Mark D. Scherz

Mark D. Scherz

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2020
  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. Sympatric lineages in the Mantidactylus ambreensis complex of Malagasy frogs originated allopatrically rather than by in-situ speciation

    Rasolonjatovo, S. M., Scherz, Mark D., Hutter, C. R., Glaw, F., Rakotoarison, A., Razafindraibe, J. H., Goodman, S. M., Raselimanana, A. P. & Vences, M., 2020, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 144, 8 p., 106700.

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. ‘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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