Velasco, J. A., E. Martínez-Meyer1, O. Flores-Villela, A. García, A. C. Algar, G. Köhler and J. M. Daza. 2016. Climatic niche attributes and diversification in Anolis lizards. Journal of Biogeography, 43: 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12627
Flores-Villela, O., C. A. Ríos-Muñoz, G. Magaña-Cota, N. L. Quezadas-Tapia. 2016. Alfredo Dugès’ type specimens of amphibians and reptiles revisited. Zootaxa, 4092 (1):33-54. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.2
Flores-Villela, O., R. Bour and K. Adler. 2016. Publication History of the Mission scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale, Reptiles and Amphibians. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 87: 1162–1167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmb.2016.07.013
Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., O. A. Flores-Villela, C.A. Ríos-Muñoz, J. Arroyo-Cabrales and M. Martínez-Gordillo. 2017. Mexico’s ambiguous invasive species plan. Science, 355: 1033. 10.1126/science.aam9400
Ramírez-Reyes, T., D. Piñero, O. Flores-Villela and E. Vázquez-Domínguez. 2017. Molecular systematics, species delimitation and diversification patterns of the Phyllodactylus lanei complex (Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 115: 82-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.008
Cox, C. L., A. R. Davis Rabosky, I. A. Holmes, J. Reyes-Velasco, C. E. Roelke, E. N. Smith, O. Flores-Villela, J. A. McGuired and J. A. Campbell. 2018. Synopsis and taxonomic revision of three genera in the snake tribe Sonorini. Journal of Natural History, 52: 945–988. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1449912
Meik, J. M., S. Schaack, O. Flores-Villela and J. W. Streicher. 2018. Integrative taxonomy at the nexus of population divergence and speciation in insular speckled rattlesnakes. Journal of Natural History, 52: 989-1016. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1429689
Palacios-Aguilar, R. and O. Flores-Villela. 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 001–024. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4422.1.1
Strickland, J. L., C. F. Smith, A. J. Mason, D. R. Schield, M. Borja, G. Castañeda-Gaytán, C. L. Spencer, L. L. Smith, A. Trápaga, N. M. Bouzid, G. Campillo-García, O. A. Flores-Villela, D. Antonio-Rangel, S. P. Mackessy , T. A. Castoe, D. R. Rokyta and C. L. Parkinson. 2018. Evidence for divergent patterns of local selection driving venom variation in Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus). Scientific Reports Nature, 8: 17622 | DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-35810-9.
Rodríguez P, L. M. Ochoa–Ochoa, M. Munguía, V. Sánchez–Cordero, A. G. Navarro–Sigüenza, O. A. Flores–Villela and M. Nakamura. 2019. Environmental heterogeneity explains coarse–scale β–diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in Mexico. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210890.
Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., C. A. Ríos-Muñoz, S. B. Johson, O. A. Flores-Villela, J. Arroyo-Cabrales and M. Martínez-Gordillo. 2019. Invasive species: Legislation and species list considerations from Mexico. Environmental Science and Policy, 96: 59-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.03.002
Palacios-Aguilar, R. and O. Flores-Villela. 2020. Taxonomic revision and comments on two groups of the genus Coniophanes (Squamata: Dipsadidae). Vetebrate Zoology, 72(2): 111-124. doi: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-02
Ramírez-Reyes, T., C. Blair, O. Flores-Villela, D. Piñero, A. Lathrop, R. Murphy. 2020. Phylogenomics and molecular species delimitation reveals great cryptic diversity of leaf-toed geckos (Phyllodactylidae: Phyllodactylus), ancient origins, and diversification in Mexico. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 150: 106880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106880
Gutiérez-Rodriguez, J; A. Zaldivar-Riverón; I. Solano-Zavaleta; J. A. Campbell; R. N. Meza-Lázaro, O. Flores-Villela and. A. Nieto-Montes de Oca. 2020. Phylogenomics of the Mesoamerican alligator-lizard genera Abronia and Mesaspis (Anguidae: Gerrhonotinae) reveals multiple independent clades of arboreal and terrestrial species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 154: 106963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106963
Castiglia, R. O. A. Flores-Villela, A. M. R. Bezerra, E. Gornung, F. Annesi, L. A. Muñoz-Alonso and E. Solano. 2020. Detection of cryptic diversity in lizards (Squamata) from two Biosphere Reserves in Mesoamerica. Comparative Cytogenetics, 14(4): 613-638. doi: 10.3897/compcytogen.v14.i4.57765
Flores-Villela, O. A. 2021. Reptilia vs Sauropsida. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología, 4:239-245. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.1.263
Tepos-Ramírez, M., O. Flores-Villela, J. A. Velasco, C. Pedraza Lara, O. R. García Rubio and R. C. Jadin. 2021. Molecular Phylogenetics and Morphometrics Reveal a New Endemic Jumping Pitviper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Metlapilcoatlus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Journal of Herpetology, 55:181-191. DOI: 10.1670/20-028
Ramírez-Reyes, T., O. Flores-Villela, D. Piñero, A. Lathrop and R. W. Murphy. 2021. Genomic assessment of the Phyllodactylus tuberculosus complex (Reptilia: Phyllodactylidae) in America. Zoologica Scripta, 2021:529-542. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12492
Hernández-Jiménez, C. A., O. Flores-Villela, A. Aguilar-Bremauntz and J. A. Campbell. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships based on morphological data and taxonomy of the genus Salvadora Baird & Girard, 1853 (Reptilia, Colubridae). Europena Journal of Taxonomy, 764:85-118. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.764.1473
Roth-Monzón, A. J., T. J. Devitt, C. A. Ríos-Muñoz, G. Parra-Olea, J. A. Campbell and O. Flores-Villela. 2021. Geographic Variation in the Green Rat Snake Senticolis triaspis (Squamata: Colubridae): Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA, Morphology, and Niche Modeling. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109: 1026-1035. DOI: 10.1643/h2020034
Campillo-García, G., O. Flores-Villela, B. O. Buttler, J. A. Velasco-Vinasco and F. Ramírez-Corona. 2021. Hidden diversity within a polytypic species: The enigmatic Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann, 1828 (Reptilia, Squamata, Phrynosomatidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 70: 781-798. https://DOI 10.3897/vz.71.e71995