Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Molecular taxonomic identification and species-level phylogeny of the narrow-mouthed frogs of the genus Rhombophryne (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from Madagascar

    Belluardo, F., Scherz, Mark D., Santos, B., Andreone, F., Antonelli, A., Glaw, F., Muñoz-Pajares, A. J., Randrianirina, J. E., Raselimanana, A. P., Vences, M. & Crottini, A., 2022, In: Systematics and Biodiversity. 20, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 2039320.

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

  5. 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

  6. Pseudoxyrhophiidae and Psammophiidae, Colubroid snakes, Bibilava

    Cadle, J. E., Scherz, Mark D., Ruane, S., Burbrink, F. T., Raxworthy, C. J. & Glaw, F., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1525-1531 7 p.

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

  7. 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

  8. Microhylidae, Scaphiophryninae: Scaphiophryne and Paradoxophyla

    Crottini, A., Rabearivony, J., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, Mark D. & Rosa, G. M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1391-1395 5 p.

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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Mantellidae, Tsingymantinae: Tsingymantis

    Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A. & Scherz, Mark D., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1381

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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago

    Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, Mark D., Webster, K. C., Ineich, I. & Glaw, F., 2021, In: Anatomical Record. 304, 10, p. 2249-2263 15 p.

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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Mantellidae, Mantellinae: Guibemantis

    Lehtinen, R. M., Scherz, Mark D. & Vences, M., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1374-1378 5 p.

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

  31. 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

  32. Published

    Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats: [Inkl. Correction]

    Luedtke, J. A., Chanson, J., Neam, K., Hobin, L., Maciel, A. O., Catenazzi, A., Borzée, A., Hamidy, A., Aowphol, A., Jean, A., Sosa-Bartuano, Á., Fong G., A., de Silva, A., Fouquet, A., Angulo, A., Kidov, A. A., Muñoz Saravia, A., Diesmos, A. C., Tominaga, A., Shrestha, B. & 103 others, Gratwicke, B., Tjaturadi, B., Martínez Rivera, C. C., Vásquez Almazán, C. R., Señaris, C., Chandramouli, S. R., Strüssmann, C., Cortez Fernández, C. F., Azat, C., Hoskin, C. J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Whyte, D. L., Gower, D. J., Olson, D. H., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Santana, D. J., Nagombi, E., Najafi-Majd, E., Quah, E. S. H., Bolaños, F., Xie, F., Brusquetti, F., Álvarez, F. S., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Castañeda, F. E., Kraus, F., Parra-Olea, G., Chaves, G., Medina-Rangel, G. F., González-Durán, G., Ortega-Andrade, H. M., Machado, I. F., Das, I., Dias, I. R., Urbina-Cardona, J. N., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Yang, J., Jianping, J., Wangyal, J. T., Rowley, J. J. L., Measey, J., Vasudevan, K., Chan, K. O., Gururaja, K. V., Ovaska, K., Warr, L. C., Canseco-Márquez, L., Toledo, L. F., Díaz, L. M., Khan, M. M. H., Meegaskumbura, M., Acevedo, M. E., Napoli, M. F., Ponce, M. A., Vaira, M., Lampo, M., Yánez-Muñoz, M. H., Scherz, Mark D., Rödel, M., Matsui, M., Fildor, M., Kusrini, M. D., Ahmed, M. F., Rais, M., Kouamé, N. G. G., García, N., Gonwouo, N. L., Burrowes, P. A., Imbun, P. Y., Wagner, P., Kok, P. J. R., Joglar, R. L., Auguste, R. J., Brandão, R. A., Ibáñez, R., von May, R., Hedges, S. B., Biju, S. D., Ganesh, S. R., Wren, S., Das, S., Flechas, S. V., Ashpole, S. L., Robleto-Hernández, S. J., Loader, S. P., Incháustegui, S. J., Garg, S., Phimmachak, S., Richards, S. J., Slimani, T., Osborne-Naikatini, T., Abreu-Jardim, T. P. F., Condez, T. H., De Carvalho, T. R., Cutajar, T. P., Pierson, T. W., Nguyen, T. Q., Kaya, U., Yuan, Z., Long, B., Langhammer, P. & Stuart, S. N., 2023, In: Nature. 622, 7982, p. 308-314 7 p.

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

  33. 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

  34. Repositories for Taxonomic Data: Where We Are and What is Missing

    Miralles, A., Bruy, T., Wolcott, K., Scherz, M. D., Begerow, D., Beszteri, B., Bonkowski, M., Felden, J., Gemeinholzer, B., Glaw, F., Glöckner, F. O., Hawlitschek, O., Kostadinov, I., Nattkemper, T. W., Printzen, C., Renz, J., Rybalka, N., Stadler, M., Weibulat, T., Wilke, T. & 2 others, Renner, S. S. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Systematic Biology. 69, 6, p. 1231-1253 23 p.

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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused by iridophores

    Prötzel, D., Heß, M., Schwager, M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, Mark D., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 10 p., 297.

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

  43. 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

  44. Untangling the trees: Revision of the Calumma nasutum complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

    Prötzel, D., Scherz, Mark D., Ratsoavina, F. M., Vences, M. & Glaw, F., 2020, In: Vertebrate Zoology. 70, 1, p. 23-59 37 p.

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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  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.

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