2024
Bernstein, J. M., Voris, H. K., Stuart, B. L., Karns, D. R., McGuire, J. A., Iskandar, D. T., Riyanto, A., Calderón-Acevedo, C. A., Brown, R. M., Gehara, M., Soto-Centeno, J. A., and Ruane, S. Integrative Methods Reveal Multiple Drivers of Diversification in Rice Paddy Snakes. Scientific Reports 14: 4727 [PDF].
2023
Bernstein, J. M. 2023. Book Review: Snakes of the World. A Guide to Every Family. Herpetological Review 54(4): 514–515.
Liu, X., Huang, J., Wu, D., He, Bernstein, J. M., Y., Ai, R., Che, J., Yuan, Z. In Press. Taxonomic revision of the genus Rohanixalus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from China with the description of two new species. Zoological Research 2: 1–6. [PDF]
Bernstein, J. M., de Souza, H. F., Murphy, J. C., Voris, H. K., Brown, R. M., Myers, E. A., Harrington, S., Shanker, K., and Ruane, S. 2023. Phylogenomics of Fresh and Formalin Specimens Resolves the Systematics of Old World Mud Snakes (Serpentes: Homalopsidae) and Expands Biogeographic Inference. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists 2(1): 1–24. [PDF]
Huang, J., Liu, X. L., Du L., Bernstein, J. M., Liu, S., Yang Y., Yu, G., and Wu, Z. 2023. A new species of Bush frog (Anura, Rhacophoridae, Raorchestes) from southeastern Yunnan, China. Zookeys 1151: 47–65. [PDF]
McLaughlin, J. F., Anguilar, C., Bernstein, J. M., Navia-Gine, W. G., Cueto-Aparicio, L. E., Alarcon, A. C., Alarcon, B. D., Collier, R., Takyar, A., Vong, S. J., Ch O. L., Driver, R., Loaiza, J. R., De Leon, L., Saltonstall, K., Lipshutz, S., Arcila, D., Brock, K. M., and Miller, M. J. Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Widespread Cryptic Diversity Driven by Ecology in Panamanian Birds. bioRxiv:: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.15.530646.
2022
Bernstein, J. M., Voris, H. K., Stuart, B. L., Phimmachak, S., Seateun, S., Sivongxay, N., Neang, T., Karns, D. R., Andrews, H. L., Osterhage, J., Phipps, E. A., Ruane, S. 2022. Undescribed diversity in a widespread, common group of Asian mud snakes (Serpentes: Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Ichthyology and Herpetology 110(3): 561–574. [PDF]
Díaz-Lameiro, A. M., Villamil, C. I., Gamble, T., Pinto, B. J., Herrera-Martínez, A., Thomas, R., Bernstein, J. M., Titus-McQuillan, J., Nielsen, S. V., Agosto-Torres, E., Puente-Roblón, A. R., Bird-Picó F. J., Oleksyk, T. K., Martínez-Cruzado, J. C., and Daza, J. D. A New Sphaerodactylus Species (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone Region of Puerto Rico. Ichthyology and Herpetology 110(3): 449–465. [PDF]
Bernstein, J. M., and Ruane, S. 2022. Maximizing Molecular Data From Low-Quality Fluid-Preserved Specimens in Natural History Collections. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 893088. Invited Paper: Research Topic: Recent Advances in Museomics: Revolutionizing Biodiversity Research. [PDF]
Brown, R. M., Bernstein, J., Fernandez, J. B., Sanguila, M. B., Meneses, C. G., Siler, C. D., Chin, K., Welton, L. J., and Gaulk, M. 2022. Juvenile colouration, ontogenetic colour shifts, defensive behaviour, and frontal “hooding” threat display in Philippine False Coral Snakes (Squatama: Elapidae: Hemibungarus). Herpetology Notes 15: 183–192. [PDF]
Burbrink, F. T., Bernstein, J. M., Kuhn, A., Gehara, M., and Ruane, S. 2022. Ecological divergence and the history of gene flow in the Nearctic milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum complex). Systematic Biology 71(4): 839–858. [PDF]
2021
Bernstein, J. M., Bautista, J., Diesmos, A. C., Clores, M. A., Cuesta, M., Sanguila, M. B., and Brown, R M. 2021. Multivariate characterization of phenotypic variation from throughout the geographic ranges of Philippine false coral snakes: two species or four? Ichthyology and Herpetology 109(4): 1036–1046. [PDF]
Zhang, Y., Liu, X., Bernstein, J., Wang, J., and Yuan, Z. 2021. A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forests of Daweishan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 12(3): 261–270. [PDF]
Bernstein, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R. and Wang, Y. 2021. A Novel Dataset to Identify the Endemic Herpetofauna of the New Caledonia Biodiversity Hotspot with DNA Barcodes. Pacific Conservation Biology [Published Online]. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC20055. [PDF]
Bernstein, J. M., Murphy, J. C., Voris, H. K., Brown, R. M., Ruane, S. 2021. Phylogenetics of Mud Snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae): A Paradox of Both Undescribed Diversity and Taxonomic Inflation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 107109. [PDF]
2020
Ceriaco, L. M. P.*, Bernstein, J. M.*, Marques, M., Norder, S., and Bauer, A. M. 2020. Sea level driven changes in palaeo-geography and diversification of reptiles in the Gulf of Guinea. African Journal of Herpetology 69(2): 200–216. [PDF]
*Authors contributed equally to this work.
Bernstein, J. M., Bauer, A. M., McGuire, J. A., Arida, E., Kaiser, H., Kieckbusch, M., and Mecke, S. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the pipesnake genus Cylindrophis Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) and description of a new species from Myanmar. Zootaxa 4851(3): 535–558. [PDF]
Bernstein, J., and J. Bautista. 2020. Geographic distribution: Philippines, Camarines Sur: Acrochordus granulatus. Herpetological Review 51(2): 272–273. [PDF]
2016
Bernstein, J. M., Griffing, A. H., Daza, J. D, Gamble, T. and Bauer, A. M. 2016. Using alien resources: Caribbean dwarf geckos utilizing invasive flora. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23(1):40–43. [PDF]