Staff directory

Jonathan Brecko

Biology
Biological collection and data management
Publications
  • Pauwels, OSG.,  Brecko, J.,  Baeghe, D.,  Venderickx, J.,  Vanderheyden, A. & Backeljau, T. 2023. ‘Morphological, acoustic and genetic identification of a reproducing population of the invasive African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (Anura, Pipidae) recently discovered in Belgium’. Zookeys 1184: 41-64. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1184.103702. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/375633190_Morphological_acoustic_and_genetic_identification_of_a_reproducing_population_of_the_invasive_African_clawed_frog_Xenopus_laevis_Anura_Pipidae_recently_discovered_in_Belgium  I.F. 1.3.
  • Brecko, J. & Pauwels, OSG. 2023. ‘Biofluorescence of the Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog, Hemisus marmoratus: First report for Hemisotidae’. Herpetology Notes 16: 723-725. DOI: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/82826/7864. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374530231_Biofluorescence_of_the_Mottled_Shovel-nosed_Frog_Hemisus_marmoratus_First_report_for_Hemisotidae  I.F. 0.336.
  • Bauer, A.,  Fenner, K.,  Dazza, J.D.,  Pauwels, O.S.G & Brecko, J. 2023. ‘Bones of a Giant: the osteology of the extinct Cape Verdean skink Chioninia coctei’. 22nd European Congress of Herpetology. Book of abstracts. (PR)
  • Manda, K.,  Snoeks, J.Decru, E.Brecko, J. & Vreven, E. 2023. ‘Revision of Nannocharax luapulae Boulenger 1915 (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Upper Congo basin: evidence for a species pair’. Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15400. URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.15400  I.F. 2.504.
  • Das, S.,  Greenbaum, E.,  Meiri, S.,  Bauer, AM.,  Burbink, FT.,  Raxworthy, CJ.,  Weinell, J.,  Brown, RM.,  Brecko, J.,  Pauwels, OSG.,  Rabibisoa, N.,  Raselimanana, AP. & Merilä, J. 2023. ‘Ultraconserved elements-based phylogenomic systematics of the snake superfamily Elapoidea, with the description of a new Afro-Asian family’. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 180: 107700. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107700. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579032200313X?via%3Dihub  I.F. 5.019.
  • Pauwels, OSG. & Brecko, J. 2022. ‘A case of predation by Naja samarensis (Elapidae) on Cyclocorus nuchalis nuchalis (Lamprophiidae) on Mindanao Island, Philippines’. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 55(2): 25-26. URL: https://chicagoherp.org/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2021/03/552.pdf  I.F. 0.47.
  • Lowie, A.,  De Kegel, B.,  Wilkinson, M.,  Measey, J.,  O'Reilly, JC.,  Kley, NJ.,  Gaucher, P.,  Brecko, J.,  Kleintech, T.,  Adriaens, D. & Herrel, A. 2022. ‘The relationship between head shape, head musculature and bite force in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)’. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(1). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243599. URL: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/225/1/jeb243599/273905/The-relationship-between-head-shape-head  I.F. 3.312.
  • Das, S.,  Brecko, J.,  Pauwels, OSG. & Merilä, J. 2022. ‘Cranial osteology of Hypoptophis (Aparallactinae: Atractaspididae: Caenophidia), with a discussion on the evolution of its fossorial adaptations’. Journal of Morphology 283(4): 510-538. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21457. URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21457  I.F. 1.966.
  • Lowie, A.,  De Kegel, B.,  Wilkinson, M.,  Measey, J.,  O'Reilly, JC.,  Kley, NJ.,  Gaucher, P.,  Brecko, J.,  Kleintech, T.,  Herrel, A. & Adriaens, D. 2022. ‘Regional differences in vertebral shape along the axial skeleton in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona)’. Journal of Anatomy 241(3). DOI: 10.1111/joa.13682.  I.F. 2.921.
  • Lowie, A.,  De Kegel, B.,  Wilkinson, M.,  Measey, J.,  O'Reilly, JC.,  Kley, N.,  Gaucher, P.,  Brecko, J.,  Kleintech, T.,  Adriaens, D. & Herrel, A. 2022. ‘Is vertebral shape variability in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) constrained by forces experienced during burrowing?’. Journal of Experimental Biology 225(12). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244288.  I.F. 3.308.