Christy Anna Hipsley

Christy Anna Hipsley

Associate Professor, Assistant Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    2023 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition: the winning images

    Harman, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Jacobus, L. M., Liberles, D. A., Settele, J. & Traulsen, A., 2023, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 23, 1, 7 p., 32.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorial

  3. Published

    Ecomorphological correlates of inner ear shape in Australian limb-reduced skinks (Scincidae: Sphenomorphini)

    Camaiti, M., Wiles, J., Aguilar, R., Hutchinson, M. N., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Chapple, D. G. & Evans, A. R., 2023, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 199, 4, p. 994-1012 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Macroecological and biogeographical patterns of limb reduction in the world's skinks

    Camaiti, M., Evans, A. R., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Hutchinson, M. N., Meiri, S., de Oliveira Anderson, R., Slavenko, A. & Chapple, D. G., 2023, In: Journal of Biogeography. 50, 2, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition: the winning images

    Harman, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Jacobus, L. M., Liberles, D. A., Settele, J. & Traulsen, A., 2022, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 22, 6 p., 99.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  7. Published

    A database of the morphology, ecology and literature of the world's limb‐reduced skinks

    Camaiti, M., Evans, A. R., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Hutchinson, M. N., Meiri, S., Anderson, R. O., Slavenko, A. & Chapple, D. G., 2022, In: Journal of Biogeography. 49, 7, p. 1397-1406 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Herpetofaunal diversity changes with climate: evidence from the Quaternary of McEachern’s Deathtrap Cave, southeastern Australia

    Ramm, T., Thorn, K. M., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Müller, J., Hocknull, S. & Melville, J., 2022, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41, 5, 23 p., e2009844.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea)

    Chatterji, R. M., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M. N. & Jones, M. E. H., 2022, In: Evolutionary Ecology. 36, 4, p. 511-540 30 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 2021
  11. A farewell to arms and legs: a review of limb reduction in squamates

    Camaiti, M., Evans, A. R., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Chapple, D. G., 2021, In: Biological Reviews. 96, 3, p. 1035-1050 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Ontogenetic origins of cranial convergence between the extinct marsupial thylacine and placental gray wolf

    Newton, A. H., Weisbecker, V., Pask, A. J. & Hipsley, Christy Anna, 2021, In: Communications Biology. 4, 9 p., 51.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Postnatal development in a marsupial model, the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae)

    Cook, L. E., Newton, A. H., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Pask, A. J., 2021, In: Communications Biology . 4, 14 p., 1028.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2020
  15. An Integrative Approach Using Phylogenomics and High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography for Species Delimitation in Cryptic Taxa

    Chaplin, K., Sumner, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Melville, J., 2020, In: Systematic Biology. 69, 2, p. 294-307 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. First evidence of convergent lifestyle signal in reptile skull roof microanatomy

    Ebel, R., Müller, J., Ramm, T., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Amson, E., 2020, In: BMC Biology. 18, 18 p., 185.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. High-throughput microCT scanning of small specimens: preparation, packing, parameters and post-processing

    Hipsley, Christy Anna, Aguilar, R., Black, J. R. & Hocknull, S. A., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 10 p., 13863.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 2019
  19. Published

    A Quantitative Framework for the Thylacine-Canid Comparison: Integrating Development, Morphology, Genomics and Evolutionary History

    Hipsley, Christy Anna, Jun 2019, p. S61-S61. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  20. Comparative cranial osteology of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

    Villa, A., Kirchner, M., Alba, D. M., Bernardini, F., Bolet, A., Luján, À. H., Fortuny, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Müller, J., Sindaco, R., Tuniz, C. & Delfino, M., 2019, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185, 3, p. 693-716 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Integrating phylogeography and high-resolution X-ray CT reveals five new cryptic species and multiple hybrid zones among Australian earless dragons

    Melville, J., Chaplin, K., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Sarre, S. D., Sumner, J. & Hutchinson, M., 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 12, 32 p., 191166.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Psychology, not technology, is our biggest challenge to open digital morphology data

    Hipsley, Christy Anna & Sherratt, E., 2019, In: Scientific Data. 6, 5 p., 41.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

  23. The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate

    O'Hara, T. D., Mah, C. L., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Bribiesca-Contreras, G. & Barrett, N. S., 2019, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186, 2, p. 483-490 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. 2018
  25. Comparative skull osteology and preliminary systematic revision of the African lizard genus Heliobolus (Squamata: Lacertidae)

    Dubke, M., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Müller, J., 2018, In: African Journal of Herpetology. 67, 2, p. 160-197 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Conserved evolution of skull shape in Caribbean head-first burrowing worm lizards (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

    Kazi, S. & Hipsley, Christy Anna, 2018, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125, 1, p. 14-29 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Genome of the Tasmanian tiger provides insights into the evolution and demography of an extinct marsupial carnivore

    Feigin, C. Y., Newton, A. H., Doronina, L., Schmitz, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Mitchell, K. J., Gower, G., Llamas, B., Soubrier, J., Heider, T. N., Menzies, B. R., Cooper, A., O'Neill, R. J. & Pask, A. J., 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, p. 182-192 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Letting the ‘cat’ out of the bag: pouch young development of the extinct Tasmanian tiger revealed by X-ray computed tomography

    Newton, A. H., Spoutil, F., Prochazka, J., Black, J. R., Medlock, K., Paddle, R. N., Knitlova, M., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Pask, A. J., 2018, In: Royal Society Open Science. 5, 2, 19 p., 171914.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. 2017
  30. Developmental dynamics of ecomorphological convergence in a transcontinental lizard radiation

    Hipsley, Christy Anna & Müller, J., 2017, In: Evolution. 71, 4, p. 936-948 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 2016
  32. Microcomputed tomography and shock microdeformation studies on shatter cones

    Zaag, P. T., Reimold, W. U. & Hipsley, Christy Anna, 2016, In: Meteoritics and Planetary Science. 51, 8, p. 1435-1459 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Ontogenetic allometry constrains cranial shape of the head-first burrowing worm lizard Cynisca leucura (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae)

    Hipsley, Christy Anna, Rentinck, M. N., Rödel, M. & Müller, J., 2016, In: Journal of Morphology. 277, 9, p. 1159-1167 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Skull osteology of the Eocene amphisbaenian Spathorhynchus fossorium (Reptilia, Squamata) suggests convergent evolution and reversals of fossorial adaptations in worm lizards

    Müller, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Maisano, J. A., 2016, In: Journal of Anatomy. 229, 5, p. 615-630 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. 2015
  36. Copulatory courtship by bushcricket genital titillators revealed by functional morphology, μCT scanning for 3D reconstruction and female sense structures

    Wulff, N. C., Lehmann, A. W., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Lehmann, G. U. C., 2015, In: Arthropod Structure and Development. 44, 4, p. 388-397 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)

    Miralles, A., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Erens, J., Gehara, M., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Müller, J. & Vences, M., 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 6, 24 p., e0126074.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Prenatal cranial ossification of the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

    Hampe, O., Franke, H., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Kardjilov, N. & Müller, J., 2015, In: Journal of Morphology. 276, 5, p. 564-582 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  39. 2014
  40. Pedioplanis lineoocellata lineoocellata (Duméril & Bibron 1839) Spotted Sand Lizard

    Kirchhof, S., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Corl, A., Dell'Mour, H. & Müller, J., 2014, In: African Herp News. 61, p. 28-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) Western Sand Lizard

    Kirchhof, S., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Corl, A., Dell'Mour, H. & Müller, J., 2014, In: African Herp News. 61, p. 30-33

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Beyond fossil calibrations: realities of molecular clock practices in evolutionary biology

    Hipsley, Christy Anna & Müller, J., 2014, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 5, 11 p., 138.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Frequency-Dependent and Correlational Selection Pressures Have Conflicting Consequences for Assortative Mating in a Color-Polymorphic Lizard, Uta stansburiana

    Lancaster, L. T., McAdam, A. G., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Sinervo, B. R., 2014, In: American Naturalist. 184, 2, p. 188-197 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Morphological disparity opposes latitudinal diversity gradient in lacertid lizards

    Hipsley, Christy Anna, Miles, D. B. & Müller, J., 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 5, 5 p., 20140101.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Relict Endemism of Extant Rhineuridae (Amphisbaenia): Testing for Phylogenetic Niche Conservatism in the Fossil Record

    Hipsley, Christy Anna & Müller, J., 2014, In: Anatomical Record. 297, 3, p. 473-481 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  46. 2013
  47. Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)

    Jones, M. E. H., Anderson, C. L., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Müller, J., Evans, S. E. & Schoch, R. R., 2013, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 13, 21 p., 208.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Molecular, morphological and osteological differentiation of a new species of microhylid frog of the genus Stumpffia from northwestern Madagascar

    Klages, J., Glaw, F., Kohler, J., Müller, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Vences, M., 2013, In: Zootaxa. 3717, 2, p. 280-300 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2012
  50. Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations

    Parham, J. F., Donoghue, P. C. J., Bell, C. J., Calway, T. D., Head, J. J., Holroyd, P. A., Inoue, J. G., Irmis, R. B., Joyce, W. G., Ksepka, D. T., Patané, J. S. L., Smith, N. D., Tarver, J. E., van Tuinen, M., Yang, Z., Angielczyk, K. D., Greenwood, J. M., Hipsley, C. A., Jacobs, L., Makovicky, P. J. & 5 others, Müller, J., Smith, K. T., Theodor, J. M., Warnock, R. C. M. & Benton, M. J., 2012, In: Systematic Biology. 61, 2, p. 346-359 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  51. Braincase redescription of Dysalotosaurus lettowvorbecki (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda) based on computed tomography

    Sobral, G., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Müller, J., 2012, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32, 5, p. 1090-1102 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Variations on a bauplan: Description of a new Malagasy "mermaid skink" with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003)

    Miralles, A., Anjeriniaina, M., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Müller, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2012, In: Zoosystema. 34, 4, p. 701-719 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. 2011
  54. Bilateral Song Convergence in a Passerine Hybrid Zone: Genetics Contribute in One Species Only

    Secondi, J., Bordas, P., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Bensch, S., 2011, In: Evolutionary Biology. 38, 4, p. 441-452 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins

    Müller, J., Hipsley, Christy Anna, Head, J. J., Kardjilov, N., Hilger, A., Wuttke, M. & Reisz, R. R., 2011, In: Nature. 473, 7347, p. 364-367 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  56. 2009
  57. Female choice for optimal combinations of multiple male display traits increases offspring survival

    Lancaster, L. T., Hipsley, Christy Anna & Sinervo, B., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 5, p. 993-999 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Integration of Bayesian molecular clock methods and fossil-based soft bounds reveals early Cenozoic origin of African lacertid lizards

    Hipsley, Christy Anna, Himmelmann, L., Metzler, D. & Müller, J., 2009, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9, 13 p., 151.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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