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List of works by Gonçalo M. Rosa

A new phytotelmic species of Platypelis (Microhylidae: Cophylinae) from the Betampona Reserve, eastern Madagascar

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 50 no. 4, 2014

A new species of the Boophis rappiodes group (Anura, Mantellidae) from the Sahamalaza Peninsula, northwest Madagascar, with acoustic monitoring of its nocturnal calling activity

scientific article published on 18 August 2014

A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia)

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar

scientific article published in 2022

Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar

scientific article published on 4 October 2023

Can leftovers from predators be reliably used to monitor marine turtle hatchling sex-ratios? The implications of prey selection by ghost crabs

scholarly article by Rui Rebelo et al published 23 November 2011 in Marine Biology

Case solved: presence of toxin-secreting oral glands in the lamprophiid snake Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867) from Madagascar

scientific article published in 2014

Clash of the Venomous: Predation of a CentipedeCormocephalus(Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) by a Black WidowLatrodectus(Araneae: Theridiidae) in Madagascar

Climate warming triggers the emergence of native viruses in Iberian amphibians

scientific article published in December 2022

Combining old and new evidence to increase the known biodiversity value of the Sahamalaza Peninsula, Northwest Madagascar

article by Samuel G. Penny et al published 22 December 2017 in Contributions to Zoology

Conservation decisions under pressure: Lessons from an exercise in rapid response to wildlife disease

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Consistency of Published Results on the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Madagascar: Formal Comment on Kolby et al. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild A

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Development and worldwide use of a non-lethal and minimal population-level impact protocols for the isolation of chytrids from amphibians

Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi.

scientific article

Differential effects of dietary protein on early life-history and morphological traits in natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) tadpoles reared in captivity

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Evidence of chytrid-mediated population declines in common midwife toad in Serra da Estrela, Portugal

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Field observation of foraging behavior by a group of adult diving beetles Agabus (Gaurodytes) bipustulatus preying on an adult Lissotriton boscai

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Fighting for a leaf: agonistic behaviour in Malagasy frogs of the genusGuibemantis(Anura Mantellidae)

scientific article published in April 2012

First Reports of Leech Parasitism in Malagasy Anurans

article by Ricardo Rocha et al published July 2012 in Comparative Parasitology

From fish to frogs and beyond: Impact and host range of emergent ranaviruses.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

High interannual variability of a climate-driven amphibian community in a seasonal rainforest

Host species vary in infection probability, sub-lethal effects, and costs of immune response when exposed to an amphibian parasite.

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Impact of asynchronous emergence of two lethal pathogens on amphibian assemblages

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Living within fallen palm leaves: the discovery of an unknown Blommersia (Mantellidae: Anura) reveals a new reproductive strategy in the amphibians of Madagascar.

scientific article

Phylogeny and differentiation of reptilian and amphibian ranaviruses detected in Europe

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Predation on the treefrog Boophis rufioculis (Anura, Mantellidae) by the freshwater crab Hydrothelphusa sp. (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) in Madagascar

Rana iberica (Boulenger, 1879) goes underground: subterranean habitat usage and new insights on natural history

scholarly article

Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines.

scientific article

Report of agonistic interaction in Malagasy frogs of the genus Gephyromantis (Anura, Mantellidae)

scientific article published in 2020

Report of opportunistic feeding habits by Vences’ river crabHydrothelphusa vencesi(Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae)

article published in 2015

Resolving a taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle in mantellid frogs: synonymization of Gephyromantis azzurrae with G. corvus, and description of Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. from the Isalo Massif, western Madagascar

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae)

scientific article published in 2018

Sex‐biased disease dynamics increase extinction risk by impairing population recovery

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

Spatial Ecology of an Arboreal Iguana (Oplurus cyclurus) in a Treeless Landscape

scientific article published on 13 October 2023

Spatial Ecology ofScaphiophryne gottlebeiin the Canyons of the Isalo Massif, Madagascar

The advertisement call of Mantidactylus aerumnalis (Anura: Mantellidae), a terrestrial frog from the east coast of Madagascar

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 46 no. 2, 2010

The amphibians of the relict Betampona low-elevation rainforest, eastern Madagascar: an application of the integrative taxonomy approach to biodiversity assessments

scholarly article by Gonçalo M. Rosa et al published 12 April 2012 in Biodiversity and Conservation

The herpetofauna (Amphibia, Crocodylia, Squamata, Testudines) of the Isalo Massif, Southwest Madagascar: combining morphological, molecular and museum data

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 54 no. 3, 2018

Tracing a toad invasion: lack of mitochondrial DNA variation, haplotype origins, and potential distribution of introduced Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar

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Two new bright-eyed treefrogs of the genus Boophis from Madagascar

scholarly article in Salamandra, vol. 47 no. 4, 2011

Two remarkable prey items for a chicken:Leptodactylus fallaxMüller, 1926 predation upon the theraphosid spiderCyrtopholis femoralisPocock, 1903 and the colubrid snakeLiophis juliae(Cope, 1879)

scientific article published in September 2012

Unveiling patterns of viral pathogen infection in free-ranging carnivores of northern Portugal using a complementary methodological approach

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

When camouflage fails: Predation of a huntsman spider Damastes sp. (Araneae: Sparassidae) on a stick insect Antongilia sp. (Phasmatodea: Bacillidae: Antongiliinae) from Madagascar

scientific article published in 2018

Where to Spend the Winter in Serra Da Estrela? the First Record ofDiphyus quadripunctorius(Mueller, 1776) Overwintering in a Cave Habitat in Portugal: Corrected Figure

scientific article published in July 2013

Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar.

scientific article

Wired: impacts of increasing power line use by a growing bird population