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Historical
Collection
material
The research collection of this department comprises around 90,000 specimens of amphibians and reptiles. The history of the collection goes back to 1825. Many originate from commercial travellers, from the acquisition of other collections (e.g. Museum Godeffroy) or from research expeditions. Accordingly, a wide variety of regions (Europe, Australia, South America, Asia, South-East Asia) are represented with valuable, often historical collections.
Focus
Southeast Asia
Biodiversity research on amphibians in Southeast Asia is an important focus of the department. The species richness of frogs in the tropics has long been underestimated. Expeditions organised by the department have led to the discovery of new species as well as the discovery and description of their tadpole forms.
Evolution and
Distribution
history
Another research focus is the evolution and distribution history of amphibians and reptiles. Anatomical structural features are analysed using modern 3D imaging techniques and allow completely new insights into the body structure. Genetic studies on the degree of kinship form the second important source of data. Last but not least, the collection contains specimens whose significance is only now being discovered thanks to modern examination methods.
Related collections
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Projects
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Phylogeny and evolution of amphibian larvae
Management: Prof. Dr. Alexander Haas
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Biodiversity of Southeast Asian frogs
Management: Prof. Dr. Alexander Haas
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Taxonomic revision of the Boaedon lineatus-fuliginosus species complex in Africa
Management: Dr. Jakob Hallermann
Publications
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2025/3
Extracting specimen label data rapidly with a smartphone—a great help for simple digitization in taxonomy and collection management
ZooKeys, 1233
2025/1
Two new species of Boaedon from Ethiopia and Somalia, with a review of the species of East Africa
Zootaxa, 1, 5569
2024/9
The skull morphology of the Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis (Reptilia, Squamata, Varanidae)—a digital-dissection study
Evolutionary Systematics, 8
2024/9
The remarkable larval morphology of Rhaebo nasicus (Werner, 1903) (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) with the erection of a new bufonid genus and insights into the evolution of suctorial tadpoles
Zoological Letters
2024/9
Chapter 8: Musculoskeletal System.
II
2024/9
Stranger things: On the novel buccopharyngeal anatomy and functional morphology of “sand-eating” Malagasy tadpoles (Anura: Mantellidae: Mantidactylus).
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society
2022/12
Phylogeographic inference of Sumatran ranids bearing gastromyzophorous tadpoles with regard to the Pleistocene drainage systems of Sundaland
Scientific reports, 1, 12
2022/6
A Guide to the Tadpoles of Borneo
2021/2
Ontogenetic development of the shoulder joint muscles in frogs (Amphibia: Anura) assessed by digital dissection with implications for interspecific muscle homologies and nomenclature
Zoomorphology, 1, 140
2021/0
Anomalies in the vertebral column and ilio-sacral articulation of some anuran amphibians
Salamandra, 1, 57
2020/10
Ecomorphology of the pectoral girdle in anurans (Amphibia, Anura): Shape diversity and biomechanical considerations
Ecology and Evolution, 20, 10
2019/8
Measurement error in μ CT‐based three‐dimensional geometric morphometrics introduced by surface generation and landmark data acquisition
Journal of anatomy, 2, 235
2018/1
A new species of the genus Pulchrana Dubois, 1992 (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia.
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 66
2017/11
A simple setup for episcopic microtomy and a digital image processing workflow to acquire high-quality volume data and 3D surface models of small vertebrates
Zoomorphology, 1, 137
2017/3
Cranial anatomy of the amazing bromeliad tadpoles of Phyllodytes gyrinaethes (Hylidae: Lophyohylini), with comments about other gastromyzophorous larvae
Zoomorphology, 136
2017/3
From a lost world: an integrative phylogenetic analysis of Ansonia Stoliczka, 1870 (Lissamphibia: Anura: Bufonidae), with the description of a new species
Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 17
2016/10
Larval external morphology and development in Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1983)(Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae)
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 64
2016/2
The anatomy and structural connectivity of the abdominal sucker in the tadpoles of Huia cavitympanum, with comparisons to Meristogenys jerboa (Lissamphibia …
Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 1, 54
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Haas
ztm Herpetology Hamburg ScientistPhone: +49 40 238317 614
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Dr. Jakob Hallermann
ztm Herpetology Hamburg ScientistPhone: +49 40 238317 615
E-mail: j.hallermann@leibniz-lib.de