Peer reviewed publications
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23. Melville J, Chapple DG, Keogh JS, Sumner J, Amey A, Bowles P, et al. (2021) A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLoS Biol 19(6): e3001210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pbio.3001210
22. Pepper, M & Keogh, J.S. (2021) Life in the “dead heart” of Australia: the geohistory of the Australian deserts and its impact on genetic diversity of arid zone lizards. Journal of Biogeography, 48(4), 716-746. PDF
21. Eastwood, J. A., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M. N., and Pepper, M. (2020) Revision of Lucasium stenodactylus (Boulenger, 1896; Squamata: Diplodactylidae), with the resurrection of L. woodwardi (Fry, 1914) and the description of a new species from south-central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 35:063-086. DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.35.2020.063-086 PDF
20. Kealley, L., Doughty. P., Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S., Hillyer, M., Huey, J. (2018) Conspicuously concealed: Revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variagata (Gekkonidae) species group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species. PeerJ 6:e5334 PDF
19. Doughty, P, Bauer, A.M., Pepper, M., and Keogh, J.S. (2018) Spots before the eyes: revision of the saxicoline geckos of the Gehyra punctata (Squamata: Gekkonidae) species complex in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum.33:1-50. PDF
18. Pepper, M., Sumner, J., Brennan, I., Hodges, K., Lemmon, A., Moriarty Lemmon, E., Peterson, G., Rabosky, D., Schwarzkopf, L., Scott, I., Shea, G., Keogh, S. (2018) Speciation in the mountains and dispersal by rivers: Molecular phylogeny of the Australian Eulamprus water skinks and the biogeography of Eastern Australia (2018). Journal of Biogeography. 45:2040-2052, DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13385 PDF
17. Samantha Vertucci, Pepper, M., Danielle L. Edwards, J. Dale Roberts, Nicola Mitchell & J. Scott Keogh (2017). Evolutionary and Natural History of the Turtle Frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a Bizarre Myobatrachid frog in the Southwestern Australian Biodiversity Hotspot. PLoS ONE. PDF
16. Pepper, M., Hamilton, D.G., Merkling, T., Svedin, N., Cser, B., Catullo, R., Pryke, S.R., & Keogh, J.S. (2017). Phylogeographic structure across one of the largest intact tropical savannas: Molecular and morphological analysis of Australia’s iconic frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106: 217-227. PDF
15. Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S., Chapple, D.G. (2016). Molecular biogeography of Australian and New Zealand reptiles and amphibians. In: Handbook of Australasian Biogeography. Malte C. Ebach, Editor. CRC Press. PDF
14. Moritz, C., Fujita, M.K., Rosauer, D., Agudo, R., Bourke, G., Doughty, P., Palmer, R., Pepper, M., Potter, S., Pratt, R., Scott, M., Tonione, M., & Donnellan, S. (2016). Multilocus phylogeography reveals nested endemism in a gecko across the monsoonal tropics of Australia. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.13511 PDF
13. Whiting, M.J., Branch, W.R., Pepper, M., & Keogh, J.S. (2015). A new species of spectacularly coloured flat lizard Platysaurus (Squamata: Cordylidae: Platysaurinae) from southern Africa. Zootaxa 3986:173-192. PDF
12. MacDonald, A.J., Knopp, T.I., Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S., & Sarre, S.D. (2015). The first complete mitochondrial genome of a Pygopodidae (Aprasia parapulchella Kluge). Australian Journal of Zoology 63:111-114 PDF
11. Oliver, P.M., Couper, P. & Pepper, M. (2014). Transitions between monsoonal and arid biomes revealed by systematic revision of a complex of Australian geckos (Diplodactylus; Diplodactylidae). PLOS ONE 9:e111895 PDF
10. Pepper, M. & Keogh, J.S. (2014). Biogeography of the Kimberley, Western Australia: a review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium. Journal of Biogeography. 41:1443-1455. doi:10.1111/jbi.12324 PDF
9. Pepper, M., Barquero, M.D., Whiting, M.J. & Keogh, J.S. (2014). A multi-locus molecular phylogeny for Australia's iconic Jacky Dragon (Agamidae: Amphibolurus muricatus): Phylogeographic structure along the Great Dividing Range of south-eastern Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71, 149-156. PDF
8. Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Fujita, M.K., Moritz, C. & Keogh, J.S. (2013). Speciation on the Rocks: Integrated Systematics of theHeteronotia spelea Species Complex (Gekkota; Reptilia) from Western and Central Australia. PLOS ONE. 8(11): e78110. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078110. PDF
7. Pepper, M., Doughty, P. & Keogh, J.S. (2013). Geodiversity & endemism in the iconic Australian Pilbara region: A review of landscape evolution and biotic response in an ancient refugium. Journal of Biogeography. PDF
6. Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Hutchinson, M.H., Keogh, J.S. (2011). Ancient drainages divide cryptic species in Australia’s arid zone: Morphological and multi-gene evidence for four new species of Beaked Geckos (Rhynchoedura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61, 810-822. PDF
5. Pepper, M., Ho, S.Y.W., Fujita, M.K., Keogh, J.S. (2011). The genetic legacy of aridification: Climate cycling fostered lizard diversification in Australian montane refugia and left low-lying deserts genetically depauperate. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61, 750-759. PDF
4. Pepper, M., Fujita, M.K., Moritz, C., Keogh, J.S. (2011). Palaeoclimate change drove diversification among isolated mountain refugia in the Australian arid zone. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05036.x. PDF
3. Doughty, P., Pepper, M., Keogh, J.S. (2010). Molecular and morphological assessment of the gecko Diplodactylus savagei in the Pilbara region, Western Australia, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa. 2393, 33-45. PDF
2. Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Arculus, R., Keogh, J.S. (2008). Landforms predict phylogenetic structure on one of the world's most ancient surfaces. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8:152 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-152. PDF
1. Pepper, M., Doughty, P., Keogh, J.S. (2006). Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the Australian Diplodactylus stenodactylus (Gekkota; Reptilia) species-group based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes reveals an ancient split between Pilbara and non-Pilbara D. stenodactylus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 41, 539-555. PDF
Flying over the spectacular geological formations of Purnululu in Western Australia (this was an epic chopper flight!)