Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


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  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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Letter › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Review › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Letter › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  31. Eye and webbing colouration as predictors of specific distinctness: a genetically isolated new treefrog species of the Boophis albilabris group from the Masoala peninsula, northeastern madagascar

    Glaw, F., Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Salamandra. 54, 3, p. 163-177 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  32. Genetic differentiation and species status of the large-bodied leaf-tailed geckos Uroplatus fimbriatus and U. giganteus

    Gehring, P., Siarabi, S., Scherz, Mark D., Ratsoavina, F. M., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Salamandra. 54, 2, p. 132-146 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  33. New dietary data from Compsophis and Alluaudina species (Squamata: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae), and implications for their dietary complexity and evolution

    Hutter, C. R., Andriampenomanana, Z. F., Razafindraibe, J. H., Rakotoarison, A. & Scherz, Mark D., 2018, In: Journal of Natural History. 52, 39-40, p. 2497-2510

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  34. Polymorphism and synonymy of Brookesia antakarana and B. Ambreensis, leaf chameleons from Montagne d’Ambre in north Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Wagler, M. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Salamandra. 54, 4, p. 259-268 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  35. Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae)

    Bellati, A., Scherz, Mark D., Megson, S., Roberts, S. H., Andreone, F., Rosa, G. M., Noël, J., Randrianirina, J. E., Fasola, M., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A., 2018, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94, 1, p. 109-135 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  36. Rising from the ashes: resurrection of the Malagasy chameleons Furcifer monoceras and F. Voeltzkowi (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), based on micro-CT scans and external morphology

    Sentís, M., Chang, Y., Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4483, 3, p. 549-566 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  37. Stumbling upon a New Frog Species of Guibemantis (Anura: Mantellidae) on Top of the Marojejy Massif in Northern Madagascar

    Bletz, M. C., Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Lehtinen, R. M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Copeia. 106, 2, p. 255-263 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  38. Tadpole predation by Mantidactylus bellyi Mocquard, 1895 with brief description of the site and morphological measurements of the specimen

    Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Scherz, Mark D., Raselimanana, A. P. & Vences, M., 2018, In: Herpetology Notes. 11, p. 747-750 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  39. The smallest 'true chameleon' from Madagascar: a new, distinctly colored species of the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae)

    Prötzel, D., Lambert, S. M., Andrianasolo, G. T., Hutter, C. R., Cobb, K. A., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94, 2, p. 409-423 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  40. Two new Madagascan frog species of the Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) tandroka complex from northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Alytes. 36, 1-4, p. 130-158

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  41. Two new Pandanus frogs (Guibemantis: Mantellidae: Anura) from northern Madagascar

    Lehtinen, R. M., Glaw, F., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A. & Scherz, Mark D., 2018, In: European Journal of Taxonomy. 451, p. 1-20 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  42. Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons

    Prötzel, D., Heß, M., Scherz, Mark D., Schwager, M., Padje, A. V. & Glaw, F., 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 9 p., 698.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  43. 2019

  44. A new dwarf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Köhler, J., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 95, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  45. A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence

    Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Tolley, K. A., Raselimanana, A. P., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Zootaxa. 4683, 1, p. 84-96 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  46. A new species of nocturnal gecko, genus Paroedura, from the karstic Tsingy de Bemaraha formation in western Madagascar

    Köhler, J., Vences, M., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2019, In: Salamandra. 55, 2, p. 73-81 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  47. A new yellow-toed Platypelis species (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from the Maroantsetra region, northeastern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2019, In: Evolutionary Systematics. 3, 1, p. 75-83 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  48. Comparative phylogeography and patterns of deep genetic differentiation of two gecko species, Paroedura gracilis and Phelsuma guttata, across north-eastern Madagascar

    Mohan, A. V., Gehring, P., Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F., Ratsoavina, F. M. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Salamandra. 55, 3, p. 211-220 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  49. Description of the lucky Cophyla (Microhylidae, Cophylinae), a new arboreal frog from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Bletz, M. C., Razafindraibe, J. H., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Zootaxa. 4651, 2, p. 271-288

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  50. Diversity, elevational variation, and phylogeographic origin of stump-toed frogs (Microhylidae: Cophylinae: Stumpffia) on the Marojejy massif, northern Madagascar

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Bletz, M. C., Razafindraibe, J. H., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Salamandra. 55, 2, p. 115-123 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  51. Finaritra! A splendid new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar

    Ratsoavina, F. M., Raselimanana, A. P., Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Razafindraibe, J. H., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2019, In: Zootaxa. 4545, 4, p. 563-577 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  52. Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera

    Scherz, Mark D., Hutter, C. R., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J. C., Rödel, M., Ndriantsoa, S. H., Glos, J., Roberts, S. H., Crottini, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 3, 45 p., e0213314.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  53. Species complexes and the importance of Data Deficient classification in Red List assessments: The case of Hylobatrachus frogs

    Scherz, Mark D., Glaw, F., Hutter, C. R., Bletz, M. C., Rakotoarison, A., Köhler, J. & Vences, M., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, 32 p., e0219437.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  54. The bizarre skull of Xenotyphlops sheds light on synapomorphies of Typhlopoidea

    Chretien, J., Wang-Claypool, C. Y., Glaw, F. & Scherz, Mark D., 2019, In: Journal of Anatomy. 234, 5, p. 637-655 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  55. 2020

  56. Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne D'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar

    Scherz, Mark D., 2020, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96, 2, p. 313-323 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  57. Frogs of the genus Platypelis from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar: description of a new species and reports of range extensions

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F. M., Hawlitschek, O., Megson, S., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2020, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96, 1, p. 263-274 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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