Dr. Alice Petzold sie/ihr

Visiting Scientist

Alice.Petzold@mfn.berlin+49 30 889140 - 8336

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Area:
Dynamics of Nature
Department:
Evolutionary Diversity Dynamics

I am a member of the Herpetology Lab led by PD Dr. Mark-Oliver Rödel, where my research focuses on the taxonomy and molecular systematics of amphibians and reptiles. In particular, I focus on the recovery and analysis of so-called “archival DNA” from wet-preserved collection specimens to link historical species names with modern genetic lineages, uncover cryptic diversity, clarify species boundaries, and resolve taxonomic uncertainties.

Publications

Zamani, A., von Wirth, V., Fabiánek, P., Höfling, J., Just, P., Korba, J., Petzold, A., Stockmann, M., Elmi, H., Vences, M., Opatová, V. (2025). Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps, and an integrative revision of Monocentropus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Eumenophorinae). ZooKeys, 1247, 89-126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1247.162886Open Access

Petzold, A., NORDEN, V., GONWOUO, N., Segniagbeto, G., Ohler, A., Rödel, M. (2025). Phylogenetic relationships within western African Torrent Toads (Anura: Bufonidae: Werneria) with focus on the taxonomic status of Werneria preussi and Atelopus africanus. Zootaxa, 5575(3), 351-373. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.1

Kargopoulos, N., Marugán-Lobón, J., Chinsamy, A., Agwanda, B.R., Brown, M.B., Fennessy, S., Ferguson, S., Hoffman, R., Lala, F., Muneza, A., Mwebi, O., Otiende, M., Petzold, A., Winter, S., Zabeirou, A.R.M., Fennessy, J. (2024). Heads up–Four Giraffa species have distinct cranial morphology. PLoS ONE, 19(12), e0315043. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315043Open Access