Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2019
  2. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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.

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  6. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2018
  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

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  11. 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.

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  12. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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