Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Ecological Modeling
Research interest
Research interests include Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
Understory frog communities recover quickly during tropical forest regeneration
Socio-economic and cultural drivers of the use of Goliath frogs in Cameroon
Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae)
Towards a comprehensive view on evolutionary refugia in West African rainforests
Towards a comprehensive view on evolutionary refugia in West African rainforests
Batrachopolyenes: Volatile Norsteroids from Femoral Scent Glands of Frogs.
Comparative Phylogeography of West African Rainforest Frogs Reveals Regional Variation in Refugia Dynamics.
Phylogenetic relationships within western African Torrent Toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Werneria) with focus on the taxonomic status of Werneria preussi and Atelopus africanus
Preliminary assessment of the fish fauna of the Canandé Forest Reserve, Ecuadorian Chocó, with comments on its trophic role
The reproductive biology of two sympatric West African savanna reed frogs (genus
<i>Hyperolius</i>
) in Marahoué National Park, Ivory Coast
Call description and extended range of
<i>Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis</i>
in Gabon
A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae,
<i>Pyxicephalus</i>
Tschudi, 1838)
Species- and sex-specific chemical composition from an internal gland-like tissue of an African frog family.
The phylogenetic position of <i>Hyperolius sankuruensis</i> (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of <i>Hyperolius concolor</i>
Evolutionary relationships in the African frog family Ptychadenidae, including the first molecular analysis, range extension, and distribution modelling of the monotypic genus
<i>Lanzarana</i>
Batrachopolyenes: Volatile Norsteroids from Femoral Scent Glands of Frogs
Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
Author Correction: Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats
Drop dead! Female mate avoidance in an explosively breeding frog.
Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism
A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods
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
Systematics of the Central African Spiny Reed Frog Afrixalus laevis (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with the description of two new species from the Albertine Rift
Larger is not better: no mate preference by European common frog (Rana temporaria) males
A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea
The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)
Savanna vegetation increase triggers freshwater community shifts.
Citizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite.
Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa
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