| The conservation status of the world’s reptiles M Böhm, B Collen, JEM Baillie, P Bowles, J Chanson, N Cox, ... Biological conservation 157, 372-385, 2013 | 1174 | 2013 |
| Amphibians and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago JC Murphy (No Title), 1997 | 259 | 1997 |
| Marine reptiles AR Rasmussen, JC Murphy, M Ompi, JW Gibbons, P Uetz PLOS one 6 (11), e27373, 2011 | 175 | 2011 |
| Tales of giant snakes: a historical natural history of anacondas and pythons JC Murphy, RW Henderson Krieger Publishing Company, 1997 | 141 | 1997 |
| Homalopsid Snakes JC Murphy Evolution in the Mud. Krieg, 2007 | 126 | 2007 |
| Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles SB Hedges, R Powell, RW Henderson, S Hanson, JC Murphy Caribbean Herpetology, 67, 1-53, 2019 | 85 | 2019 |
| Fascinating and forgotten: the conservation status of marine elapid snakes C Elfes, S Livingstone, A Lane, V Lukosche, K Sanders, A Courtney, ... Herpetological Conservation and Biology 8 (1), 37-52, 2013 | 80 | 2013 |
| The prey and predators of homalopsine snakes HK Voris, JC Murphy Journal of Natural History 36 (13), 1621-1632, 2002 | 79 | 2002 |
| A checklist and key to the homalopsid snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the description of new genera JC Murphy, HK Voris Fieldiana Life and Earth Sciences 2014 (8), 1-43, 2014 | 60 | 2014 |
| A field guide to the amphibians & reptiles of Trinidad & Tobago J Smith, J Murphy, R Downie, S Livingstone, R Mohammed, R Lehtinen Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists’ Club, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Comparison of semi-aquatic snake communities associated with the Khorat Basin, Thailand DR KARNS, JC MURPHY, HK VORIS, JS SUDDETH Tropical Natural History 5 (2), 73-90, 2005 | 45 | 2005 |
| Cryptic, Sympatric Diversity in Tegu Lizards of the Tupinambis teguixin Group (Squamata, Sauria, Teiidae) and the Description of Three New Species JC Murphy, MJ Jowers, RM Lehtinen, SP Charles, GR Colli, AK Peres Jr, ... PLoS One 11 (8), e0158542, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| The dog-faced water snakes, a revision of the genus Cerberus Cuvier, (Squamata, Serpentes, Homalopsidae), with the description of a new species JC Murphy, HK Voris, DR Karns Zootaxa 3484 (1), 1–34-1–34, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| Phylogenetic relationships of the Oriental-Australian rear-fanged water snakes (Colubridae: Homalopsinae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences HK Voris, ME Alfaro, DR Karns, GL Starnes, E Thompson, JC Murphy Copeia 2002 (4), 906-915, 2002 | 39 | 2002 |
| A phase II study of biochemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma P Gibbs, A Iannucci, M Becker, J Allen, M O'Driscoll, K McDowell, ... Melanoma research 10 (2), 171-179, 2000 | 39 | 2000 |
| Phylogeography of the Mekong mud snake (Enhydris subtaeniata): the biogeographic importance of dynamic river drainages and fluctuating sea levels for … V Lukoschek, JL Osterhage, DR Karns, JC Murphy, HK Voris Ecology and Evolution 1 (3), 330-342, 2011 | 38 | 2011 |
| Not withering on the evolutionary vine: systematic revision of the Brown Vine Snake (Reptilia: Squamata: Oxybelis) from its northern distribution RC Jadin, C Blair, SA Orlofske, MJ Jowers, GA Rivas, LJ Vitt, JM Ray, ... Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20, 723-746, 2020 | 34 | 2020 |
| Marine invasions by non-sea snakes, with thoughts on terrestrial–aquatic–marine transitions JC Murphy Integrative and Comparative Biology 52 (2), 217-226, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| The ecology of the water snakes of Ban Tha Hin, Songkhla Province, Thailand JC Murphy, HK Voris, DR Karns, T Chan-Ard, K Suvunrat Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 47, 129-147, 1999 | 33 | 1999 |
| The rediscovery of Angel’s stream snake, Paratapinophis praemaxillaris Angel, 1929 (Reptilia: Serpentes: Natricidae) JC MURPHY, T Chan-Ard, S Mekchai, M COTA, HK VORIS Tropical Natural History 8 (2), 169-183, 2008 | 31 | 2008 |