Oliver Hawlitschek

Oliver Hawlitschek, German herpetologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Hájek, J., Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 2010. Copelatus sibelaemontis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Moluccas with generic assignment based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 437–443. PDF Reference page.

Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., , Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

, Scherz, M.D., Straube, N. & Glaw, F. 2016. Resurrection of the Comoran fish scale gecko Geckolepis humbloti Vaillant, 1887 reveals a disjunct distribution caused by natural overseas dispersal. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16(1): 289–298. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0255-1 Reference page.

Scherz, M.D., , Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2017. A review of the taxonomy and osteology of the Rhombophryne serratopalpebrosa species group (Anura: Microhylidae) from Madagascar, with comments on the value of volume rendering of micro-CT data to taxonomists. Zootaxa 4273(3): 301–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.3.1 Reference page.
Vences, M., Köhler, J., Pabijian, M., Bletz, M.C., Gehring, P.-S., , Rakotoarsion, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Andreone, F., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F. 2017. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Malagasy frogs of the Gephyromantis asper clade, with description of a new subgenus and revalidation of Gephyromantis ceratophrys. Salamandra 53(1): 77–98. PDF Reference page.

, Scherz, M.D., Ruthensteiner, B., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F. 2018. Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878. The Science of Nature 105: 49. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-018-1574-9 Reference page.
Scherz, M.D., , Razafindraibe, J.H., Megson, S., Ratsoavina, F.M., Rakotoarison, A., Bletz, M.C., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2018. A distinctive new frog species (Anura, Mantellidae) supports the biogeographic linkage of two montane rainforest massifs in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(2): 247–261. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.21037 Reference page.
Prötzel, D., Vences, M., , Scherz, M.D., Ratsoavina, F.M. & Glaw, F. 2018. Endangered beauties: micro-CT cranial osteology, molecular genetics and external morphology reveal three new species of chameleons in the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 471–498. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx112 Reference page.

Glaw, F., , Glaw, K. & Vences, M. 2019. Integrative evidence confirms new endemic island frogs and transmarine dispersal of amphibians between Madagascar and Mayotte (Comoros archipelago). The Science of Nature 106: 19. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-019-1618-9 Reference page.

Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F.M., , Megson, S., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2020. Frogs of the genus Platypelis from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar: description of a new species and reports of range extensions. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 263–274. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.47088 Reference page.

Glaw, F., Köhler, J., , Ratsoavina, F.M., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D. & Vences, M. 2021. Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons. Scientific Reports 11(1): 2522. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80955-1 Reference page.
, Scherz, M.D., Webster, K.C., Ineich, I. & Glaw, F. 2021. Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) endemic to Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago. The Anatomical Record 304(10): 2249–2263. DOI: 10.1002/ar.24589 Reference page.

Hallermann, J. & 2025. Two new species of Boaedon from Ethiopia and Somalia, with a review of the species of East Africa. Zootaxa 5569(1): 119–137. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.4 Reference page.