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Diversity , elevational variation , and phylogeographic origin of stump-toed frogs ( Microhylidae : Cophylinae : Stumpffia ) on the Marojejy massif , northern Madagascar
Stump-toed frogs (genus Stumpffia Boettger, 1881) are a diverse group of small-bodied frogs endemic to Madagascar. Seven species of this genus occur on Marojejy, a steep massif in northeastern… Expand
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New dietary data from Compsophis and Alluaudina species (Squamata: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae), and implications for their dietary complexity and evolution
- C. Hutter, Z. F. Andriampenomanana, Jary H. Razafindraibe, Dr. Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D Scherz
- Biology
- 26 October 2018
ABSTRACT Basic ecological data are missing from the majority of Madagascar’s snakes. We here report seven dietary records from two species of the genus Compsophis and one record from Alluaudina… Expand
Sympatric lineages in the Mantidactylus ambreensis complex of Malagasy frogs originated allopatrically rather than by in-situ speciation.
- S. M. Rasolonjatovo, Mark D Scherz, +6 authors M. Vences
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
- 3 December 2019
Madagascar's biota is characterized by a high degree of microendemism at different taxonomic levels, but how colonization and in-situ speciation contribute to the assembly of local species… Expand
Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae).
- Mark D Scherz, Jary H. Razafindraibe, +4 authors M. Vences
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 14 November 2017
Madagascar hosts a high diversity of small brown frogs. In this paper, we add another one by describing Gephyromantis (Duboimantis) tohatra sp. nov. The new species is a small brown mantellid frog… Expand
Finaritra! A splendid new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar.
- F. Ratsoavina, A. Raselimanana, +4 authors M. Vences
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 21 January 2019
The Marojejy Massif in northern Madagascar is a constant source of herpetological surprises. Herein we describe a new species of leaf-mimicking leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus finaritra sp. nov., based… Expand
Description of the lucky Cophyla (Microhylidae, Cophylinae), a new arboreal frog from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar.
- Andolalao Rakotoarison, Mark D Scherz, M. Bletz, Jary H. Razafindraibe, F. Glaw, M. Vences
- Biology, Medicine
- Zootaxa
- 5 August 2019
We describe a new species of arboreal microhylid frog from northern Madagascar. The new species is assigned to the genus Cophyla based on molecular phylogeny and morphological similarities to other… Expand
A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar
- Mark D Scherz, O. Hawlitschek, +6 authors M. Vences
- Biology
- 15 March 2018
We describe a new species of the genus Gephyromantis, subgenus Vatomantis (Mantellidae, Mantellinae), from moderately high elevation (1164–1394 m a.s.l.) on the Marojejy, Sorata, and Andravory… Expand