Christophe Dufresnes

Christophe Dufresnes, Swiss herpetologist.

• Laboratory for Conservation Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Hintermann & Weber SA, Avenue des Alpes 25, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland.
• Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, S10 2TN Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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• 8 taxon names authored by Christophe Dufresnes

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• Stöck, M., , Litvinchuk, S.N., Lymberakis, P., Biollay, S., Berroneau, M., Borzée, A., Ghali, K., Ogielska, M. & Perrin, N. 2012. Cryptic diversity among Western Palearctic tree frogs: Postglacial range expansion, range limits, and secondary contacts of three European tree frog lineages (Hyla arborea group). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65(1): 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.014 Reference page. 

• , Mazepa, G., Rodrigues, N., Brelsford, A., Litvinchuk, S.N., Sermier, R., Lavanchy, G., Betto-Colliard, C., Blaser, O., Borzée, A., Cavoto, E., Fabre, G., Ghali, K., Grossen, C., Horn, A., Leuenberger, J., Phillips, B.C., Saunders, P.A., Savary, R., Maddalena, T., Stöck, M., Dubey, S., Canestrelli, D. & Jeffries, D.L. 2018. Genomic evidence for cryptic speciation in tree frogs from the Apennine Peninsula, with description of Hyla perrini sp. nov. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6(144): 1–18. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00144 Reference page. 
• , Mazepa, G., Rodrigues, N., Brelsford, A., Litvinchuk, S.N., Sermier, R., Lavanchy, G., Betto-Colliard, C., Blaser, O., Borzée, A., Cavoto, E., Fabre, G., Ghali, K., Grossen, C., Horn, A., Leuenberger, J., Phillips, B.C., Saunders, P.A., Savary, R., Maddalena, T., Stöck, M., Dubey, S., Canestrelli, D. & Jeffries, D.L. 2018. Formal description of the new tree frog species inhabiting northern Italy and southern Switzerland. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 97: 5–11. DOI: 10.5169/seals-813305 Reference page. 

• , Strachinis, I., Tzoras, E., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Denoël, M. 2019. Call a spade a spade: taxonomy and distribution of Pelobates, with description of a new Balkan endemic. Zookeys, 859: 131–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.859.33634 Reference page. 
• , Beddek, M., Skorinov, D.V., Fumagalli, L., Perrin, N., Crochet, P.-A. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Diversification and speciation in tree frogs from the Maghreb (Hyla meridionalis sensu lato), with description of a new African endemic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134: 291–299. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.009 Reference page. 
• , Strachinis, I., Suriadna, N., Mykytynets, G., Cogălniceanu, D., Székely, P., Vukov, T., Arntzen, J.W., Wielstra, B., Lymberakis, P., Geffen, E., Gafny, S., Kumlutaş, Y., Ilgaz, Ç., Candan, K., Mizsei, E., Szabolcs, M., Kolenda, K., Smirnov, N., Geniez, P., Lukanov, S., Crochet, P.-A., Dubey, S., Perrin, N., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Denoël, M. 2019. Phylogeography of a cryptic speciation continuum in Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates). Molecular Ecology 28(13): 3257–3270. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15133 Reference page. 
• , Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Sadek, R.A. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. A river runs through it: Tree frog genomics supports the Dead Sea Rift as a rare phylogeographical break. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(1): 130–137. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz076 Reference page. 
• , Mazepa, G., Jablonski, D., Oliveira, R.C., Wenseleers, T., Shabanov, D.A., Auer, M., Ernst, R., Koch, C., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Mulder, K.P., Simonov, E., Tiutenko, A., Kryvokhyzha, D., Wennekes, P.L., Zinenko, O.I., Korshunov, O.V., Al-Johany, A.M., Peregontsev, E., Masroor, R., Betto-Colliard, C., Denoёl, M., Borkin, L., Skorinov, D.V., Pasynkova, R.A., Mazanaeva, L., Rosanov, J.M., Dubey, S. & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2019. Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 141: 106615. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106615 Reference page. 

• & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. The valid nomen for the tree frog (genus Hyla) of Tunisia and Eastern Algeria. Zootaxa 4759(4): 597–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4759.4.12 Reference page. 
• & Martínez-Solano, I. 2020. Hybrid zone genomics supports candidate species in Iberian Alytes obstetricans. Amphibia-Reptilia 41: 105–112. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20191312 Reference page. 
• , Berroneau, M., Dubey, S., Litvinchuk, S.N. & Perrin, N. 2020. The effect of phylogeographic history on species boundaries: A comparative framework in Hyla tree frogs. Scientific Reports 10(5502): 1–10. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62382-4 Reference page. 
• Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W., , Fritz, U., Jablonski, D., Lymberakis, P., Martínez-Solano, I., Razzetti, E., Vamberger, M., Vences, M., Vörös, J. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Amphibia-Reptilia 41(2): 139–189. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10010 Reference page. 

• & Hernandez, A. 2021. Phylogeographic advances in midwife toads (Alytes) support the existence of a novel taxon endemic to the Central Pyrenees. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59(8): 2170–2179. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12564 Reference page. 

• & Litvinchuk, S.N. 2022. Diversity, distribution and molecular species delimitation in frogs and toads from the Eastern Palaearctic. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(3): 695–760. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab083 Reference page. 

• Gorin, V,A., Orlov, N.L., Bragin, A.M., Pawangkhanant, P., Milto, K.D., Le, D.X., Nguyen, T.V., , Suwannapoom, C. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Phylogeographic pattern and taxonomic revision of the Kaloula baleata species complex (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) with description of two new species from Indochina. Herpetozoa 37: 391–420. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e137394 Reference page. 
• Poyarkov, N.A., Nguyen, T.V., Le, S.X., Le, D.X., Arkhipov, D.V., Gorin, V.A., Hernandez, A. & 2024. Multiple lines of evidence for a new cryptic species of Tylototriton (Amphibia, Salamandridae) from northern Vietnam. Alytes 41(1–4): 56–98. Reference page. 

• Hofmann, S., Ohler, A., Baniya, C.B., Dubois, A., Flecks, M., Jablonski, D., Schmidt, J. & 2025. Resolving taxonomic ambiguities in extant Himalayan lazy toads: A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern Nepal. European Journal of Taxonomy 989: 189–214. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2893 Reference page.