| Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes BG Fry, N Vidal, JA Norman, FJ Vonk, H Scheib, SFR Ramjan, S Kuruppu, ... Nature 439 (7076), 584-588, 2006 | 703 | 2006 |
| The phylogeny of squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians) inferred from nine nuclear protein-coding genes N Vidal, SB Hedges Comptes Rendus. Biologies 328 (10-11), 1000-1008, 2005 | 546 | 2005 |
| Evolution of an arsenal: structural and functional diversification of the venom system in the advanced snakes (Caenophidia) BG Fry, H Scheib, L van der Weerd, B Young, J McNaughtan, ... Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 7 (2), 215-246, 2008 | 397 | 2008 |
| The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians N Vidal, SB Hedges Comptes Rendus. Biologies 332 (2-3), 129-139, 2009 | 355 | 2009 |
| The phylogeny and classification of caenophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear protein-coding genes N Vidal, AS Delmas, P David, C Cruaud, A Couloux, SB Hedges Comptes rendus. Biologies 330 (2), 182-187, 2007 | 268 | 2007 |
| A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata) SB Hedges, AB Marion, KM Lipp, J Marin, N Vidal Caribbean Herpetology, 49, 1-61, 2014 | 216 | 2014 |
| Molecular evidence for a terrestrial origin of snakes N Vidal, SB Hedges Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 2004 | 207 | 2004 |
| The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system BG Fry, NR Casewell, W Wüster, N Vidal, B Young, TNW Jackson Toxicon 60 (4), 434-448, 2012 | 189 | 2012 |
| Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting N Vidal, A Azvolinsky, C Cruaud, SB Hedges Biology letters 4 (1), 115-118, 2008 | 179 | 2008 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of xenodontine snakes inferred from 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA sequences N Vidal, SG Kindl, A Wong, SB Hedges Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14 (3), 389-402, 2000 | 174 | 2000 |
| Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana N Vidal, J Marin, M Morini, S Donnellan, WR Branch, R Thomas, ... Biology Letters 6 (4), 558-561, 2010 | 156 | 2010 |
| Snake venom: From fieldwork to the clinic: Recent insights into snake biology, together with new technology allowing high‐throughput screening of venom, bring new hope for drug … FJ Vonk, K Jackson, R Doley, F Madaras, PJ Mirtschin, N Vidal Bioessays 33 (4), 269-279, 2011 | 155 | 2011 |
| Dissecting the major American snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Dipsadidae Bonaparte (Serpentes, Caenophidia) N Vidal, M Dewynter, DJ Gower Comptes rendus biologies 333 (1), 48-55, 2010 | 139 | 2010 |
| Colubroid systematics: evidence for an early appearance of the venom apparatus followed by extensive evolutionary tinkering N Vidal Journal of Toxicology: Toxin Reviews 21 (1-2), 21-41, 2002 | 138 | 2002 |
| Snakes (Serpentes) N Vidala, JC Ragec, A Coulouxd, SB Hedgesb The timetree of life, 390, 2009 | 135 | 2009 |
| Evolution and diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system BG Fry, N Vidal, L Van der Weerd, E Kochva, C Renjifo Journal of proteomics 72 (2), 127-136, 2009 | 134 | 2009 |
| Higher-level relationships of caenophidian snakes inferred from four nuclear and mitochondrial genes N Vidal, SB Hedges Comptes Rendus Biologies 325 (9), 987-995, 2002 | 126 | 2002 |
| Higher-level relationships of snakes inferred from four nuclear and mitochondrial genes N Vidal, SB Hedges Comptes rendus. Biologies 325 (9), 977-985, 2002 | 118 | 2002 |
| Molecular evidence for an Asian origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia N Vidal, J Marin, J Sassi, FU Battistuzzi, S Donnellan, AJ Fitch, BG Fry, ... Biology Letters 8 (5), 853-855, 2012 | 92 | 2012 |
| Lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians (Squamata) SB Hedges, N Vidal The timetree of life, 383-389, 2009 | 89 | 2009 |
