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The oldest #chameleon you’re ever likely to see. This is a #specimen from the 18th century Danish Kunstkammer, making it around 250 years...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...The oldest #chameleon you’re ever likely to see. This is a #specimen from the 18th century Danish Kunstkammer, making it around 250 years old. It is in remarkably good condition!
#naturalhistory #herpetology #science
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It’s #MuseumSelfieDay! I’m off sick today, but here’s a #MuseumSelfie from the other day, accompanied by the skull of a leatherback...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...It’s #MuseumSelfieDay! I’m off sick today, but here’s a #MuseumSelfie from the other day, accompanied by the skull of a leatherback sea turtle.
19.1.2023 13:19It’s #MuseumSelfieDay! I’m off sick today, but here’s a #MuseumSelfie from the other day, accompanied by the skull of a leatherback...https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
Today’s mystery corridor smell at the Zoolgical Museum is, you guessed it, Ground Narwhal Bone!
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Today’s mystery corridor smell at the Zoolgical Museum is, you guessed it, Ground Narwhal Bone!
17.1.2023 10:56Today’s mystery corridor smell at the Zoolgical Museum is, you guessed it, Ground Narwhal Bone!https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
My son just loves looking at Lemon, our Euprepiophis mandarinus (Mandarin Rat Snake). It is incredibly heartwarming to see him looking into...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My son just loves looking at Lemon, our Euprepiophis mandarinus (Mandarin Rat Snake). It is incredibly heartwarming to see him looking into her tank and hear his little cooing sounds. <3
13.1.2023 20:57My son just loves looking at Lemon, our Euprepiophis mandarinus (Mandarin Rat Snake). It is incredibly heartwarming to see him looking into...https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
Yes I'm on holiday, but I've also made excellent progress on my #monograph on the wonderful diamond #frogs, genus Rhombophryne....
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Yes I'm on holiday, but I've also made excellent progress on my #monograph on the wonderful diamond #frogs, genus Rhombophryne. Really looking forward to getting this thing out!
12.1.2023 18:45Yes I'm on holiday, but I've also made excellent progress on my #monograph on the wonderful diamond #frogs, genus Rhombophryne....https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
Twitter seems to have fully done away with the chronological feed now, so I’m finally done with it. Hey mastodon, what’s up?
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Twitter seems to have fully done away with the chronological feed now, so I’m finally done with it. Hey mastodon, what’s up?
11.1.2023 08:40Twitter seems to have fully done away with the chronological feed now, so I’m finally done with it. Hey mastodon, what’s up?https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
2022 was a crazy year for me. The latest post on my website looks back on the year, with a healthy sprinkling of foreshadowing of exciting...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...2022 was a crazy year for me. The latest post on my website looks back on the year, with a healthy sprinkling of foreshadowing of exciting things to come in 2023! Highlights: 11 new papers, 13 new book chapters, 38 new taxa, 5 new students, and 1 new baby.
http://www.markscherz.com/archives/5364
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Over all of these papers and book chapters, I had over 60 coauthors on publications in 2022! It is a huge privilege to work with such a...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Over all of these papers and book chapters, I had over 60 coauthors on publications in 2022! It is a huge privilege to work with such a fantastic and diverse set of people. Hugely grateful to all of them for all their hard hard work.
31.12.2022 21:06Over all of these papers and book chapters, I had over 60 coauthors on publications in 2022! It is a huge privilege to work with such a...https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
Towards the end of the year, The New Natural History of Madagascar was also published, which includes 13 chapters I coauthored. Rather than...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Towards the end of the year, The New Natural History of Madagascar was also published, which includes 13 chapters I coauthored. Rather than list each of these separately, here is a list.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691222622/the-new-natural-history-of-madagascar
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My 11th and final paper of 2022 was a huge taxonomic monograph I led, describing 20 new species and 4 new subspecies of #frog in the...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 11th and final paper of 2022 was a huge taxonomic monograph I led, describing 20 new species and 4 new subspecies of #frog in the Mantidactylus subgenus Brygoomantis. This one is 199 pages long! https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.7.2.1
31.12.2022 21:05My 11th and final paper of 2022 was a huge taxonomic monograph I led, describing 20 new species and 4 new subspecies of #frog in the...https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...
My 10th paper of 2022 was a taxonomic monograph on geckos of the Lygodactylus subgenus Domerguella, led by Miguel Vences. We described eight...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 10th paper of 2022 was a taxonomic monograph on geckos of the Lygodactylus subgenus Domerguella, led by Miguel Vences. We described eight new species of tiny geckos from across Madagascar's rainforests.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5179.1.1
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My 9th paper of 2022 was a fascinating exploration of the evolution of the snake skull and its articulations using network analysis,...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 9th paper of 2022 was a fascinating exploration of the evolution of the snake skull and its articulations using network analysis, focussing particularly on 'microstomy'. This was led by the brilliant Catie Strong.
http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18649-z
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My 8th paper of 2022 was a study led by Katherine Mullin, describing her first new species: Stumpffia lynnae. Kat and her team discovered...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 8th paper of 2022 was a study led by Katherine Mullin, describing her first new species: Stumpffia lynnae. Kat and her team discovered this species during fieldwork in #Ambohitantely, a highly threatened forest fragment in central Madagascar.
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/82396/
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The arguments over #MinimalistTaxonomy continued in my 7th paper of 2022, again led by Ali Zamani. We argued that DNA barcodes are a useful...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...The arguments over #MinimalistTaxonomy continued in my 7th paper of 2022, again led by Ali Zamani. We argued that DNA barcodes are a useful addition to, but not a replacement for, other lines of evidence for species diagnosis and description.
https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12538
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Returning to taxonomy, my 6th paper of the year was a study on the very weird frogs of the Gephyromantis subgenus Laurentomantis, describing...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...Returning to taxonomy, my 6th paper of the year was a study on the very weird frogs of the Gephyromantis subgenus Laurentomantis, describing four new species, with the aid of #Museomics to clarify type specimens. This was led by Miguel Vences.
http://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e78830
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My 5th paper of 2022 was an opinion led by Alireza Zamani, arguing against #MinimalistTaxonomy and for #IntegrativeTaxonomy, with specific...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 5th paper of 2022 was an opinion led by Alireza Zamani, arguing against #MinimalistTaxonomy and for #IntegrativeTaxonomy, with specific reference to the recent work on Sharkey and colleagues on Braconid wasps.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2022.2063964?journalCode=tsab20
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My 4th paper for the year was a study I led on the phylogenomics of mbuna cichlids in Lake Malawi, published in Systematic Biology. We...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 4th paper for the year was a study I led on the phylogenomics of mbuna cichlids in Lake Malawi, published in Systematic Biology. We showed that whole genomes do not provide satisfactory resolution to the deep phylogeny, but resolve shallow nodes extremely well.
http://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac006
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My 3rd paper of 2022 was a study led by Safidy Rasolonjatovo, where we identified population structure of Mantidactylus bellyi on a mountain...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 3rd paper of 2022 was a study led by Safidy Rasolonjatovo, where we identified population structure of Mantidactylus bellyi on a mountain in north Madagascar. We revealed some surprising patterns of gene flow over this mountain related to the watershed
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0263764
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My 2nd paper of 2022 was a study led by Francesco Belluardo from Angelica Crottini's lab, providing a new phylogeny of the diamond...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 2nd paper of 2022 was a study led by Francesco Belluardo from Angelica Crottini's lab, providing a new phylogeny of the diamond #frogs, genus Rhombophryne. Really interesting new insights on these frogs.
http://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2022.2039320
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My 1st publication of the year was a paper led by Dr Andolalao Rakotoarison describing Stumpffia bishopi, honouring the late Phil Bishop. We...
https://ecoevo.social/@markscher...My 1st publication of the year was a paper led by Dr Andolalao Rakotoarison describing Stumpffia bishopi, honouring the late Phil Bishop. We discovered this frog on a field trip in 2017–2018.
https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.6.76382
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