Dale DeNardo

Primary literature:

140. Reavis, J. L., Witherington, B. E., Pratt, S., Bresette, M. J., Demir, H. S., Blain, J., Ozev, S., DeNardo, D. F., and Senko, J. F. 2026. Sea turtle interactions with gillnets at night suggest limited visual detection. Animal Behaviour, In press

139. Benson, D. M. and DeNardo, D. F. 2026. Species habitat specificity impacts the thermosensitivity of evaporative water loss in sympatric rattlesnakes. Integrative Zoology, In press.  

138. Henry, C. A., Benson, D. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2026. Thirst responders: effects of hydration state on body temperature and immune responses to an antigen challenge. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 0: e70128, doi.org/10.1002/jez.70128.

137. Benson, D. M. and DeNardo, D. F. 2026. Divergence distance impacts the physiology mechanisms contributing to the maintenance of water balance in congeneric arid-adapted snakes. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, In press.doi.org/10.1086/743486.

136. Benson, D. M. and DeNardo, D. F. 2026. Evidence of adaptation of oxidative stress dynamics among desert rattlesnake populations. Journal of Comparative Physiology B - Biochemical, Systems, and Environmental Physiology. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-026-01686-9.

135. Emanuel, D. R., Benson, D. M., DeNardo, D. F., Nichols, Z., French, S. S. 2026. Humoral immune responses differ according to antigen in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni). Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science 4: 1761655. doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2026.1761655.

134. Erin L. Lewis, E. L., Webb, A. C., Aubry, L. M., Hudson, S. B., DeNardo, D. F., Iverson, J. B., Kapheim, K. M., Knapp, C. R., and French, S. S. 2026. Multi-year assessment of the effects of tourism on physiological parameters of the Northern Bahamian Rock Iguana (Cyclura cychlura). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 2026: 1-21. doi.org/10.1002/jez.70066.

133. Benson, D. M., Miller, C. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2025. Precipitation patterns drive seasonal and spatial variation in behavior and physiology within an arid-adapted snake genus, Crotalus. Journal of Experimental Biology 228: jeb251051. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.251051.

132. Edelkind, J. L., Stalker, J. B., Beck, D. D., DeNardo, D. F., Emblidge, P. G., Gallardo, L., Gentry, C. M., Goode, M. J., Jennings, R. D., Jones, J. L., Kwiatkowski, M. A., Nowak, E. M., Repp, R. A., Schuett, G. W., Sullivan, B. K., Tracy, C. R., and Gienger, C. M. 2025. Environmental influences on space use of Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum). Herpetologica 81: 236-248. doi.org/10.1655/Herpetologica-D-24-00053.

131. Reavis, J., Witherington, B. E., Bresette, M. J., Ragan, K., Wang, J. H., Pratt, S. C., Demir, H. S., Blain Christen, J., Ozev, S., DeNardo, D. F., and Senko, J. F., 2025. Novel behavioral responses of sea turtles to gillnet fishing gear. Biological Conservation 306: 111161. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111161.

130. Baty, S. M., Araya-Donoso, R., Paulsen, A., Williams, A., DeNardo, D. F., Kusumi, K., and Dolby, G. A. 2025. Strong signatures of selection on candidate genes underlying core speciation mechanisms in desert tortoises. Molecular Ecology Resources, 2025 Mar 25: e14098. doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14098.

129: Mellor, N. J., Webster, T. H., Byrne, H., Williams, A. S., Edwards, T., DeNardo, D. F., Wilson, M. A., Kusumi, K., and Dolby, G. A., 2025. Divergence in regulatory regions and gene duplications may underlie chronobiological adaptation in desert tortoises. Molecular Ecology 34: e17600. doi.org/10.1111/mec.17600.

128. Ki, K. C., Lewis, E. L., Wu, E., Oliaro, F., J., Aubry, L. M., Knapp, C. R., Kapheim, K. M., DeNardo, D., and French, S. S. 2024. High sugar diet alters immune function and the gut microbiome in juvenile green iguanas (Iguana iguana). Journal of Experimental Biology 227: jeb246981. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246981.

127. Benson, D. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2024. Effects of thermophily-relevant temperature variation and sex on digestive performance in pythons. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 293: 111636. doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111636.

126. Azzolini, J. L., Pratt, S. C., and DeNardo, D. F. 2024. Hydration state does not affect selected body temperature during gravidity or gravidity duration in pythons (Antaresia childreni). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 293: 111624. doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.111624.

125. Webster, T. H., Vannan, A., Pinto, B. J., Denbrock, G., Morales, M., Dolby, G. A., Fiddes, I. T., DeNardo, D. F., and Wilson, M. A. 2024. Lack of dosage balance and incomplete dosage compensation in the ZZ/ZW Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) revealed by de novo genome assembly. Genome Biology and Evolution evae018. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae018.

124. Moeller, K. T., Brashears, J. A., Davies, S., Demare, G., Smith, G. D., Brusch, G. A., Simpson, R. K., and DeNardo, D. F. 2023. Corticosterone and immune responses to dehydration in squamate reptiles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226: jeb.246257. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246257.

123. Azzolini, J. L., Roderick, T. B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2023. Dehydrated snakes reduce postprandial thermophily. Journal of Experimental Biology 226: jeb245925. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.163725.

122. Koebele, S. V., Bernaud, V. E., Northup-Smith, S. N., Willeman, M. N., Strouse, I. M., Bulen, H. L., Schrier, A. R., Newbern, J. M., DeNardo, D. F., Mayer, L. P., Dyer, S. A., and Bimonte-Nelson, H. A. 2023. Gynecological surgery in adulthood imparts cognitive and brain changes in rats: A focus on hysterectomy at short-, moderate-, and long-term intervals after surgery. Hormones and Behavior 155: 105411. doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105411.

121. Padilla Perez, D. J., DeNardo, D. F., and Angilletta Jr. M. J. 2022. The correlated evolution of foraging mode and reproductive effort in lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220180. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0180.

120. French, S. S., Hudson, S. B., Webb, A. C. Knapp, C. R., Virgin, E. E., Smith, G. D., Lewis, E. L., Iverson, J. B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2022. Glucose tolerance of iguanas is affected by high sugar diets in the lab and supplemental feeding by ecotourists in the wild. Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb243932. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243932.

119. French, S. S., Webb, A. C., Wilcoxen, T., Iverson, J. B., DeNardo, D. F., Lewis, E. L., and Knapp, C. R. 2022. Complex tourism and season interactions contribute to disparate physiologies in an endangered rock iguana. Conservation Physiology 10. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coac001.

118. Schmidlin, K., Kraberger, S., Cook, C., DeNardo, D. F., Fontenele, R. S., Van Doorslaer, K., Martin, D. P., Buck, C. B., and Varsani, A. 2021. A novel lineage of polyomaviruses identified in bark scorpions. Virology 563: 58-63. doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2021.08.008.

117. Collins. C., DeNardo, D. F., Blake, M., Norton, J., Schmidlin, K., Fontenele, R. S., Wilson, M. A., Kraberger, S., and Varsani, A. 2021. Genome sequences of microviruses identified in Gila monster feces. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10: e00163-21. doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00163-21.

116. Natusch, D. J. D., Aust, P. W., Khadiejah, S., Ithnin, H., Isa, A., Zamzuri, C. K., Ganswindt. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2020. Behavioral and corticosterone responses to carbon dioxide exposure in reptiles. PLoS ONE 15: e0240176. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240176.

115. Al-Sayegh, M. T., Abd El-Wahab, R. H., Wright, C. D., DeNardo, D. F. 2020. Impact of anthropogenic disturbance and vegetation composition on ecophysiology and activity of Uromastyx aegyptia (Forskål, 1775). Journal of Arid Environments 181: 104232. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104232.

114. Brusch, G. A., Mills, A. M., Walman, R. M., Masuda, G., Byeon, A., DeNardo, D. F., and Stahlschmidt, Z. R. 2020. Dehydration enhances cellular and humoral immunity in a mesic snake community. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 333: 306-315. doi.org/10.1002/jez.2358.

113. Dolby, G. A., Morales, M., Webster, T. H., DeNardo, D. F., Wilson, M. A., and Kusumi. K. 2020. Discovery of a new TLR gene and gene expansion event through improved desert tortoise genome assembly with chromosome-scale scaffolds. Genome Biology and Evolution 12: 3917-3925. doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa016.

112. Brashears, J. A., Fokidis, H. B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2020. Fear-based aggression and its relationship to corticosterone responsiveness in three species of python. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 289: 113374. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113374.

111. Brusch, G. A., Lourdais, O., and DeNardo, D. F. 2020. Reproductive state and water deprivation increase plasma corticosterone in a capital breeder. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 288: 113375. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113375.

110. Brusch, G. A., Christian, K., Brown, G. P., Shine, R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Liasis fuscus (water python) reproduction/mating ball. Herpetological Review 50: 594.

109. Murphy, M. S., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Rattlesnakes must drink: meal consumption does not improve hydration state. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 92: 381-385. doi.org/10.1086/704081

108. Brusch, G.A., Christian, K., Brown, G. P., Shine, R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Dehydration enhances innate immunity in a semi-aquatic snake from the wet-dry tropics. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 331: 245-252.

107. Brusch, G. A., Heulin, B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Dehydration during egg production alters egg composition and yolk immune function. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 227: 68-74.

106. Webb, A. C., Iverson, J. B., Knapp, C. R., DeNardo, D. F., French, S. S. 2019. Energetic investment associated with vitellogenesis induces an oxidative cost of reproduction. Journal of Animal Ecology 88: 461-472.

105. Brusch, G. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Egg desiccation leads to dehydration and enhanced innate immunity in python embryos. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 90: 147-151.

104. Koebele, S. V., Palmer, J. M., Hadder, B., Melikian, R., Fox, C., Strouse, I. M., DeNardo, D. F., George, C., Daunis, E., Nimer, A., Mayer, L. P., Dyer, C. A., and Bimonte-Nelson, H. A. 2019. Hysterectomy uniquely impacts spatial memory in a rat model: A role for the non-pregnant uterus in cognitive processes. Endocrinology 160: 1-19.

103. Brusch, G. A., Christian, K., Brown, G. P., Shine, R, and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Cane toads (Rhinella marina) rely on water access, not drought tolerance, to invade xeric Australian environments. Oecologia 189: 307-316.

102. Moeller, K., and DeNardo, D. 2019. The Gila monster egg puzzle. Frontiers for Young Minds 7: 17. doi: 10.3389/frym.2019.00017

101. Somayaji, V., DeNardo, D., Wilson Sayres, M., Blake, M., Waits, K., Fontenele, R., Kraberger, S., and Varsani, A. 2018. Genome sequence of a single-stranded DNA virus identified in Gila monster feces. Microbiology Resource Announcements 7: e00925-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00925-18.

100. Hutton, P., Wright, C., DeNardo, D. F., and McGraw, K. 2018. No effect of human presence at night on disease, body mass, or metabolism in rural and urban house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus). Integrative and Comparative Biology 58: 977-985. 

99.   Brusch, G. A., Lourdais, O., Kaminsky, B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2018. Muscles provide an internal water reserve for reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20180752. [featured in NSF’s Science 360 Video Library - https://science360.gov/obj/video/967a65c7-ba43-4b21-aa50-276c13d0458c/study-finds-animals-use-muscle-internal-water-source]

98.   DeNardo, D. F., Moeller, K. T., Seward, M., and Repp, R. 2018. Evidence for atypical nest overwintering by hatchling lizards, Heloderma suspectum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20180632.

97.   Tollis, M., Hutchins, E. D., Stapley, J., Rupp, S. M., Eckalbar, W. L., Maayan, I., Lasku, E., Infante, C. R., Dennis, S. R., Robertson, J. A., May, C. M., Crusoe, M. R., Bermingham, E., DeNardo, D. F., Hsieh, S. T., Kulathinal, R. J., McMillan, W. O., Menke, D. B., Pratt, S. C., Rawls, J. A., Sanjur, O., Wilson-Rawls, J., Wilson Sayres, M. A., Fisher, R. E., and Kusumi, K. 2018. Comparative genomics reveals accelerated evolution in conserved pathways during the diversification of anole lizards. Genome Biology and Evolution 10: 489-506.

96.   Dupoué, A., Le Galliard, J.-F., Josserand, R., DeNardo, D., Decencière, B., Agostini, S., Haussy, C., and Meylan, S. 2018. Water restriction causes an intergenerational trade-off and delayed mother-offspring conflict in a viviparous lizard. Functional Ecology 32: 676-686.

95.   Dupoué, A., Rutschmann, A., Le Galliard, J. F., Miles, D. B., Clobert, J., DeNardo, D. F., Brusch, G. A., and Meylan. S. 2017. Water availability and environmental temperature correlate with geographic variation in water balance in common lizards. Oecologia 185: 561-571.

94. Lourdais, O., Dupoué, A., Guillon, M., Guiller, G., Michaud, B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2017. Hydric "costs" of reproduction: pregnancy increases evaporative water loss in the snake Vipera aspis, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, in press.

93. Brusch, G. A., Billy, G., Blattman, J. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2017. Reproduction alters hydration state but does not impact the positive effects of dehydration on innate immune function in Children's pythons (Antaresia childreni), Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, in press.

92. Smith, G., Neuman-Lee, L. A., Webb, A. C., Angilletta, M. J., DeNardo, D. F., and French, S. S. 2017. Metabolic responses to different immune challenges and varying resource availability in the side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana). Journal of Comparative Physiology B, in press.

91. Brashears, J. A., Hoffman, T. C. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2017. Modeling the costs and benefits associated with the evolution of endothermy using a robotic python. Journal of Experimental Biology 220 2409-2417.

90. Tollis, M., DeNardo, D. F., Cornelius, J. A., Dolby, G. A., Edwards, T., T. Henen, B. T., Karl, A. E., Murphy, R. W., and Kusumi. K. 2017. The Agassiz’s desert tortoise genome provides a resource for the conservation of a threatened species. PLOS ONE 12: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177708.

89. Brusch, G. A. and DeNardo, D. F. 2017. When less means more: dehydration improves innate immunity in rattlesnakes. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 2287-2295.

88. Moeller, K. T., Demare, G., Davies, S., and DeNardo. D. F. 2017. Dehydration enhances multiple physiological defense mechanisms in a desert lizard, Heloderma suspectum. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 2166-2174.

87. French, S. S., Neuman-Lee, L. A., Terletzky, P., Kiriazis, N. M., Taylor, E., and DeNardo, D. F. 2017. Too much of a good thing? Human disturbance linked to ecotourism has a “dose-dependent” impact on innate immunity and oxidative stress in marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus. Biological Conservation 210A: 37-47.

86. Dupoue, A., Angelier, F., Brischoux, F., DeNardo, D. F., Trouve, C., Parenteau, C., and Lourdais, O. 2016. Water deprivation increases maternal corticosterone levels and enhances offspring growth in the snake Vipera aspis. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 658-667.

85. Lourdais, O., Lorioux, S., Dupoue, A., Wright, C., and DeNardo, D. F. 2015. Embryonic water uptake during pregnancy is stage- and fecundity-dependent in the snake Vipera aspis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A – Molecular and Integrative Physiology 189: 102-106. 

84. Brashears, J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2015. Facultative thermogenesis during brooding is not the norm among pythons. Journal of Comparative Physiology A – Neuroethology, sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 201: 817-825.

83. Zylstra, E. R., Seward, M. T., Schuett, G. W., Repp, R. A., DeNardo, D. F., and Beck, D. D. 2015.  Heloderma suspectum (Gila Monster). Probable courtship and mating behavior. Herpetological Review 46: 258-259.

82. Ackley, J. W., Angilletta, M. J., DeNardo, D., Sullivan, B., Wu, J. 2015. Urban heat island mitigation strategies and lizard thermal ecology: Landscaping can quadruple potential activity time in an arid city. Urban Ecosystems, in press.

81. Moeller, K. T., Elms, R., Sampson, S., Jackson, M., Seward, M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2015. Does feeding frequency, independent of total energy consumption, affect lizard digestive efficiency or growth? Journal of Zoology 296: 225-230.

80. Dupoue, A., Brischoux, F., Angelier, F., DeNardo, D. F., Wright, C. D., Lourdais, O. 2014. Intergenerational trade-off for water may induce a mother-offspring conflict in favour of embryos in a viviparous snake. Functional Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12349

79. Hutchins, E. D., Markov, G. J., Eckalbar, W. L., George, R. M., King, J. M., Tokuyama, M. A., Geiger, L. A., Emmert, N., Ammar, M. J., Allen, A. N., Siniard, A. L., Corneveaux, J. J., Fisher, R. E., Wade, J., DeNardo, D. F., Rawls, J. A., Huentelman, M. J., Wilson-Rawls, J., and Kusumi. K. 2014. Transcriptomic Analysis of tail regeneration in the lizard Anolis carolinensis reveals activation of conserved vertebrate developmental and repair mechanisms, PLOS ONE 9: e105004.

78. Foucart, T., Lourdais, O., DeNardo. D., and Heulin, B. 2014. Influence of reproductive mode on metabolic costs of reproduction: insight from a bimodal lizard Zootoca vivipara. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 4049-4056.

77. Santander, J., Kilbourne, J., Park, J.-Y., Martin, T., Loh, A., Diaz, I., Rojas, R., Segovia, C., DeNardo, D., and Curtiss, R. III. 2014. Inflammatory effects of Edwardsiella ictaluri lypopolysaccharide modifications in catfish gut, Infection and Immunity 82: 3394-3404.

76. McCartney, K. L., Ligon, R. A., Butler, M. W., DeNardo, D. F., and McGraw, K. J. 2014. The effect of carotenoid supplementation on immune system development in juvenile male veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus). Frontiers in Zoology 11: 26http://www.frontiersinzoology.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/content/11/1/26.

75. Guillon, M., Guiller, G., DeNardo, D. F., and Lourdais, O. 2014. Microclimate preferences correlate with contrasted evaporative water loss in parapatric vipers at their contact zone. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 81-86.

74. Myers, E. A., Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., DeNardo, D. F., Staub, R. E., Stropoli, A., Ruane1, S., and Burbrink, F. T. 2013. Multilocus phylogeographic assessment of the California Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata) suggests alternative patterns of diversification for the California Floristic Province. Molecular Ecology 22: 5418-5429.

73. Lourdais, O., Guillon, M., DeNardo, D. F., and Blouin-Demers, G. 2013. Cold climate specialization: adaptive covariation between metabolic rate and thermoregulation in pregnant vipers, Physiology and Behavior 119: 149-155.

72. Moeller K. T., Butler, M. W. and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. The effect of hydration state and energy balance on innate immunity of a desert reptile. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 23, www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/23.

71. Lorioux, S., Vaugoyeau, M., DeNardo, D. F., Clobert, J., Guillon, M., and Lourdais, O. 2013. Stage-dependence of phenotypical and phenological maternal effects: insight into squamate reptile reproductive strategies. American Naturalist 182: 223-233.

70. Butler, M. W., Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Ardia, D. R., Davies, S., Davis, J. R., Guillette, L. J., Johnson, N., McCormick, S. D., McGraw, K. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. Thermal sensitivity of immune function: evidence against a generalist-specialist tradeoff among endothermic and ectothermic vertebrates. American Naturalist 181: 761-774

69. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Lourdais, O., Lorioux, S., Butler, M. W., Davis, J. R., Salin, K., Voituron, Y., and DeNardo, D. F.  2013. Morphological and physiological changes during reproduction and their relationships to reproductive performance in a capital breeder. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 398-409.

68. Wright, C. W., Jackson, M. L., and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. Meal consumption is ineffective at maintaining or correcting water balance in a desert lizard, Heloderma suspectum. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 1439-1447. [featured as April 2013 Editors’ Choice]

67. Lourdais, O., Lorioux, S., and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. Structural and performance costs of reproduction in a pure capital breeder, the Children's python, Antaresia children. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 86: 176-183.

66. Brashears, J. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. Revisiting python thermogenesis: brooding Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) cue on body, not clutch, temperature. Journal of Herpetology 47: 440-444.

65. Alibardi, L., and DeNardo, D. F. 2013. Ultrastructural and immunocytochemical features of the epidermis of the lizard Heloderma suspectum indicate richness in lipids and lack of a specialized shedding complex. Acta Zoologica 94: 35-43.

64. Brashears, J. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2012. Do brooding pythons recognize their clutches? Investigating external cues for offspring recognition in the Children’s python, Antaresia childreni. Ethology 118: 793-798.

63. Fisher, R. E. Geiger, L., Stroik, L. K.., Hutchins, E. D., George, R., DeNardo, D. F., Kusumi, K. J., Rawls, J. A., and Wilson-Rawls, J. 2012. A histological comparison of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. The Anatomical Record 295: 1609-1619.

62. Ritzman, T. B., Stroik, L. K., Julik, E., Hutchins, E. D., Lasku, E., DeNardo, D. F., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, J. A., Kusumi, K., Fisher, R. E. 2012. The gross anatomy of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis). The Anatomical Record 295: 1596-1608.

61. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Shine, R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2012. The consequences of alternative parental care tactics in free-ranging pythons in tropical Australia. Functional Ecology 26: 812-821.

60. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Shine, R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2012. Temporal and spatial complexity of maternal thermoregulation in tropical pythons. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 219-230.

59. Lorioux, S., DeNardo, D. F., Gorelick, R., and Lourdais, O. 2012. Maternal influences on early development: preferred temperature prior to oviposition hastens embryogenesis and enhances offspring traits in the Children’s python (Antaresia childreni). Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 1346-1353.

58. Eckalbar, W. L., Lasku, E., Infante, C. R., Elsey, R. M., Markov, G. J., Allen, A. N., Corneveaux, J. J., Losos, J. B., DeNardo, D. F., Huentelman, M. J., Wilson-Rawls, J., Rawls, A., Kusumi, K. 2012. Somitogenesis in the anole lizard and alligator reveals evolutionary convergence and divergence in the amniote segmentation clock. Developmental Biology 363: 308-319.

57. Cooper-Bailey, K., Smith, S. A., Zimmerman, K., Lane, R., Raskin, R. E., and DeNardo, D. F. 2011. Hematology, blood chemistry and plasma electrophoresis of wild-caught and captive-bred Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum). Veterinary Clinical Pathology 40: 316-323.

56. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Brashears, J. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2011. The use of ultrasound to assess reproductive investment and output in pythons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103: 772-778.

55. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., DeNardo, D. F., Holland, J. N., Kotler, B. P., and Kruse-Peebles, M. 2011. Tolerance mechanisms in North American deserts: Biological and societal approaches to climate change. Journal of Arid Environments 75: 681-687.

54. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Brashears, J. A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2011. The role of temperature and humidity in python nest-site selection. Animal Behaviour 81: 1077-1081.

53. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Davis, J. R., and DeNardo, D. F.  2011. Sexual variation in assimilation efficiency: its link to phenotype and potential role in sexual dimorphism. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181: 383-389.

52. Yokoyama, S., Altun, A., and DeNardo, D. F. 2011. Molecular convergence of infrared vision in snakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 45-48.

51. French, S. S., DeNardo, D. F., Greives, T. J., Strand, C. R., and Demas, G. E. 2010. Human disturbance alters endocrine and immune responses in the Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). Hormones and Behavior 58: 792-799.

50. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Heulin, B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2010. The role of python eggshell permeability dynamics in a respiration-hydration tradeoff. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83: 576-586.

49. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2010. Parental behavior in pythons is responsive to both the hydric and thermal dynamics of the nest. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 1691-1696. [featured in “Inside JEB”, on the BBC web site’s “The Big Picture”, and on CNBC radio show “Quirks and Quarks”]

48. Davis, J. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2010. Seasonal patterns of body condition, hydration state, and activity of Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum) at a Sonoran Desert site. Journal of Herpetology 44: 83-93.

47. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2009. Effect of nest temperature on egg-brooding dynamics in Children's pythons. Physiology and Behavior 98: 302-306.

46. Davis, J. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2009. Water supplementation affects the behavioral and physiological ecology of Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum) in the Sonoran Desert. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 82: 739-748.

45. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2009. Obligate costs of parental care to offspring: Egg-brooding induced hypoxia creates smaller, slower, and weaker python offspring. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 414-421.

44. Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2008. Proximate determinants of sexual size dimorphism in the western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), In The Biology of Rattlesnakes (W. K. Hayes, K. R. Beaman, M. D. Cardwell, & S. P. Bush, eds.). Loma Linda University Press, Loma Linda, California, Pp. 91-100.

43. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., Hoffman, T. C. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2008. Postural shifts during egg-brooding and their impact on egg water balance in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni). Ethology. 114: 1113–1121.

42. Davis, J. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2008. Water storage compromises endurance in an active forager: evidence of a trade-off between osmoregulation and locomotor performance. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 194: 713–718.

41. Davis, J. R., Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2008. An automated temperature-based option for estimating surface activity and refuge use patterns in free-ranging animals. Journal of Arid Environments. 72: 1414-1422.

40. Stahlschmidt, Z. R., and DeNardo D. F. 2008. Alternating egg brooding behaviors create and modulate a hypoxic developmental micro-environment in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni). Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 1535-1540.

39. Lourdais, O., Heulin, B., and DeNardo, D. F. 2008. Thermoregulation during gravidity in the Children’s python (Antaresia childreni): a test of the pre-adaptation hypothesis for maternal thermophily in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 93: 499-508.

38. French, S. S., DeNardo, D. F., and Moore, M. C. 2007. Trade-offs between the reproductive and immune systems: facultative responses to resources or obligate responses to sex steroid hormones? American Naturalist. 170: 79-89.

37. Christel, C. M., Secor, S. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2007. Metabolic and digestive response to food ingestion in a binge-feeding lizard, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 3430-3439.

36. Lourdais, O., Hoffman, T. and DeNardo, D. F. 2007. Maternal brooding in the Children's python (Antaresia childreni) promotes egg water balance. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 177: 569-577.

35. Davis, J. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2007. The urinary bladder as a physiological reservoir that moderates dehydration in a large desert lizard, the Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 1472-1480.

34. Hoffman, T. C. M., Walsberg, G. E., and DeNardo, D. F. 2007. Cloacal evaporation: an important and previously undescribed mechanism for avian thermoregulation. Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 741-749.

33. Christel, C. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2007. Absence of exendin-4 effects on postprandial glucose and lipids in the Gila monster, Heloderma suspectum. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 177: 129-134. (

32. Schuett, G. W., Repp, R. A., Taylor, E. N., DeNardo, D. F., Earley, R. L., Van Kirk, E. A., and Murdoch, W.J. 2006. Winter profile of plasma sex steroid levels in free-living male western diamond-backed rattlesnakes, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 149: 72-80.

31. Christel, C. M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2006. Release of exendin-4 is controlled by mechanical action in Gila monsters, Heloderma suspectum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 143: 85-88.

30. Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2005. Sexual size dimorphism and growth plasticity in snakes: an experiment on the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). Journal of Experimental Zoology 303A: 598-607.

29. Taylor, E. N., Malawy, M. A., Browning, D. M., Lemar, S. V., and DeNardo, D. F. 2005. Effects of food supplementation on the physiological ecology of female western diamond-backed rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox). Oecologia 144: 206-213.

28. Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2005. Reproductive ecology of Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) in the Sonoran Desert. Copeia 2005: 152-158.

27. DeNardo, D. F., Zubal T. E., and Hoffman, T. C. M. 2004. Cloacal evaporative cooling: a previously undescribed means of increasing evaporative water loss at higher temperatures in a desert ectotherm, the Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 945-953.

26. Lourdais, O., Brischoux, F., DeNardo, D., and Shine, R. 2004. Protein catabolism in pregnant snakes (Epicrates cenchria maurus Boidae) compromises musculature and performance after reproduction. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174: 383-391.

25. Taylor, E. N., DeNardo, D. F., and Jennings, D. 2004. Seasonal steroid hormone levels and their relation to reproduction in the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae). General and Comparative Endocrinology 136: 328-337.

24. Taylor, E. N., DeNardo, D. F., and Malawy, M. A. 2004. A comparison between point- and semi-continuous sampling for assessing body temperature in a free-ranging ectotherm.  Journal of Thermal Biology, 29: 91-96.

23. Lourdais, O., Bonnet, X., DeNardo, D., and Naulleau, G. 2002. Do sex divergences in reproductive ecophysiology population translate into dimorphic demographic patterns. Population Ecology 44: 241-249.

22. DeNardo, D. F., Luna, J. V., and Hwang, M. 2002. Ambient temperature and activity of horned adders, Bitis caudalis: how cold is too cold? Journal of Herpetology 36: 688-691.

21. Lourdais, O., Bonnet, X., Shine, R., DeNardo, D., Naulleau, G., and Guillon, M. 2002. Capital-breeding and reproductive effort in a variable environment: a longitudinal study of a viviparous snake. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 470-479.

20. DeNardo, D. F., and Helminski, G. 2001. The use of hormone antagonists to inhibit reproduction in the lizard Eublepharis macularius. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 11:4-7.

19. DeNardo, D. F., and Autumn, K. 2001. The effect of male presence on reproductive activity in captive female blood pythons, Python curtus. Copeia 2001: 1138-1141.

18. Eisen, R. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2000. Life history of a malaria parasite (Plasmodium mexicanum) in its host, the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis): host testosterone as a seasonal cue?  Journal of Parasitology 86: 1041-1045.

17. Reiserer, R. S., and DeNardo, D. F. 2000. Natural history observations on Bitis peringueyi (Reptilia: Viperidae). Cimbebasia 16: 195-198.

16. Sinervo, B., Miles, D. B., Frankino, A., Klukowski, M., and DeNardo, D. F. 2000. Testosterone, endurance, and Darwinian fitness: natural and sexual selection on the physiological bases of alternative male behaviors in side-blotched lizards.  Hormones and Behavior 38: 222-233.

15. Wozniak, E. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2000. The biology, clinical significance, and control of the common snake mite, Ophionyssus natricis, in captive reptiles. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10: 4-10.

14. Wozniak, E., DeNardo, D. F., Brewer, A., Wong, V., and Tarara, R. P. 2000.  Identification of adenovirus- and dependovirus-like agents in an outbreak of fatal gastroenteritis in captive born California mountain kingsnakes (Lampropeltis zonata multicincta). Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 10: 4-7.

13. Wozniak, E., McBride, J., Tarara, R., Wong, V., and DeNardo, D. F.  2000. Isolation and characterization on an antigenically distinct 68-kilodalton protein from non-viral intracytoplasmic inclusions in boa constrictors chronically infected with the inclusion body disease virus (IBDV: Retroviridae).  Journal of Veterinary Pathology 37: 449-459.

12. Autumn, K., Jindrich, D., DeNardo, D., and Mueller, R. 1999. Locomotor performance at low temperature and the evolution of nocturnality in geckos.  Evolution 53: 580-599.

11. Rodriguez-Robles, J. A., DeNardo, D. F., and Staub, R. E. 1999. Phylogeography of the California mountain kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonata (Colubridae). Molecular Ecology 8: 1923-1934.

10. Wozniak, E. J., Telford, S. R. Jr., DeNardo, D., McLaughlin, G. L., and Butler, J. F. 1998. Granulomatous hepatitis associated with Hepatozoon sp. meronts in a southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata piciventris). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 29: 68-71.

9.   Colberg, M. E., DeNardo, D. F., Rojek, N. A., and Miller, J. W. 1997. Surgical procedure for radiotransmitter implantation into aquatic, larval salamanders. Herpetological Review 28:77-78.

8.   Wozniak, E. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 1997. Understanding the snake mite and current therapies for control.  Proceedings of the American Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians 137-147.

7.   Sinervo, B., and DeNardo, D.F. 1996. Cost of reproduction in the wild: path analysis of natural selection and experimental tests of causation. Evolution 50: 1299-1313.

6.   Wozniak, E. J., Telford, S. R., DeNardo, D. 1996. The biology of reptilian Hepatozoon species and their potential influence on the health status of captive reptiles. Bulletin of the American Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians 6: 8-12.

5.   Autumn, K., and DeNardo, D. F. 1995. Behavioral thermoregulation increases growth rate in a nocturnal lizard. Journal of Herpetology 29: 157-162.

4.   DeNardo, D. F., and Sinervo, B. 1994. Effects of steroid hormone interaction on activity and home-range size of male lizards. Hormones and Behavior 28: 273-287.

3.   DeNardo, D. F., and Sinervo, B. 1994.  Effects of corticosterone on activity and home-range size of free-ranging male lizards. Hormones and Behavior 28: 53-65.

2.   DeNardo, D. F., and Licht, P. 1993.  Effects of corticosterone on social behavior of male lizards.  Hormones and Behavior 27: 184-199.

1.   DeNardo, D. F. 1992. The effects of stress on reproduction in lizards and its application to captive management, In Proceedings of the International Herpetological Society's 19th Conference.

Synthetic reviews (both book chapters and articles):

17. Benson, D. M., Padilla Perez, D. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2025. Why are telomeres the length that they are? Insight from a phylogenetic comparative analysis. Evolution, May 30:qpaf119. doi: 10.1093/evolut/qpaf119.

16. Lind, C. M., Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2024. Hormone and reproductive cycles in snakes. In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Vol. 3 Reptiles (D. O. Norris & K. H. Lopez, eds.), Elsevier, San Diego. Pp. 317-340.

15. DeNardo D. F., 2021. Behavioral biology of reptiles. In: Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals (K. Coleman and S. J. Schapiro, eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 

14. Aust, P. W., Webb, G. J. W., DeNardo, D. F., and Natusch, D. J. D. 2019. Welfare Principles for Snakes and Monitor Lizards in the Southeast Asian Skin Trade – a guide for stakeholders. Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Switzerland; Southeast Asian Reptile Conservation Alliance, France.

13. Stahl, S. J., and DeNardo, D. F. 2019. Theriogenology. In Mader’s Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and Surgery, 3rd ed. (S. J. Divers and S. J. Stahl, eds.) Elsevier, Amsterdam.

12. Lillywhite, H. B., Shine, R., Jacobson, E., DeNardo, D. F., Gordon, M. S., Navas, C. A., Wang, T., Seymour, R. S., Storey, K. B., Heatwole, H., Heard, D., Brattstrom, B., and Burghardt, G. M. 2017. Anesthesia and euthanasia of amphibians and reptiles used in scientific research: should hypothermia and freezing be prohibited? Bioscience 67: 53-61.

11. DeNardo, D. F., Lourdais, O., and Stahlschmidt, Z. R. 2012. Are females maternal manipulators, selfish mothers, or both? Insight from pythons. Herpetologica 68: 299-307. [solicited article]

10. DeNardo, D. F. 2012. Anesthesia. In Reptile Biodiversity: Standard Methods for Inventory and Monitoring (R. W. McDiarmid, M. S. Foster,  J. W. Gibbons,  C. Guyer, W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff, eds.). University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. Pp. 134-138.

9.   DeNardo, D. F., and Taylor, E. N. 2010. Hormones and reproduction in free-ranging snakes. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes (R. D. Aldridge and D.M. Sever, eds.), Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH. Pp. 265-287.

8.   Stahlschmidt, Z. R., and DeNardo, D. F. 2010. Parental care in snakes. In Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Snakes (R. D. Aldridge and D.M. Sever, eds.), Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH. Pp. 673-702.

7.   Taylor, E. N., and DeNardo, D. F. 2010. Hormone and reproductive cycles in snakes. In Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates, Vol. 3 Reptiles (D. O. Norris & K. H. Lopez, eds.), Elsevier, San Diego. Pp. 355-372.

6.   DeNardo, D. F. 2006. Stress in captive reptiles. In Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd Ed. (D. R. Mader, ed.) Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia. Pp. 119-123.

5.   DeNardo, D. F. 2006. Reproductive biology. In Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd Ed. (D. R. Mader, ed.) Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia. Pp. 376-390.

4.   DeNardo, D. F. 2006. Dystocia. In Reptile Medicine and Surgery, 2nd Ed. (D. R. Mader, ed.) Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia. Pp. 787-792.

3.   DeNardo, D. F. 1996. Reproductive biology. In Reptile Medicine and Surgery (D. R. Mader, ed.) W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Pp. 212-223.

2.   DeNardo, D. F. 1996. Dystocia. In Reptile Medicine and Surgery (D. R. Mader, ed.) W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Pp. 370-373.

1.   DeNardo, D. 1995.  Amphibians as Laboratory Animals, ILAR Journal, 37: 173-181.