PD Dr. Mark-Oliver Rödel
Wissenschaftliche Sammlungsleitung
Vita
Ich habe Biologie (Diplom) an der Universität Tübingen studiert. Mein Hauptfach war Zoologie, Nebenfächer waren Botanik, Paläontologie und Parasitologie. Meine Diplomarbeit befasste sich mit der Biologie und dem Verhalten eines westafrikanischen Savannenfrosches. Für meine Promotion wechselte ich an den Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie und Tropenbiologie der Universität Würzburg. Dort untersuchte ich die Zusammensetzung von Ohrenquappen-Gemeinschaften in den nördlichen Savannen der Elfenbeinküste.
Anschließend verbrachte ich mehrere Jahre als Postdoktorand, zunächst an der Universität Mainz, wo ich die Auswirkungen der Abholzung auf Amphibien in Westafrika untersuchte, bevor ich an die Universität Würzburg zurückkehrte, um meine Habilitation abzuschließen und eine Interimsprofessur zu übernehmen.
Seit 2007 arbeite ich mit meinem Labor am Museum für Naturkunde Berlin und bin an der Humboldt-Universität habilitiert. Neben meinen Aufgaben als Kurator für Herpetologie leitete ich mehr als zehn Jahre lang die Abteilung Diversitätsdynamik und war viele Jahre als Ombudsmann für gute wissenschaftliche Praxis tätig. Seit sechs Jahren bin ich Mitglied des Auswahlkomitees „Zoologie” der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Weiteres
Neben meinen üblichen Tätigkeiten als Forscher, Gutachter und Herausgeber für wissenschaftliche Zeitschriften, Förderinstitutionen und andere wissenschaftliche Akteure bin ich:
- Präsident der Nichtregierungsorganisation Frogs & Friends e.V.;
- Mitglied des Vorstands einer Initiative zur Zucht gefährdeter Arten in Gefangenschaft, die professionelle Institutionen mit Amateurexperten verbindet: Citizen Conservation;
- Vizepräsident für Feldherpetologie in der NGO Vipera e.V., einer NGO, die sich auf die Erforschung und den Schutz der Europäischen Kreuzotter konzentriert.
Publikationen
Ernst, M., Portik, D., Segniagbeto, G., Ofori‐Boateng, C., Doumbia, J., Penner, J., Kouamé, N., Fujita, M., Leaché, A., Blom, M., Rödel, M. (2025). Comparative Phylogeography of West African Rainforest Frogs Reveals Regional Variation in Refugia Dynamics. Molecular Ecology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70043
Ernst, M., Rödel, M., Blom, M. (2025). Towards a comprehensive view on evolutionary refugia in West African rainforests. Frontiers of Biogeography, 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21425/fob.18.139537
Melo, I., Jardim, L., Valencia-Zuleta, A., Borzée, A., Rödel, M.O., Webster, G., Prasad, V., Ghosh, D., Mahony, M., Diniz‐Filho, J., Llusia, D. (2025). Anuran mating systems: the role of climate, life history traits, and sex ratio. Behavioral Ecology, 36(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf006
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
Stell, M., Melnik, K., Schlawis, C., Fuchs, R., Vences, M., Schäfer, M., Rödel, M.O., Schulz, S. (2025). Batrachopolyenes: Volatile Norsteroids from Femoral Scent Glands of Frogs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(7), e202417098. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202417098
Vélez, M., Rödel, M.O., Carvajal, V., Donoso, D., GUERRA, M. (2025). First report of flesh-fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) myiasis in Little-devil poison frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Ecuador. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 27, 101093-101093. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2025.101093
van Huyssteen, R., Petford, M., Burger, M., Rödel, M., Ngoulou, J., Kaya, A., Akomo-Okoue, E., Gaugris, J. (2025). Call description and extended range of Phrynobatrachus mayokoensis in Gabon. African Journal of Herpetology, 1-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2025.2532389
N’Guessan, O., Zingbé, G., Kanga, K., Rödel, M., Kouamé, N. (2025). The reproductive biology of two sympatric West African savanna reed frogs (genus Hyperolius ) in Marahoué National Park, Ivory Coast. African Journal of Herpetology, 1-7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2025.2498330
Janssen, A., Staab, M., Rödel, M.O. (2025). Home ranges of Sand Lizards, Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae), along railway tracks. Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 61(1), 240-255.
Massad, T.J., Abrão, O.J., António, H., Chechene, A., Soares C. Tenente, B., André, A., Félix Mundoza, D., Stalmans, M.E., Gaynor, K.M., Junior Comissario Mandlate, L., Rödel, M., Naskrecki, P. (2024). Ecosystem‐wide responses to fire and large mammal herbivores in an African savanna. Biotropica, 56(4), e13338. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13338
Rodrigues, M.V., De Carvalho-e-Silva, S.P., Rödel, M.O., De Mello Bezerra, A. (2024). Exploring the relationship between environment and brain morphology in anurans: a comparative phylogenetic approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(1), zlae025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae025
Stell, M., Melnik, K., Schlawis, C., Fuchs, R., Vences, M., Schäfer, M., Rödel, M., Schulz, S. (2024). Batrachopolyenes: Volatile Norsteroids from Femoral Scent Glands of Frogs. Angewandte Chemie, 137(7), e202417098. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202417098
Clements, H.S., Do Linh San, E., Hempson, G., Linden, B., Maritz, B., Monadjem, A., Reynolds, C., Siebert, F., Stevens, N., Biggs, R., De Vos, A., Blanchard, R., Child, M., Esler, K.J., Hamann, M., Loft, T., Reyers, B., Selomane, O., Skowno, A.L., Tshoke, T., Abdoulaye, D., Aebischer, T., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Alexander, G.J., Ali, A.H., Allan, D.G., Amoako, E.E., Angedakin, S., Aruna, E., Avenant, N.L., Badjedjea, G., Bakayoko, A., Bamba-kaya, A., Bates, M.F., Bates, P.J.J., Belmain, S.R., Bennitt, E., Bradley, J., Brewster, C.A., Brown, M.B., Brown, M., Bryja, J., Butynski, T.M., Carvalho, F., Channing, A., Chapman, C.A., Cohen, C., Cords, M., Cramer, J.D., Cronk, N., Cunneyworth, P.M.K., Dalerum, F., Danquah, E., Davies-Mostert, H.T., De Blocq, A.D., De Jong, Y.A., Demos, T.C., Denys, C., Djagoun, C.A.M.S., Doherty-Bone, T.M., Drouilly, M., Du Toit, J.T., Ehlers Smith, D.A., Ehlers Smith, Y.C., Eiseb, S.J., Fashing, P.J., Ferguson, A.W., Fernández-García, J.M., Finckh, M., Fischer, C., Gandiwa, E., Gaubert, P., Gaugris, J.Y., Gibbs, D.J., Gilchrist, J.S., Gil-Sánchez, J.M., Githitho, A.N., Goodman, P.S., Granjon, L., Grobler, J.P., Gumbi, B.C., Gvozdik, V., Harvey, J., Hauptfleisch, M., Hayder, F., Hema, E.M., Herbst, M., Houngbédji, M., Huntley, B.J., Hutterer, R., Ivande, S.T., Jackson, K., Jongsma, G.F.M., Juste, J., Kadjo, B., Kaleme, P.K., Kamugisha, E., Kaplin, B.A., Kato, H.N., Kiffner, C., Kimuyu, D.M., Kityo, R.M., Kouamé, N.G., Kouete T, M., Le Roux, A., Lee, A.T.K., Lötter, M.C., Lykke, A.M., MacFadyen, D.N., Macharia, G.P., Madikiza, Z.J.K., Mahlaba, T.A.M., Mallon, D., Mamba, M.L., Mande, C., Marchant, R.A., Maritz, R.A., Markotter, W., McIntyre, T., Measey, J., Mekonnen, A., Meller, P., Melville, H.I., Mganga, K.Z., Mills, M.G.L., Minnie, L., Missoup, A.D., Mohammad, A., Moinde, N.N., Moise, B.F.E., Monterroso, P., Moore, J.F., Musila, S., Nago, S.G.A., Namoto, M.W., Niang, F., Nicolas, V., Nkenku, J.B., Nkrumah, E.E., Nono, G.L., Norbert, M.M., Nowak, K., Obitte, B.C., Okoni-Williams, A.D., Onongo, J., O’Riain, M.J., Osinubi, S.T., Parker, D.M., Parrini, F., Peel, M.J.S., Penner, J., Pietersen, D.W., Plumptre, A.J., Ponsonby, D.W., Porembski, S., Power, R.J., Radloff, F.G.T., Rambau, R.V., Ramesh, T., Richards, L.R., Rödel, M.O., Rollinson, D.P., Rovero, F., Saleh, M.A., Schmiedel, U., Schoeman, M.C., Scholte, P., Serfass, T.L., Shapiro, J.T., Shema, S., Siebert, S.J., Slingsby, J.A., Sliwa, A., Smit-Robinson, H.A., Sogbohossou, E.A., Somers, M.J., Spawls, S., Streicher, J.P., Swanepoel, L., Tanshi, I., Taylor, P.J., Taylor, W.A., Te Beest, M., Telfer, P.T., Thompson, D.I., Tobi, E., Tolley, K.A., Turner, A.A., Twine, W., Van Cakenberghe, V., Van De Perre, F., Van Der Merwe, H., Van Niekerk, C.J.G., Van Wyk, P.C.V., Venter, J.A., Verburgt, L., Veron, G., Vetter, S., Vorontsova, M.S., Wagner, T.C., Webala, P.W., Weber, N., Weier, S.M., White, P.A., Whitecross, M.A., Wigley, B.J., Willems, F.J., Winterbach, C.W., Woodhouse, G.M. (2024). [DataPaper:] The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses. Scientific Data, 11(1), 191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02832-6
Segniagbeto, G.H., Ohler, A., Rödel, M.O., Luiselli, L., Dubois, A. (2024). Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status. Zoosystema, 46(25). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a25
Schäfer, M., Sydow, D., Schauer, M., Doumbia, J., Schmitt, T., Rödel, M.O. (2024). Species- and sex-specific chemical composition from an internal gland-like tissue of an African frog family. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2014), 20231693. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1693
Du Preez, L.H., Netherlands, E.C., Rödel, M.O., Channing, A. (2024). A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838). African Journal of Herpetology, 73(1), 61-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2023.2296654
Bock, S., Arroba-López, T., Velez-Giler, H., Moreira, V., Wiedebusch, M., Neira-Salamea, K., Wilkinson, M., Fuchs, N., Schönleitner, M., Rödel, M.O., Ron, S. (2024). Two new species of Caecilia (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Ecuadorian humid Chocó. Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 60(4), 209-236. URL: https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2024-vol-60/2158-bock,-s-,-t-e-arroba-l%C3%B3pez,-h-l-velez-giler,-v-moreira,-m-l-m-wiedebusch,-k-neira-salamea,-m-wilkinson,-n-fuchs,-m-sch%C3%B6nleitner,-m-o-r%C3%B6del-s-r-ron
Tan, W.C., Vitalis, V., Sikuim, J., Rödder, D., Rödel, M., Asad, S. (2024). High freshwater turtle occupancy of streams within a sustainably managed tropical forest in Borneo. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 88(7), e22633. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22633
Rödel, M.O., Bock, S., Ernst, M., Griesbaum, F., Lindner, T., Tartara, A., Penner, J., Neira-Salamea, K. (2024). Reproduction, development and morphological plasticity in the direct-developing frog Pristimantis rosadoi. Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 60(1), 42-50. URL: https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2024-vol-60/2141-r%C3%B6del,-m-o-,-s-bock,-m-ernst,-f-griesbaum,-t-lindner,-a-tartara,-j-penner-k-neira-salamea/file
Lindner, T., Heibl, C., Hien, P., Lüddecke, T., Rödel, M.O., Wölfel, H. (2024, August). VIPERA – das neue Netzwerk zur Erforschung und zum Schutz der Kreuzotter. elaphe, 44-46. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395026024_VIPERA_-_Das_neue_Netzwerk_zur_Erforschung_und_zum_Schutz_der_Kreuzotter
Böning, P., Lötters, S., Barzaghi, B., Bock, M., Bok, B., Bonato, L., Ficetola, G.F., Glaser, F., Griese, J., Grabher, M., Leroux, C., Munimanda, G., Manenti, R., Ludwig, G., Preininger, D., Rödel, M.O., Seibold, S., Smith, S., Tiemann, L., Thein, J., Veith, M., Plewnia, A. (2024). Alpine salamanders at risk? The current status of an emerging fungal pathogen. PLoS ONE, 19(5), e0298591. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298591
Schweiger, S., Rödel, M.O., Hammel, J.U., Müller, H. (2024). Don’t go with the flow: cranial adaptations of stream tadpoles in the Afrobatrachian family Arthroleptidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202(2), zlae114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae114
Nečas, T., Kielgast, J., Chinemerem, I.G., Rödel, M.O., Dolinay, M., Gvoždík, V. (2024). The phylogenetic position of Hyperolius sankuruensis (Anura: Hyperoliidae) reveals biogeographical affinity between the central Congo and West Africa, and illuminates the taxonomy of Hyperolius concolor. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 203(2), zlae046. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae046
Rödel, M.O., Janssen, A., Ripperger, S.P., Meisel, F. (2024). 15 Methodentests zur Anbringung verschiedener Sender an Zauneidechsen. In Henle, K., Pogoda, P., Podloucky, R., Geiger, A., Grimm-Seyfarth, A. (Hrsg.), Neue Methoden der Feldherpetologie (180-189). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e. V..
Gonwouo, N.L., Penner, J., Rödel, M. (2023). Microhabitat and clutch size of Leptodactylodon erythrogaster (Anura: Arthroleptidae). Herpetology Notes, 637-641. URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/81942
Keinath, S., Onandia, G., Griesbaum, F., Rödel, M.O. (2023). Effects of urbanization, biotic and abiotic factors on aquatic insect diversity in urban ponds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1121400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1121400
Gutsche, A., Lingelbach, K., Neira-Salamea, K.D., Rödel, M.O. (2023). Postmetamorphic retention of a lateral line system in African slippery frogs (Amphibia: Anura: Conraua). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 304, 21-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2023.02.002
Castro Monzon, F., Rödel, M.O., Ruland, F., Parra-Olea, G., Jeschke, J.M. (2023). Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans’ Amphibian Host Species and Invasion Range. EcoHealth, 19(4), 475-486. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-022-01620-9
Keinath, S., Frisch, J., Müller, J., Mayer, F., Struck, U., Rödel, M. (2023). Species‐ and sex‐dependent changes in body size between 1892 and 2017, and recent biochemical signatures in rural and urban populations of two ground beetle species. Ecology and Evolution, 13(7), e10329. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10329
Rödel, M.O., Becker, F.S., Buiswalelo, B., Conradie, W., Channing, A. (2023). Re-evaluation of the status of Bufo vertebralis grindleyi and Bufo jordani (Anura: Bufonidae). Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 59(2), 143-157. URL: https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2023-vol-59/2117-roedel-m-o-f-s-becker-b-buiswalelo-w-conradie-a-channing/file
Luedtke, J.A., Chanson, J., Neam, K., Hobin, L., Maciel, A.O., Catenazzi, A., Borzée, A., Hamidy, A., Aowphol, A., Jean, A., Sosa-Bartuano, Á., Fong G., A., De Silva, A., Fouquet, A., Angulo, A., Kidov, A.A., Muñoz Saravia, A., Diesmos, A.C., Tominaga, A., Shrestha, B., Gratwicke, B., Tjaturadi, B., Martínez Rivera, C.C., Vásquez Almazán, C.R., Señaris, C., Chandramouli, S.R., Strüssmann, C., Cortez Fernández, C.F., Azat, C., Hoskin, C.J., Hilton-Taylor, C., Whyte, D.L., Gower, D.J., Olson, D.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Santana, D.J., Nagombi, E., Najafi-Majd, E., Quah, E.S.H., Bolaños, F., Xie, F., Brusquetti, F., Álvarez, F.S., Andreone, F., Glaw, F., Castañeda, F.E., Kraus, F., Parra-Olea, G., Chaves, G., Medina-Rangel, G.F., González-Durán, G., Ortega-Andrade, H.M., Machado, I.F., Das, I., Dias, I.R., Urbina-Cardona, J.N., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Yang, J.H., Jianping, J., Wangyal, J.T., Rowley, J.J.L., Measey, J., Vasudevan, K., Chan, K.O., Gururaja, K.V., Ovaska, K., Warr, L.C., Canseco-Márquez, L., Toledo, L.F., Díaz, L.M., Khan, M.M.H., Meegaskumbura, M., Acevedo, M.E., Napoli, M.F., Ponce, M.A., Vaira, M., Lampo, M., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Scherz, M.D., Rödel, M.O., Matsui, M., Fildor, M., Kusrini, M.D., Ahmed, M.F., Rais, M., Kouamé, N.G., García, N., Gonwouo, N.L., Burrowes, P.A., Imbun, P.Y., Wagner, P., Kok, P.J.R., Joglar, R.L., Auguste, R.J., Brandão, R.A., Ibáñez, R., Von May, R., Hedges, S.B., Biju, S.D., Ganesh, S.R., Wren, S., Das, S., Flechas, S.V., Ashpole, S.L., Robleto-Hernández, S.J., Loader, S.P., Incháustegui, S.J., Garg, S., Phimmachak, S., Richards, S.J., Slimani, T., Osborne-Naikatini, T., Abreu-Jardim, T.P.F., Condez, T.H., De Carvalho, T.R., Cutajar, T.P., Pierson, T.W., Nguyen, T.Q., Kaya, U., Yuan, Z., Long, B., Langhammer, P., Stuart, S.N. (2023). Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats. Nature, 622(7982), 308-314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4
Laumeier, R., Brändle, M., Rödel, M.O., Brunzel, S., Brandl, R., Pinkert, S. (2023). The global importance and interplay of colour-based protective and thermoregulatory functions in frogs. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8117. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43729-7
Das, K., Rödel, M., Stanley, E., Srikanthan, A.N., Shanker, K., Vijayakumar, S.P. (2023). Reed bamboos drive skull shape evolution in bush frogs of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India. Ecology and Evolution, 13(9), e10493. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10493
Griesbaum, F., Jongsma, G.F., Penner, J., Kouamé, N.G., Doumbia, J., Gonwouo, N.L., Hillers, A., Glos, J., Blackburn, D.C., Rödel, M.O. (2023). The smallest of its kind: Description of a new cryptic Amnirana species (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from West African rainforests. Zootaxa, 5254(3), 301-339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.1
Rödel, M.O., Loaiza-Lange, A., Penner, J., Neira-Salamea, K., Salazar-Valenzuela, D. (2023). A mouth full of blood – autohaemorrhaging in three Ecuadorian snakes (Squamata: Colubridae & Tropidophiidae). Herpetology Notes, 16, 25-30. URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/77782
Griesbaum, F., Lindner, T., Bock, S., Ernst, M., Neira-Salamea, K., Moreira, V., Erazo, S., Penner, J., Rödel, M.O. (2023). Nine predation events by snakes from the Chocó rainforest of Ecuador. Herpetology Notes, 16, 749-756. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10046609
Rödel, M.O., Guyton, J., Wursten, B., Channing, A. (2023). All in one – a ‘herpetological food web’ from a road-killed forest cobra (Squamata: Elapidae). Herpetology Notes, 13-15. URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/76248
Baptista, N.L., Vaz Pinto, P., Keates, C., Lobón-Rovira, J., Edwards, S., Rödel, M.O. (2023). Two new Poyntonophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae) highlight the importance of Angolan centers of endemism. Vertebrate Zoology, 73, 991-1031. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e103935
Dittrich, C., Rödel, M.O. (2023). Drop dead! Female mate avoidance in an explosively breeding frog. Royal Society Open Science, 10(10), 230742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230742
Asad, S., Ng, S.T., Sikui, J., Rödel, M.O. (2022). Variable detectability and El-Niño associations with riparian snakes in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 38(1), 25-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467421000468
Cox, N., Young, B.E., Bowles, P., Fernandez, M., Marin, J., Rapacciuolo, G., Böhm, M., Brooks, T.M., Hedges, S.B., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Jenkins, R.K.B., Tognelli, M.F., Alexander, G.J., Allison, A., Ananjeva, N.B., Auliya, M., Avila, L.J., Chapple, D.G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Cogger, H.G., Colli, G.R., de Silva, A., Eisemberg, C.C., Els, J., Fong G., A., Grant, T.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Iskandar, D.T., Kidera, N., Martins, M., Meiri, S., Mitchell, N.J., Molur, S., Nogueira, C.D.C., Ortiz, J.C., Penner, J., Rhodin, A.G.J., Rivas, G.A., Rödel, M.O., Roll, U., Sanders, K.L., Santos-Barrera, G., Shea, G.M., Spawls, S., Stuart, B.L., Tolley, K.A., Trape, J.F., Vidal, M.A., Wagner, P., Wallace, B.P., Xie, Y. (2022). A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods. Nature, 605(7909), 285-290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04664-7
Neira-Salamea, K., Doumbia, J., Hillers, A., Sandberger-Loua, L., Kouamé, N.G., Brede, C., Schäfer, M., Blackburn, D.C., Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.O. (2022). A new slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua Nieden, 1908) from the Fouta Djallon Highlands, west-central Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 23-42. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.76692
Vallan, D., Ndriantsoa, S., Rödel, M., Lehtinen, R., Crottini, A., Glos, J., Riemann, J. (2022). Consequences of forest fragmentation and habitat alteration for amphibians. In Andrianarimisa, A., Goodman, S.M. (Hrsg.), The New Natural History of Madagascar (2, 1336-1341). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Gansa, H., Agadjihouede, H., Hounkanrin, M., Rödel, M. (2022). Frogs of Toho Lagoon (Ramsar site 1017), Ouidah municipality, Republic of Bénin, West Africa. Herpetology Notes, 15, 437-441. URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/71903
Gonwouo, L., Schäfer, M., Tsekané, S., Hirschfeld, M., Tchassem, F., Rödel, M. (2022). Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath) abundance in relation to frog age, habitat, and human activity. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 16(2), 104-119(e319). URL: https://dn721907.ca.archive.org/0/items/biostor-286514/biostor-286514.pdf
Dittrich, C., Tietje, M., Rödel, M.O. (2022). Larger is not better: No mate preference by European Common Frog (Rana temporaria) males. Behaviour, 159(12), 1133-1150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10169
Gongomin, B., Kouamé, N., Rödel, M., Kanga, K., Agoh, K. (2022). New biological data for two rare reedfrog species, Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958, and H. chlorosteus (Boulenger, 1915) (Anura: Hyperoliidae). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 16(2), 88-103(e318).
Channing, A., Schmitz, A., Zancolli, G., Conradie, W., Rödel, M.O. (2022). Phylogeny and taxonomy of the African frog genus Strongylopus (Anura: Pyxicephalidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 129(1), 243-281. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35929/rsz.0074
Demare, G., Spieler, M., Grabow, K., Rödel, M. (2022). Savanna vegetation increase triggers freshwater community shifts. Global Change Biology, 28(23), 7023-7037. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16423
Toudonou, C., Elwin, A., Penner, J., Coulthard, E., Norrey, J., Megson, D., Rödel, M.O., Sinsin, B., Harrington, L.A., Auliya, M., D’Cruze, N. (2022). Seeking serpents: Ball python trade in Benin, West Africa. Nature Conservation, 50, 85-114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.50.86352
Schäfer, M., Demare, G., Doumbia, J., Rödel, M. (2022). Surviving the inferno: Nimba toads, Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis (Anura: Bufonidae), hide from early dry season fire under rock shelters. Herpetology Notes, 15, 297-301.
Oussou, K., Assemian, N., Kouadio, A., Tiedoue, M., Rödel, M. (2022). The anuran fauna in a protected West African rainforest and surrounding agricultural systems. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 16(1), Article Number: e298.
Asad, S., Vitalis, V., Guharajan, R., Abrams, J.F., Lagan, P., Kissing, J., Sikui, J., Wilting, A., Rödel, M.O. (2022). Variable species but similar amphibian community responses across habitats following reduced impact logging. Global Ecology and Conservation, 35, e02061. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02061
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Schäfer, M., Neira-Salamea, K., Sandberger-Loua, L., Doumbia, J., Rödel, M.O. (2022). Genus-specific and Habitat-dependent Plant Ingestion in West African Sabre-toothed Frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae: Odontobatrachus). Herpetological Monographs, 36(1), 49-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1655/0733-1347-36.1.2
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Kouamé, N.G., Gongomin, B.A.I., Rödel, M.O., Channing, A. (2022). The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Zootaxa, 5174(5), 596-599. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.5.7
Kanga, K., Kouamé, N., Zogbassé, P., Gongomin, B., Agoh, K., Kouamé, A., N Gatta Konan, J., Adepo-Gourène, A., Gourene, G., Rödel, M. (2021). Amphibian diversity of a West African biodiversity hotspot: an assessment and commented checklist of the batrachofauna of the Ivorian part of the Nimba Mountains. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 15(1), 71-107 (e275). URL: https://archive.org/details/biostor-286539
Gonwouo, L., Tchassem, F., Doherty-Bone, T., Rödel, M. (2021). Amphibian and reptiles of a proposed iron ore mining concession in southern Cameroon. Herpetology Notes, 14, 1051-1065.
Lawson, D., Gvoždík, V., Gonwouo, L., Greenbaum, E., Mclaughlin, P., Nielsen, S., Burger, M., Hirschfeld, M., Kusamba, C., Zassi-Boulou, A., Ghose, S., Kouete, M., Rödel, M., Blackburn, D. (2021). Phylogeny of African Long-Fingered Frogs (Arthroleptidae: Cardioglossa) Reveals Recent Allopatric Divergences in Coloration. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109(3), 728-742. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1643/h2020165
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Neira-Salamea, K., Ofori-Boateng, C., Kouamé, N.G., Blackburn, D.C., Segniagbeto, G.H., Hillers, A., Barej, M.F., Leaché, A.D., Rödel, M.O. (2021). A new critically endangered slippery frog (Amphibia, Conrauidae, Conraua) from the Atewa Range, central Ghana. Zootaxa, 4995(1), 71-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.4
Baptista, N.L., Pinto, P.V., Keates, C., Edwards, S., Rödel, M.O., Conradie, W. (2021). A new species of red toad, Schismaderma Smith, 1849 (Anura: Bufonidae), from central Angola. Zootaxa, 5081(3), 301-332. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.1
Tillack, F., De Ruiter, R., Rödel, M.O. (2021). A type catalogue of the reed frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Hyperoliidae) in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (ZMB) with comments on historical collectors and expeditions. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 97(2), 407-450. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.97.68000
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Durso, A.M., Ruiz De Castañeda, R., Montalcini, C., Mondardini, M.R., Fernandez-Marques, J.L., Grey, F., Müller, M.M., Uetz, P., Marshall, B.M., Gray, R.J., Smith, C.E., Becker, D., Pingleton, M., Louies, J., Abegg, A.D., Akuboy, J., Alcoba, G., Daltry, J.C., Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Freed, P., De Freitas, M.A., Glaudas, X., Huang, S., Huang, T., Kalki, Y., Kojima, Y., Laudisoit, A., Limbu, K.P., Martínez-Fonseca, J.G., Mebert, K., Rödel, M.O., Ruane, S., Ruedi, M., Schmitz, A., Tatum, S.A., Tillack, F., Visvanathan, A., Wüster, W., Bolon, I. (2021). Citizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite. Toxicon: X, 9-10, 100071. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2021.100071
Jaynes, K.E., Myers, E.A., Gvoždík, V., Blackburn, D.C., Portik, D.M., Greenbaum, E., Jongsma, G.F.M., Rödel, M., Badjedjea, G., Bamba‐Kaya, A., Baptista, N.L., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Kouete, M.T., Kusamba, C., Masudi, F.M., McLaughlin, P.J., Nneji, L.M., Onadeko, A.B., Penner, J., Vaz Pinto, P., Stuart, B.L., Tobi, E., Zassi‐Boulou, A., Leaché, A.D., Fujita, M.K., Bell, R.C. (2021). Giant Tree Frog diversification in West and Central Africa: Isolation by physical barriers, climate, and reproductive traits. Molecular Ecology, 31(15), 3979-3998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16169
Kpan, T.F., Ernst, R., Rödel, M.O. (2021). Follow the forest: Slow resilience of West African rainforest frog assemblages after selective logging. Forest Ecology and Management, 497, 119489. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119489
Keinath, S., Hölker, F., Müller, J., Rödel, M.O. (2021). Impact of light pollution on moth morphology–A 137-year study in Germany. Basic and Applied Ecology, 56, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.05.004
Dittrich, C., Rödel, M.O. (2021). Larger is not better: No mate preference by European Common Frog (Rana temporaria) males [Preprint]. Animal Behavior and Cognition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.28.446140
Kirchhof, S., Lyra, M.L., Rodríguez, A., Ineich, I., Müller, J., Rödel, M.O., Trape, J.F., Vences, M., Boissinot, S. (2021). Mitogenome analyses elucidate the evolutionary relationships of a probable Eocene wet tropics relic in the xerophilic lizard genus Acanthodactylus. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article Number: 4858. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83422-7
Greenbaum, E., Allen, K.E., Vaughan, E.R., Pauwels, O.S.G., Van Wallach, Kusamba, C., Muninga, W.M., Aristote, M.M., Mali, F.M.M., Badjedjea, G., Penner, J., Rödel, M.O., Rivera, J., Sterkhova, V., Johnson, G., Tapondjou N, W.P., Brown, R.M. (2021). Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa. Zootaxa, 4965(1), 1-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4965.1.1
Liedtke, H.C., Soler-Navarro, D.J., Gomez-Mestre, I., Loader, S.P., Rödel, M.O. (2021). Parallel diversification of the African tree toad genus Nectophryne (Bufonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 162, 107184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107184
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Straube, N., Lyra, M.L., Paijmans, J.L.A., Preick, M., Basler, N., Penner, J., Rödel, M., Westbury, M.V., Haddad, C.F.B., Barlow, A., Hofreiter, M. (2021). Successful application of ancient DNA extraction and library construction protocols to museum wet collection specimens. Molecular Ecology Resources, 21(7), 2299-2315. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13433
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Blackburn, D., Nielsen, S., Barej, M., Doumbia, J., Hirschfeld, M., Kouamé, N., Lawson, D., Loader, S., Ofori‐Boateng, C., Stanley, E., Rödel, M. (2020). Evolution of the African slippery frogs (Anura: Conraua ), including the world’s largest living frog. Zoologica Scripta, 49(6), 684-696. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12447
Ayoro, H., Segniagbeto, G., Hema, E., Penner, J., Oueda, A., Dubois, A., Rödel, M., Kabré, G., Ohler, A. (2020). List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso. Zoosystema, 42(28), 547-582. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a28
Emmrich, M., Vences, M., Ernst, R., Köhler, J., Barej, M., Glaw, F., Jansen, M., Rödel, M. (2020). A guild classification system proposed for anuran advertisement calls. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96(2), 515-525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.38770
Drakulić, S., Spatz, T., Dittrich, C., Hager, J., Feldhaar, H., Rödel, M. (2020). Variations in thermal preference of bombina variegata tadpoles. Mertensiella, 29, 73-81.
Dittrich, C., Rödel, M. (2020). Description of female release calls of the European Common Frog, Rana temporaria (Anura: Ranidae). Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 56(1), 91-94.
Asad, S., Wilting, A., Siku, J., Rödel, M. (2020). Possible spatial separation at macro-habitat scales between two congeneric Psammodynastes species, including observations of fishing behaviour in Psammodynastes pictus. Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 56(4), 411-415. DOI: https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12301.36325
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Heger, T., Bernard-Verdier, M., Gessler, A., Greenwood, A., Grossart, H., Hilker, M., Keinath, S., Kowarik, I., Marquard, E., Müller, J., Niemeier, S., Onandia, G., Petermann, J., Rillig, M., Rödel, M., Saul, W., Schittko, C., Tockner, K., Joshi, J., Jeschke, J. (2020). Clear Language for Ecosystem Management in the Anthropocene: A Reply to Bridgewater and Hemming. BioScience, 70(5), 374-376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa024
Castro Monzon, F., Rödel, M., Jeschke, J. (2020). Tracking Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection Across the Globe. EcoHealth, 17(3), 270-279. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-020-01504-w
Asad, S., Rödel, M. (2020). Alles besser als nichts: Sind bewirtschaftete Regenwälder ein Rückzugsraum für Borneos Süßwasserschildkröten?. Elaphe, 70-73.
Keinath, S., Frisch, J., Müller, J., Mayer, F., Rödel, M. (2020). Spatio-Temporal Color Differences Between Urban and Rural Populations of a Ground Beetle During the Last 100 Years. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, Article No. 525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00525
Niemeier, S., Müller, J., Struck, U., Rödel, M. (2020). Superfrogs in the city: 150 year impact of urbanization and agriculture on the European Common Frog. Global Change Biology, 26(12), 6729-6741. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15337
Zimkus, B., Baláž, V., Belasen, A., Bell, R., Channing, A., Doumbia, J., Fokam, E., Gonwouo, L., Greenbaum, E., Gvoždík, V., Hirschfeld, M., Jackson, K., James, T., Kusamba, C., Larson, J., Mavoungou, L., Rödel, M., Zassi-Boulou, A., Penner, J. (2020). Chytrid Pathogen (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in African Amphibians: A Continental Analysis of Occurrences and Modeling of Its Potential Distribution. Herpetologica, 76(2), 201-215. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1655/0018-0831-76.2.201
Radchuk, V., Reed, T., Teplitsky, C., Van De Pol, M., Charmantier, A., Hassall, C., Adamík, P., Adriaensen, F., Ahola, M., Arcese, P., Miguel Avilés, J., Balbontin, J., Berg, K., Borras, A., Burthe, S., Clobert, J., Dehnhard, N., De Lope, F., Dhondt, A., Dingemanse, N., Doi, H., Eeva, T., Fickel, J., Filella, I., Fossøy, F., Goodenough, A., Hall, S., Hansson, B., Harris, M., Hasselquist, D., Hickler, T., Joshi, J., Kharouba, H., Martínez, J., Mihoub, J., Mills, J., Molina-Morales, M., Moksnes, A., Ozgul, A., Parejo, D., Pilard, P., Poisbleau, M., Rousset, F., Rödel, M., Scott, D., Senar, J., Stefanescu, C., Stokke, B., Kusano, T., Tarka, M., Tarwater, C., Thonicke, K., Thorley, J., Wilting, A., Tryjanowski, P., Merilä, J., Sheldon, B., Pape Møller, A., Matthysen, E., Janzen, F., Dobson, F., Visser, M., Beissinger, S., Courtiol, A., Kramer-Schadt, S. (2019). Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient. Nature Communications, 10(3109). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10924-4
Penner, J., Rödel, M. (2019). Keep it simple? Dispersal abilities can explain why species range sizes differ, the case study of West African amphibians. Acta Oecologica, 94, 41-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2017.11.011
Penner, J., Augustin, M., Rödel, M. (2019). Modelling the spatial baseline for amphibian conservation in West Africa. Acta Oecologica, 94, 31-40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2017.11.018
Heger, T., Bernard-Verdier, M., Gessler, A., Greenwood, A., Grossart, H., Hilker, M., Keinath, S., Kowarik, I., Kueffer, C., Marquard, E., Müller, J., Niemeier, S., Onandia, G., Petermann, J., Rillig, M., Rödel, M., Saul, W., Schittko, C., Tockner, K., Joshi, J., Jeschke, J. (2019). Towards an Integrative, Eco-Evolutionary Understanding of Ecological Novelty: Studying and Communicating Interlinked Effects of Global Change. BioScience, 69(11), 888-899. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz095
Kpan, T., Ernst, R., Kouassi, P., Rödel, M. (2019). Prevalence of endoparasitic mites on four West African leaf‐litter frogs depends on habitat humidity. Biotropica, 51(3), 432-442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12649
Babangenge, G., Jocqué, R., Masudi, F., Rödel, M., Burger, M., Gvoždík, V., Pauwels, O. (2019). Frog-eating Spiders in the Afrotropics: An Analysis of Published and New Cases. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society, 54(3), 57-63.
Dittrich, C., Huster, J., Rödel, M., Feldhaar, H. (2019). Matriline effects on metamorphic traits in a natural system in the European common frog (Rana temporaria). Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 3075-3088. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4811
Soro, N., Kouamé, A., Kouamé, N., Adepo-Gourène, A., Rödel, M. (2019). Morerella cyanophthalma (Anura: Hyperoliidae) in south-eastern Ivory Coast: Additional data and implications for the species’ conservation. Herpetology Notes, 12, 1215-1223.
Tietje, M., Rödel, M., Schobben, M. (2019). The effect of geographic range and climate on extinction risk in the deep-time amphibian fossil record. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 537, 109414. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109414
Portillo, F., Stanley, E., Branch, W., Conradie, W., Rödel, M., Penner, J., Barej, M., Kusamba, C., Muninga, W., Aristote, M., Bauer, A., Trape, J., Nagy, Z., Carlino, P., Pauwels, O., Menegon, M., Ineich, I., Burger, M., Zassi-Boulou, A., Mazuch, T., Jackson, K., Hughes, D., Behangana, M., Greenbaum, E. (2019). Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Lamprophiidae: Atractaspidinae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection. PLoS ONE, 14(4), e0214889. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214889
Scherz, M., Hutter, C., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J., Rödel, M., Ndriantsoa, S., Glos, J., Hyde Roberts, S., Crottini, A., Vences, M., Glaw, F. (2019). Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera. PLoS ONE, 14(3), e0213314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213314
Niemeier, S., Müller, J., Rödel, M. (2019). Fluctuating asymmetry – appearances are deceptive. Comparison of methods for assessing developmental instability in European Common Frogs (Rana temporaria). Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 55(1), 14-26.
Glos, J., Metzner, A., Schmidtke, C., Rödel, M. (2019). The mating system of the reed frog Heterixalus tricolor (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from western Madagascar’s dry forests. Salamandra - German Journal of Herpetology, 55(3), 151-159.
Scheele, B., Pasmans, F., Skerratt, L., Berger, L., Martel, A., Beukema, W., Acevedo, A., Burrowes, P., Carvalho, T., Catenazzi, A., De La Riva, I., Fisher, M., Flechas, S., Foster, C., Frías-Álvarez, P., Garner, T., Gratwicke, B., Guayasamin, J., Hirschfeld, M., Kolby, J., Kosch, T., La Marca, E., Lindenmayer, D., Lips, K., Longo, A., Maneyro, R., Mcdonald, C., Mendelson, J., Palacios-Rodriguez, P., Parra-Olea, G., Richards-Zawacki, C., Rödel, M., Rovito, S., Soto-Azat, C., Toledo, L., Voyles, J., Weldon, C., Whitfield, S., Wilkinson, M., Zamudio, K., Canessa, S. (2019). Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science, 368(6434), 1459-1463. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav0379
Portik, D., Bell, R., Blackburn, D., Bauer, A., Barratt, C., Branch, W., Burger, M., Channing, A., Colston, T., Conradie, W., Dehling, J., Drewes, R., Ernst, R., Greenbaum, E., Gvoždík, V., Harvey, J., Hillers, A., Hirschfeld, M., Jongsma, G., Kielgast, J., Kouete, M., Lawson, L., Leaché, A., Loader, S., Lötters, S., Van Der Meijden, A., Menegon, M., Müller, S., Nagy, Z., Ofori-Boateng, C., Ohler, A., Papenfuss, T., Rößler, D., Sinsch, U., Rödel, M., Veith, M., Vindum, J., Zassi-Boulou, A., Mcguire, J. (2019). Sexual Dichromatism Drives Diversification within a Major Radiation of African Amphibians. Systematic Biology, 68(6), 859-875. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz023
Rödel, M., Kucharzewski, C., Mahlow, K., Chirio, L., Pauwels, O., Carlino, P., Sambolah, G., Glos, J. (2019). A new stiletto snake (Lamprophiidae, Atractaspidinae, Atractaspis) from Liberia and Guinea, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95(1), 107-123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.31488
Rödel, M., Glos, J. (2019). Herpetological surveys in two proposed protected areas in Liberia, West Africa. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95(1), 15-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.31726
Griesbaum, F., Hirschfeld, M., Barej, M., Schmitz, A., Rohrmoser, M., Dahmen, M., Mühlberger, F., Liedtke, H., Gonwouo, N., Doumbia, J., Rödel, M. (2019). Tadpoles of three western African frog genera: Astylosternus Werner, 1898, Nyctibates Boulenger, 1904, and Scotobleps Boulenger, 1900 (Amphibia, Anura, Arthroleptidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 95(1), 133-160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32793
Lindsell, J., Agyei, R., Bosu, D., Decher, J., Hawthorne, W., Marshall, C., Ofori-Boateng, C., Rödel, M. (2019). The Biodiversity of Atewa Forest. Research Report. (89 p.). URL: https://ghana.arocha.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2015/07/Biodiversity-of-Atewa-A-Rocha.pdf
Channing, A., Rödel, M. (2019). Field guide to the frogs & other amphibians of Africa. Cape Town: Penguin Random House South Africa.
Branch, W., Verburgt, L., Bayliss, J., Kucharzewski, C., Rödel, M., Conradie, W. (2019). New records of the Large-eyed Green Snake, Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger 1895), from Mozambique. Herpetology Notes, 12, 19-29. URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/40633
Gongomin, B., Kouamé, N., Rödel, M. (2019). New records of the Togo Toad, Sclerophrys togoensis, from south-eastern Ivory Coast. Herpetology Notes, 12, 501-508.
Schäfer, M., Doumbia, J., Rödel, M. (2019). The freshwater crab Liberonautes latidactylus (de Man, 1903) preys on adult Allen’s Giant Frog, Conraua alleni (Barbour and Loveridge, 1927). Herpetology Notes, 12, 1073-1076.
Schäfer, M., Tsekané, S., Tchassem, F., Drakulić, S., Kameni, M., Gonwouo, N., Rödel, M. (2019). Goliath frogs build nests for spawning – the reason for their gigantism?. Journal of Natural History, 53(21-22), 1263-1276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1642528
Drakulić, S., Stephan, A., Rödel, M.O., Dittrich, C., Dausmann, K. (2026). Balancing energy demands and thermal environments: The influence of ambient temperature on resting metabolic rate and behavioural thermoregulation in Rana temporaria. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 316, 111990-111990. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2026.111990
Metz, T., Farwig, N., Dormann, C., Schaefer, H., Andino, J., Brehm, G., Burneo, S., Chao, A., Chazdon, R., Colwell, R., Diniz, U., Donoso, D., Endara, M.J., Erazo, S., Escobar, S., Falconí-López, A., Feldhaar, H., Villamarin, M., Grella, N., Heer, K., Heethoff, M., Keller, A., Landim, A., Leonhardt, S., Lopez, E., Marín-Armijos, D., Müller, J., Neira-Salamea, K., Neuschulz, E., Pedersen, K., Rödel, M.O., Schleuning, M., Schmitt, T., Staab, M., Tartara, A., Tinoco, B., Tremlett, C., Tschapka, M., Unsicker, S., Villa-Galaviz, E., Blüthgen, N. (2026). Biodiversity resilience in a tropical rainforest. Nature, 652(8112), 1232-1239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10365-2
Tartara, A., Neira‐Salamea, K., Endara, M., Escobar, S., Albuja, G., Guevara‐Andino, J., Rödel, M., Sayer, E., Lopez, E., Villa‐Galaviz, E., Blüthgen, N., Heethoff, M. (2026). Leaf Litter Decomposition in the Tropics Dynamically Recovers Following Experimental Disturbance Across Temporal Scales. Biotropica, 58(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70198
Metz, T., Blüthgen, N., Farwig, N., Dormann, C., Schäfer, H., Andino, J., Brehm, G., Burneo, S., Chao, A., Diniz, U., Donoso, D., Endara, M.J., Erazo, S., Escobar, S., Falconí‐López, A., Feldhaar, H., Villamarin, M., Grella, N., Heer, K., Heethoff, M., Keller, A., Landim, A., Leonhardt, S., Lopez, E., Marín‐Armijos, D., Müller, J., Neira-Salamea, K., Neuschulz, E., Pedersen, K., Rödel, M.O., Schleuning, M., Schmitt, T., Tartara, A., Tinoco, B., Tremlett, C., Tschapka, M., Unsicker, S., Villa-Galaviz, E. (2026). Resistance and resilience of biodiversity in a tropical rainforest (v1.0) [Software]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24433/co.9056580.v1
Neira‐Salamea, K., Tartara, A., De La Cruz, L., Newell, F.L., Endara, M., Escobar, S., Guevara‐Andino, J.E., Donoso, D.A., Heethoff, M., Rödel, M. (2026). Understory frog communities recover quickly during tropical forest regeneration. Ecological Applications, 36(3), e70242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70242
van Huyssteen, R., Petford, M., Burger, M., Rödel, M.O., Grimes, T.S., Gaugris, J. (2026). Complete Observational Dataset for Herpetofaunal Diversity in the Upper Guinean Rainforest: a Baseline Survey from the Dugbe Region, Liberia [Dataset]. Zenodo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18257627
Ewald, N., Demare, G., Glos, J., Struck, U., Rödel, M. (2026). Shift of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Temporary Pond Tadpoles Following the Decline of Large Mammalian Herbivores. Ecology and Evolution, 16(4), e73508. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.73508
Escobar, S., Guevara-Andino, J.E., Blüthgen, N., Brehm, G., Burneo, S.F., Diniz, U., Donoso, D.A., Erazo, S., Feldhaar, H., Grella, N., Keller, A., Landim, A.R., Leonhardt, S.D., Marín-Armijos, D., Müller, J., Neira-Salamea, K., Neuschulz, E., Newell, F., Pedersen, K., Rödel, M.O., Schleuning, M., Tschapka, M., Endara, M.J. (2026). Disparate recovery of phylogenetic diversity across taxa during tropical rainforest regeneration [Dataset]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cjsxksnhm
Rödel, M.O., Schmitz, A., Penner, J., Griesbaum, F., Leaché, A., Ofori-Boateng, C., Portik, D., Doumbia, J., Kouamé, N., Kpan, T., Gonwouo, N., Nopper, J., Hillers, A., Nago, S., Ernst, R., Glos, J., Petzold, A., Barej, M. (2026). Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa, 5779(1), 1-66. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5779.1.1
Dausmann, K.H., Nowack, J., Sandberger-Loua, L., Rödel, M.O. (2026). Thermal physiology and habitat constraints in the microendemic, viviparous Nimba toad (Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 104, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2025-0085
Tsekané, S., Schäfer, M., Gonwouo, L., Penner, J., Hirschfeld, M., Abwe, E., Morgan, B., Rödel, M., Tindo, M., Kenné, M. (2026). Socio-economic and cultural drivers of the use of Goliath frogs in Cameroon. African Journal of Herpetology, 75(1), 52-86. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2026.2636894