Publications

living within fallen palm leaves: the discovery of an unknown blommersia (mantellidae: anura) reveals a new reproductive strategy in the amphibians of madagascar.	we describe a new mantelline frog of the genus blommersia found in rainforest in north east madagascar, from the protected areas of ambatovaky, betampona, masoala, and zahamena. blommersia angolafa n.sp. is a small frog, with a body size of 17-21 mm, expanded finger and toe tips, and colouration ranging from yellow to dark brown, with pale-bluish spots on the flanks and light tips of fingers and toes. a peculiar aspect characterising this new species is its novel life history and reproductive mo ...	2010	20401457
new evidence for parallel evolution of colour patterns in malagasy poison frogs (mantella).	malagasy poison frogs of the genus mantella are diurnal and toxic amphibians of highly variable and largely aposematic coloration. previous studies provided evidence for several instances of homoplastic colour evolution in this genus but were unable to sufficiently resolve relationships among major species groups or to clarify the phylogenetic position of several crucial taxa. here, we provide cytochrome b data for 143 individuals of three species in the mantella madagascariensis group, includin ...	2004	15548289