Education:
2001-2009 University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico, Advisor Dr. Richard Thomas
Ph.D. and M.S. Biology. Comparative Biology. Skull anatomy of Sphaerodactylus roosevelti and Cladistic Analysis is the Gekkota (Reptilia) by means of craniological data
1994-1999 Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, Advisor, Dr. Fernando Castro
B.Sc Zoology. Habitos alimenticios de la Rana Toro (Rana catesbeiana) en el Valle del Cauca
Ph.D. and M.S. Biology. Comparative Biology. Skull anatomy of Sphaerodactylus roosevelti and Cladistic Analysis is the Gekkota (Reptilia) by means of craniological data
1994-1999 Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, Advisor, Dr. Fernando Castro
B.Sc Zoology. Habitos alimenticios de la Rana Toro (Rana catesbeiana) en el Valle del Cauca
Postdoctoral Experience:
Visiting Professor, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, 2013–2015
Postdoctoral researcher, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2010–2013 (Director Aaron M. Bauer)
Postdoctoral researcher, CONICET, Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina 2009–2010 (Director Virginia L. Abdala)
Guest and associate editor, Anatomical Record. 2014, 2020–present
Guest and associate editor, Journal of Herpetology. 2016–present
Associate Editor, South American Journal of Herpetology. 2016–present
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports. 2022–present
Review Editor Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science. 2022–present
Postdoctoral researcher, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 2010–2013 (Director Aaron M. Bauer)
Postdoctoral researcher, CONICET, Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina 2009–2010 (Director Virginia L. Abdala)
Guest and associate editor, Anatomical Record. 2014, 2020–present
Guest and associate editor, Journal of Herpetology. 2016–present
Associate Editor, South American Journal of Herpetology. 2016–present
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports. 2022–present
Review Editor Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science. 2022–present
Publications:
87: Čerňanský A., Daza JD, Table R, Saxton E, Vidalenc D. 2023.An early Eocene pan-gekkota from France could represent an extra squamate group that survived the K/Pg extinction. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 68 (X): xxx–xxx.
86. Daza JD. 2023. Scientist Spotlights. Ichthyology & Herpetology 111:486–487
85. Meza A, Bell CJ, Daza JD, Thies ML, Lewis PJ. 2023. Variation in the cranial osteology of the amphisbaenian genus Zygaspis based on high-resolution x-ray computed tomography. Anatomical Record 2023:1–20.
84. Daza JD, Rock AA, Stanley EL. 2023. The palatal gland of dibamid lizards. Anatomical Record. 2023:1–5.
83 Heinicke MP, Nielsen SV. Bauer AM, Kelly R, Geneva AJ, Daza JD, Keating SE, Gamble T. 2023. Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high‑throughput sequencing of archival DNA. Scientific Reports: 13:9141.
82 . Paulina-Carabajal A, Jiménez-Huidobro P, Triviño LN, Stanley EL, Zaher H, Daza JD. 2023. A look in to the neurocranium of living and extinct Lepidosauria. In: Dozo MT, Paulina-Carvajal A, Macrini TE, Walsh S, editors. Paleoneurology of amniotes, new directions in the study of fossil endocasts. Cham Switzerland: Springer. pp.123–178.
81. Daza JD. 2022. Lizards of Patagonia: Diversity, systematics, biogeography, and Biology of the Reptiles at the end of the world. Herpetological Reviews 53:532–534.
80. Daza JD, Krakoski EC, Gamble T, Bauer AM. 2022. Hypertdontia in the Paraguayan Martha’s marked gecko (Homonota marthae: Phyllodactylidae: Squamata). Anatomical Record: DOI: 10.1002/ar.25077
79. Daza JD, Chiari Y, Daza-Herrera E, Glaberman MS, Glaberman S, Heide OA, Herrera-Martínez A, Thomas R. 2022. A rare case of caudal bifurcation in a miniaturized gecko from Puerto Rico. Anatomical Record: DOI: 10.1002/ar.25034
78. Díaz-Lameiro AM, Villamil CI, Gamble T, Pinto BJ, Herrera-Martínez A, Thomas R, Bernstein JM, Titus-McQuillan JE, Nielsen SV, Agosto-Torres E, Puente-Rolón AR, Bird-Picó FJ, Oleksyk TK, Martínez-Cruzado JC, Daza JD. 2022. A new species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone region of Puerto Rico. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110:449–465
77. Čerňanský A, Daza JD, Smith R, Bauer AM, Smith T, Folie A. 2022. A new gecko from the earliest Eocene of Dormaal, Belgium: a thermophilic element of the ‘greenhouse world’. Royal Society Open Science 9: 220429.
76. Čerňanský A, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bolet A, Arias JS, Bauer AM, Vidal García M, Bevitt JJ, Peretti AM, Aung NN, Evans SE. 2022. A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptional preserved integument. Scientific Reports 12: 1660.
75. Poo S, Whitfield SM, Shepack A, Watkins-Colwell GJ, Nelson G, Goodwin J, Bogisich A, Brennan PLR, D'Agostino J, Koo MS, Mendelson JR III, Snyder R, Wilson S, Aronsen GP, Bentley AC, Blackburn DC, Borths MR, Campbell ML, Conde DA, Cook JA, Daza JD, Dembiec DP, Dunnum JL, Early CM Ferguson AW, Greene A, Guralnick R, Janney C, Johnson D, Knightly F, Poulin S, Rocha L, Soltis PS, Thiers B, Chakrabarty P. 2022. Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums. Bioscience: biab02.
74. Pinto BJ, Keating SE, Nielsem SV, Scantlebury DP, Daza JD, Gamble T. 2022. Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals dynamic sex chromosomes in Neotropical leaf-litter geckos (Sphaerodactylidae: Sphaerodactylus). Journal of Heredity 113: 272–287.
73. Bauer AM, Daza JD, Herrera-Martínez A, Ospina OE. The herpetological contributions of Richard Thomas. Anatomical Record. 304: 2095–2109.
72. Bell CJ, Daza JD, Stanley EL, Laver RJ. 2021. Unveiling the elusive: X-rays bring scolecophidians out of the dark. Anatomical Record. 304: 2010–2017
71. Bolet A, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Arias JS Čerňanský A, Vidal García M, Bevitt JJ, Evans SE. Unusual morphology in the mid-Cretaceous lizard Oculudentavis. Current Biology 31: 3303–3314.
70. Cornell BA*, López Salazar LM**, Rusell AB**, Daza JD, Bechelli J. 2021. Southeastern Naturalist 20:m420–426.
69. Gurgis GP*, Daza JD, Brennan IG, Hutchinson M, Bauer AB, Stocker MR, Olori JC. Ecomorphometric analysis of disparity in cranial shape of pygopodid geckos. Integrative Organismal Biology. 3: obab013.
68. Rodríguez-Robles JA, Leal M, Daza JD, Herrera-Martínez A, Ospina-Tobón OE. 2021. A biographical account of John Paul Richard Thomas, the man who leaves no stone unturned. Anatomical Record. 304: 2085–2094.
67. Laver RJ, Daza JD. 2021. Blind snakes beneath the surface: Continuing the legacy of Richard Thomas. Anatomical Record. 304: 2080–2084.
66. Laver RJ, Daza JD, Ellis RJ, Stanley EL, Bauer AM. Underground Down Under: Skull anatomy of the southern blind snake Anilios australis Gray, 1845 (Typhlopidae: Serpentes: Squamata). Anatomical Record. 304: 2215–2242.
65. Linares-Vargas CA**, Bólivar-García W, Herrera Martínez A, Osrorio-Domíngez D, Ospina OE, Thomas R, Daza JD. The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. Anatomicsl Record. 304: 2264–2278.
64. McNeese HC*, Burgess AM**, Neudorf DLH, Daza JD. 2021 Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Tails Found in Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Nests. Southeastern Naturalist 20: N88–N91.
63. Sánchez-Martínez PM, Daza JD, Hoyos JM. 2021. Comparative anatomy of the middle ear in some lizards species with comments on the evolutionary changes within Squamata. PeerJ. 2021: e11722.
62. Wagner P, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2021. A new agamid lizard in he mid-Cretaceous amber from Northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research. 124: 104813
61. Montes-Correa AC**, Saboyá-Acosta LP**, Jiménez-Bolaño JD, ** Angarita-Sierra T, Briceño Pérez V, Núñez S, Renjifo JM, Schargel WE, Daza JD, Hoogmoed MS. 2021. Extended diagnosis of the type species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven 1915 (Gekkota:
Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4915: 41–59.
60. Daza JD, Stanley EL, Bolet A, Bauer AM, Arias JS Čerňanský A, Bevitt JJ, Wagner P, Evans SE. 2020. Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders. Science 370:687–691.
59. Glynne E*, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2020. Surface sculpturing in the skull of gecko lizards
(Squamata: Gekkota). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:801–813.
58. Heinicke MP,*, Titus-Mcquillan JE, Daza JD, Kull EM**, Stanley EL, Bauer AM. 2020. Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:136–153.
57. Laver RJ, H-Morales C*, Heinicke MP, Gamble T, Longoria K**, Bauer AM, Daza JD. 2020. The development of cephalic armor in the tokay gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko gecko). Journal of Morphology 281:213–228.
56. Daza JD, Pinto BJ*, Thomas R, Herrera-Martínez A, Scantlebury DP, Padilla-García LF**, Balaraman RP, Perry G, Gamble T 2019. The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4712:151–201.
55. Holovacs* NT, Daza JD, Guerra C, Stanley EL, Montero R. 2019. You can’t run, but you can hide: the skeleton of the sandswimmer lizard Calyptommatus leiolepis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Anatomical Record https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24246.
54. Griffing AH*, Sanger TJ, Daza JD, Nielsen SV, Pinto BJ*, Stanley EL, Gamble T. 2019. Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris). Developmental Dynamics. 2019: 1–21.
53. Pinto BJ*, Titus-McQuillan J, Daza JD, Gamble T. 2019. Persistence of a geographically-stable hybrid zone in Puerto Rican dwarf geckos. Journal of Heredity 110:523–534.
52. Hernández-Morales C**, Peloso P, Bolivar-García W. Daza JD. 2019 Skull morphology of the lizard Ptychoglossus vallensis (Squamata: Alopoglossidae) with comments on the variation within Gymnophtalmoidea. Anatomical Record 302:1074–1092.
51. Nielsen SV, Daza JD, Pinto BJ, Gamble T. 2019. ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the endemic Puerto Rican Leaf-Toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus wirshingi). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 157:89–97.
50. Daza JD, Hunziker JP*, Bauer AM., Wagner P, Böhme W. 2018. Things are not always as they seem: High-resolution X-ray CT scanning reveals the first resin-embedded miniature gecko from the genus Ebenavia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 67:71–77.
49. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Stanley EL, Bolet A, Dickson B**, Losos JB. 2018. An enigmatic miniaturized and attenuate complete lizard from the Mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Breviora 563:1–18.
48. Bochaton C, Daza JD, Lenoble A. 2018.Identifying gecko species from Lesser Antillean paleontological assemblages: intraspecific osteological variation within and Interspecific osteological differences between Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) (Phyllodactylidae) and Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 52:313–320.
47. Bauer AM, Beach-Mehrotra M**, Bermudez Y*, Clark GE*, Daza JD, Glynne E**, Hagyari D**, Harnden JM*, Holovacs N**, Kanasiro A**, Lofthus AJ**, Pierce ZW**, Aaliyah R, Syed S*, Vallejo-Pareja MC**, Walker BA**, Willett J**. 2018. The tiny skull of the Peruvian gecko Pseudogonatodes barbouri (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) South American Journal of Herpetology 13:102–116.
46. Fontanarrosa G**, Daza JD, Abdala V. 2018. Cretaceous fossil gecko hand reveals a strikingly modern scansorial morphology: Qualitative and biometric analysis of an amber-preserved lizard hand. Cretaceous Research 84:120–133.
45. Villa A**, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Delfino M. 2018. Comparative cranial osteology of European gekkotans (Reptilia, Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017, XX, 1–39.
44. Čerňanský A, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2017. Geckos from the middle Miocene of Devínska Nová Ves (Slovakia): New material and a review of the previous record. Swiss Journal of Geosciences XX:XXX–XXX.
43. Griffing AH**, Daza JD, DeBoer JC**, Bauer AM. 2017. Developmental osteology of the parafrontal bones of the Sphaerodactylidae. Anatomical Record 301:581–606.
42. Simões TR, Apesteguía S, Hsiou AS, Daza JD. 2017. Lepidosaurs from Gondwana: An Introduction. Journal of Herpetology 51:297–299.
41. Jenkins KM**, Jones MEH, Zikmund T, Boyde A, Daza JD. 2017. A Review of tooth implantation among rhynchocephalians (Lepidosauria). Journal of Herpetology 51:300–306.
40. Daza JD, Gamble T, Abdala V, Bauer AM. 2017. Cool Geckos: Does Plesiomorphy Explain morphological similarities between geckos from the southern cone? Journal of Herpetology 51: 330–342.
39. Daza JD, Price LB, Schalk CM, Bauer AM, Borman AR, Kerbis Peterhans J. 2017. Predation on Southern Turnip-tailed geckos (Thecadactylus solimoensis) by a Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata). Cuadernos de Herpetología 31:00-00.
38. Montero R, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Abdala V. 2017. How common are cranial sesamoids among squamates? Journal of Morphology 2017:1–12. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20719
37. Scherz MD**, Daza JD, Köhler J, Vences M, Glaw F. 2016. Off the scale: A new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) With exceptionally large scales. PeerJ
36. Apesteguía S, Daza JD, Simoes T, Rage JC. 2016. The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa. Royal Open Science 3: 160462.
35. Daza JD, Stanley E, Wagner P, Bauer AM, Grimaldi D. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards. Science Advances 2: e1501080.
34. Griffing AH**, López-Torres A, Landestoy MA, Daza JD. Aristelliger lar (Spotted Caribbean Gecko) communal daytime retreat behavior. Herpetological Review 47:292–294
33. Bernstein JM**, Griffing AH**, Daza JD, Gamble Tony, Bauer AM. 2016. Using alien resources: Caribbean dwarf geckos nesting communally in invasive flora. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 40–43
32. Allam AA, Daza JD, Abo-Eleneen RE. 2016. Histology of the skin of three limbless squamates dwelling in mesic and arid environments. Anatomical Record 299: 979–989.
31. Gignac PM, Kley NJ, Clarke JA, Colbert MW, Morhardt AC, Cerio D**, Cost IN, Cox PG, Daza JD, Early CM, Echols MS, Henkelman R**, Mark, Herdina AN, Holliday CM, Li Z, Mahlow K, Merchant S, Müller J, Orsbon CP , Paluh D J**, Thies ML, Tsai HP, Witmer LM. 2016. Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging of metazoan soft tissues. Journal of Anatomy 228: 889–909.
30. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2015. Reptile Remains from Tiga (Tokanod), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Pacific Science 69: 531–557.
29. Conrad JL, Daza JD. 2015. Naming and re-diagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e980891.
28. Daza JD, Mapps A*., Lewis PJ. Thies M. L., Bauer, AM. 2015. Peramorphic traits in the Tokay gecko skull. Journal of Morphology 276: 915–928.
27. Bolet A, Daza JD, Augé M, Bauer AM. 2015. New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, Zootaxa 3985: 265–274.
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26. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2015. Cranial anatomy of the pygopodid lizard Aprasia repens, a gekkotan masquerading as a Scolecophidian. In: Bininda-Emonds ORP, Powell GL, Jamniczky HA, Bauer AM, Theodor J, editors. All Animals are Interesting: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony P. Russell. Oldenburg, Germany: BIS-Verlag. pp 303–350.
25. Guerra-Fuentes R, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2014. The embryology of the retinal pigmented epithelium in dwarf geckos (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylinae): a unique developmental pattern). BMC Developmental Biology. 14:29.
24. Urben C*, Daza JD, Cadena C. Lewis PJ, Thies M. The Homology of the Pelvic Elements of Zygaspis quadrifrons(Squamata: Amphisbaenia). Anatomical Record. 297: 407–1413.
23. Daza JD. 2014. What’s So Special About Squamates? In: Daza JD and Miller S (Editors). New Advances In Morphology and Evolution of Living and Extinct Squamates. Anatomical Record 297: 341–343.
22. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Snively ED. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. In: Daza JD and Miller S (Editors). New Advances In Morphology and Evolution of Living and Extinct Squamates. Anatomical Record 297: 433–462.
21. Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Bauer, AM. 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12: 23–42.
20. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Snively ED. 2013. Gobekko cretacicus (Reptilia: Squamata) and its bearing on the interpretation of gekkotan affinities. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167: 430–448.
19. Bauer AM, Masroor R, Titus-McQuillan J**, Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Jackman TR. 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599: 301–324.
18. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Wagner P, Böhme W. 2012. A reconsideration of Sphaerodactylus dommeli Böhme, 1984 (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae), a Miocene lizard in amber. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51: 55–63.
17. Kupriyanov V**, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Gaban-Lima R, Rocha-Brito G, Höfling E. 2012. Six species of Amazonian Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) preying upon lizards and frogs. Journal of Natural History 46: 2985–2997.
16. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Alifanov VL. 2012. A redescription and phylogenetic reinterpretation of lizard Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov 1989 (Squamata, Gekkota). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 1303–1312.
15. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2012. Temporal bones of the Gekkota support molecular relationships within the Pygopodoidea Journal of Herpetology 46: 381–386.
14. Daza JD, Abdala V, Arias JS**, García López D**, Ortiz P. 2012. Cladistic analysis of Iguania and a fossil lizard from the Late Pliocene of Northwestern Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 46: 104–119.
13. Daza JD, Travers SL**, Bauer AM. 2012. New records of the mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Colombia. Check List 8: 164–167.
12. Daza JD, Aurich J**, Bauer AM. 2012. Anatomy of an enigma: an osteological investigation of the Namibian festive gecko (Narudasia festiva: Gekkonidae: Gekkota). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 93: 465–486.
11. Gamble T, Daza JD, Colli GR, Vitt LJ, Bauer AM. 2011. A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1244–1266.
10. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2011. A new amber-embeded sphaerodactyl gecko from Hispaniola, with comments on morphological synapomorphies of the Sphaerodactylidae. Breviora 529: 1–28.
9. Daza JD, Diogo R, Johnston P, Abdala V. 2011. Jaw adductor muscles across lepidosaurs: A Reappraisal. The Anatomical Record 294: 1765–1782.
8. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2010. The circumorbital bones of the Gekkota (Reptilia: Squamata). The Anatomical Record 293: 402–413.
7. Daza JD**, Herrera A, Thomas R, Claudio H. 2009. Are you what you eat? A geometric morphometric analysis of gekkotan skull shape. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 677–707.
6. Daza JD**, Burrowes P, Medina P*. 2008. Eleutherodactylus coqui, Coqui predation. Herpetological Review 39: 459–460.
5. Daza JD**, Abdala V, Thomas R, Bauer AM. 2008. Skull anatomy of the miniaturized gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Squamata: Gekkota). Journal of Morphology 239: 1340–1364.
4. Brochu CA, Nieves-Rivera AM, Vélez-Juarbe J**, Daza JD**, Santos H. 2007. Tertiary Crocodylians from Puerto Rico: Evidence for Late Tertiary Endemic Crocodylians in the West Indies? Geobios 40: 51–59.
3. Salgado L, García R, Daza JD**. 2006. Consideraciones sobre las láminas neurales de los dinosaurios saurópodos y su significado morfofuncional. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 8: 69–79.
2. Duckett CN, Daza JD**. 2004. A new Species of Chrysomelid Beetle (Alagoasa aurora) From Costa Rica. The Coleopterist Bulletin 58: 84–96.
1. Daza. JD*, Castro F. 1999. Hábitos alimenticios de la rana toro (Rana catesbeiana) Anura: Ranidae en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 23: 265–274.
86. Daza JD. 2023. Scientist Spotlights. Ichthyology & Herpetology 111:486–487
85. Meza A, Bell CJ, Daza JD, Thies ML, Lewis PJ. 2023. Variation in the cranial osteology of the amphisbaenian genus Zygaspis based on high-resolution x-ray computed tomography. Anatomical Record 2023:1–20.
84. Daza JD, Rock AA, Stanley EL. 2023. The palatal gland of dibamid lizards. Anatomical Record. 2023:1–5.
83 Heinicke MP, Nielsen SV. Bauer AM, Kelly R, Geneva AJ, Daza JD, Keating SE, Gamble T. 2023. Reappraising the evolutionary history of the largest known gecko, the presumably extinct Hoplodactylus delcourti, via high‑throughput sequencing of archival DNA. Scientific Reports: 13:9141.
82 . Paulina-Carabajal A, Jiménez-Huidobro P, Triviño LN, Stanley EL, Zaher H, Daza JD. 2023. A look in to the neurocranium of living and extinct Lepidosauria. In: Dozo MT, Paulina-Carvajal A, Macrini TE, Walsh S, editors. Paleoneurology of amniotes, new directions in the study of fossil endocasts. Cham Switzerland: Springer. pp.123–178.
81. Daza JD. 2022. Lizards of Patagonia: Diversity, systematics, biogeography, and Biology of the Reptiles at the end of the world. Herpetological Reviews 53:532–534.
80. Daza JD, Krakoski EC, Gamble T, Bauer AM. 2022. Hypertdontia in the Paraguayan Martha’s marked gecko (Homonota marthae: Phyllodactylidae: Squamata). Anatomical Record: DOI: 10.1002/ar.25077
79. Daza JD, Chiari Y, Daza-Herrera E, Glaberman MS, Glaberman S, Heide OA, Herrera-Martínez A, Thomas R. 2022. A rare case of caudal bifurcation in a miniaturized gecko from Puerto Rico. Anatomical Record: DOI: 10.1002/ar.25034
78. Díaz-Lameiro AM, Villamil CI, Gamble T, Pinto BJ, Herrera-Martínez A, Thomas R, Bernstein JM, Titus-McQuillan JE, Nielsen SV, Agosto-Torres E, Puente-Rolón AR, Bird-Picó FJ, Oleksyk TK, Martínez-Cruzado JC, Daza JD. 2022. A new species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone region of Puerto Rico. Ichthyology & Herpetology 110:449–465
77. Čerňanský A, Daza JD, Smith R, Bauer AM, Smith T, Folie A. 2022. A new gecko from the earliest Eocene of Dormaal, Belgium: a thermophilic element of the ‘greenhouse world’. Royal Society Open Science 9: 220429.
76. Čerňanský A, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bolet A, Arias JS, Bauer AM, Vidal García M, Bevitt JJ, Peretti AM, Aung NN, Evans SE. 2022. A new Early Cretaceous lizard in Myanmar amber with exceptional preserved integument. Scientific Reports 12: 1660.
75. Poo S, Whitfield SM, Shepack A, Watkins-Colwell GJ, Nelson G, Goodwin J, Bogisich A, Brennan PLR, D'Agostino J, Koo MS, Mendelson JR III, Snyder R, Wilson S, Aronsen GP, Bentley AC, Blackburn DC, Borths MR, Campbell ML, Conde DA, Cook JA, Daza JD, Dembiec DP, Dunnum JL, Early CM Ferguson AW, Greene A, Guralnick R, Janney C, Johnson D, Knightly F, Poulin S, Rocha L, Soltis PS, Thiers B, Chakrabarty P. 2022. Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums. Bioscience: biab02.
74. Pinto BJ, Keating SE, Nielsem SV, Scantlebury DP, Daza JD, Gamble T. 2022. Chromosome-level genome assembly reveals dynamic sex chromosomes in Neotropical leaf-litter geckos (Sphaerodactylidae: Sphaerodactylus). Journal of Heredity 113: 272–287.
73. Bauer AM, Daza JD, Herrera-Martínez A, Ospina OE. The herpetological contributions of Richard Thomas. Anatomical Record. 304: 2095–2109.
72. Bell CJ, Daza JD, Stanley EL, Laver RJ. 2021. Unveiling the elusive: X-rays bring scolecophidians out of the dark. Anatomical Record. 304: 2010–2017
71. Bolet A, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Arias JS Čerňanský A, Vidal García M, Bevitt JJ, Evans SE. Unusual morphology in the mid-Cretaceous lizard Oculudentavis. Current Biology 31: 3303–3314.
70. Cornell BA*, López Salazar LM**, Rusell AB**, Daza JD, Bechelli J. 2021. Southeastern Naturalist 20:m420–426.
69. Gurgis GP*, Daza JD, Brennan IG, Hutchinson M, Bauer AB, Stocker MR, Olori JC. Ecomorphometric analysis of disparity in cranial shape of pygopodid geckos. Integrative Organismal Biology. 3: obab013.
68. Rodríguez-Robles JA, Leal M, Daza JD, Herrera-Martínez A, Ospina-Tobón OE. 2021. A biographical account of John Paul Richard Thomas, the man who leaves no stone unturned. Anatomical Record. 304: 2085–2094.
67. Laver RJ, Daza JD. 2021. Blind snakes beneath the surface: Continuing the legacy of Richard Thomas. Anatomical Record. 304: 2080–2084.
66. Laver RJ, Daza JD, Ellis RJ, Stanley EL, Bauer AM. Underground Down Under: Skull anatomy of the southern blind snake Anilios australis Gray, 1845 (Typhlopidae: Serpentes: Squamata). Anatomical Record. 304: 2215–2242.
65. Linares-Vargas CA**, Bólivar-García W, Herrera Martínez A, Osrorio-Domíngez D, Ospina OE, Thomas R, Daza JD. The status of the anomalepidid snake Liotyphlops albirostris and the revalidation of three taxa based on morphology and ecological niche models. Anatomicsl Record. 304: 2264–2278.
64. McNeese HC*, Burgess AM**, Neudorf DLH, Daza JD. 2021 Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) Tails Found in Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Nests. Southeastern Naturalist 20: N88–N91.
63. Sánchez-Martínez PM, Daza JD, Hoyos JM. 2021. Comparative anatomy of the middle ear in some lizards species with comments on the evolutionary changes within Squamata. PeerJ. 2021: e11722.
62. Wagner P, Stanley EL, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2021. A new agamid lizard in he mid-Cretaceous amber from Northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research. 124: 104813
61. Montes-Correa AC**, Saboyá-Acosta LP**, Jiménez-Bolaño JD, ** Angarita-Sierra T, Briceño Pérez V, Núñez S, Renjifo JM, Schargel WE, Daza JD, Hoogmoed MS. 2021. Extended diagnosis of the type species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven 1915 (Gekkota:
Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4915: 41–59.
60. Daza JD, Stanley EL, Bolet A, Bauer AM, Arias JS Čerňanský A, Bevitt JJ, Wagner P, Evans SE. 2020. Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders. Science 370:687–691.
59. Glynne E*, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2020. Surface sculpturing in the skull of gecko lizards
(Squamata: Gekkota). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:801–813.
58. Heinicke MP,*, Titus-Mcquillan JE, Daza JD, Kull EM**, Stanley EL, Bauer AM. 2020. Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:136–153.
57. Laver RJ, H-Morales C*, Heinicke MP, Gamble T, Longoria K**, Bauer AM, Daza JD. 2020. The development of cephalic armor in the tokay gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Gekko gecko). Journal of Morphology 281:213–228.
56. Daza JD, Pinto BJ*, Thomas R, Herrera-Martínez A, Scantlebury DP, Padilla-García LF**, Balaraman RP, Perry G, Gamble T 2019. The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae). Zootaxa 4712:151–201.
55. Holovacs* NT, Daza JD, Guerra C, Stanley EL, Montero R. 2019. You can’t run, but you can hide: the skeleton of the sandswimmer lizard Calyptommatus leiolepis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Anatomical Record https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24246.
54. Griffing AH*, Sanger TJ, Daza JD, Nielsen SV, Pinto BJ*, Stanley EL, Gamble T. 2019. Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris). Developmental Dynamics. 2019: 1–21.
53. Pinto BJ*, Titus-McQuillan J, Daza JD, Gamble T. 2019. Persistence of a geographically-stable hybrid zone in Puerto Rican dwarf geckos. Journal of Heredity 110:523–534.
52. Hernández-Morales C**, Peloso P, Bolivar-García W. Daza JD. 2019 Skull morphology of the lizard Ptychoglossus vallensis (Squamata: Alopoglossidae) with comments on the variation within Gymnophtalmoidea. Anatomical Record 302:1074–1092.
51. Nielsen SV, Daza JD, Pinto BJ, Gamble T. 2019. ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes in the endemic Puerto Rican Leaf-Toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus wirshingi). Cytogenetic and Genome Research 157:89–97.
50. Daza JD, Hunziker JP*, Bauer AM., Wagner P, Böhme W. 2018. Things are not always as they seem: High-resolution X-ray CT scanning reveals the first resin-embedded miniature gecko from the genus Ebenavia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 67:71–77.
49. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Stanley EL, Bolet A, Dickson B**, Losos JB. 2018. An enigmatic miniaturized and attenuate complete lizard from the Mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Breviora 563:1–18.
48. Bochaton C, Daza JD, Lenoble A. 2018.Identifying gecko species from Lesser Antillean paleontological assemblages: intraspecific osteological variation within and Interspecific osteological differences between Thecadactylus rapicauda (Houttuyn, 1782) (Phyllodactylidae) and Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) (Gekkonidae). Journal of Herpetology 52:313–320.
47. Bauer AM, Beach-Mehrotra M**, Bermudez Y*, Clark GE*, Daza JD, Glynne E**, Hagyari D**, Harnden JM*, Holovacs N**, Kanasiro A**, Lofthus AJ**, Pierce ZW**, Aaliyah R, Syed S*, Vallejo-Pareja MC**, Walker BA**, Willett J**. 2018. The tiny skull of the Peruvian gecko Pseudogonatodes barbouri (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) South American Journal of Herpetology 13:102–116.
46. Fontanarrosa G**, Daza JD, Abdala V. 2018. Cretaceous fossil gecko hand reveals a strikingly modern scansorial morphology: Qualitative and biometric analysis of an amber-preserved lizard hand. Cretaceous Research 84:120–133.
45. Villa A**, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Delfino M. 2018. Comparative cranial osteology of European gekkotans (Reptilia, Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017, XX, 1–39.
44. Čerňanský A, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2017. Geckos from the middle Miocene of Devínska Nová Ves (Slovakia): New material and a review of the previous record. Swiss Journal of Geosciences XX:XXX–XXX.
43. Griffing AH**, Daza JD, DeBoer JC**, Bauer AM. 2017. Developmental osteology of the parafrontal bones of the Sphaerodactylidae. Anatomical Record 301:581–606.
42. Simões TR, Apesteguía S, Hsiou AS, Daza JD. 2017. Lepidosaurs from Gondwana: An Introduction. Journal of Herpetology 51:297–299.
41. Jenkins KM**, Jones MEH, Zikmund T, Boyde A, Daza JD. 2017. A Review of tooth implantation among rhynchocephalians (Lepidosauria). Journal of Herpetology 51:300–306.
40. Daza JD, Gamble T, Abdala V, Bauer AM. 2017. Cool Geckos: Does Plesiomorphy Explain morphological similarities between geckos from the southern cone? Journal of Herpetology 51: 330–342.
39. Daza JD, Price LB, Schalk CM, Bauer AM, Borman AR, Kerbis Peterhans J. 2017. Predation on Southern Turnip-tailed geckos (Thecadactylus solimoensis) by a Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata). Cuadernos de Herpetología 31:00-00.
38. Montero R, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Abdala V. 2017. How common are cranial sesamoids among squamates? Journal of Morphology 2017:1–12. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20719
37. Scherz MD**, Daza JD, Köhler J, Vences M, Glaw F. 2016. Off the scale: A new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) With exceptionally large scales. PeerJ
36. Apesteguía S, Daza JD, Simoes T, Rage JC. 2016. The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa. Royal Open Science 3: 160462.
35. Daza JD, Stanley E, Wagner P, Bauer AM, Grimaldi D. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards. Science Advances 2: e1501080.
34. Griffing AH**, López-Torres A, Landestoy MA, Daza JD. Aristelliger lar (Spotted Caribbean Gecko) communal daytime retreat behavior. Herpetological Review 47:292–294
33. Bernstein JM**, Griffing AH**, Daza JD, Gamble Tony, Bauer AM. 2016. Using alien resources: Caribbean dwarf geckos nesting communally in invasive flora. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23: 40–43
32. Allam AA, Daza JD, Abo-Eleneen RE. 2016. Histology of the skin of three limbless squamates dwelling in mesic and arid environments. Anatomical Record 299: 979–989.
31. Gignac PM, Kley NJ, Clarke JA, Colbert MW, Morhardt AC, Cerio D**, Cost IN, Cox PG, Daza JD, Early CM, Echols MS, Henkelman R**, Mark, Herdina AN, Holliday CM, Li Z, Mahlow K, Merchant S, Müller J, Orsbon CP , Paluh D J**, Thies ML, Tsai HP, Witmer LM. 2016. Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging of metazoan soft tissues. Journal of Anatomy 228: 889–909.
30. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2015. Reptile Remains from Tiga (Tokanod), Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. Pacific Science 69: 531–557.
29. Conrad JL, Daza JD. 2015. Naming and re-diagnosing the Cretaceous gekkonomorph (Reptilia, Squamata) from Öösh (Övörkhangai, Mongolia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e980891.
28. Daza JD, Mapps A*., Lewis PJ. Thies M. L., Bauer, AM. 2015. Peramorphic traits in the Tokay gecko skull. Journal of Morphology 276: 915–928.
27. Bolet A, Daza JD, Augé M, Bauer AM. 2015. New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, Zootaxa 3985: 265–274.
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26. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2015. Cranial anatomy of the pygopodid lizard Aprasia repens, a gekkotan masquerading as a Scolecophidian. In: Bininda-Emonds ORP, Powell GL, Jamniczky HA, Bauer AM, Theodor J, editors. All Animals are Interesting: A Festschrift in Honour of Anthony P. Russell. Oldenburg, Germany: BIS-Verlag. pp 303–350.
25. Guerra-Fuentes R, Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2014. The embryology of the retinal pigmented epithelium in dwarf geckos (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylinae): a unique developmental pattern). BMC Developmental Biology. 14:29.
24. Urben C*, Daza JD, Cadena C. Lewis PJ, Thies M. The Homology of the Pelvic Elements of Zygaspis quadrifrons(Squamata: Amphisbaenia). Anatomical Record. 297: 407–1413.
23. Daza JD. 2014. What’s So Special About Squamates? In: Daza JD and Miller S (Editors). New Advances In Morphology and Evolution of Living and Extinct Squamates. Anatomical Record 297: 341–343.
22. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Snively ED. 2014. On the fossil record of the Gekkota. In: Daza JD and Miller S (Editors). New Advances In Morphology and Evolution of Living and Extinct Squamates. Anatomical Record 297: 433–462.
21. Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR, Bauer, AM. 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12: 23–42.
20. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Snively ED. 2013. Gobekko cretacicus (Reptilia: Squamata) and its bearing on the interpretation of gekkotan affinities. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167: 430–448.
19. Bauer AM, Masroor R, Titus-McQuillan J**, Heinicke MP, Daza JD, Jackman TR. 2013. A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 3599: 301–324.
18. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Wagner P, Böhme W. 2012. A reconsideration of Sphaerodactylus dommeli Böhme, 1984 (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae), a Miocene lizard in amber. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51: 55–63.
17. Kupriyanov V**, Daza JD, Bauer AM, Gaban-Lima R, Rocha-Brito G, Höfling E. 2012. Six species of Amazonian Woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) preying upon lizards and frogs. Journal of Natural History 46: 2985–2997.
16. Daza JD, Bauer AM, Alifanov VL. 2012. A redescription and phylogenetic reinterpretation of lizard Hoburogekko suchanovi Alifanov 1989 (Squamata, Gekkota). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32: 1303–1312.
15. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2012. Temporal bones of the Gekkota support molecular relationships within the Pygopodoidea Journal of Herpetology 46: 381–386.
14. Daza JD, Abdala V, Arias JS**, García López D**, Ortiz P. 2012. Cladistic analysis of Iguania and a fossil lizard from the Late Pliocene of Northwestern Argentina. Journal of Herpetology 46: 104–119.
13. Daza JD, Travers SL**, Bauer AM. 2012. New records of the mourning gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Colombia. Check List 8: 164–167.
12. Daza JD, Aurich J**, Bauer AM. 2012. Anatomy of an enigma: an osteological investigation of the Namibian festive gecko (Narudasia festiva: Gekkonidae: Gekkota). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 93: 465–486.
11. Gamble T, Daza JD, Colli GR, Vitt LJ, Bauer AM. 2011. A new genus of miniaturized and pug-nosed gecko from South America (Sphaerodactylidae: Gekkota). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 1244–1266.
10. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2011. A new amber-embeded sphaerodactyl gecko from Hispaniola, with comments on morphological synapomorphies of the Sphaerodactylidae. Breviora 529: 1–28.
9. Daza JD, Diogo R, Johnston P, Abdala V. 2011. Jaw adductor muscles across lepidosaurs: A Reappraisal. The Anatomical Record 294: 1765–1782.
8. Daza JD, Bauer AM. 2010. The circumorbital bones of the Gekkota (Reptilia: Squamata). The Anatomical Record 293: 402–413.
7. Daza JD**, Herrera A, Thomas R, Claudio H. 2009. Are you what you eat? A geometric morphometric analysis of gekkotan skull shape. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 677–707.
6. Daza JD**, Burrowes P, Medina P*. 2008. Eleutherodactylus coqui, Coqui predation. Herpetological Review 39: 459–460.
5. Daza JD**, Abdala V, Thomas R, Bauer AM. 2008. Skull anatomy of the miniaturized gecko Sphaerodactylus roosevelti (Squamata: Gekkota). Journal of Morphology 239: 1340–1364.
4. Brochu CA, Nieves-Rivera AM, Vélez-Juarbe J**, Daza JD**, Santos H. 2007. Tertiary Crocodylians from Puerto Rico: Evidence for Late Tertiary Endemic Crocodylians in the West Indies? Geobios 40: 51–59.
3. Salgado L, García R, Daza JD**. 2006. Consideraciones sobre las láminas neurales de los dinosaurios saurópodos y su significado morfofuncional. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 8: 69–79.
2. Duckett CN, Daza JD**. 2004. A new Species of Chrysomelid Beetle (Alagoasa aurora) From Costa Rica. The Coleopterist Bulletin 58: 84–96.
1. Daza. JD*, Castro F. 1999. Hábitos alimenticios de la rana toro (Rana catesbeiana) Anura: Ranidae en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias 23: 265–274.