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Publications this century….
 
Sigurdsen, T., Green, D. and Bishop, P.J. 2010. The anuran humerus and the evolution of jumping in early salientians. Bolt festschrift (in press – details coming).
 
Bell, B. D., Bishop, P. J. and Germano, J. M. 2010. Lessons learned from a series of translocations of the archaic Hamilton’s frog and Maud Island frog in central New Zealand. Reintroduction Species Book (in press – details coming).
 
Church, D. et al. 2010. Scaling a Global Plan for Amphibian Conservation into National Strategies. Alytes, (in press).
 
Newman, D. G., Bell, B. D, Bishop, P. J., Burns, R., Haigh, A., Hitchmough, R. A. and Tocher, M. 2010.  Conservation status of New Zealand frogs, 2009. New Zealand Journal of Zoology (in press).
 
Ohmer, M. E. and Bishop, P. J. 2010. Citation rate and perceived subject bias in the amphibian decline literature. Conservation Biology (in press).
 
Shaw, S. D., Bishop, P. J., Berger, L., Skerratt, L. F., Garland, S., Gleeson, D. M., Haigh, A., Herbert, S. and Speare, R. 2010. Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytridBatrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (in press).
 
Essner, Jr., R.L., Daniel J. Suffian, D. J., Bishop, P. J. and Reilly, S. M. 2010.Landing in Basal Frogs: Evidence of Saltational Patterns in the Evolution of Anuran Locomotion. Naturwissenschaften (in press).
 
Melzer, S. and Bishop, P. J. 2010. Skin peptide defences of New Zealand frogs against chytridiomycosis. Animal Conservation (in press).
 
Butler, M., Bishop, P., Speare, R., & Poulter, R. (2009). Chloramphenicol cures chytridiomycosis in frogs. Proceedings of the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Symposium. WCID. Retrieved from http://www.webstercentre.otago.ac.nz/WCIDSymposiumProgramme.pdf
 
Germano, J. M., Molinia^, F.C., Bishop, P. J. and Cree^, A. 2009. Urinary hormone analysis assists reproductive monitoring and sex identification of bell frogs (Litoria raniformis). Theriogenology  72: 663-671.
 
Dixson, B. J., Dixson , A. F., Bishop, P.J., Parish, A. 2009. Human Physique and Sexual Attractiveness in Men and Women: A New Zealand – U.S. Comparative Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior 39(3):798-806.
 
Germano, J. and Bishop, P. J. 2009. Review of the Suitability of Amphibians and Reptiles for Reintroductions. Conservation Biology 23 (1): 7 -15.
 
Bishop, P. J. Speare, R., Poulter, R., Butler, M., Speare, B. J., Hyatt, A., Olsen, V. and Haigh, A. 2009. Elimination of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis by Archey’s frog Leiopelma archeyi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 84:9-15.
Clemas, R. J., Germano^, J. M., Speare and Bishop, P. J. 2009. Evaluating Alphanumeric Tags For Use in Australian Frogs (Genus: Litoria) With Notes on the Placements of Tags In Relation To Subcutaneous Lymph Sacs. New Zealand Natural Sciences Journal 34: 1-7.
 
Bishop, P J., Germano, J.M. and Bell, B.D. 2008. Leiopelmatid frogs: the world’s most archaic frogs. In: S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R.J. Berridge, P. Ramani, B.E. Young, (Editors), Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Edicions. Pp. 71-72.
 
Bell, B., Tocher, M., Bishop, P., Waldman, B. 2008. Hochstetter’s frog Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger, 1861. Globally Threatened Amphibian Species: Leiopelmatidae. In:S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R.J. Berridge, P. Ramani, B.E. Young, (Editors), Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Edicions. p. 293.
 
Bell, B., Tocher, M., Bishop, P., Waldman, B. (2008). Maud Island frog Leiopelma pakeka Bell, Daugherty and Hay, 1998. Globally Threatened Amphibian Species: Leiopelmatidae. In:S. N. Stuart, M. Hoffmann, J.S. Chanson, N.A. Cox, R.J. Berridge, P. Ramani, B.E. Young, (Editors), Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Edicions. p. 293.
 
Bishop, P. J. (2008) Bell frog populations in New Zealand - good news or bad news? Australian Zoologist34 (3): 408-413.
 
Germano, J. M. and Bishop, P. J. 2007. Leiopelma pakeka (Maud Island Frog). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 38(2): 187-188.
 
Carr, D. J. Lowe, B., Bishop, P. J., Niven, B. E. and Gould, S. A. C. 2007. Tensile properties of silk from endemic New Zealand spiders. Textile Research Journal 76 (12):928-935.
 
Bazin, Y., Wharton, D.A. and Bishop, P.L. 2006. Cold tolerance and overwintering of an introduced New Zealand frog, the brown tree frog (Litoria ewingii). CryoLetters 28 (5), 347-358.
 
Tocher, M. D., Fletcher, D. and Bishop, P. J. 2006 A modelling approach to determine a translocation scenario for the endangered New Zealand frog Leiopelma hamiltoni. Herpetological Journal 16:97-106.
 
Bishop, P. 2005 Re-introduction of endangered frogs to uninhabited, predator-free, islands in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand.  Re-introduction NEWS, Newsletter of the Re-introduction Specialist Group  of IUCN’s Species Survival Commission (SSC), Abu Dhabi, UAE. No. 24: 44-45 (ISSN: 1560-3709).
 
Bishop, P. (2005). Frogs at risk. Wellington, New Zealand: The Royal Society of New Zealand, 7p.
 
Bishop, P J. 2004. Frog Declines in New Zealand. In:Wilkinson, J.W. (ed.) (2004) Collected DAPTF Working Group Reports: Ten Years On. DAPTF, Milton Keynes. Pp.20-24.
 
L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D.
Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
 
Bishop, P. J. and Pickersgill, M. 2004. Genus Afrixalus Laurant, 1944 (Family Hyperoliidae). In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.121-123.
 
Pickersgill, M. and Bishop, P. J. 2004. Afrixalus aureus Pickersgill, 1984 In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D.Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.123-124.
 
Pickersgill, M. and Bishop, P. J. 2004. Afrixalus delicatus Pickersgill, 1984 In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D.Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.125-126.
 
Pickersgill, M. and Bishop, P. J. 2004. Afrixalus fornasinii (Bianconi, 1849). In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D.Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.127-128.
 
Pickersgill, M., Burger, M. and Bishop, P. J. 2004. Afrixalus spinifrons (Cope, 1862). In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D.Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.131-133.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Hyperolius acuticeps Ahl, 1931. In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.136-137.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Hyperolius argus Peters, 1854,  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.137-139.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Hyperolius marmoratus Rapp, 1842,  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.141-143.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Hyperolius pickersgilli Raw, 1982,  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.143-145.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Genus Kassina Girard, 1853 (Family Hyperoliidae). In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.151-152.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Kassina maculata (Dumeril, 1853).  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.153-154.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Leptopelis natalensis (Smith, 1849).  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.160-162.
 
Bishop, P. J. 2004. Arthroleptella ngongoniensis Bishop and Passmore, 1993.  In L.R. Minter, M. Burger, J.A. Harrison, H.H. Braack, P.J. Bishop and D. Kloepfer (eds), 2004. Atlas and Red Data Book of the Frogs of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Volume 9 SI/MAB Series. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C pp.215-217.
 
Waldman, B. and Bishop, P. J. 2004.  Chemical communication in an archaic anuran amphibian.  Behavioral Ecology 15(1), 88-93. 
 
Dennison, K. J., Kieser, J. A., Buckeridge. J.S. and Bishop, P.J. 2004.  Post mortem cohabitation – shell growth as a measure of elapsed time: a case report.  Forensic Science International, 139(2-3): 249-254.
 
Pyke, G. H., White, A. W., Bishop, P. J. and Waldman, B. 2002. Habitat-use by the Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea in Australia and New Zealand.  Australian Zoologist 32(1): 12-31.
 
Waldman, B., van de Wolfshaar, K. E., Klena, J. D., Andjic, V., Bishop, P. J. and Norman, R d B. 2001.  Chytridiomycosis in New Zealand frogs.  Surveillance 28(3), 9-11.
 
Narins, P.M., Lewis, E.R., Purgue, A.P., Bishop, P.J., Minter, L.R. and Lawson, D.P. 2001.  Functional consequences of a novel middle ear adaptation in the West African frog Petropedetes parkeri (Ranidae). J. exp. Biol. 204(7),1223 – 1232.
 
Docherty, S., Bishop, P. J. and Passmore, N. I.  2000  Consistency of calling performance in male Hyperolius marmoratus marmoratus: implications for male mating success.  African Journal of Herpetology 49(1), 43-52.
 
Norman, R.J. de B., Bishop, P.J., and Waldman, B. 2000. Chytridiomycosis affecting wild non-native frogs in New Zealand.  Kokako: Bulletin of the Wildlife Society of the New Zealand Veterinary Association 7(2): 14-15.