[BOEK][B] The new natural history of Madagascar

SM Goodman - 2022 - degruyter.com
Separated from Africa's mainland for tens of millions of years, Madagascar has evolved a
breathtaking wealth of biodiversity, becoming home to thousands of species found nowhere …

An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: Integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the …

MD Scherz, A Crottini, C Hutter, A Hildenbrand… - Megataxa, 2022 - flore.unifi.it
Malagasy frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis in the mantellid frog genus Mantidactylus
currently comprise 14 described species of mostly brown, riparian frogs. Data from DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar's rainforest

M Vences, M Multzsch, S Gippner, A Miralles, A Crottini… - Zootaxa, 2022 - biotaxa.org
The Lygodactylus madagascariensis species group, constituting the subgenus
Domerguella, currently contains five valid species of inconspicuous dwarf geckos from …

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

MD Scherz, SM Rasolonjatovo, J Köhler, L Rancilhac… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Taxonomic progress is often hindered by intrinsic factors, such as morphologically cryptic
species that require a broad suite of methods to distinguish, and extrinsic factors, such as …

Uncovering the herpetological diversity of small forest fragments in south-eastern Madagascar (Haute Matsiatra)

F Belluardo, DD Quirós, J Lobón-Rovira… - Zoosystematics and …, 2021 - repositorio.ul.pt
Madagascar has historically suffered from high fragmentation of forested habitats, often
leading to biodiversity loss. Neverthless, forest fragments still retain high levels of biological …

[PDF][PDF] Threatened Malagasy amphibians and reptiles in zoos–a call for enhanced implementation of the IUCN's One Plan Approach

T Ziegler, J Kamphausen, F Glaw, A Crottini… - Der Zoologische …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Madagascar is home to 370 native amphibian and 420 native reptile species with an
extraordinary high endemism rate of approx. 98%. Less than half (39%) of Madagascar's …

Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species …

MD Scherz, L Schmidt, A Crottini, A Miralles… - Zootaxa, 2021 - europepmc.org
The genus Scaphiophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) contains at least nine species that,
together with their probable sister genus Paradoxophyla, form the Madagascar-endemic …

[PDF][PDF] Rediscovery, conservation status and genetic relationships of the Malagasy chameleon Furcifer voeltzkowi.

F Glaw, D Prötzel, F Eckhardt, NA Raharinoro… - …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The chameleon Furcifer voeltzkowi (Boettger, 1893) from northwestern Madagascar was
considered to be a synonym of Furcifer rhinoceratus for many decades and was resurrected …

[PDF][PDF] Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages− the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its …

I Ineich, T Koppetsch, W Böhme - Salamandra, 2022 - researchgate.net
Harpesaurus tricinctus is an Asian agamid lizard described in 1851 from Java, Indonesia,
and since then known only from its holotype located at the Paris Natural History Museum …

New distribution records and population density of the Critically Endangered Tarzan Chameleon (Calumma tarzan), eastern Madagascar

AJV Rakotondrina, RR Andriantsimanarilafy… - African Journal of …, 2024 - journals.co.za
The distribution and population density of the Critically Endangered Tarzan Chameleon
(Calumma tarzan) in eastern humid forests of Madagascar was studied using line transect …