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  1. A new microhylid frog species of the genus Platypelis from phytotelmata of Pandanus screw pines in the Sorata massif, northeastern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2025, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  2. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, November 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  3. An updated survey of molecular diversity in Madagascar's velvet geckos, genus Blaesodactylus, with description of a new species from the island’s arid West

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2025, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  4. Potential Evolutionary Convergence in Trophic Adaptations of Two Booidean Snake Lineages as Evidenced by Skull Morphology

    Article • Journal of Morphology, December 2024, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  5. Communicator whistles: A Trek through the taxonomy of the Boophis marojezensis complex reveals seven new, morphologically cryptic treefrogs from Madagascar (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellidae)

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, October 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  6. A new species of colorful Platypelis (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from the Tsaratanàna and Bemanevika massifs in northern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2024, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  7. Molecular systematics of the subgenus Gephyromantis (Phylacomantis) with description of a new subspecies

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2024, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  8. Improving the gold standard in NCBI GenBank and related databases: DNA sequences from type specimens and type strains

    Article • Systematic Biology, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mark D. Scherz

  9. Gray versus yellow ventral coloration: Identity, distribution, color polymorphism and molecular relationships of the microhylid frog Platypelis mavomavo Andreone, Fenolio & Walvoord, 2003

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2023, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  10. Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2023, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  11. A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2023, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  12. An initial molecular resolution of the mantellid frogs of the Guibemantis liber complex reveals three new species from northern Madagascar

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, April 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  13. Repeated divergence of amphibians and reptiles across an elevational gradient in northern Madagascar

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2023, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  14. An inordinate fondness for inconspicuous brown frogs: integration of phylogenomics, archival DNA analysis, morphology, and bioacoustics yields 24 new taxa in the subgenus Brygoomantis (genus Mantidactylus) from Madagascar

    Article • Megataxa, December 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

  15. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2022, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  16. An unexpected new red-bellied Stumpffia (Microhylidae) from forest fragments in central Madagascar highlights remaining cryptic diversity

    Article • ZooKeys, June 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  17. The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Mark D. Scherz

  18. Population diversification in the frog Mantidactylus bellyi on an isolated massif in northern Madagascar based on genetic, morphological, bioacoustic and ecological evidence

    Article • PLOS One, March 2022, PLOS

    Safidy Malala Rasolonjatovo, Mark D. Scherz

  19. Discovery of frogs of the Stumpffia hara species group (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) on Montagne d’Ambre in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species

    Article • Evolutionary Systematics, February 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  20. Between a Rock and a Hard Polytomy: Phylogenomics of the Rock-Dwelling Mbuna Cichlids of Lake Malaŵi

    Article • Systematic Biology, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mark D. Scherz

  21. DNA barcodes on their own are not enough to describe a species

    Article • Systematic Entomology, January 2022, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  22. Dissecting the tree of life: the prospect of open-access digital resources in morphology, anatomy and taxonomy in training the next generation of zoologists

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2021, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  23. iTaxoTools 0.1: Kickstarting a specimen-based software toolkit for taxonomists

    Article • Megataxa, July 2021, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  24. Deconstructing the Gestalt: New concepts and tests of homology, as exemplified by a re‐conceptualization of “microstomy” in squamates

    Article • The Anatomical Record, April 2021, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  25. Into the Chamber of Horrors: A proposal for the resolution of nomenclatural chaos in the Scaphiophryne calcarata complex (Anura: Microhylidae), with a new species-level phylogenetic hypothesis for Scaphiophryninae

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2021, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  26. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae)

    Article • Vertebrate Zoology, February 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  27. Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago

    Article • The Anatomical Record, February 2021, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  28. Consequences of parallel miniaturisation in Microhylinae (Anura, Microhylidae), with the description of a new genus of diminutive South East Asian frogs

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, January 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  29. Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr David Vieites, Mark D. Scherz

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

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mark D. Scherz

  31. The omission of critical data in the pursuit of ‘revolutionary’ methods to accelerate the description of species

    Article • Systematic Entomology, August 2020, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  32. Diamond frogs forever: a new species of Rhombophryne Boettger, 1880 (Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, June 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  33. Frogs of the genus Platypelis from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar: description of a new species and reports of range extensions

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, June 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

  34. Repositories for Taxonomic Data: Where We Are and What is Missing

    Article • Systematic Biology, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Mark D. Scherz

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

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2020, Elsevier

    Mark D. Scherz

  36. Target-enriched DNA sequencing from historical type material enables a partial revision of the Madagascar giant stream frogs (genus Mantidactylus)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Mark D. Scherz

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

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

    Article • Zoosystematics and Evolution, March 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Mark D. Scherz

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

    Article • Journal of Anatomy, February 2019, Wiley

    Mark D. Scherz

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons

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

    Mark D. Scherz

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. 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

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

    Article • June 2017, PeerJ

    Mark D. Scherz

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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

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

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2016, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  63. 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, Charles Morphy Santos, Dr Diego Astúa

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

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

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2015, Magnolia Press

    Mark D. Scherz

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. 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