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Publications (49)      

1. Ayoro, Halamoussa J., Gabriel Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Emmanuel M. Hema, Johannes Penner, Adama Oueda, Alain Dubois, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Gustave B. Kabré & Annemarie Ohler. 2020 List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso Zoosystema 42(28): 547-582.
2. Baptista, Ninda L., Pedro V. Pinto, Chad Keates, Javier Lobón-Rovira, Shelley Edwards & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2023 Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism Vertebrate Zoo­logy 73: 991-1031.
3. Baptista, Ninda, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Chad Keates, Shelley Edwards, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Werner Conradie. 2021 A new species of red toad, Schismaderma Smith, 1849 (Anura: Bufonidae), from central Angola Zootaxa 5081(3): 301-332.
4. Barej, Michael F., Andreas Schmitz, Johannes Penner, Joseph Doumbia, Laura Sandberger-Loua, Mareike Hirschfeld, Christian Brede, Mike Emmrich, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Annika Hillers, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Joachim Nopper, Patrick J. Adeba, Mohamed A. Bangoura, Ceri Gage, Gail Anderson & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2015 Life in the spray zone - overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura: Odontobatrachidae: Odontobatrachus) Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 115-149.
5. Barej, Michael F., Andreas Schmitz, Michele Menegon, Annika Hillers, Harald Hinkel, Wolfgang Böhme & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2011 Dusted off—the African Amietophrynus superciliaris-species complex of giant toads Zootaxa 2772: 1-32.
6. Barej, Michael F., Andreas Schmitz, Rainer Günther, Simon P. Loader, Kristin Mahlow & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2014 The first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot Frontiers in Zoology 10(8): 10.
7. Barej, Michael F., Johannes Penner, Andreas Schmitz & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2015 Multiple genetic lineages challenge the monospecific status of the West African endemic frog family Odontobatrachidae BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 67.
8. Barej, Michael F., Mark-Oliver Rödel, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Wolfgang Böhme & Andreas Schmitz. 2010 Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae) Zootaxa 2340: 1-49.
9. Barej, Michael F., Mark-Oliver Rödel, Simon P. Loader, Michele Menegon, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Johannes Penner, Václav Gvoždík, Rainer Günther, Rayna C. Bell, Peter Nagel & Andreas Schmitz. 2014 Light shines through the spindrift – phylogeny of African Torrent Frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 261-273.
10. Bock, Sarah, Thalía Arroba-López, Holger L. Velez-Giler, Vanessa Moreira, Moira L. M. Wiedebusch, Karla Neira-Salamea, Mark Wilkinson, Niklas Fuchs, Markus Schönleitner, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Santiago R. Ron. 2024 Two new species of Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Ecuadorian humid Chocó Salamandra 60(4): 209–236.
11. Branch, William R., Jennifer A. Guyton, Andreas Schmitz, Michael F. Barej, Piotr Naskrecki, Harith M. Farooq, Luke Verburgt & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2017 Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160.
12. Doumbia, Joseph, Laura Sandberger-Loua, Arne Schulze & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2018 The tadpoles of all five species of the West African frog family Odontobatrachidae (Amphibia, Anura, Odontobatrachidae) Alytes, the International Journal of Batrachology 36.
13. Du Preez, Louis H., Edward C. Netherlands, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Alan Channing. 2024 A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838) African Journal of Herpetology : journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 73(1): 61-89.
14. Emmrich, Mike, Miguel Vences, Raffael Ernst, Jörn Köhler, Michael F. Barej, Frank Glaw, Martin Jansen & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2020 A guild classification system proposed for anuran advertisement calls Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 515-525.
15. Greenbaum, Eli, Daniel M. Portik, Kaitlin E. Allen, Eugene R. Vaughan, Gabriel Badjedjea, Michael F. Barej, Mathias Behangana, Nancy Conkey, Bonny Dumbo, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Mareike Hirschfeld, Daniel F. Hughes, Felix Igunzi, Chifundera Kusamba, Wilber Lukwago, Franck M. Masudi, Johannes Penner, Jesus M. Reyes, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Corey E. Roelke, Soraya Romero & J. M. Dehling. 2022 Systematics of the Central African Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus laevis (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with the description of two new species from the Albertine Rift Zootaxa 5174(3): 201-232.
16. Greenbaum, Eli, Kaitlin E. Allen, Eugene R. Vaughan, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Van Wallach, Chifundera Kusamba, Wandege M. Muninga, Mwenebatu M. Aristote, Franck M. M. Mali, Gabriel Badjedjea, Johannes Penner, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Jacqueline Rivera, Viktoria Sterkhova, Grant Johnson, Walter P. Tapandjou N & Rafe M. Brown. 2021 Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with a description of two new cryptic species from Central Africa Zootaxa 4965(1): 1–44.
17. Griesbaum, Frederic, Gregory F. m. Jongsma, Johannes Penner, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Joseph Doumbia, Nono L. Gonwouo, Annika Hillers, Julian Glos, David C. Blackburn & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2023 The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests Zootaxa 5254(3): 301339.
18. Griesbaum, Frederic, Mareike Hirschfeld, Michael F. Barej, Andreas Schmitz, Mariam Rohrmoser, Matthias Dahmen, Fabian Mühlberger, H. C. Liedtke, Nono L. Gonwouo, Joseph Doumbia & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2019 Tadpoles of three western African frog genera: Astylosternus Werner, 1898, Nyctibates Boulenger, 1904, and Scotobleps Boulenger, 1900 (Amphibia, Anura, Arthroleptidae) Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(1): 133-160.
19. Hoinsoude Segniagbeto, Gabriel, Jean-François Trape, Komlan M. Afiademanyo, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois, Patrick David, Danny Meirte, Isabelle A. Glitho, Fabio Petrozzi & Luca Luiselli. 2015 Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation Zoosystema 37(2): 381-379.
20. Kirchhof, Sebastian, Johannes Penner, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Johannes Müller. 2017 Resolution of the types, diagnostic features, and distribution of two easily confused Sand Lizards, Pedioplanis laticeps (Smith, 1845) and P. burchelli (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) (Squamata: Lacertidae) Zootaxa 4318(1): 82–109.
21. Köhler, Jörn, Ariel Rodríguez, Philippe J. R. Kok, Luís F. Toledo, Mike Emmrich, Frank Glaw, Célio F. B. Haddad, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Miguel Vences. 2017 The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice Zootaxa 4251(1): 1–124.
22. Kouamé, N’Goran G., Basseu A.-i. Gongomin, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Alan Channing. 2022 The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae) Zootaxa 5174(5): 596-599.
23. Kpan, Tokouaho F., N’Goran G. Kouamé, Michael F. Barej, Patrick J. Adeba, Mike Emmrich, Caleb Ofori-Boateng & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2018 A new Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae), from the eastern part of the Upper Guinea biodiversity hotspot, West Africa Zootaxa 4388(2): 221–237.
24. Kpan, Tokouaho F., Patrick J. Adeba, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Inza Koné, Kouassi Philippe Kouassi & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2014 The anuran fauna of a Volunteer Nature Reserve: the Tanoé-Ehy Swamp Forests, south-eastern Ivory Coast, West Africa Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 261-270.
25. Mapouyat, Lissa, Mareike Hirschfeld, Mark-Oliver Rödel, H. C. Liedtke, Simon P. Loader, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Matthias Dahmen, Thomas M. Doherty-Bone & Michael F. Barej. 2014 The tadpoles of nine Cameroonian Leptodactylodon species (Amphibia, Anura, Arthroleptidae) Zootaxa 3765(1): 29–53.
Ndriantsoa, Serge H., Jana C. Riemann, Miguel Vences, Johannes Klages, Noromalala R. Raminosoa, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Julian Glos. 2013 A new Stumpffia (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Ranomafana region, south-eastern Madagascar Zootaxa 3636(4): 575-589.
Nečas, Tadeáš, Jos Kielgast, Ikechukwu G. Chinemerem, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Matej Dolinay & Václav Gvoždík. 2024 The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of H. concolor Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlae046.
Neira-Salamea, Karla, Caleb Ofori-Boateng, N’Goran G. Kouamé, David C. Blackburn, Gabriel H. Segniagbeto, Annika Hillers, Michael F. Barej, Adam D. Leaché & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2021 A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana Zootaxa 4995(1): 71–95.
Neira-Salamea, Karla, Joseph Doumbia, Annika Hillers, Laura Sandberger-Loua, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Christian Brede, Marvin Schäfer, David C. Blackburn, Michael F. Barej & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2022 A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(1): 23-42.
Ofori-Boateng, Caleb, Adam D. Leaché, Bright Obeng-Kankam, N’Goran G. Kouamé, Annika Hillers & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2018 A new species of Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana Zootaxa 4374(4): 565–578.
Onadeko, Abiodun B., Mark-Oliver Rödel, H. C. Liedtke & Michael F. Barej. 2014 The rediscovery of Perret’s toad, (Schiøtz, 1963) after more than 40 years, with comments on the species’ phylogenetic placement and conservation status Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 113-119.
Penner, Johannes, Legrand N. Gonwouo & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2013 Second record of the West African hairy bush viper Atheris hirsuta Ernst & Rödel, 2002 (Serpentes: Viperidae) Zootaxa 3694(2): 196–200.
Petzold, Alice, Vanessa Norden, Nono L. Gonwouo, Gabriel H. Segniagbeto, Annemarie Ohler & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2025 Phylogenetic relationships within western African Torrent Toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Werneria) with focus on the taxonomic status of Werneria preussi and Atelopus africanus Zootaxa 5575(3): 351-373.
Pfalzgraff, Tilo, Mareike Hirschfeld, Michael F. Barej, Matthias Dahmen, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Mark-Oliver Rödel & Thomas M. Doherty-Bone. 2015 The tadpoles of four Central African Phrynobatrachus species Salamandra 51: 91-102.
Poynton, John C., Simon P. Loader, Werner Conradie, Mark-Oliver Rödel & H. C. Liedtke. 2016 Designation and description of a neotype of Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854), and reinstatement of S. pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) Zootaxa 4098(1): 73–94.
Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Angelica Crottini, Johannes Müller, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2015 Revision and phylogeny of narrow-mouthed treefrogs (Cophyla) from northern Madagascar: integration of molecular, osteological, and bioacoustic data reveals three new species Zootaxa 3937(1): 61–89.
Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Mark D. Scherz, Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Franco Andreone, Michael Franzen, Julian Glos, Oliver Hawlitschek, Teppei Jono, Akira Mori, Serge H. Ndriantsoa, Noromalala R. Raminosoa, Jana C. Riemann, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Gonçalo M. Rosa, David R. Vieites, Angelica Crottini & Miguel Vences. 2017 Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar Vertebrate Zoology 67(3): 271-398.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver & Julian Glos. 2019 Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(1): 15-35.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Abiodun B. Onadeko, Michael F. Barej & Laura Sandberger. 2012 A new polymorphic Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from western Nigeria Zootaxa 3328: 55–65.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Andreas Schmitz, Olivier S. G. Pauwels & Wolfgang Böhme. 2004 Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903 , including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 720: 1-28.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Christoph Kucharzewski, Kristin Mahlow, Laurent Chirio, Olivier S.G. Pauwels, Piero Carlino, Gordon Sambolah & Julian Glos. 2019 A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa Zoosystematics and Evolution 95(1): 107-123.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Marius Burger, Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou, Mike Emmrich, Johannes Penner & Michael F. Barej. 2015 Two new Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from the Republic of the Congo Zootaxa 4032(1): 55–80.
Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Thomas Doherty-Bone, Marcel T. Kouete, Peter Janzen, Katherine Garrett, Robert Browne, Legrand N. Gonwouo, Michael F. Barej & Laura Sandberger. 2012 A new small Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from southern Cameroon Zootaxa 3431: 54–68.
Sandberger-Loua, Laura, Hendrik Müller & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2017 A review of the reproductive biology of the only known matrotrophic viviparous anuran, the West African Nimba toad, Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 105-133.
Scherz, Mark D., Angelica Crottini, Carl R. Hutter, Andrea Hildenbrand, Franco Andreone, Thio R. Fulgence, Gunther Köhler, Serge H. Ndriantsoa, Annemarie Ohler, Michaela Preick, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Loïs Rancilhac, Achille P. Raselimanana, Jana C. Riemann, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Jeffrey W. Streicher, David R. Vieites, Jörn Köhler, Michael Hofreiter, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2022 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 Megataxa 7(2): 113–311.
Scherz, Mark D., Carl R. Hutter, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Jana C. Riemann, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Serge H. Ndriantsoa, Julian Glos, Sam H. Roberts, Angelica Crottini, Miguel Vences & Frank Glaw. 2019 Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera Public Library of Science, ONE 14(3): e0213314.
Tillack, Frank, Ronald De Ruiter & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2021 A type catalogue of the reed frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (ZMB) with comments on historical collectors and expeditions Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(2): 407-450.
Toudonou, Christian, Angie Elwin, Johannes Penner, Emma Coulthard, John Norrey, David Megson, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Brice Sinsin, Lauren A. Harrington, Mark Auliya & Neil D’Cruze. 2022 Seeking serpents: Ball python trade in Benin, West Africa Nature Conservation 50: 85-114.
Zingbé, Gbongué U., N’Goran G. Kouamé, Ouétré N'Guessan & Mark-Oliver Rödel. 2023 Male and female vocalisation in the Galam White-Lipped Frog, Amnirana galamensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) Alytes, the International Journal of Batrachology 39(1-4).
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