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 Dr Miguel Vences

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  Prof. Miguel Vences, Zootaxa editor for Amphibia, has been fascinated by amphibians and reptiles since early childhood. His main focus over the past 20 years has been on the herpetofauna of Madagascar from where he has described over 110 new species of amphibians and reptiles, many of which appeared in Zootaxa. In 2009 he reported on the discovery of over 200 additional candidate species of Malagasy frogs, most of which still remain to be scientifically named and described. Based on this success which was largely based on integrating molecular, bioacoustic and morphological data, he recently co-authored a review paper on The Integrative Future of Taxonomy.

Article
Zootaxa 2544: 54–68 (21 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 2 Jun. 2010
Molecular and bioacoustic differentiation of Boophis occidentalis with description of a new treefrog from north-western Madagascar
MIGUEL VENCES (Germany), FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy), JULIAN GLOS (Germany) & FRANK
GLAW (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2429: 1–28 (19 Apr. 2010) 9 plates; 90 references                             Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
Phylogenetic systematics of day geckos, genus Phelsuma, based on molecular and morphological data (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
SARA ROCHA (Portugal), HERBERT RÖSLER (Germany), PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING
(Germany), FRANK GLAW (Germany), DAVID POSADA (GERMANY), D. JAMES HARRIS (PORTUGAL), & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2383: 1–82 (26 Feb. 2010) 27 plates; 77 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2009
Integrative taxonomy of Malagasy treefrogs: combination of
molecular genetics, bioacoustics and comparative morphology reveals twelve additional species of Boophis 
FRANK GLAW (Germany), JÖRN KÖHLER (Germany), IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain), DAVID R. VIEITES (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2269: 43-52 (21 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 32 references                          Accepted: 19 Sep. 2009
High haplotype diversity in a microendemic Malagasy gecko species, Lygodactylus mirabilis (Pasteur, 1962)

YLENIA CHIARI (USA), DAVID R. VIEITES (Spain), JERRY GUO (USA), PARFAIT BORA
(Madagascar), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2269: 32-42 (21 Oct. 2009) 6 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 19 Jun. 2009
A distinctive new species of chameleon of the genus Furcifer (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from the Montagne d’Ambre rainforest of northern
Madagascar
FRANK GLAW, JÖRN KÖHLER & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2195: 61-68 (12 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
A new species of cryptically coloured day gecko (Phelsuma) from the Tsingy de
Bemaraha National Park in western Madagascar
FRANK GLAW, JÖRN KÖHLER & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2124: 21-37 (3 Jun. 2009) 11 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 4 Apr. 2009
Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Mantella (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
OLGA JOVANOVIC, JULIAN GLOS, FRANK GLAW, ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA &
MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2103: 1-76 (11 May 2009) 32 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 21 Apr. 2009
Review of the systematics, morphology and distribution of Malagasy dwarf geckos, genera Lygodactylus and Microscalabotes (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

MARTA PUENTE (Spain), FRANK GLAW (Germany), DAVID R. VIEITES (Spain) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2051: 1-25 (25 Mar. 2009) 9 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Larval morphology in four species of Hylarana from Vietnam and Thailand with comments on the taxonomy of H. nigrovittata sensu latu (Anura: Ranidae)

ANNA GAWOR, RALF HENDRIX, MIGUEL VENCES, WOLFGANG BÖHME & THOMAS ZIEGLER
(Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2021: 23-41 (27 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 40 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
Descriptions of the tadpoles of seven species of Malagasy treefrogs, genus Boophis

ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA (Germany), LILIANE RAHARIVOLOLONIAINA (Madagascar),
CLAUDIA PREUSS (Germany), AXEL STRAUß (Germany), FRANK GLAW, (Germany) MEIKE TESCHKE (Germany), JULIAN GLOS (Germany), NOROMALALA RAMINOSO (Madagascar), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2005: 67-68 (9 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2008
The tadpole of the Madagascar Bullfrog, Laliostoma labrosum
HEIKE SCHMIDT, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)

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Article 
Zootaxa 1988: 48-60 (27 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
Description of tadpoles of five frog species in the subgenus Brygoomantis from Madagascar (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)
HEIKE SCHMIDT, AXEL STRAUß, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1986: 67-68 (23 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
The tadpole of the toadlet Scaphiophryne marmorata from Madagascar
STÉPHANE GROSJEAN (France) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 1814: 37-48 (2 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
Two additional treefrogs of the Boophis ulftunni species group
(Anura: Mantellidae) discovered in rainforests of northern and south-eastern Madagascar
JORN KOHLER, FRANK GLAW & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 1684: 58-68 (18 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Pretty in pink: A new treefrog species of the genus Boophisfrom North-Eastern Madagascar
K. C. WOLLENBERG (Germany), F. ANDREONE (Italy), F. GLAW (Germany) & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1675: 67-68 (9 Jan. 2008) 1 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
The tadpole of the Narrow-mouthed Frog Microhyla fissipes from Vietnam (Anura: Microhylidae)
RALF HENDRIX, ANNA GAWOR, MIGUEL VENCES & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 1616: 49-59 (17 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 24 Aug. 2007
Larval morphology in four species of Madagascan frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus)
ANGELIKA KNOLL, JORN KOHLER, FRANK GLAW, MEIKE TESCHKE & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 1577: 61-68 (7 Sep. 2007) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 26 Jun. 2007
Discovery of the genus Plethodontohyla (Anura: Microhylidae) in dry western Madagascar: description of a new species and biogeographic implications
FRANK GLAW, JORN KOHLER, PARFAIT BORA, NIRHY H. C. RABIBISOA, OLGA RAMILIJAONA & MIGUEL VENCES (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1557: 67-68 (22 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Lack of secondary sexual characters in a male of Tsingymantis antitra confirms its position as most basal mantelline frog lineage
ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar), FRANK GLAW (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 1517: 53-62 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data
FRANK GLAW (Germany), ZOLTAN T. NAGY (Belgium) & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)
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Article 
Zootaxa 1501: 31-44 (7 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Molecular systematics of Malagasy poison frogs in the Mantella betsileo and M. laevigata species groups
FALITIANA C.E. RABEMANANJARA (The Netherlands), ANGELICA CROTTINI (Italy), YLENIA CHIARI (USA), FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy), FRANK GLAW (Germany), REMI DUGUET (La Reunion), PARFAIT BORA (Madagascar), OLGA RAVOAHANGIMALALA RAMILIJAONA (Madagascar) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 1493: 41-51 (31 May 2007) 2 plates; 49 references                            Accepted: 20 Mar. 2007
A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
ELI GREENBAUM (USA), AARON M. BAUER (USA), TODD R. JACKMAN (USA), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany) & FRANK GLAW (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 1401: 53-61 (1 Feb. 2007)  2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Descriptions of the tadpoles of two species of Gephyromantis, with a discussion of the phylogenetic origin of direct development in mantellid frogs
R.-D. RANDRIANIAINA (Madagascar), F. GLAW (Germany), M. THOMAS (Switzerland), J. GLOS (Germany), N. RAMINOSOA (Madagascar), M. VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zo
otaxa
1334: 27-43 (16 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 32 references                       Accepted:  17 Aug. 2006
Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution
F. GLAW, S. HOEGG & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Article 
Zo
otaxa
1329: 39-57 (5 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 23 references                       Accepted:  17 Aug. 2006
Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Guibemantis (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
S. VEJARANO (the Netherlands), M. THOMAS (Germany) & M. VENCES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa
1073: 31-35 (1 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                               Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri
M. PUENTE (Spain), A.P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar) & M. VENCES (The Netherlands)
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