Michael Franzen

Michael Franzen, German herpetologist.

• SNSB – Zoologische Staatssammlung München, München, Germany.

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• 34 taxon names authored by Michael Franzen

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• Franzen, M. & Wallach, V. 2002. A new Rhinotyphlops from southeastern Turkey (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 176–184. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0176:ANRFST]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Glaw, F., Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2005. A new species of colubrid snake (Liopholidophis) from northern Madagascar. Salamandra 41(1/2): 83–90. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Glaw, F. & Franzen, M. 2006. Type catalogue of amphibians in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Spixiana 29(2): 153–192. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Franzen, M. 2007. A new species of tiger beetle of the Cicindela campestris group from southern Turkey, with remarks on the identity of C. herbacea Klug, 1832 and other taxa related to C. desertorum Dejean, 1825. Spixiana 30(1): 13-24. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Nagy, Z.T., Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the pseudoxyrhophiine snake genus Liopholidophis (Reptilia, Colubridae): evolution of its exceptional sexual dimorphism and descriptions of new taxa. Zoologica Scripta 36(4): 291–300. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00278.x Reference page. 

• Franzen, M., Jones, J., Raselimanana, A.P., Nagy, Z.T., D'Cruze, N., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2009. A new black-bellied snake (Pseudoxyrhophiinae: Liophidium) from western Madagascar, with notes on the genus Pararhadinaea. Amphibia-Reptilia 30(2): 173–183. DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201171 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Nagy, Z.T., Köhler, J., Franzen, M. & vences, M. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of a new species of pseudoxyrhophiine snake (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae: Thamnosophis) suggest a biogeographical link between western and northern Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 9(1): 13–22. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2008.10.004 Reference page. 

• Glaw, F., Gehring, P.-S., Köhler, J., Franzen, M. & Vences, M. 2010. A new dwarf species of day gecko, genus Phelsuma, from the Ankarana pinnacle karst in northern Madagascar. Salamandra 46(2): 83–92. PDF Reference page. 

• Wegener, J.E., Swoboda, S., Hawlitschek, O., Franzen, M., Wallach, V., Vences, M., Nagy, Z.T., Hedges, S.B., Köhler, J. & Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269–282. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.A., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Andreone, F., Franzen, M., Glos, J., Hawlitschek, O., Jono, T., Mori, A., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Raminosoa, N.R., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Rosa, G.M., Vieites, D.R., Crottini, A. & Vences, M. 2017. Describing the smaller majority: integrative taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 67(3): 271–398. PDF Reference page. 
• van Riemsdijk, I., Arntzen, J.W., Bogaerts, S., Franzen, M., Litvinchuk, S.N., Olgun, K. & Wielstra, B. 2017. The Near East as a cradle of biodiversity: a phylogeography of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) reveals extensive inter- and intraspecific genetic differentiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 114: 73–81. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.05.028 Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Cherikh, S., Shea, G., Ineich, I., Campbell, P.D., Doronin, I.V., Rosado, J., Wynn, A.H., Tighe, K.A., McDiarmid, R.W., Lee, J.L., Köhler, G., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Raxworthy, C.J., Scheinberg, L.A., Resetar, A., Sabaj Pérez, M.A., Schneider, G., Franzen, M., Glaw, F., Böhme, W., Schweiger, S., Gemel, R., Couper, P., Amey, A.P., Dondorp, E., Ofer, G., Meiri, S. & Wallach, V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa 4695(5): 438–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2 Reference page. 

• Boetzl, F.A. & Franzen, M. 2020. Taxonomy and distribution of Cylindera germanica (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Middle East with the description of two new subspecies (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). Zootaxa 4809(1): 95–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.5 Reference page. 
• Marshall, B.M., Freed, P., Vitt, L.J., Bernardo, P., Vogel, G., Lotzkat, S., Franzen, M., Hallermann, J., Sage, R.D., Bush, B., Duarte, M.R., Avila, L.J., Jandzik, D., Klusmeyer, B., Maryan, B., Hošek, J. & Vetz, P. 2020. An inventory of online reptile images. Zootaxa 4896(2): 251–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.6 full article pdf Reference page. 

• van Riemsdijk, I., Arntzen, J.W., Babik, W., Bogaerts, S., Franzen, M., Kalaentzis, K., Litvinchuk, S.N., Olgun, K., Wijnands, J.W.P.M. & Wielstra, B. 2022. Next-generation phylogeography of the banded newts (Ommatotriton): a phylogenetic hypothesis for three ancient species with geographically restricted interspecific gene flow and deep intraspecific genetic structure. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167: 107361. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107361 Reference page.