Find a list of my scientific papers below. Some numbers from Google Scholar (12/2025):
Number of peer-reviewed papers: 46; first-authored papers: 18
Total citations: 1816; H-index: 24; i10-index: 37
Number of papers on topic: 37
2025
Prates I., Fouquet A., Rodrigues M. T. R., Kok P. J. R. (2025). The shared evolutionary history of South America's mountain biotas: Genetic evidence from amphibians and reptiles (peer-reviewed book chapter). In: Urbina-Cardona N., Navas C., Piantoni C., Catenazzi A. (Eds.). Andean Herpetofauna: Explorations of Diversity, Ecology, and Conservation. Springer, Cham. PDF
Singhal S., Prates I., Huang H., Grundler M. C., Lemmon A. R., Lemmon E. M., Title P. O., Donnellan S. C., Moritz C., Rabosky D. L. (2025). Adaptive radiation, ‘taxon murk’, and the reality of early burst speciation: an example from Australia’s scincid lizards. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society, 5437 (3): 336–362. PDF
2024
Title P. O., Singhal S., Grundler M. C., Costa G. C., Pyron R. A., Colston T. J., Grundler M. R., Prates I., Stepanova N., Jones M. E. H., Cavalcanti L. B. Q., Colli G. R., Di-Poi N., Donnellan S. C., Moritz C., Mesquita D. O., Pianka E. R., Smith S. A., Vitt L. J., Rabosky D. L. (2024). The macroevolutionary singularity of snakes. Science, 383: 918–923. PDF Supplement
Prates I., Hutchinson M. N., Singhal S., Moritz C., Rabosky D. L. (2024). Notes from the taxonomic disaster zone: Evolutionary drivers of intractable species boundaries in an Australian lizard clade (Scincidae: Ctenotus). Molecular Ecology, 33 (20): e17074. PDF Supplement
Schott R. K., Fujita M. K., Streicher J. W., Gower D. J., Thomas K. N., Loew E. R., Bamba-Kaya A. G., Bittencourt-Silva G. B., Becker C. G., Cisneros-Heredia D., Clulow S., Davila M., Thomas J. Firneno Jr., Haddad C. F. B., Janssenswillen S., Labisko J., Maddock S. T., Mahony M., Martins R. A., Michaels C. J., Mitchell N. J., Portik D. M., Prates I., Roelants K., Roelke C., Tobi E., Woolfolk M., Bell R. C. (2024). Diversity and evolution of frog visual opsins: spectral tuning and adaptation to distinct light environments. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41 (4): msae049. PDF
Fouquet A., Kok P. J. R., Recoder R. S., Prates I., Camacho A., Marques-Souza S., Ghellere J. M., McDiarmid R. W., Rodrigues M. T. (2024). Relicts in the mist: Two new frog families, genera and species highlight the role of Pantepui as a biodiversity museum throughout the Cenozoic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 191: 107971. PDF
2023
Prates I., Doughty P., Rabosky D. L. (2023). Subspecies at crossroads: The evolutionary significance of genomic and phenotypic variation in a wide-ranging Australian lizard (Ctenotus pantherinus). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 197 (3): 768–786. PDF
Rivera D., Prates I., Caldwell J., Rodrigues M. T., Fujita M. K. (2023). Testing assertions of widespread introgressive hybridization in a clade of neotropical toads with low mate selectivity (Rhinella granulosa species group). Heredity, 130: 14–21. PDF
2022
Prates I., Singhal S., Marchán-Rivadeneira M. R., Grundler M. R., Moritz C. C., Donnellan S., Rabosky D. L. (2022). Genetic and ecogeographic controls on species cohesion in Australia’s most diverse lizard radiation. The American Naturalist, 199 (2): E57–E75. PDF Supplement
Singhal S., Colli G. R., Grundler M. R., Costa G. C., Prates I., Rabosky D. L. (2022). No link between population isolation and speciation rate in squamate reptiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (4): e2113388119. PDF
Rivera D., Prates I., Firneno T., Rodrigues M. T., Caldwell J., Fujita M. K. (2022). Phylogenomics, introgression, and demographic history of South American true toads (Rhinella). Molecular Ecology, 31 (3): 978–992. PDF
Muell M. R., Chávez G., Prates I., Guillory W. X., Kahn T. R., Twomey E., Rodrigues M. T., Brown J. L. (2022). Phylogenomic analysis of evolutionary relationships in Ranitomeya poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae) using ultraconserved elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 168: 107389. PDF
Moraes L. J. C. L., Werneck F. P., Réjaud A., Rodrigues M. T., Prates I., Glaw F., Kok P. J. R., Ron S. R., Chaparro J. C., Osorno-Muñoz M. , Dal Vechio F., Recoder R. S., Marques-Souza S., Rojas R. R., Demay L., Hrbek T., A. Fouquet (2022). Diversification of tiny toads (Bufonidae: Amazophrynella) sheds light on ancient landscape dynamism in Amazonia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 136 (1): 75–91. PDF
2021
Prates I., D’Angiolella A., Rodrigues M. T., Melo-Sampaio P. R., de Queiroz K., Bell R. C. (2021). Evolutionary drivers of sexual signal variation in Amazon Slender Anoles. Evolution, 75 (6): 1361–1376. PDF
O’Connell K. A., Prates I., Scheinberg L. A., Mulder K. P., Bell R. C. (2021). Speciation and secondary contact in a fossorial island endemic, the São Tomé caecilian. Molecular Ecology, 30 (12): 2859–2871. PDF
Huie J. M., Prates I., Bell, R. C., de Queiroz, K. (2021). Convergent patterns of adaptive radiation between island and mainland anole lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134 (1): 85–110. PDF
Doyle D. E., Prates I., Sampaio I., Koiffmann C., Silva Jr W. A., Carnaval A. C., Harris E. E. (2021). Molecular phylogenetic inference of the howler monkey radiation (Primates: Alouatta). Primates, 62 (1): 177–188. PDF
Fouquet A., Leblanc K., Framit M., Réjaud A., Rodrigues M. T., Castroviejo-Fisher S., Peloso P. L. V., Prates I., Manzi S., Suescun U., Baroni S., Moraes L. J. C. L., Recoder R., Marques-Souza S., Dal-Vecchio F., Camacho A., Guellere J.M., Rojas-Runjaic F. J. M., Gagliardi-Urrutia G., Carvalho V. T., Gordo M., Kok P. J. R., Hrbek T., Werneck F. P., Crawford A. J., Ron S. R., Mueses-Cisneros J. J., Zamora R. R. R., Pavan D., Ivo-Simões P., Ernst R., Fabre A. C. (2021). Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae: Adelastes, Otophryne, Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (2): 233–256. PDF
2020
Prates I., Singhal S. (2020). Predicting speciation probability from replicated population histories. Molecular Ecology, 29: 2954–2956. PDF
Baker P. A., Fritz S. C., Dick C. W., Battisti D. S., Vargas O. M., Asner G. P., Martin R. E., Wheatley A., Prates I. (2020). Beyond Refugia: New insights on Quaternary climate variation and the evolution of biotic diversity in tropical South America (peer-reviewed book chapter). In: Rull V., Carnaval A. C. (Eds.). Neotropical Diversification: Patterns and Processes. Springer, Cham. PDF
Recoder R., Prates I., Marques-Souza S., Camacho A., Nunes P. M. S., Dal-Vechio F., Ghellere J. M., McDiarmid R. W., Rodrigues M. T. (2020). Lizards from the Lost World: Discovery of two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 190 (1): 271–297. PDF
Guillory W., French C., Twomey E., Chávez G., Prates I., von May R., de La Riva I., Lötters S., Reichle S., Serrano-Rojas S., Whitworth A., Brown J. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Amazonian poison frog genus Ameerega using ultraconserved genomic elements. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 142: 106638. PDF
Rivera D., Prates I., Rodrigues M. T., Carnaval A. C. (2020). Effects of climate and geography on spatial patterns of phylogenetic structure in tropical skinks. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 143: 106661. PDF
Dal-Vechio F., Prates I., Grazziotin F. G., Zaher H., Grabosky R., Rodrigues M. T. (2020). Rainforest shifts through time and riverine barriers shaped the diversification of South American terrestrial pit vipers (Bothrops jararacussu species group). Journal of Biogeography, 47 (2): 516–526. PDF
2019
Prates I., Paz A., Brown J. L., Carnaval A. (2019). Links between prey assemblages and poison frog toxins: a landscape ecology approach to assess how biotic interactions affect species phenotypes. Ecology and Evolution, 9 (24): 14317–14329. PDF
2018
Dal-Vechio F., Prates I., Grazziotin F. G., Zaher H., Rodrigues M. T. (2018). Phylogeography and historical demography of the arboreal pit viper Bothrops bilineatus (Serpentes, Crotalinae) reveal multiple connections between Amazonian and Atlantic rainforests. Journal of Biogeography, 45: 2415–2426. PDF
Prates I., Penna A., Rodrigues M. T., Carnaval A. C. (2018). Local adaptation in mainland anole lizards: Integrating population history and genome-environment associations. Ecology and Evolution, 8 (23): 11932–11944. PDF
Marques-Souza S., Prates I., Fouquet A., Camacho A., Kok P. J.R., Nunes P. M. S., Dal-Vechio F., Recoder R. R., Mejia N., Teixeira Jr. M., Barrio-Aimorós C., Cassimiro J., Lima J. D., Sena M. A., Rodrigues M. T. (2018). Reconquering the water: evolution and systematics of South and Central American Cercosaurini aquatic lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologica Scripta, 47 (3): 255–265. PDF
2017
Prates I., Melo-Sampaio P. R., Drummond L. O., Teixeira-Jr. M., Rodrigues M. T., Carnaval A. C. (2017). Biogeographic links between southern Atlantic Forest and western South America: rediscovery, redescription, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare montane anole lizards from Brazil. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 113: 49–58. PDF
2016
Prates I., Xue A. T., Brown J. L., Alvarado-Serrano D. F., Rodrigues M. T., Hickerson M. J., Carnaval A. C. (2016). Inferring responses to climate dynamics from historical demography in neotropical forest lizards. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (29): 7978–7985. PDF
Prates I., Rivera D., Rodrigues M. T., Carnaval, A. C. (2016). A mid‐Pleistocene rainforest corridor enabled synchronous invasions of the Atlantic Forest by Amazonian anole lizards. Molecular Ecology, 25: 5174–5186. PDF
Teixeira-Jr. M., Prates I., Nisa C., Silva-Martins N. S. C., Strüssmann C., Rodrigues M. T. (2016). Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 94: 410–423. PDF
2015
Prates I., Rodrigues M. T., Melo-Sampaio P. R., Carnaval A. C. (2015). Phylogenetic relationships of Amazonian anole lizards (Dactyloa): taxonomic implications, new insights about phenotypic evolution and the timing of diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 82: 258–268. PDF
2014
Carnaval A. C., Waltari E., Rodrigues M. T., Rosauer D., Van Der Wal J., Damasceno R., Prates I., Strangas M., Spanos Z., Rivera D., Pie M. R., Firkowski C. R., Bornschein M. R., Ribeiro L. F., Moritz C. (2014). Prediction of phylogeographic endemism in an environmentally complex biome. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 281: 20141461. PDF
2009-2013
(undergraduate and master's research)
Prates I., Angilleta Jr M. J., Wilson R. S., Niehaus A. C., Navas C. A. (2013). Dehydration hardly slows hopping toads (Rhinella granulosa) from xeric and mesic environments. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86 (4): 451–457. PDF
Prates I., Antoniazzi M. M., Sciani J. M., Pimenta D. C., Toledo L. F., Haddad C. F. B., Jared C. (2012). Skin glands, poison, and mimicry in dendrobatid and leptodactylid amphibians. Journal of Morphology, 273 (3): 279–290. PDF
Prates I., Navas C. A. (2009). Cutaneous resistance to evaporative water loss in Brazilian Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from contrasting environments. Copeia, 2009 (3): 618–622. PDF
Number of papers on topic: 09
Gaun N., Pietroni C., Martin-Bideguren G., Lauritsen J. G., Aizpurua O., Fernandes J., Ferreira E., Aubret F., Sarraude T., Perry C., Wauters L., Romeo C., Spada M., Tranquillo C., Sutton A. O., Griesser M., Warrington M. H., Pérez i de Lanuza G., Avalos J., Aguilar P., de la Cruz F., Juste J., Alonso-Alonso P., Groombridge J., Louch R., Ruhomaun K., Henshaw S., Cabido C., Garin Barrio I., Šunje E., Hosner P., Prates I., While G. M., García-Roa R., Uller T., Feiner N., Bonaccorso E., Klein-Ipsen P., Rotovnik R., Alberdi A., Eisenhofer R. (2025). The Earth Hologenome Initiative: Data Release 1. GigaScience, 14: giaf102. PDF
Farquhar J. E., Prates I., Doughty P., Rabosky D. L., Chappel D. G. (2024). Morphological and genetic data challenge species and subspecies in the Lerista microtis group (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa, 5437 (3): 336–362. PDF
Fouquet A., Ferrão M., Rodrigues M. T., Werneck F. P., Prates I., Moraes, L. J. C. L., Hrbek T., Chaparro J. C., Lima A. P., Perez R., Pansonato A., Carvalho V. T., Almeida A. P., Gordo M., Farias I. P., Milto K. D., Roberto I. J., Rojas R. R., Ron S., Guerra V., Recoder R., Camacho A., Mamani L., Rainha R. N., Avila R. W. (2024). Integrative species delimitation and biogeography of the Rhinella margaritifera species group (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae) suggest an intense diversification throughout Amazonia during the last 10 Million years. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22 (1). PDF
Prates I., Hutchinson M. N., Huey J. A., Hillyer M. J., Rabosky D. L. (2022). A new lizard species (Scincidae: Ctenotus) highlights persistent knowledge gaps on the biodiversity of Australia’s central deserts. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 1 (2): 8720. PDF Supplement
Melo-Sampaio P., Prates I., Peloso P. L. V., Recoder R., Dal Vechio F., Marques-Souza S., Rodrigues M. T. (2020). A new nurse frog from southwestern Amazonian highlands, with notes on the phylogenetic affinities of Allobates alessandroi (Aromobatidae). Journal of Natural History, 54: 43–62. PDF
Prates I., Melo-Sampaio P. R., de Queiroz K., Carnaval A. C., Rodrigues M. T., Drummond L. O. (2020). Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics. Amphibia-Reptilia, 41 (1): 87–103. PDF
Dal-Vechio, F., Prates, I., Grazziotin, F. G., Graboski, R., Rodrigues, M. T. (2020). Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops). Journal of Natural History, 54 (37–38), 2415–2437. PDF
Melo-Sampaio P. R., Oliveira R. M., Prates I. (2018). A new nurse frog from Brazil (Aromobatidae: Allobates), with data on the distribution and phenotypic variation of western Amazonian species. South American Journal of Herpetology, 13 (2): 131–149. PDF
Prates I., Hernandez L., Samelo R. R., Carnaval, A. C. (2016). Molecular identification and geographic origin of an exotic anole lizard introduced to Brazil, with remarks on its natural history. South American Journal of Herpetology, 11 (3): 220–227. PDF
Bell, R., Prates, I. (2021). Scientist Spotlight: Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109(3), 910–911.
Prates I. (2019). Using mainland anole genomes to understand habitat shifts through time. In: Stroud J. T., Geneva A. J., Losos J. B. (Eds.). Anolis Newsletter VII, pp. 220–223. Washington University, St. Louis.
Oliveira J. C. F., Castro T. M., Vrcibradic D., Drago M. C., Prates I. (2018). A second Caribbean anole lizard species introduced to Brazil. Herpetology Notes, 11: 761–764.
Prates I. (2008). Adaptação fisiológica de anfíbios em ambientes com baixa disponibilidade hídrica (Physiological adaptations of amphibians to environments with low water availability). Textbook of the V Winter Course: Topics in Comparative Physiology, pp. 310–316. USP, São Paulo.
Prates I. (2007). A vida no limite: Adaptações bioquímicas a extremos de temperatura (Life on the edge: Biochemical adaptation to temperature extremes). Textbook of the IV Winter Course: Topics in Comparative Physiology, pp. 49–53. USP, São Paulo.
Prates I., Moreira L. S. D. (2007). Invertebrados (Invertebrates). In: Trajano, E. (Ed.). Sistema Areias: 100 Anos de Estudos (Areias Cave System: 100 Years of Study), pp. 72–84. Redespeleo Brasil, São Paulo.
Moreira L. S. D., Prates I., Trajano, E. (2007). Biologia (Biology). In: Trajano, E. (Ed.). Sistema Areias: 100 Anos de Estudos (Areias Cave System: 100 Years of Study), pp. 45–54. Redespeleo Brasil, São Paulo.