A129. Boumans, L., D. R. Vieites, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2007): Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 822-839.

A128. Nagy, Z. T., F. Glaw, F. Andreone, M. Wink & M. Vences (2007): Species boundaries in Malagasy snakes of the genus Madagascarophis (Serpentes: Colubridae sensu lato) assessed by nuclear and mitochondrial markers. – Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7: 241-251.

A127. Fouquet, A., A. Gilles, M. Vences, C. Marty, M. Blanc & N. J. Gemmell (2007): Underestimation of species richness in Neotropical frogs revealed by mtDNA analyses. – PLoS ONE 2(10): e1109. (PDF)

A126. Grosjean, S., J. Glos, M. Teschke, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2007): Comparative larval morphology of Madagascan toadlets of the genus Scaphiophryne: phylogenetic and taxonomic inferences. – Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151: 555-576.

A125. Vences, M., G. Wahl-Boos, S. Hoegg, F. Glaw, E. Spinelli Oliveira, A. Meyer & S. Perry (2007): Molecular systematics of mantelline frogs from Madagascar and the evolution of their femoral glands. – Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 529-539.

A124. Knoll, A., J. Köhler, F. Glaw, M. Teschke & M. Vences (2007): Larval morphology in four species of Madagascan frogs of the subgenus Brygoomantis (Mantellidae: Mantidactylus). – Zootaxa 1616: 49-59.

A123. Wollenberg, K. C., F. Glaw, A. Meyer & M. Vences (2007): Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy reed frogs, Heterixalus, and the relative performance of bioacoustics and color-patterns for resolving their systematics. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 14-22.

A122. Wohltmann, A., L. du Preez, M.-O. Rödel, J. Köhler & M. Vences (2007): Endoparasitic mites of the genus Endotrombicula Ewing, 1931 (Acari: Prostigmata: Parasitengona: Trombiculidae) from African and Madagascan anurans, with description of a new species. – Folia Parasitologica 54: 225-235.

A121. Glaw, F., J. Köhler, P. Bora, N. H. C. Rabibisoa, O. Ramilijaona & M. Vences (2007): Discovery of the genus Plethodontohyla (Anura: Microhylidae) in dry western Madagascar: description of a new species and biogeographic implications. – Zootaxa 1577: 61-68.

A120. Raselimanana, A. P., F. Glaw & M. Vences (2007): Lack of secondary sexual characters in a male of Tsingymantis antitra confirms its position as most basal mantelline frog lineage. – Zootaxa 1557: 67-68.

A119. Van der Meijden, A., M. Vences, S. Hoegg, R. Boistel, A. Channing & A. Meyer (2007): Nuclear gene phylogeny of narrow-mouthed toads (Family: Microhylidae) and a discussion of competing hypotheses concerning their biogeographical origins. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1017-1030.

A118. Lehtinen, R. M., R. A. Nussbaum, C. M. Richards, D. C. Cannatella & M. Vences (2007): Mitochondrial genes reveal cryptic diversity in plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar (Anura, Mantellidae, Guibemantis). – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 1121-1129.

A117. Glaw, F., Z. T. Nagy & M. Vences (2007): Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data. – Zootaxa 1517: 53-62.

A116. Van der Meijden, A., R. Boistel, J. Gerlach, A. Ohler, M. Vences & A. Meyer (2007): Molecular phylogenetic evidence for paraphyly of the genus Sooglossus, with the description of a new genus of Seychellean frogs. – Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 91: 347-359.

A115. Glaw,  F., Z. T. Nagy, M. Franzen & M. Vences (2007): Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa. – Zoologica Scripta 36: 291-300.

A114. Rabemananjara, F. C. E., A. Crottini, Y. Chiari, F. Andreone, F. Glaw, R. Duguet, P. Bora, O. Ravoahangimalala Ramilijaona & M. Vences (2007): Molecular systematics of Malagasy poison frogs in the Mantella betsileo and M. laevigata species groups. – Zootaxa 1501: 31-44.

A113. Greenbaum, E., A. M. Bauer, T. R. Jackman, M. Vences & F. Glaw (2007): A phylogeny of the enigmatic Madagascan geckos of the genus Uroplatus (Squamata: Gekkonidae). – Zootaxa 1493: 41-51.

A112. Fouquet, A., M. Vences, M-D. Salducci, A. Meyer, C. Marty, M. Blanc & A. Gilles (2007): Revealing cryptic diversity using molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography in frogs of the Scinax ruber and Rhinella margaritifera species groups. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 567-582.

A111. Aprea, G., G. Odierna, F. Andreone, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2007): Karyological evolution and systematics of Malagasy microhylid frogs. – Zoologischer Anzeiger 246: 23-41.

A110. Aliabadian, M., M. Kaboli, R. Prodon, V. Nijman & M. Vences (2007): Phylogeny of Palearctic wheatears (genus Oenanthe) - Congruence between morphometric and molecular data. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 665-675.

A109. Odierna, G., G. Aprea, F. Andreone, W. Böhme & M. Vences (2007): Cytosystematics of hyperoliid frogs: Phylogeny of Heterixalus, low karyotypic variability in hyperoliines and separate phylogenetic position of Leptopelis. – Italian Journal of Zoology 74: 71-81.

A108. Randrianiaina, R.-D., F. Glaw, M. Thomas, J. Glos, N. Raminosoa & M. Vences (2007): Descriptions of the tadpoles of two species of Gephyromantis, with a discussion of the phylogenetic origin of direct development in mantellid frogs. – Zootaxa 1401: 53-61.

A107. Rabemananjara, F. C. E., Y. Chiari, O. Ravoahangimalala Ramilijaona & M. Vences (2007): Evidence for recent gene flow between north-eastern and south-eastern Madagascar from a phylogeography of the Mantella cowani group. – Frontiers in Zoology 4: article 1. (PDF)

A106. Measey, G. J., M. Vences, R. C. Drewes, Y. Chiari, M. Melo & B. Bourles (2007): Freshwater paths across the ocean: molecular phylogeny of the frog Ptychadena newtoni gives insights into amphibian colonization of oceanic islands. – Journal of Biogeography 34: 7-20.

A105. Veith, M., L. Fromhage, J. Kosuch & M. Vences (2006): Historical biogeography of Western Palearctic pelobatid and pelodytid frogs: a molecular phylogenetic perspective. – Contributions to Zoology 75: 109-120.  (PDF)

A104. Vejarano, S., M. Thomas & M. Vences (2006): Comparative tadpole morphology in three species of frogs of the genus Spinomantis (Amphibia: Mantellidae). – Contributions to Zoology 75: 99-108.  (PDF)

A103. Vejarano, S., M. Thomas, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2006): Advertisement call and tadpole morphology of the clutch-guarding from Mantidactylus argenteus from eastern Madagascar. – African Zoology 41: 164-169.

A102. Glaw, F., S. Hoegg & M. Vences (2006): Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution. – Zootaxa 1334: 27-43.  (PDF)

A101. Vejarano, S., M. Thomas & M. Vences (2006): Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Guibemantis (Anura: Mantellidae). – Zootaxa 1329: 39-57.  (PDF)

A100. Raharivololoniaina, L., S. Grosjean, N. Rasoamampionona Raminosoa, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2006): Molecular identification, description and phylogenetic implications of the tadpoles of 11 species of Malagasy treefrogs, genus Boophis. –  Journal of Natural History 40: 1449-1480.

A99. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2006). Phylogeny and genus-level classification of mantellid frogs. –  Organisms Diversity and Evolution 6: 236-253. (PDF)

A98. Chiari, Y., P. Orozco-terWengel, M. Vences, D. R: Vieites, A. Sarovy, J. E: Randrianirina, A. Meyer & E. Louis Jr. (2006): Genetic identification of units for conservation in tomato frogs, genus Dyscophus. – Conservation Genetics 7: 473-482.

A97. Vieites, D. R., Y. Chiari,  M. Vences, F. Andreone, F. Rabemananjara, P. Bora, S. Nieto-Román & A. Meyer (2006): Mitochondrial evidence for distinct phylogeographic units in the endangered Malagasy poison frog Mantella bernhardi. – Molecular Ecology 15: 1617-1625.

A96. Rocha, S., M. A. Carretero, M. Vences, F. Glaw & D. J. Harris (2006): Deciphering patterns of transoceanic dispersal: the evolutionary origin and biogeography of coastal lizards (Cryptoblepharus) in the Western Indian Ocean region. – Journal of Biogeography 33: 13-22.

A95. Puente, M., A. P. Raselimanana & M. Vences (2005): Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri. – Zootaxa 1073: 31-35.  (PDF)

A94. Vences, M., F. Andreone & D. R. Vieites (2005): New treefrog of the genus Boophis Tschudi 1838 from the northwestern rainforests of Madagascar.  – Tropical Zoology 18: 237-249.  (PDF)  

A93. Chiari, Y., F. Andreone, M. Vences & A. Meyer (2005): Genetic variation of an endangered Malagasy frog, Mantella cowani, and its phylogeographic relationships to the widespread M. baroni.  –
Conservation Genetics 6: 1041-1047.

A92. Andreone, F., J. E. Cadle, N. Cox, F. Glaw, R. A. Nussbaum, C. J. Raxworthy, S. N. Stuart, D. Vallan & M. Vences (2005): Species review of amphibian extinction risks in Madagascar: conclusions from the Global Amphibian Assessment. – Conservation Biology 19: 1790-1802.   (PDF)  

A91. Van der Meijden, A., M. Vences, S. Hoegg & A. Meyer (2005): A previously unrecognized radiation of ranid frogs in southern Africa revealed by nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 674-685. (PDF)  

A90. Glaw, F., M. Vences & R. A. Nussbaum (2005): A new species of Heteroliodon (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Montagne des Français, far northern Madagascar. – Herpetologica 61: 275-280.  (PDF)  

A89. Poux, C., O. Madsen, E. Marquard, D. R. Vieites, W. W. de Jong & M. Vences (2005): Asynchronous colonization of Madagascar by the four endemic clades of primates, tenrecs, carnivores, and rodents as inferred from nuclear genes. – Systematic Biology 54: 719-730.  (PDF)  

A88. Vences, M., M. Thomas, R. M. Bonett & D. R. Vieites (2005): Deciphering amphibian diversity through DNA barcoding: chances and challenges. – Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, Ser. B, 360: 1859-1868.  (PDF)  

A87. Steinke, D., W. Salzburger, M. Vences & A. Meyer (2005): TaxI - A software tool for DNA barcoding using distance methods. – Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, Ser. B, 360: 1975-1980.  (PDF)  

A86. Rabemananjara, F., P. Bora. J. E. Cadle, F. Andreone, E. Rajeriarison, P. Talata, F. Glaw, M. Vences & D. R. Vieites (2005): New records, distribution and conservation of Mantella bernhardi, an Endangered frog species from south-eastern Madagascar. – Oryx 39: 339-342.

A85. Köhler, J., D. R. Vieites. R. M. Bonett, F. Hita García, F. Glaw, D. Steinke & M. Vences (2005): New amphibians and global conservation: a boost in species discoveries in a highly endangered vertebrate group. – Bioscience 55: 693-696.

A84. Glos, J., F. Glaw & M. Vences (2005): A new species of Scaphiophryne from western Madagascar. – Copeia 2005: 252-261.  (PDF)  

A83. Vences, M., F. Andreone & F. Glaw (2005): A new microhylid frog of the genus Cophyla from a transitional forest in northwestern Madagascar. – African Zoology 40: 143-149.   (PDF)  

A82. Aliabadian, M., C. S. Roselaar, V. Nijman, R. Sluys & M. Vences (2005): Identifying contact zone hotspots of passerine birds in the Palearctic region. –  Biology Letters 1: 21-23.   (PDF)   (supplementary material)

A81. San Mauro, D., M. Vences, M. Alcobendas, R. Zardoya & A. Meyer (2005): Initial diversification of living amphibians predated the breakup of Pangaea. – The American Naturalist 165: 590-599.   (PDF)

A80. Vences, M., M. Thomas, A. van der Meijden, Y. Chiari, D. R. Vieites (2005): Comparative performance of the 16S rRNA gene in DNA barcoding of amphibians. – Frontiers in Zoology 2: article 5.   (PDF)

A79. Thomas, M., L. Raharivololoniaina, F. Glaw, M. Vences & D. R. Vieites (2005): Montane tadpoles in Madagascar: molecular identification and description of the larval stages of Mantidactylus elegans, Mantidactylus madecassus, and Boophis laurenti from the Andringitra Massif.  – Copeia 2005: 174-183.   (PDF)

A78. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (2005): A new species of Mantidactylus from the East Coast of Madagascar and its molecular phylogenetic relationships within the subgenus Guibemantis.  – Herpetological Journal 15: 37-44. (PDF)

A77. Aprea, G., F. Andreone, T. Capriglione, G. Odierna & M. Vences (2004): Evidence for a remarkable stasis of chromosome evolution in Malagasy treefrogs (Boophis: Mantellidae). – Italian Journal of Zoology, Supplement 2: 237-243.   (PDF)

A76. Vences, M. (2004): Origin of Madagascar's extant fauna: a perspective from amphibians, reptiles and other non-flying vertebrates.  – Italian Journal of Zoology, Supplement 2: 217-228.  (PDF)

A75. Andreone, F., M. Vences, D. R: Vieites, F. Glaw & A. Meyer (2004): Recurrent ecological adaptations revealed through a molecular analysis of the secretive cophyline frogs of Madagascar.  – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 315-322.  (PDF)

A74. Schmitz, A., M. C. Brandley, P. Mausfeld, M. Vences, F. Glaw, R. A. Nussbaum & T. W. Reeder (2004): Opening the black box: phylogenetics and morphological evolution of the Malagasy fossorial lizards of the subfamily ‘‘Scincinae’’. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34:118-133.  (PDF)

A73. Vieites, D. R., S. Nieto-Román, A. Palanca, X. Ferrer & M. Vences (2004): European Atlantic: the hottest oil spill hotspot worldwide. – Naturwissenschaften 91: 535-538.  (PDF)  (cover)

A72. Chiari, Y., M. Vences, D. R. Vieites, F. Rabemananjara, P. Bora, O. Ramilijaona Ravoahangimalala & A. Meyer (2004): New evidence for parallel evolution of colour patterns in Malagasy poison frogs (Mantella). – Molecular Ecology 13: 3763-3774.  (PDF)

A71. Vieites, D. R., S. Nieto-Román, M. Barluenga, A. Palanca, M. Vences & A. Meyer (2004): Post-mating clutch piracy in an amphibian. – Nature 431: 305-308. (PDF)

A70. Vences, M., S. Wanke, D. R. Vieites, W. R. Branch, F. Glaw & A. Meyer (2004): Natural colonization or introduction? Phylogeographical relationships and morphological differentiation of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from Madagascar. – Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 115-130.  (PDF)

A69. Van der Meijden, A., M. Vences and A. Meyer (2004). Novel phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic brevicipitine and scaphiophrynine toads as revealed by sequences from the nuclear Rag-1 gene. – Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Suppl.) 271: S378-S381. (PDF)

A68. Hoegg, S., M. Vences, H. Brinkmann & A. Meyer (2004): Phylogeny and comparative substitution rates of frogs inferred from three nuclear genes. – Molecular Biology and Evolution 21: 1188-1200. (PDF)

A67. Lötters, S., E. La Marca & M. Vences (2004): Redescriptions of two toad species of the genus Atelopus from coastal Venezuela. – Copeia 2004: 222-234. (PDF)

A66. Vences, M., F. Andreone & F. Glaw (2004): Voice of a giant: bioacoustic data for Mantidactylus guttulatus (Amphibia: Mantellidae). – Amphibia-Reptilia 25: 112-115. (PDF)

A65. Fromhage, L, M. Vences & M. Veith (2004): Testing alternative vicariance scenarios in Western Mediterranean discoglossid frogs. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 308-322. (PDF)

A64. Grosjean, S., M. Vences & A. Dubois (2004): Evolutionary significance of oral morphology in the carnivorous tadpoles of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus (Ranidae). – Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 171-181. (PDF)

A63. Vences, M., J. Kosuch, M.-O. Rödel, S. Lötters, A. Channing, F. Glaw & W. Böhme (2004): Phylogeography of Ptychadena mascareniensis suggests transoceanic dispersal in a widespread African-Malagasy frog lineage. – Journal of Biogeography 31: 593-601. (PDF)

A62. Vences, M., Y. Chiari, L. Raharivololoniaina & A. Meyer (2004): High mitochondrial diversity within and among populations of Malagasy poison frogs. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 295-307. (PDF)

A61. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (2004): Revision of the subgenus Chonomantis (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantidactylus) from Madagascar, with description of two new species. – Journal of Natural History 38: 77-118. (PDF)

A60. Vences, M., P. Galán, K. Miramontes & D. R. Vieites (2004): Weak expression of reproductive seasonality in a dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus) from arid south-western Madagascar. – Journal of Arid Environments 56: 329-338. (PDF)

A59. Vences, M., C. J. Raxworthy, R. A. Nussbaum & F. Glaw (2003): New microhylid frog (Plethodontohyla) from Madagascar, with semiarboreal habits and possible parental care. – Journal of Herpetology 37: 629-636. (PDF)

A58. Nagy, Z. T., U. Joger, M. Wink, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2003): Multiple colonization of Madagascar and Socotra by colubrid snakes: evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene phylogenies. – Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270: 2613-2621. (PDF) (electronic supplement)

A57. Vences, M., D. R. Vieites, F. Glaw, H. Brinkmann, J. Kosuch, M. Veith & A. Meyer (2003): Multiple overseas dispersal in amphibians. – Proceedings of the Royal Society B 270: 2435-2442. (PDF) (electronic supplement) (media coverage in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

A56. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (2003): New microhylid frog (Plethodontohyla) with a supraocular crest from Madagascar. – Copeia 2003: 789-793. (PDF)

A55. Andreone, F., G. Aprea, M. Vences & G. Odierna (2003): A new frog of the genus Mantidactylus from the rainforests of north-eastern Madagascar, and its karyological affinities. – Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 285-303. (PDF)

A54. Vallan, D., M. Vences & F. Glaw (2003): Two new species of the Boophis mandraka complex (Anura, Mantellidae) from the Andasibe region in eastern Madagascar. – Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 305-319. (PDF)

A53. Vences, M., J. Kosuch, R. Boistel, C. F. B. Haddad, E. La Marca, S. Lötters & M. Veith (2003): Convergent evolution of aposematic coloration in Neotropical poison frogs: a molecular phylogenetic perspective. – Organisms Diversity and Evolution 3: 215-226. (PDF)

A52. Aprea, G., G. Odierna, F. Andreone, F. Glaw & M. Vences (2003): Unusual karyotype in the Malagasy colubrid snake Mimophis mahfalensis. – Amphibia-Reptilia 24: 215-219. (PDF)

A51. Vences, M., C. J. Raxworthy, R. A. Nussbaum & F. Glaw (2003): A revision of the Scaphiophryne marmorata complex of marbled toads from Madagascar, including the description of a new species. – Herpetological Journal 13: 69-79. (PDF)

A50. Vences, M., J. Kosuch, F. Glaw, W. Böhme & M. Veith (2003): Molecular phylogeny of hyperoliid treefrogs: biogeographic origin of Malagasy and Seychellean taxa and re-analysis of familial paraphyly. – Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 41: 205-215. (PDF)

A49. Andreone, F., F. Glaw, R. A. Nussbaum, C. J. Raxworthy, M. Vences & J. E. Randrianirina (2003): The amphibians and reptiles of Nosy Be (NW Madagascar) and nearby islands: a case study of diversity and conservation of an insular fauna. – Journal of Natural History 37 (17): 2119-2149. (PDF)

A48. Vences, M., K. Grossenbacher, M. Puente, A. Palanca & D. R. Vieites (2003): The Cambalès fairy tale: elevational limits of Rana temporaria (Amphibia: Ranidae) and other European amphibians revisited. – Folia Zoologica 52 (2): 189-202. (PDF)

A47. Vences, M., F. Andreone, F. Glaw & J. E. Randrianirina (2003): Molecular and bioacoustic divergence in Mantidactylus granulatus and M. zavona sp. n. (Anura: Mantellidae): bearings for the biogeography of northern Madagascar. – African Zoology 38 (1): 67-78. (PDF)

A46. Veith M., J. Kosuch & M. Vences (2003): Climatic oscillations triggered post-Messinian speciation of Western Palearctic brown frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae). – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 310-327. (PDF)

A45. Veith M., M. Vences, D. R. Vieites, S. Nieto-Roman & A. Palanca (2002): Genetic differentiation and population structure within the Spanish common frogs (Rana temporaria complex; Ranidae, Amphibia). – Folia Zoologica 51 (2): 307-318. (PDF)

A44. La Marca, E., M. Vences & S. Lötters (2002): Rediscovery and mitochondrial relationships of the dendrobatid frog Colostethus humilis suggest parallel colonization of the Venezuelan Andes by poison frogs. – Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 37 (3): 233-240. (PDF)

A43. Vences, M., F. Andreone, F. Glaw & F. Mattioli (2002): New dwarf species of Mantidactylus from Northwestern Madagascar (Anura: Mantellidae). – Copeia 2002 (4): 1057-1062. (PDF)

A42. Vences, M., P. Galán, D. R. Vieites, M. Puente, K. Oetter & S. Wanke (2002): Field body temperatures and heating rates in a montane frog population: the importance of black dorsal pattern for thermoregulation. – Annales Zoologici Fennici 39: 209-220. (PDF)

A41. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2002): A new species of Mantidactylus (Anura: Mantellidae) from Andasibe in Eastern Madagascar. – Journal of Herpetology 36: 372-378. (PDF)

A40. Vences, M., F. Andreone, F. Glaw, N. Raminosoa, J. E. Randrianirina, D. R. Vieites (2002): Amphibians and reptiles of the Ankaratra Massif: reproductive diversity, biogeography and conservation of a montane fauna in Madagascar. – Italian Journal of Zoology 69: 263-284. (PDF, low resolution)

A39. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2002): A new cryptic frog species of the Mantidactylus boulengeri group with a divergent vocal sac structure. – Amphibia-Reptilia 23 (3): 293-304. (PDF)

A38. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (2002): Two new treefrogs of the Boophis rappiodes group from eastern Madagascar. – Tropical Zoology 15 (1): 141-163. (PDF, low resolution)

A37. Vences, M., F. Andreone, F. Glaw, J. Kosuch, A. Meyer, H.-C. Schaefer & M. Veith (2002): Exploring the potential of life-history key innovation: brook breeding in the radiation of the Malagasy treefrog genus Boophis. – Molecular Ecology 11: 1453-1463. (PDF)

A36. Andreone, F., M. Vences, F. M. Guarino, F. Glaw & J. E. Randrianirina (2002): Natural history and larval morphology of Boophis occidentalis (Anura: Mantellidae: Boophinae) provide new insights into the phylogeny and adaptive radiation of endemic Malagasy frogs. – Journal of Zoology, London 257: 425-438. (PDF)

A35. Schaefer, H.-C., M. Vences & M. Veith (2002): Molecular phylogeny of Malagasy poison frogs, genus Mantella (Anura: Mantellidae): homoplastic evolution of colour pattern in aposematic amphibians. – Organisms Diversity and Evolution 2: 97-105. (PDF)

A34. Vences, M., M. Puente, S. Nieto & D. R. Vieites (2002): Phenotypic plasticity of anuran larvae: environmental variables influence body shape and oral morphology in Rana temporaria tadpoles. – Journal of Zoology, London 257: 155-162. (PDF)

A33. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (2002): A new sibling species of the anuran subgenus Blommersia from Madagascar (Amphibia: Mantellidae: Mantidactylus) and its molecular phylogenetic relationships. – Herpetological Journal 12: 11-20. (PDF)

A32. Vences, M., F. Glaw, F. Andreone, R. Jesu & G. Schimmenti (2002): Systematic revision of the enigmatic Malagasy broad-headed frogs (Laurentomantis Dubois, 1980), and their phylogenetic position within the endemic mantellid radiation of Madagascar. – Contributions to Zoology 70: 191-212.  (PDF, low resolution)

A31. Vences, M., G. Aprea, T. Capriglione, F. Andreone & G. Odierna (2002): Ancient tetraploidy and slow molecular evolution in Scaphiophryne: ecological correlates of speciation mode in Malagasy relict amphibians. – Chromosome Research 10: 127-136. (PDF)

A30. Andreone, F., M. Vences & J. E. Randrianirina (2001): Patterns of amphibian and reptile diversity at Berara Forest (Sahamalaza Peninsula), NW Madagascar. – Italian Journal of Zoology 68: 235-241. (PDF, low resolution)

A29. Glaw, F., M. Vences, F. Andreone & D. Vallan (2001): Revision of the Boophis majori group (Amphibia: Mantellidae) from Madagascar, with descriptions of five new species. – Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 495-529. (PDF)

A28. Kosuch, J., M. Vences, A. Dubois, A. Ohler & W. Böhme (2001): Out of Asia: mitochondrial DNA evidence for an Oriental origin of tiger frogs, genus Hoplobatrachus. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21: 398-407. (PDF)

A27. Vences, M., F. Glaw, J. Kosuch, W. Böhme & M. Veith (2001): Phylogeny of South American and Malagasy boine snakes: molecular evidence for the validity of Sanzinia and Acrantophis and biogeographic implications. – Copeia 2001: 1151-1154. (PDF)

A26. Vences, M., J. Freyhof, R. Sonnenberg, J. Kosuch & M. Veith (2001): Reconciling fossils and molecules: Cenozoic divergence of cichlid fishes and the biogeography of Madagascar. – Journal of Biogeography 28: 1091-1099. (PDF)

A25. Odierna, G., M. Vences, G. Aprea, S. Lötters & F. Andreone (2001): Chromosome data for Malagasy poison frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae: Mantella) and their bearing on taxonomy and phylogeny. – Zoological Science 18: 505-514. (PDF)

A24. Vences, M., F. Glaw, R. Jesu & G. Schimmenti (2000): A new species of Heterixalus (Amphibia: Hyperoliidae) from western Madagascar. – African Zoology 35: 269-276. (PDF)

A23. Mausfeld, P., M. Vences, A. Schmitz & M. Veith (2000): First data on the molecular phylogeography of scincid lizards of the genus Mabuya. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17: 11-14. (PDF)

A22. Odierna, G., F. Andreone, G. Aprea, O. Arribas, T. Capriglione & M. Vences (2000): Cytological and molecular analysis in the rare discoglossid species, Alytes muletensis (Sanchiz & Adrover 1977) and its bearing on archaeobatrachian phylogeny. – Chromosome Research 8 : 435-442. (PDF)

A21. Glaw, F., M. Vences & V. Gossmann (2000): A new species of Mantidactylus from Madagascar, with a comparative survey of internal femoral gland structure in the genus (Amphibia: Ranidae: Mantellinae). – Journal of Natural History 34: 1135-1154. (PDF)

A20. Vences, M., P. Galán, A. Palanca, D. R. Vieites, S. Nieto & J. Rey (2000): Summer microhabitat use and diel activity cycles in a high altitude Pyrenean population of Rana temporaria. – Herpetological Journal 10: 49-56. (PDF)

A19. Vences, M., J. Kosuch, S. Lötters, A. Widmer, J. Köhler, K.-H. Jungfer & M. Veith (2000): Phylogeny and classification of poison frogs (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae), based on mitochondrial 16S and 12S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 34-40. (PDF)

A18. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (1999): Resurrection and redescription of Mantidactylus tricinctus (Guibé, 1947) from eastern Madagascar  (Anura: Ranidae: Mantellinae). – Journal of Herpetology 33 (4): 639-647. (PDF, low resolution)

A17. Kosuch, J., M. Vences & W. Böhme (1999): Molecular data on the specific allocation of the chameleons of the Greek mainland (Peloponnesos) (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768). – Amphibia-Reptilia 20 (4): 431-435. (PDF)

A16. Vences, M., N. Piqué, A. Lopez, M. Puente, C. Miramontes, D. Rodriguez (1999): Summer habitat population density and size classes of Rana temporaria in a high altitude Pyrenean population. – Amphibia-Reptilia 20 (4): 440-443. (PDF)

A15. Vences, M., T. Ziegler, S. Visser & F. Andreone (1999): New data on the zoogeography and genital morphology of the lizards Zonosaurus brygooi Lang & Böhme 1990 and Z. aeneus (Grandidier 1872) from Madagascar (Reptilia Squamata Gerrhosauridae). – Tropical Zoology 12 (1): 145-155. (PDF, low resolution)

A14. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (1999): Variation in Mantidactylus madecassus Millot & Guibé, 1950, a little known Malagasy frog, with resurrection of Mantidactylus pauliani Guibé, 1974. – Herpetological Journal 9 (3): 101-110. (PDF, low resolution)

A13. Channing, A. & M. Vences (1999): The advertisement call, breeding biology, description of the tadpole and taxonomic status of Bufo dombensis, a little known dwarf toad from Southern Africa. – South African Journal of Zoology 34 (2): 74-79. (PDF, low resolution)

A12. Glaw, F., M. Vences, T. Ziegler, W. Böhme & J. Köhler (1999): Specific distinctness and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons Brookesia minima, B. peyrierasi and B. tuberculata (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae): evidence from hemipenial and external morphology. – Journal of Zoology, London, 247 : 225-238. (PDF, low resolution)

A11. Vences, M., A. Hille & F. Glaw (1998): Allozyme differentiation in the genus Mantella (Amphibia: Anura: Mantellinae). – Folia Zoologica 47 (4): 261-274. (PDF, low resolution)

A10. Pintak, T., M. Vences, F. Glaw & W. Böhme (1998): Comparative chromosome morphology of Malagasy poison frogs (Amphibia: Ranidae: Mantella). – Folia Zoologica 47 (3): 197-204.

A9. Andreone, F., F. Glaw, M. Vences & D. Vallan (1998): A new Mantidactylus from south-eastern Madagascar, with a review of Mantidactylus peraccae (Ranidae: Mantellinae). – Herpetological Journal 8: 149-159.  (PDF, low resolution)

A8. Vences, M., F. Glaw & W. Böhme (1998): Evolutionary correlates of microphagy in alkaloid-containing frogs (Amphibia: Anura). – Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 217-230.  (PDF, low resolution)

A7. Glaw, F., M. Vences & W. Böhme (1998): Systematic revision of the genus Aglyptodactylus Boulenger, 1919 (Amphibia: Ranidae), and analysis of its phylogenetic relationships to other Madagascan ranid genera (Tomopterna, Boophis, Mantidactylus, and Mantella). – Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 36 (1): 17-37. (PDF)

A6. Glaw, F.  & M. Vences (1997): New species of the Boophis tephraeomystax group (Anura: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) from arid western Madagascar. – Copeia 1997 (3): 572-578.  (PDF, low resolution)

A5 . Ziegler, T., M. Vences, F. Glaw & W. Böhme (1997): Genital morphology and systematics of Geodipsas Boulenger, 1896  (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with description of a new genus. – Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104 (1): 95-114.  (PDF, low resolution)

A4. Vences, M. & F. Glaw (1996): Further investigations on Discoglossus bioacoustics: Relationships between D. galganoi galganoi, D. g. jeanneae and D. pictus scovazzi. – Amphibia-Reptilia 17 (4): 333-340.  (PDF, low resolution)

A3. Fritz, B., Vences, M. & F. Glaw (1994): Comparative nuclear DNA content in Discoglossus (Amphibia, Anura, Discoglossidae). – Zoologischer Anzeiger 233 (3/4): 135-145.  (PDF, low resolution)

A2. Vences, M. (1993): Habitat choice of the salamander Chioglossa lusitanica: the effects of eucalypt plantations. – Amphibia-Reptilia 14 : 201-212.  (PDF, low resolution)

A1. Glaw, F. & M. Vences (1991): Bioacoustic differentiation in painted frogs (Discoglossus). – Amphibia-Reptilia 12: 385-394. (PDF, low resolution)

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