Raffael Ernst

Raffael Ernst, German herpetologist.

• Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Dresden Königsbrücker Landstr., 159 D-01109, Dresden, Germany.

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• 19 taxon names authored by Raffael Ernst

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• Rödel, M.-O. & Ernst, R. 2000. Bufo taiensis n. sp., eine neue Kröte aus dem Taï-Nationalpark, Elfenbeinkuste. Herpetofauna Weinstadt 22: 9–16.

• Kok, P.J.R. & Ernst, R. 2007. A new species of Allobates (Anura: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae) exhibiting a novel reproductive behavior. Zootaxa 1555(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1555.1.2 Reference page. 

• Ernst, R., Agyei, A.C. & Rödel, M.-O. 2008. A new giant species of Arthroleptis (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Krokosua Hills Forest Reserve, south-western Ghana. Zootaxa 1697(1): 58–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1697.1.2 Reference page. 

• Blackburn, D.C., Gonwouo, L.N., Ernst, R. & Rödel, M.-O. 2009. A new squeaker frog (Arthroleptidae: Arthroleptis) from the Cameroon volcanic line with redescriptions of Arthroleptis adolfifriederici Nieden, 1911 "1910" and A. variabilis Matschie, 1893. Breviora 515(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.3099/0006-9698-515.1.1 Reference page. 

• Jungfer, K.-H., Faivovich, J., Padial, J.M., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Lyra, M.L., Berneck, B.V.M., Iglesias, P.P., Kok, P.J.R., MacCulloch, R.D., Rodrigues, M.T., Verdade, V.K., Torres-Gastello, C.P., Chaparro, J.C., Valdujo, P.H., Reichle, S., Moravec, J., Gvoždík, V., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Ernst, R., De la Riva, I., Means, D.B., Lima, A.P., Señaris, J.C., Wheeler, W.C., & Haddad, C.F.B. 2013. Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle. Zoologica Scripta 42(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12015 Reference page. 

• Gehara, M., Crawford, A.J., Orrico, V.G.D., Rodríguez, A., Lötters, S., Fouquet, A., Barrientos, L.S., Brusquetti, F., De la Riva, I., Ernst, R., Urrutia, G.G., Glaw, F., Guayasamin, J.M., Hötting, M., Jansen, M., Kok, P.J.R., Kwet, A., Lingnau, R., Lyra, M., Moravec, J., Pombal, J.P., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Schulze, A., Señaris, J.C., Solé, M., Rodrigues, M.T., Twomey, E., Haddad, C.F.B., Vences, M. & Köhler, J. 2014. High levels of diversity uncovered in a widespread nominal taxon: Continental phylogeography of the Neotropical tree frog Dendropsophus minutus. PLoS One 9(9): e103958. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103958 Reference page. 

• Fouquet, A., Orrico, V.G.D., Ernst, R., Blanc, M., Martinez, Q., Vacher, J-P., Rodrigues, M.T., Ouboter, P., Jairam, R. & Ron, S.R. 2015. A new Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Hylidae) of the parviceps group from the lowlands of the Guiana Shield. Zootaxa 4052(1): 39–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.2 Reference page. 

• Channing, A., Dehling, J.M., Lötters, S. & Ernst, R. 2016. Species boundaries and taxonomy of the African river frogs (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae: Amietia). Zootaxa 4155(1): 1–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4155.1.1. Reference page. 
• Medina, M.F., Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., Schmitz, A., Conradie, W., Nagy, Z.T., Hibbitts, T.J., Ernst, R., Portik, D.M., Nielsen, S.V., Colston, T.J., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M., Rödel, M.-O. & Greenbaum, E. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 409–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.026 Reference page. 

• Réjaud, A., Rodrigues, M.T., Crawford, A.J., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Jaramillo-Martínez, A.F., Chaparro, J.C., Glaw, F., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Moravec, J., De la Riva, I.J., Pérez-Peña, P.E., Lima, A.P., Werneck, F.P., Hrbek, T., Ron, S.R., Ernst, R., Kok, P.J.R., Driskell, A., Chave, J. & Fouquet, A. 2020. Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates). Journal of Biogeography 47(11): 2472–2482. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13937 Reference page. 

• Fouquet, A., Leblanc, K., Framit, M., Réjaud, A., Rodrigues, M.T., Castroviejo-Fisher, S., Peloso, P.L.V., Prates, I., Manzi, S., Suescun, U., Baroni, S., Moraes, L.J.C.L., Recoder, R., Souza, S.M., Dal Vechio, F., Camacho, A., Ghellere, J.M., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Carvalho, V.T., Gordo, M., Menin, M., Kok, P.J.R., Hrbek, T., Werneck, F.P., Craford, A.J., Ron, S.R., Mueses-Cisneros, J.J., Rojas-Zamora, R.R., Pavan D., Simões, P.I., Ernst, R. & Fabre, A.-C. 2021. Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae: Adelastes, Otophryne, Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132(2): 233–256. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa204 Reference page. 

• Fouquet, A., Peloso, P.L.V., Jairam, R., Lima, A.P., Mônico, A.T., Ernst, R. & Kok, P.J.R., 2022. Back from the deaf: integrative taxonomy revalidates an earless and mute species, Hylodes grandoculis van Lidth de Jeude, 1904, and confirms a new species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870 (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 22: 1065–1098. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00564-w Reference page. 

• Chaney, T., Pauwels, O.S.G., Nagy, Z.T., Gvoždík, V., Kusamba, C., Badjedjea, G., Masudi, F.M., Akuboy, J.B., Ernst, R., Trape, J.-F., Chirio, L., Conradie, W., Keates, C., Wallach, V., Zassi-Boulou, A.-C., Vaughan, E.R. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Phylogenetics and Integrative Taxonomy of African Water Snakes (Squamata: Colubridae: Grayia). Herpetological Monographs 38(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-23-00002.1 Reference page. 

• Lötters, S., Böning, P., Bailon, S., Barros Castañeda, J.D., Boistel, R., Catenazzi, A., Chaparro, J.C., Chávez, G., Chujutalli, A., Coen, L., Coloma, L.A., Crawford, A.J., Culebras, J., Cusi Martínez, J.C., Daza-R., J.M., De la Riva, I., Ellwein, D.J., Ernst, R., Flechas-Hernández, S.V., Fouquet, A., Guayasamin, J.M., Heine, C.H., Jorge, R.F., Jung, A., Jungfer, K.-H., Kaffenberger, N., Krehenwinkel, H., La Marca, E., Lampo, M., Medina-Rangel, G.F., Orsen, L., Paluh, D.J., Peréz-González, J.L., Perrin, J., Quezada Riera, A.B., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Roca-Rey Ross, B., Rößler, D.C., Rueda-Solano, L.A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Señaris Vasquez, J.C., Sowinski, M., Terán-Valdez, A., Tovar-Ortiz, A., Veith, M., Venegas, P.J., von May, R., Weitkamp, T. & Plewnia, A. 2025. A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to Atelopus spumarius. Zootaxa 5571(1): 1–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5571.1.1 Reference page.