Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2020
  2. Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)

    Rancilhac, L., Bruy, T., Scherz, Mark D., Pereira, E. A., Preick, M., Straube, N., Lyra, M. L., Ohler, A., Streicher, J. W., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Hutter, C. R., Randrianantoandro, J. C., Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Hofreiter, M. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Journal of Natural History. 54, 1-4, p. 87-118 32 p.

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  3. Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar

    Ratsoavina, F. M., Glaw, F., Raselimanana, A. P., Rakotoarison, A., Vieites, D. R., Hawlitschek, O., Vences, M. & Scherz, Mark D., 2020, In: Zootaxa. 4895, 2, p. 251-271 21 p.

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  4. 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.

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  5. ‘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.

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  6. 2019
  7. 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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  11. 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.

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  12. 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

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  13. 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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  14. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 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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  17. 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.

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  18. 2018
  19. 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.

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  20. 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.

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  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.

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  22. 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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  23. 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.

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  24. 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.

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  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

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  26. 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.

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  27. 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.

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  28. 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.

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