John Valentine Lyakurwa

John Valentine Lyakurwa, Tanzanian zoologist.

Department of Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Ecosystem Management, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.
Department of Zoology and Wildlife Conservation, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box, 35064, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Menegon, M., Lyakurwa, J.V., Loader, S.P. & Tolley, K.A. 2022. Cryptic diversity in pygmy chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Rhampholeon) of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, with description of six new species. Acta Herpetologica 17(2): 85–113. DOI: 10.36253/a_h-12978 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.