Background DNA barcoding of non-avian reptiles based on the cytochrome oxidase subunit
I (COI) gene is still in a very early stage, mainly due to technical problems. Using a newly …

Species delimitation and species concepts have been a matter of debate among biodiversity
researchers in the last decades, resulting in integrative taxonomy approaches and the use of …

Background Using molecular data generated by high throughput next generation
sequencing (NGS) platforms to infer phylogeny is becoming common as costs go down and …

In this first cytogenetic survey on the lamprophiid snake subfamily Pseudoxyrhophiinae, we
studied the karyology of ten snake species belonging to seven genera from Madagascar …

We describe Calumma tarzan sp. n., a morphologically distinct chameleon species of the
Calumma furcifer species group from rainforest fragments in the Anosibe An'Ala region of …

The cat-eyed snakes of the genus Madagascarophis are among the most commonly
encountered snake species in Madagascar. Yet despite their broad distribution and frequent …

Nagy, ZT, Glaw, F. & Vences, M.(2010) Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and
Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros.—Zoologica Scripta, 39, 426–435. Arboreal …

On a recent expedition to eastern Madagascar, we discovered a distinct new species of the
genus Calumma that we describe here using an integrative approach combining …

Opportunistic encounters of different Malagasy lamprophiid/pseudoxyrhophiine snakes
(Squamata: Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) from a small protected area of lowland rainforest …

Raselimanana, 2003). The occurrence of L. pattoni in Marojejy National Park is generally
known to the local guides and at the time of this writing (January 2023) the snake is …