific venom variation in the reclusive rear-fanged Black-Striped Snakes (Coniophanes). Toxins 18 (108). DOI: 10.3390/toxins18020108
32	Buontempo MJ, Lavretsky P, Rautsaw RM, McFarland LM, Rosales-Garcia RA, Strickland JL, Borja M, Jones J, Chaparro RR, Bryson RW Jr, Parkinson CL, Harvey MG. 2026. Evolutionary history of ridge-nosed rattlesnakes (Crotalus willardi): a specialized and diverse montane species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 216:108522. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108522
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31 COVER ARTICLE & EDITORS CHOICE	Hirst SR, Beer MA, VanHorn CM, Rautsaw RM, Franz-Chavez H, Rodriguez-Lopez B, Chaparro RR, Rosales-Garcia RA, Vasquez-Cruz V, Kelly-Hernandez A, Borja M, Parkinson CL, Margres MJ. 2025. Island biogeography and competition drive rapid venom complexity evolution across rattlesnakes. Evolution 79(8)1419-1432. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf074
30 COVER ARTICLE	Heptinstall TC, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Myers EA, Holding ML, Mason AJ, Hofmann EP, Schramer TD, Hogan MP, Borja M, Castaneda-Gaytan G, Feldman CR, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2025. Dietary breadth predicts toxin expression complexity in the venoms of North American gartersnakes. Integrative Organismal Biology 7(1):obaf003. DOI: 10.1093/iob/obaf003
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29	Hirst SR, Rautsaw RM, VanHorn CM, Beer MA, McDonald PJ, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rodriguez-Lopez B, Rubio-Rincon A, Franz-Chavez H, Vasquez-Cruz V, Borja M, Parkinson CL, Margres MJ. 2024. Where the 'ruber' meets the road: using the genome of the red diamond rattlesnake to unravel the evolutionary processes driving venom evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution 16(9):evae198. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae198
28	Beer MA, Trumbo DR, Rautsaw RM, Kozakiewicz CP, Epstein B, Hohenlohe PA, Alford RA, Schwarzkopf L, Storfer A. 2024. Spatial variation in genomic signatures of local adaptation during the cane toad invasion of Australia. Molecular Ecology 33(16):e17464. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17464
27	Ellsworth SA, Rautsaw RM, Ward MJ, Holding ML, Rokyta DR. 2024. Selection across the three-dimensional structure of venom proteins from North American scolopendromorph centipedes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 92(4):505-524. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-024-10191-y
26	Myers EA, Rautsaw RM, Borja M, Jones J, Grunwald CI, Holding ML, Grazziotin FG, Parkinson CL. 2024. Phylogenomic discordance is driven by widespread introgression and incomplete lineage sorting during rapid species diversification within rattlesnakes (Viperidae: Crotalus and Sistrurus). Systematic Biology 73(4):722-741. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syae018
25	Heptinstall TC, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, de Queiroz A, Canseco-Marquez L, Parkinson CL. 2024. Size doesn't matter: body size is not linked to diet specialization in garter snakes (Squamata: Natricidae: Thamnophis). Journal of Herpetology 58(2):118-880. DOI: 10.1670/23-048
24	Hogan MP, Holding ML, Nystrom GS, Colston TJ, Bartlett DA, Mason AJ, Ellsworth SA, Rautsaw RM, Lawrence KC, Strickland JL, He B, Fraser P, Margres MJ, Gilbert DM, Gibbs HL, Parkinson CL, Rokyta DR. 2024. The genetic regulatory architecture and epigenomic basis for age-related changes in rattlesnake venom. PNAS 121(16):e2313440121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313440121
23	Gallinson DG, Kozakiewicz CP, Rautsaw RM, Beer MA, Ruiz-Aravena M, Comte S, Hamilton DG, Kerlin DH, McCallum HI, Hamede R, Jones ME, Storfer A, McMinds R, Margres MJ. 2024. Intergenomic signatures of coevolution between Tasmanian devils and an infectious cancer. PNAS 121(12):e2307780121. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2307780121
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22	Heptinstall TC, Strickland JL, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Simpson CL, Nystrom GS, Ellsworth SA, Hogan MP, Borja M, Campos PF, Grazziotin FG, Rokyta DR, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Parkinson CL. 2023. Venom phenotype conservation suggests integrated specialization in a lizard-eating snake. Toxicon 229:107135. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107135
21	Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Grunwald CI, Franz-Chavez H, Ahumada-Carrillo IT, Ramirez-Chaparro R, de la Torre-Loranca MA, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Holding ML, Borja M, Castaneda-Gaytan G, Myers EA, Sasa M, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2023. Sequence divergence in venom genes within and between montane pitviper species is driven by mutation-drift equilibrium. Journal of Molecular Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s00239-023-10115-2
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20	de Oliveira-Dalland LG, Alencar LRV, Tambosi LR, Carrasco P, Rautsaw RM, Sigala-Rodriguez J, Scrocchi G, Martins M. 2022. Conservation gaps for Neotropical vipers: mismatches between protected areas, species richness, and evolutionary distinctiveness. Biological Conservation 275:109750. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109750
19	Holding ML, Trevine VC, Zinenko O, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Hogan MP, Parkinson CL, Grazziotin FG, Santana SE, Davis MA, Rokyta DR. 2022. Evolutionary allometry and ecological correlates of fang length evolution in vipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289(1982). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1132
18 COVER ARTICLE	Myers EA, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Yooseph S, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2022. De novo genome assembly highlights the role of lineage-specific duplications in the evolution of the venom in Fea's viper. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac082
17	Mason AJ, Holding ML, Rautsaw RM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL, Gibbs HL. 2022. Venom gene sequence diversity and expression jointly shape diet adaptation in pitvipers. Molecular Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac082
16	Rautsaw RM, Jiminez-Velazquez G, Hofmann EP, Alencar LRV, Grunwald CI, Martins M, Carrasco P, Doan TM, Parkinson CL. 2022. VenomMaps: updated distribution maps and niche models for New World pitvipers (Viperidae: Crotalinae). Scientific Data 9:232. DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01323-4
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15	Schramer TD, Rautsaw RM, Bayona-Serrano JD, Nystrom GS, West TR, Ortiz-Medina JA, Sabido-Alpuche B, Meneses-Millan M, Borja M, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2022. An integrative view of the toxic potential of Conophis lineatus (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae), a medically relevant rear-fanged snake. Toxicon 205:38-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.11.009
14	Jenkins DG, Ohyama L, Lopez-Borghesi F, Hart JD, Bogata-Gregory JD, Rautsaw RM, Roldan VC, Guilfoyle K, Jarvis A, Loch J, Mercier KP, Myers O, Shaw R, Volk D, Bard AM. 2021. Biogeography and predictors of wildlife killed on roads at peninsular Florida state parks. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7743
13	Hofmann EP, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Strickland JL, Parkinson CL. 2021. Duvernoy's gland transcriptomics of the plains black-headed snake, Tantilla nigriceps (Squamata: Colubridae). Toxins 13(5):336. DOI: 10.3390/toxins13050336
12	Rautsaw RM+, Nachtigall PG+, Ellsworth SA, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM. 2021. ToxCodAn: a new toxin annotator and guide to venom gland transcriptomics. Briefings in Bioinformatics. DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbab095
11	Holding ML, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Mason AJ, Hogan MP, Nystrom GS, Ellsworth SA, Colston TJ, Borja M, Castaneda-Gaytan G, Grunwald CI, Jones JM, Freitas-de-Sousa L, Viala VL, Margres MJ, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Moura-da-Silva AM, Hingst-Zaher E, Gibbs HL, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2021. Phylogenetically diverse diets favor more complex venoms in North American pitvipers. PNAS 118(17):e2015579118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015579118
10	Margres MJ, Rautsaw RM, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Hofmann EP, Stiers E, Ellsworth SA, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Bartlett DA, Colston TJ, Gilbert DM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2021. The tiger rattlesnake genome reveals a complex genotype underlying a simple venom phenotype. PNAS 118(4):e2014634118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014634118
9 COVER ARTICLE	Rautsaw RM, Schramer TD, Acuna R, Arick LN, DiMeo M, Mercier KP, Schrum M, Mason AJ, Margres MJ, Strickland JL, Parkinson CL. 2021. Genomic adaptations to salinity resist gene flow in the evolution of Floridian watersnakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution* 38(3):745-760. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa266
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8	Bayona-Serrano JD, Viala VL, Rautsaw RM, Schramer TD, Barros G, Nishiyama Junior MY, Sousa L, Moura-da-Silva AM, Parkinson CL, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM. 2020. Metalloproteinase replacement and parallel structural simplification maintain venom phenotypes in diverse groups of rear-fanged snakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution* 37(12):3563-3575. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa192
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7 COVER ARTICLE	Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Margres MJ, Holding ML, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2019. Intraspecific sequence variation and gene expression contribute little to venom diversity in the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286(1906). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0810
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6	Rautsaw RM+, Hofmann EP+, Strickland JL, Holding ML, Hogan MP, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2018. Comparative venom-gland transcriptomics and venom proteomics of four sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) lineages reveal little differential expression despite individual variation. Scientific Reports 8:15534. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33943-5
5	Martin SA, Rautsaw RM, Bolt MR, Parkinson CL, Seigel RA. 2018. Estimating the response of wildlife communities to coastal dune construction. Ocean & Coastal Management 161:31-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.04.021
4 COVER ARTICLE	Rautsaw RM, Martin SA, Lanctot K, Vincent BA, Bolt MR, Seigel RA, Parkinson CL. 2018. On the road again: assessing the use of roadsides as wildlife corridors for gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus). Journal of Herpetology 52(2):136-144. DOI: 10.1670/17-013
3 BEST STUDENT PAPER	Rautsaw RM, Martin SA, Vincent BA, Lanctot K, Bolt MR, Seigel RA, Parkinson CL. 2018. Stopped dead in their tracks: the impact of railways on gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) movement and behavior. Copeia 106(1):135-143. DOI: 10.1643/CE-17-635
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2	Martin SA, Rautsaw RM, Robb F, Bolt MR, Parkinson CL, Seigel RA. 2017. Set AHDriFT: applying game cameras to drift fences for surveying herpetofauna and small mammals. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(4):804-809. DOI: 10.1002/wsb.805
1	Martin SA, Rautsaw RM, Bolt MR, Parkinson CL, Seigel RA. 2017. Adapting coastal management to climate change: mitigating our shrinking shorelines. The Journal of Wildlife Management 81(6):982-989. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21275

Natural History Notes

No.	Citation	PDF
3.	Franz-Chávez H, Ramírez-Chaparro R, Pérez-Fiol T, López-Martínez DE, Rautsaw RM, Hirst SR, Rodriguez-Lopez B, Borja M, Castañeda-Gaytán G, Strickland JL, Parkinson CL, Reyes-Velasco J, Margres MJ. 2023. New herpetological records for islands in the Gulf of California. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 58(8):129–130.
2.	Rautsaw RM, Holding ML, Strickland JL, Castañeda-Gaytán JJ, García-González FC, Castañeda-Gaytán JG, Borja-Jiménez JM, Parkinson CL. 2018. Hypsiglena tanzeri (Tanzer’s Night Snake): Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 49(2):287.
1.	Rautsaw RM, Yanick CJ, Medina S, Parkinson CL, Martin SA, Bolt MR. 2016. Gopherus polyphemus (Gopher Tortoise): Predation. Herpetological Review 47(3):447–448.

Other Publications

No.	Citation	PDF
2.	Rautsaw RM. 2022. Phylogenomics of vipers and the role of competition on venom evolution. PhD Dissertation. Clemson University.
1.	Rautsaw RM. 2017. The paths less traveled: Movement of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) along roads and railways. MS Thesis. University of Central Florida.