Andreas Schmitz

Andreas Schmitz (1971–), German herpetologist working in Switzerland.

• Department of Herpetology & Ichthyology, Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland.

Taxon names authored

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• 55 taxon names authored by Andreas Schmitz

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Böhme, W., Schmitz, A. & Ziegler, T. 2000. A review of the West African skink genus Cophoscincopus Mertens (Reptilia: Scincidae: Lygosominae): resurrection of C. simulans (Vaillant, 1884) and description of a new species. Revue suisse de Zoologie 107(4): 777–791. BHL Reference page. 

2002

• Mausfeld, P., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Misof, B., Vrcibradic, D. & Rocha, C.F.D. 2002. Phylogenetic Affinities of Mabuya atlantica Schmidt, 1945, Endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil): Necessity of Partitioning the Genus Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 (Scincidae: Lygosominae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 241(3): 281–293. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00081 Reference page. 

2004

• Herrmann, H.-W., Herrmann, P.A., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2004. A new frog species of the genus Cardioglossa from the Tchabal Mbabo Mtns, Cameroon (Anura: Arthroleptidae). Herpetozoa 17(3/4): 119–125. Reference page. 
• Ineich, I., Schmitz, A., Chirio, L. & LeBreton, M. 2004. New species of Leptosiaphos (Scincidae) from Adamaoua Massif, Central-Northern Province, Cameroon. Journal of Herpetology 38(4): 546–550. DOI: 10.1670/184-03A Reference page. 
• Köhler, G., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2004. A new species of Echinosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 38(1): 52–60. DOI: 10.1670/164-02A ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• Schmitz, A., Mausfeld, P. & Embert, D. 2004. Molecular studies on the genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834: phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic implications. Hamadryad 28(1–2): 73–89. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2005

• Brandley, M.C., Schmitz, A. & Reeder, T.W. 2005. Partitioned Bayesian Analyses, Partition Choice, and the Phylogenetic Relationships of Scincid Lizards. Systematic Biology 54(3): 373–390. DOI: 10.1080/10635150590946808 Reference page. 
• Schmitz, A., Ineich, I. & Chirio, L. 2005. Molecular review of the genus Panaspis sensu lato (Reptilia: Scincidae) in Cameroon, with special reference to the status of the proposed subgenera. Zootaxa 863(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.863.1.1 . Reference page. 

2007

• Ziegler, T., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2007. A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. Zoosystematics and Evolution 83(S1): 109–119. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.200600034 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Heidrich, A., Vu, N.T. & Nguyen, Q.T. 2007. A new species of Lygosoma (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Truong Son, Vietnam, with notes on its molecular phylogenetic position. Revue suisse de zoologie 114(2): 397–415. BHL. Reference page. 
• Wilms, T. & Schmitz, A. 2007. A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia. Zootaxa 1394(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1394.1.1 Reference page. 

2008

• Blackburn, D.C., Kosuch, J., Schmitz, A., Burger, M., Wagner, P., Gonwouo, N.L., Hillers, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2008. A new species of Cardioglossa (Anura: Artholeptidae) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa. Copeia 2008(3): 603–612. DOI: 10.1643/CH-06-233 Reference page. 
• Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & LeBreton, M. 2008. A new species of Trachylepis Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Central African forests. African Journal of Herpetology 57(1): 13–28. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2008.9635565 Reference page. 
• Ziegler, T., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., Stenke, R. & Rösler, H. 2008. A new species of Goniurosaurus from Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong, northern Vietnam (Squamata: Eublepharidae). Zootaxa 1771(1): 16–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1771.1.2 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• Koch, A., Arida, E., Schmitz, A., Böhme, W., Ziegler, T., 2009. Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57: 29—40. Reference page.
• Leaché, A.D., Chong, R.A., Papenfuss, T.J., Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., Rödel, M.O., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Bauer, A.M., Eniang, E.A. & El Din, S.B. 2009. Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 273–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Lötters, S., Schmitz, A., Reichle, S., Rödder, D. & Quennet, V. 2009. Another case of cryptic diversity in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae: Ameerega)—description of a new species from Bolivia. Zootaxa 2028: 20–30. Abstract. Full text PDF from ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Rödder, D. & A. Schmitz. 2009. Two new Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) belonging to the myersi group from the Andean slopes of Ecuador. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 116: 275–288.
• Wagner, P., Barej, M.F. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VII. A new species of the Agama agama-group (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Cameroon & Gabon, with comments on Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4) 285–297. PDF Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Schmitz, A. 2009. A review of the African red-flanked skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (Burton, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation. Zootaxa 2050(1): 1–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2050.1.1 Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Ineich, I., Leaché, A.D., Wilms, T.M., Trape, S., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VI. Taxonomic status of the West African Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) with prominent tail crests: Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886, Agama insularis Chabanaud, 1918 and Agama cristata Mocquard, 1905. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 239–253. PDF Reference page. 
• Wilms, T.M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. 2009. On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(1/2): 55–99. BHL Reference page. 

2010

• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Gonwouo, L.N., Pauwels, O.S.G., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Review of the genus Petropedetes Reichenow, 1874 in Central Africa with the description of three new species (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae). Zootaxa 2340(1): 1–49. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2340.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Böhme, W., Perry, S.F., Wagner, P. & Schmitz, A. 2010. The hairy frog, a curly fighter?-A novel hypothesis on the function of hairs and claw-like terminal phalanges, including their biological and systematic significance (Anura: Arthroleptidae: Trichobatrachus). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117(2): 243–263. BHL Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Ineich, I., Gvoždík, V., Lhermitte-Vallarino, N., Gonwouo, N.L., LeBreton, M., Bott, U. & Schmitz, A. 2010. Insights into chameleons of the genus Trioceros (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) in Cameroon, with the resurrection of Chamaeleon serratus Mertens, 1922. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57(2): 211–229. PDF Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2010. Gekko ulikovskii Darevsky & Orlov, 1994: a junior synonym of Gekko badenii Szczerbak & Nekrasova, 1994. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57(1): 15–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Nguyen, T.T., Schmitz, A., Orlov, N.L. & Ziegler, T. 2010. A new species of the genus Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 2439(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2439.1.4 Reference page. 

2011

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Menegon, M., Hillers, A., Hinkel, H., Böhme, W. & Rödel, M.O. 2011. Dusted off—the African Amietophrynus superciliaris-species complex of giant toads. Zootaxa 2772: 1–32. Reference page. 
• Bauer, A.M., Parham, J.F., Brown, R.M., Stuart, B.L., Grismer, L.L., Papenfuss, T.J., Böhme, W., Savage, J.M., Carranza, S., Grismer, J.L., Wagner, P., Schmitz, A., Ananjeva, N.B. & Inger, R.F. 2010. Availability of new Bayesian-delimited gecko names and the importance of character-based species descriptions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278(1705): 490–492. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1330 Reference page. 
• Chirio, L., Ineich, I., Schmitz, A. & Trape, J.-F. 2011. Note sur la systématique des espèces du genre Prosymna Gray, 1849 en Afrique au Nord de l'Equateur (Serpentes, Prosymnidae). Revue suisse de zoologie 118(1): 157–173. BHL Reference page. 
• Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., Nguyen, T.T., Orlov, N.L., Böhme, W. & Ziegler, T. 2011. Review of the Genus Sphenomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae) in Vietnam, with Description of a New Species from Northern Vietnam and Southern China and the First Record of Sphenomorphus mimicus Taylor, 1962 from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 145–154. DOI: 10.1670/09-068.1 Reference page. 
• Schneider, N., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A., Kingsada, P., Auer, M. & Ziegler, T. 2011. A new species of karst dwelling Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from northwestern Laos. Zootaxa 2930: 1–21. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2930.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Freund, W., Modrý, D., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. Studies on African Agama IX. New insights into Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 (Sauria: Agamidae), with the description of a new subspecies. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(1): 25–34. PDF. Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Melville, J., Wilms, T.M. & Schmitz, A. 2011. Opening a box of cryptic taxa – the first review of the North African desert lizards in the Trapelus mutabilis Merrem, 1820 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) with descriptions of new taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 884–912. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00726.x Reference page. 

2012

• Gawor, A., Chapuis, S., Pham, C.T., Nguyen, T.Q., Schmitz, A. & Zielger, T. 2012. Larval morphology of two species of the genus Theloderma (Tschudi, 1838) from Vietnam (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Rhacophorinae). Zootaxa 3395: 59–64. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Channing, A., Schmitz, A., Burger, M. & Kielgast, J. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of African dainty frogs, with the description of four new species (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Cacosternum). Zootaxa 3701(5): 518–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Günther, R., Loader, S.P., Mahlow, K. & Rödel, M.-O. 2014. The first endemic West African vertebrate family – a new anuran family highlighting the uniqueness of the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 8. DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-8 Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Rödel, M.-O., Loader, S.P., Menegon, M., Gonwouo, N.L., Penner, J., Gvoždík, V., Günther, R., Bell, R.C., Nagel, P. & Schmitz, A. 2014. Light shines through the spindrift – Phylogeny of African torrent frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Petropedetidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 261–273. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.001 Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Wagner, P., Linkem, C.W., Böhme, W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chong, R.A., Lavin, B.R., Bauer, A.M., Nielsen, S.V., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., El Din, S.B., Lemmon, A.R. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 215–230. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.013 Reference page. 
• Rödel, M.-O., Emmrich, M., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Barej, M.F. 2014. The taxonomic status of two West African Leptopelis species: L. macrotis Schiøtz, 1967 and L. spiritusnoctis Rödel, 2007 (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(1): 21–31. DOI: 10.3897/zse.90.7120 Reference page. 

2015

• Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Penner, J., Doumbia, J., Sandberger-Loua, L., Hirschfeld, M., Brede, C., Emmrich, M., Kouamé, N.G., Hillers, A., Gonwouo, N.L., Nopper, J., Adeba, P.J., Bangoura, M.A., Gage, C., Anderson, G. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Life in the spray zone – overlooked diversity in West African torrent-frogs (Anura, Odontobatrachidae, Odontobatrachus). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 115–149. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5127 Reference page. 
• Barej, M.F., Penner, J., Schmitz, A. & Rödel, M.-O. 2015. Multiple genetic lineages challenge the monospecific status of the West African endemic frog family Odontobatrachidae. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 67. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0346-9 Reference page. 
• Kapli, P., Lymberakis, P., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P., Brito, J.C., Almutairi, M., Ahmadzadeh, F., Schmitz, A., Wilms, T., Pouyani, N.R. & Poulakakis, N. 2015. Historical biogeography of the lacertid lizard Mesalina in North Africa and the Middle East. Journal of Biogeography 42(2): 267–279. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12420 Reference page. 

2016

• Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page. 
• Metallinou, M., Weinell, J.L., Karin, B.R., Conradie, W., Wagner, P., Schmitz, A., Jackman, T.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A single origin of extreme matrotrophy in African mabuyine skinks. Biology Letters 12(8): 20160430. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0430 Reference page. 

2017

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Schmitz, A. & Bauer, A.M.. 2017. The “Cobra-preta” of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4324(1): 121–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7. Reference page. 
• Branch, W.R., Guyton, J.A., Schmitz, A., Barej, M.F., Naskrecki, P., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L. & Rödel, M.-O. 2017. Description of A New Flat Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique. Zootaxa 4324(1): 142–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8. Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Grummer, J.A., Miller, M., Krishnan, S., Fujita, M.K., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O. & Wagner, P. 2016. Bayesian inference of species diffusion in the West African Agama agama species group (Reptilia, Agamidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(3): 192–203. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238018 Reference page. 
• Šmíd, J., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Štundl, J., Frynta, D., Lymberakis P., Kapli, P., Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Shobrak, M., Yousefkhani, S.H., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Castilla, A.M., Els, J. & Mayer, W. 2017. Cutting the Gordian Knot: Phylogenetic and ecological diversification of the Mesalina brevirostris species complex (Squamata, Lacertidae). Zoologica Scripta 46(6): 649–664. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12254 Reference page. 

2018

• Tamar, K., Metallinou, M.†, Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P. & Carranza, S. 2018. Evolutionary history of spiny‐tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo‐Arabian region. Zoologica Scripta 47(2): 159–173. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12266 Reference page. 

2019

• Böhme, W., Jacobs, H.J., Koppetsch, T. & Schmitz, A. 2019. The Kei Islands Monitor Lizard (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus: Euprepiosaurus) as a Distinct Morphological, Taxonomic, and Conservation Unit. Russian Journal of Herpetology 26(5): 272–280. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2019-26-5-272-280 Reference page. 
• Griesbaum, F., Hirschfeld, M., Barej, M.F., Schmitz, A., Rohrmoser, M., Dahmen, M., Mühlberger, F., Liedtke, H.C., Gonwouo, N.L., Doumbia, J. & Rödel, M-O. 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: 133–160. DOI: 10.3897/zse.95.32793 Reference page. 

2020

• Gvoždík, V., Nečas, T., Dolinay, M., Zimkus, B.M., Schmitz, A. & Fokam, E.B. 2020. Evolutionary history of the Cameroon radiation of puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus), with descriptions of two critically endangered new species from the northern Cameroon Volcanic Line. PeerJ 8(e8393): 1–52. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8393 Reference page. 
• Hallermann, J., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Schmitz, A., Ernst, R., Conradie, W., Verburgt, L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the Angolan House snakes, genus Boaedon Duméril, Bibron and Duméril (1854) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae), with description of three new species in the Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) species complex. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 29–78. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1777470 Reference page. 
• Weijola, V., Vahtera, V., Koch, A., Schmitz, A. & Kraus, F. 2020. Taxonomy of Micronesian monitors (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanus): endemic status of new species argues for caution in pursuing eradication plans. Royal Society Open Science 7: 200092. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200092 Reference page. 

2021

• Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Baptista, N.L., António, T. & Conradie, W. 2021. Rock island melody: A revision of the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group, with the description of four new endemic species from Angola. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 55–82. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.57202 Reference page. 
• Dolinay, M., Nečas, T., Zimkus, B.M., Schmitz, A., Fokam, E.B., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & Gvoždík, V. 2021. Gene flow in phylogenomics: Sequence capture resolves species limits and biogeography of afromontane forest endemic frogs from the Cameroon Highlands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107258. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107258 Reference page. 
• Ernst, R., Kehlmaier, C., Baptista, N.L., Pinto, P.V., Branquima, M.F., Dewynter, M., Fouquet, A., Ohler, A. & Schmitz, A. 2021. Filling the gaps: The mitogenomes of Afrotropical egg-guarding frogs based on historical type material and a re-assessment of the nomenclatural status of Alexteroon Perret, 1988 (Hyperoliidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 293: 215–224. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.06.002 Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Ihlow, F., Hartmann, T., Flecks, M., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2021. Integrative approach to resolve Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 70(1): 141–171. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.141 . Reference page. 

2022

• Conradie, W., Schmitz, A., Lobón-Rovira, J., Becker, F.S., Vaz Pinto, P. & Hauptfleisch, M.L. 2022. Rock island melody remastered: two new species in the Afroedura bogerti Loveridge, 1944 group from Angola and Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 435–453. DOI: 10.3897/zse.98.86299 Reference page.