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Linda Trueb
Curator
Herpetology
Biodiversity Institute

Professor - EEB

Contact Information

Office Phone: 
785.864.3342
Email: 
trueb@ku.edu
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Building: 
Lippincott Annex
  • 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.

Research Projects

Active Projects

Evolution of marsupial frogs: Long-term study of systematics and reproductive biology
Active
Evolution, General Project, Hemiphractidae, Marsupial frogs, Reproduction, Species diversity
Evolution of marsupial frogs
William Duellman has been studying marsupial frogs of the genus Gastrotheca for four decades in collaboration with various researchers. He has found that molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal that in marsupial frogs, in which females carry eggs in...
Active
Peru
Evolution, General Project, Hemiphractidae, Marsupial frogs, Reproduction, Species diversity

Completed Projects

Anuran osteology
Much of my career has been spent examining the osteology and development of anurans, both fossil and Recent. I am interested in providing diagnostic characters for identification of taxa, and more importantly, understanding the evolutionary...
Completed
Amphibians, Bones, Development, Fossil, Frogs, General Project, Systematics

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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