Dr Mark D. Scherz

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This week we have published an exciting new paper describing three new species of bumpy, bright-coloured, live-bearing, tree-dwelling toads from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania!

A very happy Valentines Day from the Scherz Lab, brought to you by this wonderful illustration of the new species Anilovelylany karsticola by first author Dr Alice Petzold.

The ridge of mountains that runs parallel to Madagascar’s east coast descend in short order into rolling hills, followed by sand dunes, and ultimately meet the Indian Ocean.

Unbelievably, I find myself once again at the end of another year.

As I recently announced, I have recently secured an ERC Starting Grant for my project on the genomics of miniaturisation in vertebrates.

Finding these frogs sometimes requires considerable trekking; pursuing strange new calls, to seek out new frogs in new forests; boldly going where no herpetologist has gone before. — Vences et al. 2024 At the right time of year along rushing streams in the

I am overjoyed to announce that my European Research Commission (ERC) Starting Grant (StG) on the genomics of miniaturisation in vertebrates has been funded!

2023 was an exceptionally challenging year, with a lot of interesting developments to reflect on.

In the 15th of August issue of the journal Salamandra, my colleagues and I published a new species of leaf-tailed gecko from northern Madagascar, Uroplatus garamaso!