Burbrink, Frank T. 2001. Systematics of the Eastern Rat Snake complex (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetological Monographs 15:1-53.

Burbrink, Frank T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25:465-476.

Burbrink, Frank T. and Robin Lawson. 2007. How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:173–189.

Burbrink, Frank T., Robin Lawson, and Joseph B. Slowinski. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the polytypic North American Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta): A critique of the subspecies concept. Evolution 54:2107-2118.

Fontanella, Frank M., Chris R. Feldman, Mark E. Siddall, and Frank T. Burbrink. 2008. Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: Extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a transcontinental snake. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:1049-1070.

Guiher, T. J. and Frank T. Burbrink. 2008. Demographic and phylogeographic histories of two venomous North American snakes of the genus Agkistrodon. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:543-553.

Lawson, Robin, Joseph B. Slowinski, Brian I. Crother, and Frank T. Burbrink. 2005. Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:581-601.

Moriarty, Emily C. and David C. Cannatella. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the North American chorus frogs (Pseudacris: Hylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30:409-420.

Moriarty-Lemmon, Emily. 2007. Patterns and Processes of Speciation in North American Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris). Dissertation. University of Texas, Austin. 304 pp.

Pyron, R. Alexander and Frank T. Burbrink. 2009. Lineage diversification in a widespread species: roles for niche divergence and conservatism in the Common Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula. Molecular Ecology 18:3443–3457.

Pyron, R. Alexander and Frank T. Burbrink. 2009. Lineage diversification in a widespread species: Roles for niche divergence and conservatism in the Common Kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula. Molecular Ecology 18:3443–3457.

Pyron, R. Alexander and Frank T. Burbrink. 2009. Systematics of the Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula; Serpentes: Colubridae) and the burden of heritage in taxonomy. Zootaxa (2241):22–37.