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Linda Trueb
Associate Director for Administration
Administration
Biodiversity Institute

Professor - EEB

Contact Information

Office Phone: 
785.864.1204
Email: 
trueb@ku.edu
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Building: 
Dyche Hall
  • Redescription of Cretaceous Israeli fossil pipoid frogs of the genus Cordicephalus, with an analysis of phylkogenetic relationships of fossil and extant pipoid anurans.
  • Description of the oldest known pipoid anuran from South America.
  • Comparative development of basal frogs: using ontogeny to elucidate phylogeny. A collaborative project with Anne Maglia and L. Analía Púgener.

2009

Heinicke MP, Duellman WE, Trueb L, Means DB, MacCulloch RD, Hedges SB.  2009.  A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa. :1–35. Abstract

2008

Trueb L, Lehr E.  2008.  A new species of Phrynopus (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Peru, with comments on the osteology of the genus.. Phyllomedusa. 7:11–24.
Trueb L.  2008.  “How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper,” Second edition, by B. Gustavii. Book review.. Quarterly Review of Biology. 84:389.
Guayasamin JM, Castroviejo-Fisher S, Ayarzaguena J, Trueb L, Vila C.  2008.  Phylogenetic relationships of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48:574–595. Abstract

2007

Lehr E, Trueb L, Venegas PJ, Arbelaez E.  2007.  Descriptions of the tadpoles of two neotropical microhylid frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). Journal of Herpetology. 41:581–589. Abstract
Lehr E, Trueb L.  2007.  Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Gunther 1901) and a new genus from Peru. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149:583–609. Abstract
Guayasamin JM, Trueb L.  2007.  A new species of Glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology. Zootaxa. :27–45. Abstract
Gorb S, Trueb L, Storch V, Jamieson BGM, Hoeg JT, Kier WM, Nielsen C, Perry SF, Summers AP, Hanken J et al..  2007.  1807-2007: A great anniversary celebration. Journal of Morphology. 268:103-111.
Lehr E, Trueb L, Venegas PJ, Arbeláez E.  2007.  Descriptions of the Tadpoles of Two Neotropical Microhylid Frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). 41(4):pp.581-589. Abstract

2006

Trueb L, Báez AM.  2006.  Revision of the Early Cretaceous Cordicephalus from Israel and an assessment of its relationships among pipoid frogs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26:44–59. Abstract
Trueb L.  2006.  Evolution of the Amphibian Skull. Natalia S. Lebedkina. [Translated and edited by Sergei V. Smirnov.] 2004. Advances in Amphibian Research in the former Soviet Union. S. L. Kuzmin and R. Altig, Editors. Volume 9. Pensoft, Sofia, Bulgaria. ISSN 1310-8840; . Copeia. 2006:578–579.
Duellman WE, Trueb L, Lehr E.  2006.  A new species of marsupial frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. Copeia. 2006:595–603. Abstract
Trueb L.  2006.  Review: [untitled]. 2006(3):pp.578-579.
Duellman WE, Trueb L, Lehr E.  2006.  A New Species of Marsupial Frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Amazonian Slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. 2006(4):pp.595-603. Abstract

2005

Trueb L, Ross CF, Smith R.  2005.  A New Pipoid Anuran from the Late Cretaceous of South Africa. 25(3):pp.533-547. Abstract

2003

Trueb L, Laurin M.  2003.  Early evolution and fossil history. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed.. 6:7–14.
Trueb L.  2003.  Clawed frogs and Surinam toads (Pipidae). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed. 6:99–107.
Pugener LA, Maglia AM, Trueb L.  2003.  Revisiting the contribution of larval characters to an analysis of phylogenetic relationships of basal anurans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139:129–155. Abstract
Duellman WE, Trueb L.  2003.  Mesoamerican burrowing toads (Rhinophrynus). Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed.. 6:95–97.

2002

Trueb L.  2002.  Amphibian Biology. Vol. 4. Palaeontology. The Evolutionary History of Amphibians. By Harold Heatwole and Robert L. Carroll (eds.). 2000. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty. Limited, 43 Rickard Road, Chipping Norton, NSW 2170, Australia. ISBN 0-949324-87-6. 524 p. $. Copeia. 2002:708–713.
 

Publications

2009

Heinicke MP, Duellman WE, Trueb L, Means DB, MacCulloch RD, Hedges SB.  2009.  A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa. :1–35. Abstract

2008

Trueb L, Lehr E.  2008.  A new species of Phrynopus (Anura, Strabomantidae) from Peru, with comments on the osteology of the genus.. Phyllomedusa. 7:11–24.
Trueb L.  2008.  “How to Write and Illustrate a Scientific Paper,” Second edition, by B. Gustavii. Book review.. Quarterly Review of Biology. 84:389.
Guayasamin JM, Castroviejo-Fisher S, Ayarzaguena J, Trueb L, Vila C.  2008.  Phylogenetic relationships of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48:574–595. Abstract

2007

Lehr E, Trueb L, Venegas PJ, Arbelaez E.  2007.  Descriptions of the tadpoles of two neotropical microhylid frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). Journal of Herpetology. 41:581–589. Abstract
Lehr E, Trueb L.  2007.  Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Gunther 1901) and a new genus from Peru. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149:583–609. Abstract
Guayasamin JM, Trueb L.  2007.  A new species of Glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology. Zootaxa. :27–45. Abstract
Gorb S, Trueb L, Storch V, Jamieson BGM, Hoeg JT, Kier WM, Nielsen C, Perry SF, Summers AP, Hanken J et al..  2007.  1807-2007: A great anniversary celebration. Journal of Morphology. 268:103-111.
Lehr E, Trueb L, Venegas PJ, Arbeláez E.  2007.  Descriptions of the Tadpoles of Two Neotropical Microhylid Frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). 41(4):pp.581-589. Abstract

2006

Trueb L, Báez AM.  2006.  Revision of the Early Cretaceous Cordicephalus from Israel and an assessment of its relationships among pipoid frogs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26:44–59. Abstract
Trueb L.  2006.  Evolution of the Amphibian Skull. Natalia S. Lebedkina. [Translated and edited by Sergei V. Smirnov.] 2004. Advances in Amphibian Research in the former Soviet Union. S. L. Kuzmin and R. Altig, Editors. Volume 9. Pensoft, Sofia, Bulgaria. ISSN 1310-8840; . Copeia. 2006:578–579.
Duellman WE, Trueb L, Lehr E.  2006.  A new species of marsupial frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. Copeia. 2006:595–603. Abstract
Trueb L.  2006.  Review: [untitled]. 2006(3):pp.578-579.
Duellman WE, Trueb L, Lehr E.  2006.  A New Species of Marsupial Frog (Anura: Hylidae: Gastrotheca) from the Amazonian Slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Peru. 2006(4):pp.595-603. Abstract

2005

Trueb L, Ross CF, Smith R.  2005.  A New Pipoid Anuran from the Late Cretaceous of South Africa. 25(3):pp.533-547. Abstract

2003

Trueb L, Laurin M.  2003.  Early evolution and fossil history. Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed.. 6:7–14.
Trueb L.  2003.  Clawed frogs and Surinam toads (Pipidae). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed. 6:99–107.
Pugener LA, Maglia AM, Trueb L.  2003.  Revisiting the contribution of larval characters to an analysis of phylogenetic relationships of basal anurans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139:129–155. Abstract
Duellman WE, Trueb L.  2003.  Mesoamerican burrowing toads (Rhinophrynus). Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. 2nd Ed.. 6:95–97.

2002

Trueb L.  2002.  Amphibian Biology. Vol. 4. Palaeontology. The Evolutionary History of Amphibians. By Harold Heatwole and Robert L. Carroll (eds.). 2000. Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty. Limited, 43 Rickard Road, Chipping Norton, NSW 2170, Australia. ISBN 0-949324-87-6. 524 p. $. Copeia. 2002:708–713.
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