Mark D. Scherz

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Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Zoology & Curator of Herpetology

Københavns Universitet

Denmark

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Mark D. Scherz is an Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Zoology and Curator of Herpetology at Københavns Universitet, Denmark. His research focuses on herpetology, particularly the molecular systematics and taxonomy of amphibians and reptiles, with recent contributions including the discovery of several new species from Madagascar. His work utilizes integrative approaches to understand evolutionary adaptations and diversity within various taxa.

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FrogCap for the taxonomic gap: harnessing hybrid enrichment for next-generation taxonomy

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2023-12-01

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Die Entflechtung kryptischer Gattungen madagassischer Engmaulfrösche (Anura: Microhylidae: Cophylinae) mit Hilfe eines integrativen Datensatzes

Open Date: 2015-03-01

Close Date: 2015-09-01

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Disentangling cryptic microhylid species (Anura: Microhylidae) from Madagascar using micro-computed tomography

Open Date: 2015-01-01

Close Date: 2015-01-01

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Annemarie Ohler

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Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

FRANCE

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Gonçalo M. Rosa

Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

PORTUGAL

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Pablo Orozco-terWengel

Cardiff University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Angelica Crottini

University of Porto

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Christopher Darrin Hulsey

IRELAND

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Franco Andreone

ITALY

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Alexander Orfinger

Assistant Professor

Dalton State College

UNITED STATES

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Axel Meyer

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University of Konstanz

GERMANY

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Hugo F. Gante

Universidade de Aveiro

PORTUGAL

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Davide Dal Pos

UNITED STATES

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Carl Richard Hutter

University of Kansas

UNITED STATES

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist

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

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

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

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

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

Collaborators (11)

Annemarie Ohler

Gonçalo M. Rosa

Pablo Orozco-terWengel

Angelica Crottini

Christopher Darrin Hulsey

Franco Andreone

Alexander Orfinger

Axel Meyer

Hugo F. Gante

Davide Dal Pos

Carl Richard Hutter

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Mark D. Scherz

Research Interests

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Recent Grants

Articles (17)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The future of zoological taxonomy is integrative, not minimalist

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

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

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

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

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

Collaborators (11)

Annemarie Ohler

Gonçalo M. Rosa

Pablo Orozco-terWengel

Angelica Crottini

Christopher Darrin Hulsey

Franco Andreone

Alexander Orfinger

Axel Meyer

Hugo F. Gante

Davide Dal Pos

Carl Richard Hutter

Make your next move.

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