Andreas Schmitz

Andreas Schmitz (1971–), German herpetologist working in Switzerland.

• Department of Herpetology & Ichthyology, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland.

Taxon names authored

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• 50 taxon names authored by Andreas Schmitz

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2002

• Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page. 

2005

• Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 . Reference page. 

2007

• Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Heidrich, A., Vu, N.T. & Nguyen, Q.T. 2007. A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Truong Son, Vietnam, with notes on its molecular phylogenetic position. Revue suisse de zoologie 114(2): 397–415. BHL. Reference page. 
• Wilms, T. & Schmitz, A. 2007. A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia. Zootaxa 1394(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1394.1.1 Reference page. 

2008

• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., Stenke, R. & Rösler, H. 2008. A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 1771(1): 16–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1771.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• Lötters, S., Schmitz, A., Reichle, S., Rödder, D. & Quennet, V. 2009. Another case of cryptic diversity in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae: Ameerega)—description of a new species from Bolivia. Zootaxa 2028: 20–30. Abstract. Full text PDF from ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Rödder, D. & A. Schmitz. 2009. Two new Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) belonging to the myersi group from the Andean slopes of Ecuador. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 275–288.
• Wilms, T.M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. 2009. On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(1/2): 55–99. BHL Reference page. 

2010

• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Gonwouo, L.N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae). Zootaxa 2340(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2340.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

2011

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Menegon, M., Hillers, A., Hinkel, H., Böhme, W. & Rödel, M.O. 2011. Dusted off—the African Amietophrynus superciliaris-species complex of giant toads. Zootaxa 2772: 1–32. Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Parham, J.F., Brown, R.M., Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L.L., Papenfuss, T.J., Böhme, W., Savage, J.M., Carranza, S., Grismer, J.L., Wagner, P., Schmitz, A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Inger, R.F. 2010. Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1705): 490–492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1330 Reference page. 
• Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & Trape, J.-F. 2011. Note sur la systématique des espèces du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au Nord de l'Equateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(1): 157–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Freund, W., Modrý, D., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. Studies on African Agama IX. New insights into Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 (Sauria: Agamidae), with the description of a new subspecies. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(1): 25–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Melville, J., Wilms, T.M. & Schmitz, A. 2011. Opening a box of cryptic taxa – the first review of the North African desert lizards in the Trapelus mutabilis Merrem, 1820 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) with descriptions of new taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 884–912. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00726.x Reference page. 

2012

• Gawor, A., Chapuis, S., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A. & Zielger, T. 2012. Larval morphology of two species of the genus Theloderma (Tschudi, 1838) from Vietnam (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae). Zootaxa 3395: 59–64. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Channing, A., Schmitz, A., Burger, M. & Kielgast, J. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of African dainty frogs, with the description of four new species (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum). Zootaxa 3701(5): 518–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Rödel, M.-O., Emmrich, M., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Barej, M.F. 2014. The taxonomic status of two West African Leptopelis species: L. macrotis Schiøtz, 1967 and L. spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1): 21–31. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.7120 Reference page. 

2015

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Penner, J., Doumbia, J., Sandberger-Loua, L., Hirschfeld, M., Brede, C., Emmrich, M., Kouamé, N.G., Hillers, A., Gonwouo, N.L., Nopper, J., Adeba, P.J., Bangoura, M.A., Gage, C., Anderson, G. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Life in the spray zone – overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 115–149. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5127 Reference page. 

2016

• Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page. 

2017

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Schmitz, A. & Bauer, A.M.. 2017. The “Cobra-preta” of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4324(1): 121–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7. Reference page. 
• Branch, W.R., Guyton, J.A., Schmitz, A., Barej, M.F., Naskrecki, P., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L. & Rödel, M.-O. 2017. Description of A New Flat Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8. Reference page. 

2018

• Tamar, K., Metallinou, M.†, Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P. & Carranza, S. 2018. Evolutionary history of spiny‐tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo‐Arabian region. Zoologica Scripta 47(2): 159–173. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12266 Reference page. 

2019

• Griesbaum, F., Hirschfeld, M., Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Rohrmoser, M., Dahmen, M., Mühlberger, F., Liedtke, H.C., Gonwouo, N.L., Doumbia, J. & Rödel, M-O. 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: 133–160. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.32793 Reference page. 

2020

• Weijola, V., Vahtera, V., Koch, A., Schmitz, A. & Kraus, F. 2020. Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans. Royal Society Open Science 7: 200092. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200092 Reference page. 

2021

• Wagner, P., Ihlow, F., Hartmann, T., Flecks, M., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2021. Integrative approach to resolve Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 70(1): 141–171. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.141 . Reference page. 

2022

• Conradie, W., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Becker, F.S., Vaz Pinto, P. & Hauptfleisch, M.L. 2022. Rock island melody remastered: two new species in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group from Angola and Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 435–453. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.86299 Reference page.