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S. Spawls

h-index: 11
Works: 45
Citations: 1,054

Most-cited papers

A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods
N. Cox, B. Young, P. Bowles, Miguel Fernández +48 more
2022Nature382 citations Open access
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A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
K. Howell, R. Drewes, J. Ashe, S. Spawls
2001202 citations
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The dangerous snakes of Africa
S. Spawls, Bill Branch
1995140 citations
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea
M. Largen, S. Spawls
201058 citations
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The Dangerous Snakes of Africa: Natural History: Species Directory: Venoms and Snakebite
Christopher R. Harrison, S. Spawls, Bill Branch
199643 citations
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Tanzania's reptile biodiversity : Distribution, threats and climate change vulnerability
Han Meng, J. Carr, Joe Beraducci, P. Bowles +16 more
201642 citations Open access
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Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria):an annotated checklist, bibliography,gazetteer and identification key
M. Largen, S. Spawls
200634 citations
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Long-term data for endemic frog genera reveal potential conservation crisis in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia
David J. Gower, Roman K. Aberra, Silvia Schwaller, M. Largen +10 more
2013Oryx30 citations Open access
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An Annotated Checklist of the Lizards of Kenya
S. Spawls, D. Rotich
199719 citations Open access
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The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
H. Clements, Emmanuel Do Linh San, G. Hempson, Birthe Linden +205 more
2024Scientific Data13 citations Open access
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A new large species of Bitis Gray, 1842 (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Bale Mountains of Ethiopia.
D. Gower, E. Wade, S. Spawls, W. Böhme +3 more
2016Zootaxa13 citations Open access
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Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa: All the Reptiles of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi
K. Howell, S. Spawls, R. Drewes
200111 citations
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A Checklist of the snakes of Kenya
S. Spawls
1978Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum9 citations Open access
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A new Psammophis from northern Ghana
S. Spawls
19838 citations
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The amphibians of Kenya
S. Spawls, D. Wasonga, R. Drewes
20197 citations
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First record of human envenomation by Atractaspis congica Peters, 1877 (Squamata: Atractaspididae).
P. Wagner, E. Townsend, Michael F. Barej, D. Rödder +1 more
2009Toxicon7 citations
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Sun, sand, and snakes
S. Spawls
19797 citations
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A new species of pseudoboodon (Reptilia: Serpentes) from the central highlands of Ethiopia; with notes on some other members of the genus
S. Spawls
20045 citations
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An ecological analysis of snakes captured by C.J.P. Ionides in eastern Africa in the mid-1900s
R. Shine, S. Spawls
2020Scientific Reports4 citations Open access
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Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa
S. Spawls, R. Drewes
20064 citations
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Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Arusha National Park, by Edoardo Razzetti and Charles Andekia Msuya : book review
S. Spawls
20024 citations
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NOTES ON A BITE BY A WEST AFRICAN ATRACTASPIS (COLUBRIDAE: APARALLACTINI)
S. Spawls
19824 citations
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A new gregarious species of Trachylepis (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) from Lolui Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda, with a key to Ugandan Trachylepis
Rungwe Kingdon, S. Spawls
20103 citations
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Out of the blue: a novel, trans-Atlantic clade of geckos (Gekkota, Squamata)
T. Gamble, D. Shiffman, D. Wake, S. Spawls +15 more
2014Copeia2 citations
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ACTIVITY PATIERNS IN NOCTURNAL WEST AFRICAN SAVANNA SNAKES
S. Spawls
19922 citations
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Rediscovery of Boulengerula denhardti Nieden 1912 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) in Meru County, Kenya
G. Measey, V. Muchai, S. Spawls
20121 citations
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03. Notes on the Natural History of the eublepharid Gecko Hemitheconyx caudicinctus in northwestern Ghana
S. Spawls
20081 citations
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New genus for 'clade' of montane chameleons
S. Spawls
20071 citations
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Obituary: James Ashe 1925 ‐ 2004
S. Spawls
20041 citations
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Of vipers and mountains
S. Spawls
20021 citations
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Lizards of Kenya: weird and rather wonderful
S. Spawls, A. Duff-Mackay
19951 citations
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Book Review: Field Guide to the Snakes of Eswatini
S. Spawls
2026The herpetological bulletin0 citations Open access
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Book Review
S. Spawls
2025Journal of East African Natural History0 citations
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Tribute to Kim Monroe Howell (1945–2022)
S. Stuart, F. Magige, O. Hamerlynck, W. Newmark +6 more
2023African Zoology0 citations
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A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya.
P. Malonza, S. Spawls, B. Finch, A. Bauer
2021Zootaxa0 citations Open access
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The Conservation Status of World Reptiles
M. Böhm, B. Collen, J. Baillie, P. Bowles +240 more
20150 citations
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Quite an eyeful
S. Spawls
20080 citations
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JOURNAL OF THE EAST AFRICA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY AND NATIONAL MUSEUM
S. Spawls, S. Spawls
20070 citations
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Snake man extraordinary
S. Spawls
20040 citations
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Book review
V. Carruthers, J. C. Poynton, D. Broadley, A. Bauer +1 more
20040 citations
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New snake, old problem
S. Spawls
20040 citations
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Gadwalls, choughs and siskins: ornithological safaris in Ethiopia
S. Spawls
19970 citations
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THE SNAKE FAUNA OF ETHIOPIA—A PRELIMINARY REPORT
S. Spawls
19920 citations
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POPULAR AFRICAN HERPETOLOGICAL LITERATURE—A PERSONAL VIEW
S. Spawls
19910 citations
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