Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


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  1. A comprehensive phylogeny of dwarf geckos of the genus Lygodactylus, with insights into their systematics and morphological variation

    Gippner, S., Travers, S. L., Scherz, Mark D., Colston, T. J., Lyra, M. L., Mohan, A. V., Multzsch, M., Nielsen, S. V., Rancilhac, L., Glaw, F., Bauer, A. M. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 165, 12 p., 107311.

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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Published

    A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar

    Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F. M., Raselimanana, A. P., Crottini, A., Gehring, P., Böhme, W., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Salamandra. 59, 3, p. 239-261 23 p.

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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher

    Vences, M., Hutter, C. R., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P. & Scherz, Mark D., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5306, 1, p. 97-115 19 p.

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Published

    An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar

    Koppetsch, T., Pabijan, M., Hutter, C. R., Köhler, J., Gehring, P., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Vieites, D. R., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 73, p. 397-432 36 p.

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

  13. Published

    An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar

    Scherz, M. D., Crottini, A., Hutter, C. R., Hildenbrand, A., Andreone, F., Fulgence, T. R., Köhler, G., Ndriantsoa, S. H., Ohler, A., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A. P., Riemann, J. C., Rödel, M-O., Rosa, G. M., Streicher, J. W., Vieites, D. R., Köhler, J., Hofreiter, M. & 2 others, Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2022, In: Megataxa. 7, 2, p. 113-311 199 p.

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

  14. Published

    An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar

    Vences, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Hofreiter, M., Hutter, C. R., Du Preez, L., Preick, M., Rakotoarison, A., Rancilhac, L., Raselimanana, A. P., Rosa, G. M., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2022, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 72, p. 271-309

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

  15. Published

    An unexpected new red-bellied Stumpffia (Microhylidae) from forest fragments in central Madagascar highlights remaining cryptic diversity

    Mullin, K. E., Rakotomanga, M. G., Dawson, J., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Orozco-terWengel, P. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: ZooKeys. 1104, p. 1-28

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

  16. Published

    Between a Rock and a Hard Polytomy: Phylogenomics of the Rock-Dwelling Mbuna Cichlids of Lake Malawi

    Scherz, Mark D., Masonick, P., Meyer, A. & Hulsey, C. D., 2022, In: Systematic Biology. 71, 3, p. 741-757 17 p.

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

  17. Chamaeleonidae, Chameleons, Tanalahy, Sakorikita, Tarondro

    Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D., Randrianantoandro, C., Rakotomalala, D., Karsten, K. B. & Raxworthy, C. J., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1506-1516 11 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae)

    Miralles, A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 71, p. 27-48 22 p.

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

  21. 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

  22. Consequences of parallel miniaturisation in Microhylinae (Anura, Microhylidae), with the description of a new genus of diminutive South East Asian frogs

    Gorin, V. A., Scherz, Mark D., Korost, D. V. & Poyarkov, N. A., 2021, In: Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97, 1, p. 21-54 34 p.

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

  23. Published

    Convergence, divergence, and macroevolutionary constraint as revealed by anatomical network analysis of the squamate skull, with an emphasis on snakes

    Strong, C. R. C., Scherz, Mark D. & Caldwell, M. W., 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 26 p., 14469.

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

  24. Published

    DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species

    Zamani, A., Fric, Z. F., Gante, H. F., Hopkins, T., Orfinger, A. B., Scherz, Mark D., Bartoňová, A. S. & Pos, D. D., 2022, In: Systematic Entomology. 47, 3, p. 385-389 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review

  25. E-pub ahead of print

    DNA sequences from type specimens and type strains - how to increase their number and improve their annotation in NCBI GenBank and related databases

    Renner, S. S., Scherz, Mark D., Schoch, C. L., Gottschling, M. & Vences, M., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Systematic Biology.

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

  26. Deconstructing the Gestalt: New concepts and tests of homology, as exemplified by a re-conceptualization of “microstomy” in squamates

    Strong, C. R. C., Scherz, Mark D. & Caldwell, M. W., 2021, In: Anatomical Record. 304, 10, p. 2303-2351 49 p.

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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Discovery of frogs of the Stumpffia hara species group (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) on Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species

    Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Razafindraibe, J. H., Vences, M. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: Evolutionary Systematics. 6, 1, p. 21-33 13 p.

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

  32. Dissecting the tree of life: the prospect of open-access digital resources in morphology, anatomy and taxonomy in training the next generation of zoologists

    Ruthsatz, K., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Zootaxa. 5016, 3, p. 448-450 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review

  33. Diversity and exploration of the Malagasy amphibian fauna

    Glaw, F., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1305-1322 18 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons

    Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Hawlitschek, O., Ratsoavina, F. M., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 14 p., 2522.

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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Gekkonidae, Geckos, Katsatsaka, Tsatsake

    Bauer, A. M., Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A., Ratsoavina, F. M. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1474-1479 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  41. Gekkonidae: Uroplatus, Leaf-tailed geckos, Tahafisaka

    Gehring, P., Ratsoavina, F. M., Scherz, Mark D., Raselimanana, A. P. & Raxworthy, C. J., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1480-1485 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  42. 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

  43. Genetic variability and partial integrative revision of Platypelis frogs (Microhylidae) with red flash marks from eastern Madagascar

    Glaw, F., Scherz, Mark D., Rakotoarison, A., Crottini, A., Raselimanana, A. P., Andreone, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 70, 2, p. 141-156 16 p.

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

  44. Gerrhosauridae, Plated Lizards, Bekaratsaka, Antalabosy, Androngo

    Raselimanana, A. P., Scherz, Mark D., Prötzel, D. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1490-1494 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

  45. Published

    Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003

    Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D., Mullin, K. E., Crottini, A., Petzold, A., Ranjanaharisoa, F. A., Maheritafika, H. M. R., Rafanoharana, J. M., Vo, H. R., Andreone, F., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5352, 2, p. 221-234 14 p.

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

  46. Published

    High diversity of deep mitochondrial lineages meets low morphological distinctiveness – insights into the complex phylogeography of the Malagasy leaf-tailed geckos Uroplatus sikorae and U. sameiti

    Gehring, P., Scherz, Mark D., Bailey, C. A., Louis, E. E., Ratsoavina, F. M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2023, In: Salamandra. 59, 2, p. 158-178 21 p.

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

  47. Published

    Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar

    Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Glaw, F., 2023, In: Zootaxa. 5319, 2, p. 178-198 21 p.

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

  48. Published

    Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar's rainforest

    Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., Crottini, A., Gehring, P., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F. M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, In: Zootaxa. 5179, 1, 61 p.

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

  49. Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae

    Scherz, Mark D., Schmidt, L., Crottini, A., Miralles, A., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2021, In: Zootaxa. 4938, 4, p. 392-420 29 p.

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

  50. 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.

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