Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2014
  2. A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography

    Scherz, Mark D., Ruthensteiner, B., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2014, In: Zootaxa. 3860, 6, p. 547-560 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Several origins of floral oil in the Angelonieae, a southern hemisphere disjunct clade of Plantaginaceae

    Martins, A. C., Scherz, Mark D. & Renner, S. S., 2014, In: American Journal of Botany. 101, 12, p. 2113-2120 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2015
  5. Leaping towards a saltatorial lifestyle? An unusually long-legged new species of Rhombophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2015, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 91, 2, p. 105-114 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Predation attempt of Rhombophryne laevipes by Compsophis albiventris

    Eudeline, R., Wang, C. Y. & Scherz, Mark D., 2015, In: Herpetology Notes. 8, p. 393-394 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

    Prötzel, D., Ruthensteiner, B., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2015, In: Zootaxa. 4048, 2, p. 211-231 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Two New Microhylid Frogs of the Genus Rhombophryne with Superciliary Spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in Northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Ruthensteiner, B., Vieites, D. R., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2015, In: Herpetologica. 71, 4, p. 310-321 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2016
  10. New size record of the snake genus Liophidium by the island endemic L. Mayottensis (Squamata, Lamprophiidae)

    Hawlitschek, O., Wang-Claypool, C. Y., Scherz, Mark D., Montfort, L., Soumille, O. & Glaw, F., 2016, In: Spixiana. 39, 2, p. 287-288 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  11. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

    Scherz, Mark D., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A., 2016, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100, p. 372-381 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal

    Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, Mark D., Straube, N. & Glaw, F., 2016, In: Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 16, p. 289-298 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. The advertisement call of Stumpffia be Köhler, Vences, D'Cruze & Glaw, 2010 (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae)

    Lattenkamp, E. Z., Mandák, M. & Scherz, Mark D., 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4205, 5, p. 483-485 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  14. Two new species of terrestrial microhylid frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Rhombophryne) from northeastern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F., Vences, M., Andreone, F. & Crottini, A., 2016, In: Salamandra. 52, 2, p. 91-106 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2017
  16. A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Vences, M., Borrell, J., Ball, L., Nomenjanahary, D. H., Parker, D., Rakotondratsima, M., Razafimandimby, E., Starnes, T., Rabearivony, J. & Glaw, F., 2017, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93, 2, p. 451-466 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. A review of the taxonomy and osteology of the Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa species group (Anura: Microhylidae) from Madagascar, with comments on the value of volume rendering of micro-CT data to taxonomists

    Scherz, Mark D., Hawlitschek, O., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4273, 3, p. 301-340 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  18. Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar

    Lambert, S. M., Hutter, C. R. & Scherz, Mark D., 2017, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 93, 1, p. 143-155 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Lumping or splitting in the Cophylinae (Anura: Microhylidae) and the need for a parsimony of taxonomic changes: a response to PELOSO et al. (2017)

    Scherz, Mark D., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A., 2017, In: Salamandra. 53, 3, p. 479-483 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  20. Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales

    Scherz, Mark D., Daza, J. D., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2017, In: PeerJ. 5, 35 p., e2955.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Rediscovery of frogs belonging to the enigmatic microhylid genus Madecassophryne in the Anosy Massif, south-eastern Madagascar

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2017, In: Salamandra. 53, 4, p. 507-518 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Splitting and lumping: An integrative taxonomic assessment of Malagasy chameleons in the Calumma guibei complex results in the new species C. gehringi sp. nov.

    Prötzel, D., Vences, M., Scherz, Mark D., Vieites, D. R. & Glaw, F., 2017, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 67, 2, p. 231-249

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

    Ratsoavina, F. M., Gehring, P., Scherz, Mark D., Vieites, D. R., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4347, 3, p. 446-464 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae)

    Scherz, Mark D., Razafindraibe, J. H., Rakotoarison, A., Dixit, N. M., Bletz, M. C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4347, 3, p. 572-582 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Describing the smaller majority: Integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Andreone, F., Franzen, M., Glos, J., Hawlitschek, O., Jono, T., Mori, A., Ndriantsoa, S. H., Raminosoa, N. R., Riemann, J. C., Rödel, M., Rosa, G. M., Vieites, D. R., Crottini, A. & Vences, M., 28 Nov 2017, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 67, 3, p. 271-398 128 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 2018
  27. A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Hawlitschek, O., Razafindraibe, J. H., Megson, S., Ratsoavina, F. M., Rakotoarison, A., Bletz, M. C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94, 2, p. 247-261 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Comparative perch heights and habitat plant usage of day geckos (Phelsuma) in the Comoros Archipelago (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

    Augros, S., Scherz, Mark D., Wang-Claypool, C. Y., Montfort, L., Glaw, F. & Hawlitschek, O., 2018, In: Salamandra. 54, 1, p. 71-74 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  29. Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878

    Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, Mark D., Ruthensteiner, B., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Science of Nature. 105, 7-8, 21 p., 49.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Endangered beauties: micro-CT cranial osteology, molecular genetics and external morphology reveal three new species of chameleons in the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

    Prötzel, D., Vences, M., Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, Mark D., Ratsoavina, F. M. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 184, 2, p. 471-498 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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