| A cladistic analysis of Geochelone using cranial osteology CR Crumly Journal of Herpetology, 215-234, 1982 | 52 | 1982 |
| A hypothesis for the relationships of land tortoise genera (Family Testudinidae) CR Crumly Studia Palaeocheloniologica 1, 115-124, 1985 | 50 | 1985 |
| Paedomorphosis and skull structure in Malagasy chamaeleons (Reptilia: Chamaeleoninae) O Rieppel, C Crumly Journal of Zoology 243 (2), 351-380, 1997 | 48 | 1997 |
| Patterns of variation in the phalangeal formulae of land tortoises (Testudinidae): developmental constraint, size, and phylogenetic history CR Crumly, MR Sánchez‐Villagra Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental …, 2004 | 40 | 2004 |
| The evolution of land tortoises (Family Testudinidae). CR Crumly | 37 | 1985 |
| Phylogenetic systematics of North American tortoises (genus Gopherus): evidence for their classification CR Crumly Fish and Wildlife Research 13, 7-32, 1994 | 30 | 1994 |
| Land tortoise types in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie with comments on nomenclature and systematic (Reptilia: Testudines: Testudinidae) MS Hoogmoed, CR Crumly Zoologische Mededelingen 58 (15), 241-259, 1984 | 25 | 1984 |
| A nomenclatural history of tortoises (family Testudinidae) CR Crumly Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, 1988 | 17 | 1988 |
| An annotated checklist of the fossil tortoises of China and Mongolia CR Crumly Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington 96 (3), 567-580, 1983 | 10 | 1983 |
| Validity of the tortoise Xerobates lepidocephalus Ottley and Velazquez [sic] in Baja California CR Crumly, LL Grismer, RB Bury, DJ Germano Biology of North American Tortoises. Fish and Wildlife Research 13, 32-36, 1994 | 8 | 1994 |
| A range extension of Geochelone elongata CA Ross, CR Crumly J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc 79, 429-430, 1983 | 8 | 1983 |
| The cranial morphometry of Galapagos tortoises CR Crumly | 7 | 1984 |
| Saving a legacy: Natural history collections in Germany before and after World War II CR Crumly Curator: The Museum Journal 27 (3), 205-219, 1984 | 6 | 1984 |
| The" parietal" foramen in turtles CR Crumly Journal of Herpetology 16 (3), 317-320, 1982 | 6 | 1982 |
| Dinosaur Imagery: The Science of Lost Worlds and Jurassic Art: the Lazendorf Collection CR Crumly Academic, 2000 | 5* | 2000 |
| The genus name for North American gopher tortoises CR Crumly Proceedings of the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium 1984, 147-48, 1987 | 5 | 1987 |
| The identity of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812: Another interpretation CR Crumly Herpetologica, 237-241, 1986 | 5 | 1986 |
| Evolution of land tortoises CR Crumly PhD thesis, Rutgers University, 1984 | 5 | 1984 |
| Type catalogues of herpetological collections: an annotated list of lists CR Crumly Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 1990 | 2 | 1990 |
| Comment on the proposed conservation of the usage of the generic name of Drosophila Fallén, 1823 (Insecta, Diptera) J Máca, P Jolivet, FT Krell, AR Milner, P Bouchet, JE Cadle, O Kraus, ... The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66 (1), 70-89, 2009 | 1 | 2009 |