In Press/Submitted
Firneno TJ Jr, Welsh GT, Gumm J, Larson EL, Tinghitella RM. The evolution of sensory systems after signal change in freshwater threespine stickleback. In revision.
2022
Maldonado J, Firneno TJ Jr, Hall AS, Fujita MK. 2022. Parthenogenetic Lizards Experienced a Two-Fold Higher Rate of Amino Acid Substitutions in Mitochondrial Genes. Evolution 76(7): 1434-1442. DOI
Firneno TJ Jr, Ramesh B, Maldonado JA, Hernandez-Briones AI, Emery AH, Roelke CE, Fujita MK. 2022. Transcriptomic analysis reveals potential candidate pathways and genes involved in toxin biosynthesis in true toads. Journal of Heredity 113(3): 311-324. DOI
Rivera D, Prates I, Firneno TJ Jr, Rodrigues MT, Caldwell JP, Fujita MK. 2022. Phylogenomics, hybridization, and demographic history of South American true toads (Rhinella). Molecular Ecology 31(3): 978-992. DOI
2021
Firneno TJ Jr, O’Neill JR, Itgen MW, Kihneman TA, Townsend JH, Fujita MK. 2021. Delimitation despite discordance: evaluating the species limits and distributions of a confounding species complex in the face of mitonuclear discordance. Ecology and Evolution 11(18): 12739-12753. DOI
Ramesh B, Firneno TJ Jr, Demuth JP. 2021. Divergence time estimation of the genus Tribolium by an extensive sampling of highly conserved orthologs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 159: 107084. DOI
Firneno TJ Jr, Itgen MH, Jacobs JL, McDaniels CX, Luque-Montes IR, Wilson LD, Townsend JH. 2021. Integrating phylogenetics, morphology, and osteology to delimit a new species of endemic montane sheep frog (Microhylidae: Hypopachus) from the Lenca Highlands of Honduras. Systematics and Biodiversity 19(2): 186-208. DOI
2020
Firneno TJ Jr, O’Neill JR, Portik DM, Emery AH, Townsend JH, Fujita MK. 2020. Finding complexity in complexes: assessing the causes of mitonuclear discordance in a problematic species complex of Mesoamerican toads. Molecular Ecology 29(18): 3543-3559. DOI [New & Views Highlight - DOI]
Maldonado J, Firneno TJ Jr, Roelke CE, Rains N, Fujita MK. 2020. Transcriptome sequencing reveals signatures of positive selection in the Spot-Tailed Earless Lizard. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234504. DOI
2019
Firneno TJ Jr, Townsend JH. 2019. Evaluation of species boundaries in sympatric and parapatric populations of Mesoamerican toads. Zoologica Scripta 48(4): 454-465. DOI
2018
Roelke CE, Maldonado JA, Pope BW, Firneno TJ Jr, Laduc TJ, Hibbitts TJ, Ryberg WA, Rains ND, Fujita MK. 2018. Mitochondrial genetic variation within and among Holbrookia lacerata lacerata and Holbrookia lacerata subcaudalis, the Spot-Tailed Earless Lizards of Texas. Journal of Natural History 52(13-16): 1017-1027. DOI
2017
2016
Hess AJ, Itgen MW, Firneno TJ, Nifong JC, Townsend JH. 2016. Microsympatry in cryptic lowland salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa subgenus Nanotriton) from Southwestern Honduras: Implications for taxonomy and regional biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54(4): doi:10.1111/jzs.12151. DOI
2015
Townsend JH, Firneno TJ Jr, Escoto DL, Flores-Girón EA, Medina-Flores M, Oyuela OW. 2015. The first record of the streamside frog Craugastor rupinius (Anura: Craugastoridae) in Honduras, confirmed by 16S barcoding. Alytes 32: 55-58. PDF
Natural History Notes
Firneno TJ, Itgen MW, Pereira-Pereira FM, Townsend J. 2016. Coleonyx mitratus (Central American Banded Gecko). Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 47(2): 257. DOI
Firneno TJ, Itgen MW, Pereira-Pereira FM, Townsend J. 2016. Tantilla armillata (Black-necked Centipede Snake). Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 47(2): 266. DOI
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2023
Firneno TJ Jr, Welsh GT, Nimlos PJ, Larson EL. “I think”: integrating project-based learning and case study to teach fundamentals of evolutionary tree thinking. Evolution: Education and Outreach 16(13). DOI
Firneno TJ Jr, Semenov G, Dopman EB, Taylor SA, Larson EL, Gompert Z. 2023. Quantitative analyses of coupling in hybrid zones. Cold Springs Harbor Perspectives in Biology 00(0): 000-000. DOI
Byerly A*, Firneno TJ Jr*, Beard R, Larson EL. 2023. The role of community science in orthopteran research. Journal of Orthoptera Research 32(2): 109-114. DOI
Broder ED, Gallagher JH, Wikle AW, Welsh GT, Zonana DM, Firneno TJ Jr, Tinghitella RM. 2023. Host switching in an acoustic parasitoid with a rapidly evolving host. Evolutionary Ecology 32: 477-492. DOI