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Profile
Areas of responsibility
Research and teaching in the field of herpetology with a focus on taxonomy, systematics, and morphology
Curation of the scientific herpetological collection in Bonn
Scientific committee work and expert function
Treasurer of the SEH
Vice President of the DGHT
CITES expert on amphibians and reptiles
Member of the IUCN Snake Specialist Group
Teaching
Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
- OEP-C07: Biodiversity of the Tropics (with a field excursion to Ecuador) (seminar/excursion)
- OEP-A21 Advanced Methods in Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology or Paleobiology
- OEP-A22 Advanced Computer Skills in Organismic Biology, Evolutionary Biology and Paleobiology
- Paleonology-Module M4
- WBIO-E-01 Free internships for BSc Biology
- SS 2014 – SS 2018: OEP-Free-1G, Ecology and zoogeography of the Pannonian area, with a field trip to the Lake Neusiedl / Austria, Hungary (seminar, practical, excursion, together with W. Böhme and D. Rödder, discontinued)
Supervised Theses
Current Theses
- Rech, I.: Comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of blind snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia). PhD Thesis, Bonn
Completed Theses
2024
- Arribasplata, J.C.: Systematic relationships among Neotropical monkey lizards (Polychrotidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817), a morphological and osteological approach. Master Thesis OEP, Bonn
- Mews, J.: Population size and natural history of the Peruvian bush anole Polychrus jacquelinae in the Peruvian dry forest ecoregion. Bachelor Thesis Biology, Bonn
2021
- Beaujean, M.: Untersuchung zur Populationsdynamik der Gelbbauchunke (Bombina variegata, LINNAEUS 1758) im FFH-Gebiet „Brockenberg“ in Stolberg. MSc Thesis Naturschutz und Landschaftsökologie, Bonn
- Büscher, N: Comparative cranial morphology of selected representatives of the blind snake genus Myriopholis. Bachelor Thesis Biology, Bonn
- Büscher, N: Comparative osteology of the head and cervical vertebrae of two blind snake species of the genus Epictia. Projektarbeit (BSc Biology), Bonn
- Yoo, J.: Comparative Skull morphology of viperid snakes of the genus Bothrops. Projektarbeit (BSc Biology), Bonn
2020
- Rech, I.: Comparative studies on the skull morphology of Typhlopid blindsnakes (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) via CT-Scan. BSc Thesis Biology, Bonn
- Sperling, K.: Vergleichende Morphologie der Echsengattung Echinosaura, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Schädelosteologie. BSc Thesis Biology, Bonn
2019
- Joshi, M.: Comparative morphology of leptotyphlopid blindsnakes. MSc Thesis OEP, Bonn
- Müller, P.: Diversity of leptotyphlopid blindsnakes from the Yemen. BSc Biology, Köln
2017
- Börth, M.: Systematik und Morphologie afrikanischer Schlankblindschlangen (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopinae) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der kranialen Osteologie. BSc Thesis Biology, Bonn
- Schwarz, N.: Comparative studies via CT-scan on blind snakes of the genus Epictia (Gray, 1845) and other Epictinae (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae). BSc Thesis Biology, Bonn
2016
- Beuttner, A.: Vergleichende Nahrungsanalysen der sympatrischen Echsenarten Microlophus stolzmanni und Polychrus peruvianus. BSc Thesis Biology, Bonn
2010
- Aurich, J.: Ökologische Untersuchungen an vier ausgewählten, syntop vorkommenden Gecko-Arten in Balsas, Peru. Diploma Thesis Biology, Bonn
Projects
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Morphological development of the skull of worm snakes: a comparative study
Management: Dr. Claudia Koch
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ColLomic
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
Publications
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2025/11
What is revealed from a widely distributed species in Africa and Southwest Asia? The case of the Telescopus dhara–obtusus species complex (Squamata: Colubridae)
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 3, 205
2025/05
Generic affinities of African house snakes revised: a new genus for Lamprophis inornatus (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae: Lamprophiinae: Boaedontini)
Salamandra, 2, 61
2025/03
Soft anatomy and morphological variation in Daptomys peruviensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae), a rare ichthyomyine from the northwestern Amazonian forests
PeerJ, 13
2025/02
Rediscovery of a rare and endangered Apostolepis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): reassessing species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships using integrative approaches
Salamandra, 1, 61