Ralph A. Saporito

John Carroll University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

29h-index3.0kcitations93works0.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(56), Plant and animal studies(30), Insect and Pesticide Research(29), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(17), Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies(11)

Publications93 total

GC-MS properties of alkaloids from Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs
Figshare·2026Open Access
Qualitative data from Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs
Figshare·2026Open Access
Qualitative data from Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs
Figshare·2026Open Access
Supplementary material from "Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs"
Figshare·2026Open Access
GC-MS properties of alkaloids from Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs
Figshare·2026Open Access
Supplementary material from "Experimental evidence supports gradual evolution of alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs"
Figshare·2026Open Access
The role of different organs in the hydroxylation of pumiliotoxin (+)-251D to allopumiliotoxin (+)-267A in the poison frog Adelphobates galactonotus
Toxicon·2026
A draft genome assembly for the dart-poison frog Phyllobates terribilis
Gigabyte·2025Open Access
A draft genome assembly for the dart-poison frog Phyllobates terribilis
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
No evidence of quantitative honest signaling in aposematic traits of the green and black dendrobatid frog <i>Dendrobates auratus</i> in Costa Rica
Current Zoology·2024Open Access
Defensive alkaloid variation and palatability in sympatric poison frogs
Chemoecology·2024· 4 cited
Stiff-legged behaviour in the green and black poison frog Dendrobates auratus in response to simulated predation
Herpetological Bulletin·2023Open Access
Alkaloid-based chemical defenses and diet in six species of Australian poison frogs in the genus Pseudophryne (Myobatrachidae)
Evolutionary Ecology·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
The ability to sequester the alkaloid epibatidine is widespread among dendrobatid poison frogs
Evolutionary Ecology·2023· 14 cited
Adult poison frogs can capture and consume aquatic tadpoles
Evolutionary Ecology·2023· 6 cited
Alkaloid-based chemical defenses and diet in six species of Australian poison frogs in the genus Pseudophryne
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Feedback in Batesian mimetic systems
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society·2023Open Access
Linking Predator Responses to Alkaloid Variability in Poison Frogs
Journal of Chemical Ecology·2023· 26 cited
Maternal chemical defenses predict offspring defenses in a dendrobatid poison frog
Oecologia·2023· 8 cited
Maternal Provisioning of Alkaloid Defenses are Present in Obligate but not Facultative Egg Feeding Dendrobatids
Journal of Chemical Ecology·2022· 8 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

H. Martin Garraffo(12), Thomas F. Spande(11), Maureen A. Donnelly(10), Taran Grant(9), John W. Daly(8), Adriana M. Jeckel(5), Naoki Toyooka(4), Roy A. Norton(3), Annelise Blanchette(3), Sarah Knowles Bolton(3), Ken Gerow(2), Daniel J. Paluh(2), Maggie M. Hantak(2), Robert H. Hegna(2), J. P. Lawrence(2), Bibiana Rojas(2), Antoine Fouquet(2), Johanna Mappes(2), Brice P. Noonan(2), Adam M. M. Stuckert(2)