Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. ‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species

    Scherz, Mark D., Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Köhler, J., Rancilhac, L., Rakotoarison, A., Raselimanana, A. P., Ohler, A., Preick, M., Hofreiter, M., Glaw, F. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 17 p., 19109.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Microhylidae: Cophylinae, Microhylid frogs

    Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A. & Rakotoarison, A., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1382-1390 9 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Mantellidae, Mantellinae: Gephyromantis

    Scherz, Mark D., Crottini, A. & Rakotoarison, A., 2022, The New Natural History of Madagascar. Goodman, S. M. (ed.). Princeton University Press, Vol. 2. p. 1371-1374 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  9. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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