Matthew Paul Heinicke

Matthew Paul Heinicke, US herpetologist

Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan 48128 United States.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Hedges, S.B. & Heinicke, M.P. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of West Indian frogs of the genus Leptodactylus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44(1): 308–314. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.11.011 Reference page.
Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E. & Hedges, S.B. 2007. Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(24): 10092–10097. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611051104 Reference page.

Hedges, S.B., Duellman, W.E. & Heinicke, M.P. 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1737.1.1 Reference page.

Heinicke, M.P., Duellman, W.E., Trueb, L., Means, D.B., MacCulloch, R.D. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. A new frog family (Anura: Terrarana) from South America and an expanded direct-developing clade revealed by molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 2211: 1–35. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Heinicke, M.P., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2010. Molecular Phylogenetics of Pacific Nactus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae)and the Diphyly of Australian Species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4 61(17): 633–646. BHL Reference page.

Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Heinicke, M.P. & Hedges, B. 2013. A new tuberculated Pristimantis (Anura, Terrarana, Strabomantidae) from the Venezuelan Andes, redescription of Pristimantis pleurostriatus, and variation within Pristimantis vanadisae. Zootaxa 3647(1): 43–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.2 Reference page.

Heinicke, M.P., Daza, J.D., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2014. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of a circum-Indian Ocean clade of leaf-toed geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota), with a description of two new genera. Systematics and Biodiversity 12(1): 23–42. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2013.877999 Reference page.

Heinicke, M.P., Barrio Amorós, C.L. & Hedges, S.B. 2015. Molecular and morphological data support recognition of a new genus of New World direct-developing frog (Anura: Terrarana) from an under-sampled region of South America. Zootaxa 3986(2): 151–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Heinicke, M.P., Turk, D. & Bauer, A.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny reveals strong biogeographic signal and two new species in a Cape Biodiversity Hotspot endemic mini-radiation, the pygmy geckos (Gekkonidae: Goggia). Zootaxa 4312(3): 449–470. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.3.3. Reference page.

Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859 Reference page.
Nielsen, S.V., Daniels, S.R., Conradie, W., Heinicke, M.P. & Noonan, B.P. 2018. Multilocus phylogenetics in a widespread African anuran lineage (Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) reveals patterns of diversity reflecting geoclimatic change. Journal of Biogeography 45(9): 2067–2079. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13394 Reference page.

Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Parker, K.L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 77–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.3 Reference page.
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Tolley, K.A., Marques, M.P., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A dwarf among giants: phylogenetic position of the elusive Angolan Adder (Bitis heraldica) and biogeographic affinities of Angolan Afromontane regions. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 108–118. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1782484 Reference page.
Heinicke, M.P., Titus-McQuillan, J.E., Daza, J.D., Kull, E.M., Stanley, E.L. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. Phylogeny and evolution of unique skull morphologies in dietary specialist African shovel-snouted snakes (Lamprophiidae: Prosymna). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131(1): 136–153. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa076 Reference page.
Nielsen, S.V., Conradie, W., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P., Stanley, E.L. & Blackburn, D.C. 2020. A new species of Rain Frog (Brevicipitidae, Breviceps) endemic to Angola. ZooKeys 979: 133–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.56863 Reference page.

Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Chehouri, R.M., Conradie, W., Tolley, K.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. The Angolan bushveld lizards, genus Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Lacertidae): Integrative taxonomy and the description of two new species. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 745–769. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e85269 Reference page.

Marques, M.P., Parrhina, D., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Brennan, I.G., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. A new species of thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus) from Serra da Neve and surrounding rocky areas of southwestern Angola. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 325–343. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101329 Reference page.