Alujević, K., L. Bakewell, I. Clifton, C. Cox, L. Frishkoff, E. Gangloff, G. Garcia-Costoya, M. Gifford, M. Glenwinkel, S. Gulati, A. Head, M. Miles, C. Pettit, C. Watson, K. Wuthrich, & M. Logan. 2024. 3D printed models are an accurate, cost-effective, and reproducible tool for quantifying terrestrial thermal environments. Journal of Thermal Biology. 119. (abstract)
Gripshover, N. D., Hennessey, P., McBrayer, L. D., Meik, J. M., Watson, C. M., & Cox, C. L. 2023. When food fights back: skull morphology and feeding behavior of centipede-eating snakes. Integrative And Comparative Biology (abstract)
Watson, C.M. & C.L. Cox. 2021. Elevation, oxygen, and the origins of viviparity. Journal of Experimental Zoology - B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution. (abstract)
Heninger, R., C.M. Watson, & C.L. Cox. 2020. Relative fitness of decoy coloration is mediated by habitat type. Zoology. 125820 (abstract)
Kravchuk, L. & C.M. Watson. 2020. Corn snakes can behaviorally enhance crypsis by choosing complex backgrounds and substrate. Animal Behavior and Cognition 7. 39-48. (full text)
Watson, C.M., Z. Degon, W. Krogman, C. Cox. 2019. Evolutionary and ecological forces underlying ontogenetic loss of decoy coloration. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 128. 138–148. (abstract)
Watson, C.M. & W.W. Burggren. 2016. Interspecific differences in metabolic rate and metabolic temperature sensitivity create distinct thermal ecological niches in lizards (Plestiodon). PLoS One (full text)
Watson, C.M. & G. Francis. 2015. Three-dimensional printing as an effective method of producing anatomically accurate models for studies in thermal ecology. Journal of Thermal Biology 51. 42-46. (abstract)
Watson, C.M., R. Makowsky, & J. C. Bagley. 2014. Reproductive mode evolution in lizards revisited: updated analyses examining geographic, climatic and phylogenetic effects support the cold-climate hypothesis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27 (12), 2767-2780 (full text)
Watson, C.M. & L. Gough. 2012. The role of temperature in determining distributions and coexistence of three species of Plestiodon. Journal of Thermal Biology 37(5) 374-379. (abstract)
Watson, C.M. & D. R. Formanowicz. 2012. A comparison of maximum sprint speed among the five-lined skinks (Plestiodon) of the Southeastern United States at ecologically relevant temperatures. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7(1) 75-82. (full text)
Watson, C.M., C. Roelke, P. Pasichnyk, & C. Cox. 2012. The fitness consequences of the autotomous blue tail in lizards: An empirical test of predator response using clay models. Zoology 115(5) 339-344 (abstract)
Watson, C.M. and M. L. Nicholson. 2011 (Published 2014). The recovery of the macroarthropod community within the leaf-litter of an East Texas mixed hardwood-pine habitat following a prescribed burn. The Texas Journal of Science 64(1) (full text)
Watson, C.M. 2009. Selection of available post-fire substrate by Scincella lateralis Say (Ground Skink). The Texas Journal of Science 61(3) 219-224. (full text)
Arzate-Garay, L., J.R. Flores-Santin, E. Oviedo-Hernandez, G. Andrade-Soto, G.P.Hernandez-Lopez, & C.M. Watson. 2023 Barisia imbricata (Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard) Coloration. Herpetological Review 54 (2) p 292.
Arzate-Garay, L., J.R. Flores-Santin, G.P. Hernandez-Lopez, & C.M. Watson. 2022. Barisia imbricata, Arboreal Habitat Use. Herpetological Review 53(2). p 320.
Suárez-Rodríguez1, O., G. Suárez-Varón1, M. Marín-Vera, & C.M. Watson. 2020 . Tail bifurcation in Plestiodon copei. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia 3 (2): 146-149.
Watson, C.M., G. Estep, N. Barrier, & I.H. Watson. 2018. Pantherophis obsoletus, Vulnerability During Predation. Herpetological Review. 49:1. p 137.
Thibodeau, M.C., R.C. Vogtsberger, & C.M. Watson. 2017. Phrynosoma cornutum, Diet. Herpetological Review. 48:2. p. 440.
Merchant, M., M.H. Shirley & C.M. Watson. 2016. Paleosuchus spp. and Osteolaemus spp. Defense Mechanisms. Herpetological Review 47(4). 660-663
Fox, M.R., R.W.Stewart & C.M Watson. 2014. Plestiodon tetragrammus breviliniatus. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review. 45:3.
Watson, C.M. 2007. Thamnophis proximus: Foraging Biology. Herpetological Review. 38:3. p. 346
Watson, C.M. and D. R. Formanowicz. 2007. Plestiodon fasciatus: Prey. Herpetological Review. 38:1. p. 82.
Watson, C.M. and J. C. Watson. 2005. Eumeces fasciatus: Hatchlings. Herpetological Review. 36:3. p. 318.
Watson, C.M. and M. S. Vaughan. 2004. Liophis typhlus: Coloration. Herpetological Review. 35:2. p. 178.
Watson, C.M. 2007. The Five-Lined Skinks: “Scorpion Lizards of the Southeast” Reptiles. October. pp. 59-65.
Watson, C.M. 2004. Setup and Maintenance of a Successful Herp Quarantine. Reptiles USA. Annual Issue. pp. 108-116.