Mark-Oliver Rödel

Mark-Oliver Rödel, German herpetologist.

• Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.

Taxon names authored

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• 70 taxon names authored by Mark-Oliver Rödel

Publications

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1999

• Rödel, M.O., Kouadio, K. & Mahsberg, D. 1999. Die Schlangenfauna des Comoé-Nationalparks, Elfenbeinküste: Ergänzungen und Ausblick. Salamandra 35(3): 165–180. PDF Reference page. 

2000

• Rödel, M.-O. & Ernst, R. 2000. Bufo taiensis n. sp., eine neue Kröte aus dem Taï-Nationalpark, Elfenbeinkuste. Herpetofauna Weinstadt 22: 9–16.
• Rödel M.O. & Mahsberg D. 2000. Vorläufige Liste der Schlangen des Tai-Nationalparks / Elfenbeinküste und angrenzender Gebiete. Salamandra 36(1): 25–38. PDF Reference page. 

2008

• Ernst, R., Agyei, A.C. & Rödel, M.-O. 2008. A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, south-western Ghana. Zootaxa 1697(1): 58–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1697.1.2 Reference page. 
• Hillers, A., Zimkus, B.M. & Rödel, M.-O. 2008. A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from north-western Guinea, West Africa. Zootaxa 1815(1): 43–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1815.1.4 Reference page. 

2009

• Loader, S.P., J.C. Poynton, T.R.B. Davenport & Rödel, M.O. 2009. Re-description of the type series of Nectophrynoides viviparus (Bufonidae), with a taxonomic reassessment. Zootaxa, 2304: 41–50.
• Rödel, M.O., J. Doumbia, A.T. Johnson & A. Hillers 2009. A new small Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Liberian part of Mount Nimba, West Africa. Zootaxa 2302: 19–30.
• Mohneke, M. & Rödel, M.O. 2009. Declining amphibian populations and possible ecological consequences – a review. Salamandra 45: 203–210.
• Mohneke, M., A.B. Onadeko & Rödel, M.O. 2009. Exploitation of frogs – a review with a focus on West Africa. Salamandra 45: 193–202.
• Leaché, A.D., Chong, R.A., Papenfuss, T.J., Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., Rödel, M.O., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Bauer, A.M., Eniang, E.A. & El Din, S.B. 2009. Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 273–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Rödel, M.O., F. Grözinger, A. Pfahler, J. Thein & J. Glos 2009. Eine einfache Methode zur quantitativen Erfassung von Amphibienlarven und anderen aquatischen Organismen. – pp. 243-256, In: Hachtel, M, M. Schlüpmann, B. Thiesmeier & K. Weddeling (eds.): Methoden der Feldherpetologie, Supplement 15 of Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, 424 pp.
• Rödel, M.O., L. Sandberger, J. Doumbia & Hillers, A. 2009. Revalidation of Phrynobatrachus maculiventris Guibé & Lamotte, 1958 and description of its aposematic coloured tadpole. African journal of herpetology 58: 15–27.
• Nago, S.G.A., B.A. Sinsin & Rödel, M.O. 2009. The tadpole of Ptychadena schillukorum Werner, 1907. Zootaxa 2115: 65–68.
• Veith, M., J. Kosuch, Rödel, M.O., Hillers, A., A. Schmitz, M. Burger & S. Lötters 2009. Multiple evolution of sexual dichromatism in African reed frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51: 388–393.
• Rödel, M.-O., Kosuch, J., Grafe, T.U., Boistel, R., Assemian, N.E., Kouamé, N.G.G., Tohé, B., Gourène, G., Perret, J.-L., Henle, K., Tafforeau, P., Pollet, N. & Veith, M. 2009. A new tree-frog genus and species from Ivory Coast, West Africa (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa 2044: 23–45. Abstract. Full text PDF from ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Hillers, A., C.O. Boateng, G.H. Segniagbeto, A.C. Agyei & Rödel, M.O. 2009. Assessment of the amphibians in the forests of southern Ghana and western Togo. Zoosystematics and Evolution 85: 127–141.
• Onadeko, A.B. & Rödel, M.O. 2009. Anuran surveys in south-western Nigeria. Salamandra 45: 1–14.
• Keller, A., Rödel, M.O., K.E. Linsenmair & T.U. Grafe 2009. The importance of environmental heterogeneity for species diversity and assemblage structure in Bornean stream frogs. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 305–314.
• Blackburn, D.C., Gonwouo, L.N., Ernst, R. & Rödel, M.-O. 2009. A new squeaker frog (Arthroleptidae: Arthroleptis) from the Cameroon volcanic line with redescriptions of Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911 "1910" and A. variabilis Matschie, 1893. Breviora 515(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.3099/0006-9698-515.1.1 Reference page. 
• Rödel, M.O., C.O. Boateng, J. Penner & Hillers, A. 2009. A new cryptic Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana, West Africa. Zootaxa 1970: 52–63.

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. 
• Rödel, M.-O., Ohler, A. & Hillers, A. 2010. A new extraordinary Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Phrynobatrachidae) from West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 86(2): 257–261. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201000008 Reference page. 
• Zimkus, B.M., Rödel, M.-O. & Hillers, A. 2010. Complex patterns of continental speciation: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of sub-Saharan puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(3): 883–900. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.012 Reference page. 

2011

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• 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. 

2013

• Penner, J., Gonwouo, L.N. & Rödel, M.-O. 2013. Second record of the West African hairy bush viper Atheris hirsuta Ernst & Rödel, 2002 (Serpentes: Viperidae). Zootaxa 3694(2): 196–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.2.9 Reference page. 
• Channing, A., Hillers, A., Lötters, S., Rödel, M.-O., Schick, S., Conradie, W., Rödder, D., Mercurio, V., Wagner, P., Dehling, J.M., Du Preez, L.H., Kielgast, J. & Burger, M. 2013. Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 3620(3): 301–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.3.1 Reference page. 
• Ndriantsoa, S.H., Riemann, J.C., Vences, M., Klages, J., Raminosoa, N.R., Rödel, M.-O. & Glos, J. 2013. A new Stumpffia (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from the Ranomafana region, south-eastern Madagascar. Zootaxa 3636(4): 575–589. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.4.5 Reference page. 

2014

• Kpan, T.F., Adeba, P.J., Kouamé, N'G.G, Koné, I., Kouassi, P.K., Rödel, M.-O. 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. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.8796 . Reference page. 
• 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

• Rakotoarison, A., Crottini, A., Müller, J., Rödel, M-O., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.3. Reference page. 
• Rödel, M-O., Burger, M., Zassi-Boulou, A-G., Emmrich, M., Penner, J. & Barej, M.F. 2015. Two new Phrynobatrachus species (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from the Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4032(1): 55–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.1.3 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. 
• Poynton, J.C., Loader, S.P., Conradie, W., Rödel, M-C. & Liedtke, H.C. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.3 Reference page. 

2017

• Köhler, J., Rodríguez, A., Kok, P.J.R., Toledo, L.F., Emmrich, M., Glaw, F., Haddad, C.F.B., Rödel, M-O. & Vences, M. 2017. The use of bioacoustics in anuran taxonomy: theory, terminology, methods and recommendations for best practice. Zootaxa 4251(1): 1–124. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4251.1.1 Reference page. 
• Kirchhof, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.-O. & Müller, J. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.3. 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. 
• Sandberger-Loua, L., Müller, H. & Rödel, M-O. 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. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.10489. Reference page. 

2018

• Kpan, T.F., Kouamé, N'G.G., Barej, M.F., Adeba, P.J., Emmrich, M., Boateng, C.O. & Rödel, M-O. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.2.5 Reference page. 
• Boateng, C.O., Leaché, A.D., Obeng-Kankam, B., Kouamé, N’G. Hillers, A. & Rödel, M-O. 2018. A new species of Puddle Frog, genus Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Ghana. Zootaxa 4374(4): 565–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.6 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. 
• Rödel, M-O. & Glos, J. 2019. Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95: 15–35. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.31726 Reference page. 
• Rödel, M-O., Kucharzewski, C., Mahlow, K., Chirio, L., Pauwels, O., Carlino, P., Sambolah, G. & Glos, J. 2019. A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95: 107–123. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.31488 Reference page. 
• Scherz, M.D., Hutter, C.R., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Glos, J., Roberts, S.H., Crottini, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 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. PLoS One 14(3): e0213314. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213314 Reference page. 

2021

• Neira-Salamea, K., Boateng, C.O., Kouamé, N.G.G., Blackburn, D.C., Segniagbeto, G.H., Hillers, A., Barej, M.F., Leaché, A.D. & Rödel, M.-O. 2021. A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana. Zootaxa 4995(1): 71–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.4 Reference page. 

2023

• Griesbaum, F., Jongsma, G.F.M., Penner, J., Kouamé, N.G.G., Doumbia, J., Gonwouo, N.L., Hillers, A., Glos, J., Blackburn, D.C. & Rödel, M-O. 2023. The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests. Zootaxa 5254(3): 301–339. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.1 Reference page. 

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