On the 14th of August 2019, my colleagues and I published a paper in PLoS ONE, wherein we talk about the way that the IUCN Red List deals with species complexes and taxonomic uncertainty, and the real meaning of ‘Data Deficient’. As I have written about this topic here before, I […]
As a result of their highly permeable skin, frogs are not exactly great at crossing oceans. A few species are able to reproduce in brackish water, but for the most part, salt water is a pretty strong barrier to frogs. Yet, curiously, there are a few islands across the world […]
Hot off the press today in PLoS ONE, my colleagues and I have published a paper describing five new species of frogs, including a new genus, Mini, containing three species that we have dubbed with punning names: Mini mum, Mini scule, and Mini ature. The largest of these is 14 mm long, the […]
The culmination of three and a half years is finally here. Tomorrow as I write this, the 21st of March, 2019, I will submit my PhD thesis, entitled ‘On the value of systematics for the study of evolution: insights from the reptiles and amphibians of Madagascar’*. It has been a […]
The time is here again where I talk about my year, its highs and lows, and where things are going from here. 2018 started in the rainforest. I had been in Montagne d’Ambre with my team for a month and a half already, and had just been joined a few […]
