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  1. A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2019, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  2. Species complexes and the importance of Data Deficient classification in Red List assessments: The case of Hylobatrachus frogs

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2019, PLOS

    Mark D. Scherz

  3. Description of the lucky Cophyla (Microhylidae, Cophylinae), a new arboreal frog from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2019, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  4. A new yellow-toed Platypelis species (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from the Maroantsetra region, northeastern Madagascar

    Article • Evolutionary Systematics, June 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  5. Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2019, PLOS

    Mark D. Scherz

  6. A new dwarf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, March 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  7. The bizarre skull of Xenotyphlops sheds light on synapomorphies of Typhlopoidea

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, February 2019, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  8. Finaritra! A splendid new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2019, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  9. New dietary data from Compsophis and Alluaudina species (Squamata: Lamprophiidae: Pseudoxyrhophiinae), and implications for their dietary complexity and evolution

    Article • Journal of Natural History, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Mark D. Scherz, Andoallao Rakotoarison

  10. The smallest ‘true chameleon’ from Madagascar: a new, distinctly colored species of the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae)

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, October 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  11. Rising from the ashes: resurrection of the Malagasy chameleons Furcifer monoceras and F. voeltzkowi (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae), based on micro-CT scans and external morphology

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2018, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  12. Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878

    Article • The Science of Nature, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mark D. Scherz

  13. Two new Pandanus frogs (Guibemantis: Mantellidae: Anura) from northern Madagascar

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, July 2018, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Mark D. Scherz

  14. Stumbling upon a New Frog Species of Guibemantis (Anura: Mantellidae) on Top of the Marojejy Massif in Northern Madagascar

    Article • Copeia, July 2018, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)

    Mark D. Scherz

  15. Endangered beauties: micro-CT cranial osteology, molecular genetics and external morphology reveal three new species of chameleons in the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mark D. Scherz

  16. A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, March 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  17. Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae)

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, February 2018, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  18. Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mark D. Scherz

  19. A new frog species of the subgenus Asperomantis (Anura, Mantellidae, Gephyromantis) from the Bealanana District of northern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, November 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  20. Two new species of leaf-tailed geckos (Uroplatus) from the Tsaratanana mountain massif in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  21. Yet another small brown frog from high altitude on the Marojejy Massif, northeastern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2017, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  22. Taxonomy is not beholden to its dependencies: a rebuttal to Garnett and Christidis (2017)

    Article • June 2017, PeerJ

    Mark D. Scherz

  23. A review of the taxonomy and osteology of the Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa species group (Anura: Microhylidae) from Madagascar, with comments on the value of volume rendering of micro-CT data to taxonomists

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2017, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  24. Diamond in the rough: a new species of fossorial diamond frog (Rhombophryne) from Ranomafana National Park, southeastern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, February 2017, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  25. Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales

    Article • PeerJ, February 2017, PeerJ

    Mark D. Scherz

  26. The advertisement call of Stumpffia be Köhler, Vences, D’Cruze & Glaw, 2010 (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2016, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  27. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Yuri L. R. Leite, Mark D. Scherz, Luiz Malabarba, Professor Jean-Lou Justine, Dr Santiago Claramunt, Univ.Prof. Dr. Thomas Weisse

  28. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, July 2016, Elsevier

    Mark D. Scherz

  29. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mark D. Scherz

  30. Two New Microhylid Frogs of the Genus Rhombophryne with Superciliary Spines from the Tsaratanana Massif in Northern Madagascar

    Article • Herpetologica, December 2015, Herpetologists League

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  31. Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2015, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  32. Leaping towards a saltatorial lifestyle? An unusually long-legged new species of Rhombophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, July 2015, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  33. A new microhylid frog, genus Rhombophryne, from northeastern Madagascar, and a re-description of R. serratopalpebrosa using micro-computed tomography

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2014, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  34. Several origins of floral oil in the Angelonieae, a southern hemisphere disjunct clade of Plantaginaceae

    Article • American Journal of Botany, January 2014, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz