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John Measey

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Senior Researcher at the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, University of Stellenbosch; Associate Editor Salamandra; Associate Editor: BioInvasions Records; IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Regional Chair for southern Africa; IUCN Red List Assessor (RLA) for African amphibians

Biodiversity Biogeography Climate Change Biology Conservation Biology Ecology Evolutionary Studies Freshwater Biology Genetics Zoology

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University of Stellenbosch

Work details

Chief Researcher

Stellenbosch University

April 2014

Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Botany & Zoology

The C·I·B is an inter-institutional Centre of Excellence established within the DST-NRF Centres of Excellence Programme. This means that the C·I·B is not just at one institution, but has affiliated researchers at a range of academic and non-academic institutes throughout South Africa. This inter-institutional arrangement allows a much broader range of research interactions to take place, allowing a wide diversity of research associates and students to benefit from the programme.

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PeerJ Contributions

October 22, 2019

The role of ambient temperature and body mass on body temperature, standard metabolic rate and evaporative water loss in southern African anurans of different habitat specialisation

594 downloads

1,082 views

Mohlamatsane Mokhatla, John Measey, Ben Smit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7885 PubMed 31660269

November 8, 2018

A taxonomically and geographically constrained information base limits non-native reptile and amphibian risk assessment: a systematic review

12 citations

355 downloads

1,629 views

Nicola J. van Wilgen, Micaela S. Gillespie, David M. Richardson, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5850 PubMed 30425887

October 26, 2018

Size-dependent functional response of Xenopus laevis feeding on mosquito larvae

8 citations

273 downloads

1,063 views

Corey J. Thorp, Mhairi E. Alexander, James R. Vonesh, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5813 PubMed 30386704

October 2, 2018

What’s for dinner? Diet and potential trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago

2 citations

316 downloads

2,109 views

Nitya Prakash Mohanty, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5698 PubMed 30310745

November 10, 2017

Overland movement in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis): empirical dispersal data from within their native range

7 citations

336 downloads

2,097 views

F. André De Villiers, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4039 PubMed 29134157

May 16, 2017

Are invasive populations characterized by a broader diet than native populations?

16 citations

448 downloads

1,944 views

Julien Courant, Solveig Vogt, Raquel Marques, John Measey, Jean Secondi, Rui Rebelo, André De Villiers, Flora Ihlow, Charlotte De Busschere, Thierry Backeljau, Dennis Rödder, Anthony Herrel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3250 PubMed 28533950

April 19, 2017

Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in South Africa and Swaziland

10 citations

770 downloads

2,601 views

Ana L. Nunes, Tsungai A. Zengeya, Andries C. Hoffman, G. John Measey, Olaf L.F. Weyl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3135 PubMed 28439454

April 19, 2017

Competition and feeding ecology in two sympatric Xenopus species (Anura: Pipidae)

11 citations

571 downloads

2,586 views

Solveig Vogt, F. André de Villiers, Flora Ihlow, Dennis Rödder, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3130 PubMed 28439453

September 20, 2016

Overland movement in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis): a systematic review

19 citations

409 downloads

2,049 views

John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2474 PubMed 27688972

February 1, 2016

Unequal contribution of native South African phylogeographic lineages to the invasion of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in Europe

11 citations

443 downloads

2,498 views

Charlotte De Busschere, Julien Courant, Anthony Herrel, Rui Rebelo, Dennis Rödder, G. John Measey, Thierry Backeljau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1659 PubMed 26855879

August 25, 2015

Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy

21 citations

1,445 downloads

4,498 views

G. John Measey, Giovanni Vimercati, F. André de Villiers, Mohlamatsane M. Mokhatla, Sarah J. Davies, Shelley Edwards, Res Altwegg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1204 PubMed 26336644

September 26, 2013

Mind the gaps: investigating the cause of the current range disjunction in the Cape Platanna, Xenopus gilli (Anura: Pipidae)

14 citations

543 downloads

2,614 views

Deborah J. Fogell, Krystal A. Tolley, G. John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.166 PubMed 24109551

February 27, 2018 - Version: 1

Size-dependent functional response of Xenopus laevis on mosquito larvae

370 downloads

419 views

Corey J Thorp, Mhairi E Alexander, James R Vonesh, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26575v1

February 20, 2018 - Version: 1

What’s for dinner? Diet and trophic impact of an invasive anuran Hoplobatrachus tigerinus on the Andaman archipelago

381 downloads

368 views

Nitya Prakash Mohanty, John Measey

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26544v1

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July 3, 2020

A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

254 downloads

1,190 views

Vladislav A. Gorin, Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Mahmudul Hasan, Hisanori Okamiya, D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Anslem de Silva, Watinee Juthong, Konstantin D. Milto, Luan Thanh Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Alexander Haas, David P. Bickford, Indraneil Das, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9411

April 14, 2020

Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of two toads, Anaxyrus americanus (Anura: Bufonidae) and Bufotes pewzowi (Anura: Bufonidae), with phylogenetic and selection pressure analyses

161 downloads

443 views

Yu-Ting Cai, Qin Li, Jia-Yong Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey, Dan-Na Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8901 PubMed 32328346

March 5, 2020

Congenital feeding response to a novel prey in a Mexican gartersnake

85 downloads

251 views

Javier Manjarrez, Constantino Macías Garcia, Hugh Drummond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8718 PubMed 32185111

December 16, 2019

The fast–slow continuum of longevity among yellow-bellied toad populations (Bombina variegata): intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of variation

223 downloads

711 views

Alena Marcella Hantzschmann, Birgit Gollmann, Günter Gollmann, Ulrich Sinsch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8233 PubMed 31871841

November 7, 2019

Combining data from different sampling methods to study the development of an alien crab Chionoecetes opilio invasion in the remote and pristine Arctic Kara Sea

180 downloads

350 views

Anna K. Zalota, Olga L. Zimina, Vassily A. Spiridonov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7952 PubMed 31720105

October 18, 2019

Ontogenetic variation in the diet of the anuran community from a semi-arid environment in the southeastern Chihuahuan Desert

156 downloads

433 views

Ricardo Luría-Manzano, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7908 PubMed 31649833

June 14, 2019

Reservoir frogs: seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in robber frogs in Dominica and Montserrat

2 citations

345 downloads

1,255 views

Michael A. Hudson, Richard A. Griffiths, Lloyd Martin, Calvin Fenton, Sarah-Louise Adams, Alex Blackman, Machel Sulton, Matthew W. Perkins, Javier Lopez, Gerardo Garcia, Benjamin Tapley, Richard P. Young, Andrew A. Cunningham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7021 PubMed 31231595

March 29, 2019

Comparative analysis and characterization of the gut microbiota of four farmed snakes from southern China

2 citations

383 downloads

1,204 views

Bing Zhang, Jing Ren, Daode Yang, Shuoran Liu, Xinguo Gong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6658 PubMed 30956901

March 28, 2019

Underwater sound production varies within not between species in sympatric newts

2 citations

461 downloads

1,850 views

Jiří Hubáček, Monika Šugerková, Lumír Gvoždík

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6649 PubMed 30944780

February 22, 2019

Tracking down the lizards from Gravenhorst's collection at the University of Wrocław: type specimens of Callopistes maculatus Gravenhorst, 1838 and three Liolaemus species rediscovered

459 downloads

1,036 views

Bartosz Borczyk, Tomasz Skawiński

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6525 PubMed 30809465

February 21, 2019

What does a Pacman eat? Macrophagy and necrophagy in a generalist predator (Ceratophrys stolzmanni)

1 citation

453 downloads

1,550 views

Diana Székely, Fernando P. Gaona, Paul Székely, Dan Cogălniceanu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6406 PubMed 30809435

February 15, 2019

Effects of traditional agroecosystems and grazing areas on amphibian diversity in a region of central Mexico

335 downloads

1,100 views

José Daniel Lara-Tufiño, Luis M. Badillo-Saldaña, Raquel Hernández-Austria, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6390 PubMed 30783569

January 3, 2019

The existence and evolution of morphotypes in Anolis lizards: coexistence patterns, not adaptive radiations, distinguish mainland and island faunas

5 citations

514 downloads

1,842 views

Steven Poe, Christopher G. Anderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6040 PubMed 30627481

November 7, 2018

Novel findings on the impact of chytridiomycosis on the cardiac function of anurans: sensitive vs. tolerant species

2 citations

271 downloads

950 views

Raquel F. Salla, Gisele M. Rizzi-Possignolo, Cristiane R. Oliveira, Carolina Lambertini, Lilian Franco-Belussi, Domingos S. Leite, Elaine Cristina M. Silva-Zacarin, Fábio C. Abdalla, Thomas S. Jenkinson, Luís Felipe Toledo, Monica Jones-Costa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5891 PubMed 30425891

October 9, 2018

Population structure in the Andaman keelback, Xenochrophis tytleri: geographical distance and oceanic barriers to dispersal influence genetic divergence on the Andaman archipelago

327 downloads

1,888 views

Ashwini Venkatanarayana Mohan, Priyanka Swamy, Kartik Shanker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5752 PubMed 30324026

August 16, 2018

De novo oviduct transcriptome of the moor frog Rana arvalis: a quest for maternal effect candidate genes

343 downloads

1,116 views

Longfei Shu, Jie Qiu, Katja Räsänen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5452 PubMed 30128207

July 24, 2018

Absence of heterosis in hybrid crested newts

6 citations

406 downloads

1,126 views

Jan W. Arntzen, Nazan Üzüm, Maja D. Ajduković, Ana Ivanović, Ben Wielstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5317 PubMed 30065885

July 20, 2018

Advertisement call of Brachycephalus albolineatus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)

3 citations

376 downloads

1,162 views

Marcos R. Bornschein, Luiz Fernando Ribeiro, Mario M. Rollo, André E. Confetti, Marcio R. Pie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5273 PubMed 30042895

May 31, 2018

Current knowledge on bioacoustics of the subfamily Lophyohylinae (Hylidae, Anura) and description of Ocellated treefrog Itapotihyla langsdorffii vocalizations

4 citations

495 downloads

1,893 views

Lucas Rodriguez Forti, Roseli Maria Foratto, Rafael Márquez, Vânia Rosa Pereira, Luís Felipe Toledo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4813 PubMed 29868262

April 10, 2018

Description of two new sympatric species of the genus Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from western Yunnan of China

9 citations

486 downloads

3,173 views

Jian-Huan Yang, Zhao-Chi Zeng, Ying-Yong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4586 PubMed 29666755

January 31, 2018

Signals of forest degradation in the demography of common Asian amphibians

1 citation

352 downloads

1,870 views

Nancy E. Karraker, Samantha Fischer, Anchalee Aowphol, Jennifer Sheridan, Sinlan Poo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4220 PubMed 29404203

January 25, 2018

Species identification by conservation practitioners using online images: accuracy and agreement between experts

9 citations

2,266 downloads

2,902 views

Gail E. Austen, Markus Bindemann, Richard A. Griffiths, David L. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4157 PubMed 29379682

January 4, 2018

Amphibian and reptile biodiversity in the semi-arid region of the municipality of Nopala de Villagrán, Hidalgo, Mexico

2 citations

531 downloads

2,112 views

Andrea J. Roth-Monzón, Andrés Alberto Mendoza-Hernández, Oscar Flores-Villela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4202 PubMed 29312825

December 5, 2017

Interpopulational and seasonal variation in the chemical signals of the lizard Gallotia galloti

4 citations

306 downloads

1,661 views

Roberto García-Roa, Rodrigo Megía-Palma, Jesús Ortega, Manuel Jara, Pilar López, José Martín

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3992 PubMed 29230352

October 6, 2017

Effects of invasion history on physiological responses to immune system activation in invasive Australian cane toads

6 citations

324 downloads

1,886 views

Daniel Selechnik, Andrea J. West, Gregory P. Brown, Kerry V. Fanson, BriAnne Addison, Lee A. Rollins, Richard Shine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3856 PubMed 29018604

August 17, 2017

Diversity of compounds in femoral secretions of Galápagos iguanas (genera: Amblyrhynchus and Conolophus), and their potential role in sexual communication in lek-mating marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

5 citations

454 downloads

2,086 views

Alejandro Ibáñez, Markus Menke, Galo Quezada, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Stefan Schulz, Sebastian Steinfartz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3689 PubMed 28828277

July 27, 2017

Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

11 citations

843 downloads

3,607 views

Luiz F. Ribeiro, David C. Blackburn, Edward L. Stanley, Marcio R. Pie, Marcos R. Bornschein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3603 PubMed 28761788

June 13, 2017

Getting off to a good start? Genetic evaluation of the ex situ conservation project of the Critically Endangered Montseny brook newt (Calotriton arnoldi)

1 citation

475 downloads

1,791 views

Emilio Valbuena-Ureña, Anna Soler-Membrives, Sebastian Steinfartz, Mònica Alonso, Francesc Carbonell, Raquel Larios-Martín, Elena Obon, Salvador Carranza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3447 PubMed 28626615

January 10, 2017

Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos

2 citations

354 downloads

1,400 views

Raquel Vasconcelos, Sara Rocha, Xavier Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2802 PubMed 28097049

October 6, 2016

Local-scale models reveal ecological niche variability in amphibian and reptile communities from two contrasting biogeographic regions

2 citations

786 downloads

2,116 views

Alberto Muñoz, Xavier Santos, Ángel M. Felicísimo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2405 PubMed 27761304

June 9, 2016

Does ecophysiology mediate reptile responses to fire regimes? Evidence from Iberian lizards

10 citations

483 downloads

1,794 views

Catarina C. Ferreira, Xavier Santos, Miguel A. Carretero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2107 PubMed 27330864

March 29, 2016

Intersexual chemo-sensation in a “visually-oriented” lizard, Anolis sagrei

11 citations

466 downloads

2,510 views

Simon Baeckens, Tess Driessens, Raoul Van Damme

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1874 PubMed 27069809

March 14, 2016

Reducing bias in population and landscape genetic inferences: the effects of sampling related individuals and multiple life stages

16 citations

588 downloads

2,105 views

William Peterman, Emily R. Brocato, Raymond D. Semlitsch, Lori S. Eggert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1813 PubMed 26989639

January 12, 2016

Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the Epictia goudotii Species complex (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) in Middle America and northern South America

9 citations

571 downloads

1,945 views

James R. McCranie, S. Blair Hedges

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1551 PubMed 26788430

May 14, 2015

Calibrating abundance indices with population size estimators of red back salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) in a New England forest

6 citations

557 downloads

2,284 views

Ahmed A. Siddig, Aaron M. Ellison, Scott Jackson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.952 PubMed 26020008

June 17, 2014

Geographic variation in the advertisement calls of Hyla eximia and its possible explanations

4 citations

858 downloads

2,274 views

Ruth E. Rodríguez-Tejeda, María Guadalupe Méndez-Cárdenas, Valentina Islas-Villanueva, Constantino Macías Garcia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.420 PubMed 25024904

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14 Mar 2016

The potential effects of climate change on amphibian distribution, range fragmentation and turnover in China

Looks like a very nice ms. Mokhatla et al (2015) did a similar study (with fewer species and reduced scenarios) on South African frogs. However, these authors looked back to the LG...

14 Mar 2016

Watch out where you sleep: Nocturnal sleeping behaviour of Bay Island lizards

There's a lot of measures of chameleon sleeping perches and how they relate to morphology. The might be useful in helping you evaluate your results. John Measey I have a conf...

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What is the history of _Xenopus laevis_ exports from South Africa?

about Unequal contribution of native South African phylogeographic lineages to the invasion of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, in Europe

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