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Publications (20)      

1. Das, Sunandan, Eli Greenbaum, Shai Meiri, Aaron M. Bauer, Frank T. Burbrink, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Jeffrey L. Weinell, Rafe M. Brown, Jonathan Brecko, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Nirhy H. C. Rabibisoa, Achille P. Raselimanana & Juha Merilä. 2023 Ultraconserved elements-based phylogenomic systematics of the snake superfamily Elapoidea, with the description of a new Afro-Asian family Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
2. Glaw, Frank, Jörn Köhler, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Achille P. Raselimanana, Angelica Crottini, Philip-Sebastian Gehring, Wolfgang Böhme, Mark D. Scherz & Miguel Vences. 2023 A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar SALAMANDRA - German Journal of Herpetology 59(3): 239-261.
3. Glaw, Frank, Mark D. Scherz, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Angelica Crottini, Achille P. Raselimanana, Franco Andreone, Jörn Köhler & Miguel Vences. 2020 Genetic variability and partial integrative revision of Platypelis frogs (Microhylidae) with red flash marks from eastern Madagascar Vertebrate Zoology 70(2): 141–156.
4. Kucharzewski, Christoph, Achille P. Raselimanana, Cynthia Wang & Frank Glaw. 2014 A taxonomic mystery for more than 150 years: Identity, systematic position and Malagasy origin of the snake Elapotinus picteti Jan, 1862, and synonymy of Exallodontophis Cadle, 1999 (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae) Zootaxa 3852(2): 179–202.
5. Petzold, Alice, Frank Glaw, Katherine E. Mullin, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Angelica Crottini, Pablo Orozco-terWengel, Jörn Köhler, David Prötzel, Miguel Vences, Michael Hofreiter & Mark D. Scherz. 2025 A preliminary assessment of the diversity in the frog genus Anilany (Microhylidae: Cophylinae) with description of a new species from western Madagascar SALAMANDRA - German Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 70–94.
6. Puente, Marta, Achille P. Raselimanana & Miguel Vences. 2005 Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri. Zootaxa 1073: 31-35.
7. Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone, Angelica Crottini, Frank Glaw, Mark D. Scherz & Achille P. Raselimanana. 2024 A new species of colorful Platypelis (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from the Tsaratanàna and Bemanevika massifs in northern Madagascar Zootaxa 5501(1): 171-180.
8. Raselimanana, Achille P., Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2007 Lack of secondary sexual characters in a male of Tsingymantis antitra confirms its position as most basal mantelline frog lineage. Zootaxa 1557: 67-68.
9. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Achille P. Raselimanana, Mark D. Scherz, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Jary H. Razafindraibe, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2019 Finaritra! A new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar Zootaxa 4545(4): 563–577.
10. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Fiadanantsoa A. Ranjanaharisoa, Frank Glaw, Achille P. Raselimanana, Aurélien Miralles & Miguel Vences. 2015 A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar’s central eastern rainforests Zootaxa 4006(1): 143–160.
11. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Frank Glaw, Achille P. Raselimanana, Andolalao Rakotoarison, David R. Vieites, Oliver Hawlitschek, Miguel Vences & Mark D. Scherz. 2020 Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar Zootaxa 4895(2): 251–271.
12. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Frank Glaw, Achille P. Raselimanana, Andolalao Rakotoarison, David R. Vieites, Oliver Hawlitschek, Miguel Vences & Mark D. Scherz. 2020 Towards completion of the species inventory of small-sized leaf-tailed geckos: two new species of Uroplatus from northern Madagascar Zootaxa 4895(2): 251–271.
13. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M., Mark D. Scherz, Krystal A. Tolley, Achille P. Raselimanana, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2019 A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence Zootaxa 4686(1): 84–96.
14. 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.
15. Scherz, Mark D., Luca Schmidt, Angelica Crottini, Aurélien Miralles, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2021 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 Zootaxa 4938(4): 392–420.
16. Scherz, Mark D., Safidy M. Rasolonjatovo, Jörn Köhler, Loïs Rancilhac, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana, Annemarie Ohler, Michaela Preick, Michael Hofreiter, Frank Glaw & Miguel Vences. 2020 ‘Barcode fishing’ for archival DNA from historical type material overcomes taxonomic hurdles, enabling the description of a new frog species Scientific Reports 10: 19109.
17. Vences, Miguel, Aurélien Miralles, Ivan Ineich, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Christian Glasenapp, Mark D. Scherz, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw & Achille P. Raselimanana. 2025 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 Zootaxa 5620(2): 230-254.
18. Vences, Miguel, Carl R. Hutter, Frank Glaw, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Achille P. Raselimanana & Mark D. Scherz. 2023 A new species of Pandanus-dwelling frog from northern Madagascar related to Guibemantis pulcher Zootaxa 5306(1): 097-115.
19. Vences, Miguel, Jörn Köhler, Angelica Crottini, Michael Hofreiter, Carl R. Hutter, Louis Du Preez, Michaela Preick, Andolalao Rakotoarison, Loïs Rancilhac, Achille P. Raselimanana, Gonçalo M. Rosa, Mark D. Scherz & Frank Glaw. 2022 An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar Vertebrate Zoology 72: 271-309.
20. Vences, Miguel, Malte Multzsch, Milena Zerbe, Sven Gippner, Franco Andreone, Angelica Crottini, Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Sandratra Rakotomanga, Solohery Rasamison & Achille P. Raselimanana. 2024 Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex Zootaxa 5468(3): 416-448.