Hans Christoph Liedtke

Hans Christoph Liedtke, Swiss herpetologist.

Department of Environmental Science (Biogeography), University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 27, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Ecology, Evolution and Developmental Group, Department of Wetland Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), 41092 Sevilla, Spain.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Poynton, J.C., Loader, S.P., Conradie, W., Rödel, M-C. & Liedtke, H.C. 2016. Designation and description of a neotype of Sclerophrys maculata (Hallowell, 1854), and reinstatement of S. pusilla (Mertens, 1937) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4098(1): 73–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.3 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.

Liedtke, H.C., Malonza, P.K., Wasonga, D.V., Müller, H. & Loader, S.P. [2023] 2024. A new genus and species of toad from Mount Kenya illuminates East African montane biogeography. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(1): zlad160. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad160 Reference page.
Lawson, L.P., Loader, S.P., Lyakurwa, J.V. & Liedtke, H.C. 2023. Diversification of spiny-throated reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) with the description of a new, range-restricted species from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania. PLoS One 18(2): e0277535. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277535 Reference page.

Lyakurwa, J.V., Liedtke, H.C., Mollel, P., Bittencourt-Silva, G.B., Jehle, R., Loader, S.P. & Ngalason, W. 2025. An update on the amphibian assemblage of the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania, with the description of a new giant Arthroleptis species (Amphibia: Anura). Systematics and Biodiversity 23(1): 2561124. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2025.2561124 Reference page.
Thrane, C., Lyakurwa, J.V., Liedtke, H.C., Menegon, M., Petzold, A., Loader, S.P. & Scherz, M.D. 2025. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 75: 459–485. DOI: 10.3897/vz.75.e167008 Reference page.