Achille Philippe Raselimanana

Achille Philippe Raselimanana
Nationality	Malagasy
Alma mater	University of Antananarivo
Scientific career
Fields	Herpetology

Achille Philippe Raselimanana is a Malagasy herpetologist.

Life and research

Raselimanana conducted his PhD research at the Université d'Antananarivo on the subject of the systematics and biogeography of Malagasy gerrhosaurs.[1] Before his PhD research began, he was a student of the Ecological Training Program (ETP),[2] founded by Steven M. Goodman in 1993. The ETP would later become the association Vahatra,[3][4] and Raselimanana its president.[5] As of 2003, he was also the chief biodiversity scientist for WWF Madagascar.[2]

Raselimanana has contributed to research on Malagasy Gerrhosauridae[6][7] among other reptiles and amphibians,[8][9][10] and has served as herpetologist on various faunistic surveys across Madagascar.[11][12] In addition to the primary literature on Malagasy herpetofauna, Raselimanana has coauthored two French-language field guides to the amphibians of Madagascar.[13]

Raselimanana is a Professor in the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.[5] He serves as associate editor of Vahatra's scientific journal, Malagasy Nature.[14]

Patronyms

In 2017, the frog species Stumpffia achillei was named in honour of Raselimanana.[15]

References

1. Raselimanana, Achille P. (2000). Contribution à la systématique et à l'analyse phylogénétique et biogéographie des Gerrhosauridés malgaches (Thèse de Doctorat de Troisième Cycle). Antananarivo, Madagascar: Département de Biologie Animale, Université d'Antananarivo. pp. 182+58 pages of appendix.
2. Bohannon, J. (2003-09-26). "STEVE GOODMAN PROFILE: Madagascar Tames the Bohemian of Biology". Science. 301 (5641): 1835–1837. doi:10.1126/science.301.5641.1835. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 14512598. S2CID 178986206.
3. Fleming, Theodore H.; Racey, Paul A., eds. (15 March 2010). Island Bats : Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-25331-2. OCLC 1135577151.
4. "Historical Perspective". www.vahatra.mg. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
5. "Permanent members of VAHATRA". www.vahatra.mg. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
6. Recknagel, Hans; Elmer, Kathryn R.; Noonan, Brice P.; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Meyer, Axel; Vences, Miguel (2013). "Multi-gene phylogeny of Madagascar's plated lizards, Zonosaurus and Tracheloptychus (Squamata: Gerrhosauridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69 (3): 1215–1221. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.013. PMID 23831454.
7. Raselimanana, Achille P.; Noonan, Brice; Karanth, K. Praveen; Gauthier, Jacques; Yoder, Anne D. (2009). "Phylogeny and evolution of Malagasy plated lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50 (2): 336–344. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.004. PMID 18952185.
8. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M.; Scherz, Mark D.; Tolley, Krystal A.; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2019-10-07). "A new species of Uroplatus (Gekkonidae) from Ankarana National Park, Madagascar, of remarkably high genetic divergence". Zootaxa. 4683 (1): 84–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4683.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31715936. S2CID 207962838.
9. Rasolonjatovo, Safidy M.; Scherz, Mark D.; Hutter, Carl R.; Glaw, Frank; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Razafindraibe, Jary H.; Goodman, Steven M.; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Vences, Miguel (2020). "Sympatric lineages in the Mantidactylus ambreensis complex of Malagasy frogs originated allopatrically rather than by in-situ speciation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 144: 106700. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106700. PMID 31809850. S2CID 208813978.
10. Ratsoavina, Fanomezana Mihaja; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Scherz, Mark D.; Rakotoarison, Andolalao; Razafindraibe, Jary H.; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2019-01-21). "Finaritra! A splendid new leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) species from Marojejy National Park in north-eastern Madagascar". Zootaxa. 4545 (4): 563–577. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4545.4.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30790891. S2CID 73455466.
11. Raselimanana, Achille P.; Raxworthy, Christopher J.; Nussbaum, Ronald A. (August 31, 2000). "Chapter 9: Herpetofaunal species diversity and elevational distribution within the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar". In Goodman, Stephen M. (ed.). A Floral and Faunal Inventory of the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar: With Reference to Elevational Variation. Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 157–174.
12. Nussbaum, Ronald A.; Raxworthy, Christopher J.; Raselimanana, Achille P.; Ramanamanjato, Jean-Baptiste (June 30, 1999). "Chapter 11: Amphibians and reptiles of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar". In Goodman, Stephen M. (ed.). A Floral and Faunal Inventory of the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar: With Reference to Elevational Variation. Field Museum of Natural History. pp. 157–174.
13. "Achille P. Raselimanana". press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
14. "Malagasy Nature". www.vahatra.mg. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
15. Rakotoarison, A.; Scherz, M.D.; Glaw, F.; Köhler, J; Andreone, F.; Franzen, M.; Glos, J.; Hawlitschek, O.; Jono, T.; Mori, A.; Ndriantsoa, S.H.; Raminosoa Rasoamampionona, N.; Riemann, J.C.; Rödel, M.-O.; Rosa, G.M.; Vieites, D.R.; Crottini, A.; Vences, M. (2017). "Describing the smaller majority: Integrative fast-track taxonomy reveals twenty-six new species of tiny microhylid frogs (genus Stumpffia) from Madagascar". Vertebrate Zoology. 67 (3): 271–398. doi:10.3897/vz.67.e31595.