Angelica Crottini

Angelica Crottini, Italian herpetologist.

Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente da Universidade do Porto, Portugal.

Former affiliations:

Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.
Sezione di Zoologia e Citologia, Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Italy.

Taxon names authored

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Publications

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2010

Vences, M., J. Köhler, A. Crottini & F. Glaw. 2010. High mitochondrial sequence divergence meets morphological and bioacoustic conservatism: Boophis quasiboehmei sp. n., a new cryptic treefrog species from south-eastern Madagascar. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57: 241–255. Full Article.
Ratsoavina, F.M., Gehring, P.-S., Ranaivoarisoa, J.F., Rafeliarisoa, T.H., Crottini, A., Louis Jr., E.E. & Vences, M. 2010. Molecular phylogeography of a widespread Malagasy leaf chameleon species, Brookesia superciliaris. Zootaxa 2554(1): 62–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2554.1.5 Reference page.

2011

Ratsoavina, F.M., Louis Jr., E.E., Crottini, A., Randrianiaina, R.-D., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2011. A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group. Zootaxa 3022(1): 39–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3022.1.3 Reference page.

2012

Crottini, A., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Harris, D.J., Lima, A. & Vences, M. 2012. Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar. Zootaxa 3490(1): 63–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3490.1.5 Reference page.

2013

Gvoždik, V., Benkovský, N., Crottini, A., Bellati, A., Moravec, J., Romano, A., Sacchi, R. & Jandzík, D. 2013. An ancient lineage of slow worms, genus Anguis (Squamata: Anguidae), survived in the Italian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(3): 1077–1092. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.004 Reference page.

2014

Crottini, A., Harris, D.J., Miralles, A., Glaw, F., Jenkins, R.K.B., Randrianantoandro, J.C., Bauer, A.M. & Vences, M. 2014. Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of the poorly studied gecko genus Paragehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15: 175–198. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-014-0191-5 Reference page.
Penny, S.G., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Holderied, M.W., Rakotozafy, L.M.S., Schwitzer, C. & Rosa, G.M. 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. ZooKeys 435: 111–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.435.7383 Reference page.

2015

Rakotoarison, A., Crottini, A., Müller, J., Rödel, M-O., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2015. Revision and phylogeny of narrow-mouthed treefrogs (Cophyla) from northern Madagascar: integration of molecular, osteological, and bioacoustic data reveals three new species. Zootaxa 3937(1): 61–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.3. Reference page.

2016

Scherz, M.D., Vences, M., Rakotoarison, A., Andreone, F., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2016. Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 372–381. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.019 Reference page.

2017

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.
Vences, M., Köhler, J., Pabijian, M., Bletz, M.C., Gehring, P.-S., Hawlitschek, O., Rakotoarsion, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Andreone, F., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F. 2017. Taxonomy and geographic distribution of Malagasy frogs of the Gephyromantis asper clade, with description of a new subgenus and revalidation of Gephyromantis ceratophrys. Salamandra 53(1): 77–98. PDF Reference page.

2018

Bellati, A., Scherz, M.D., Megson, S., Roberts, S.H., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M., Noël, J., Randrianirina, J.E., Fasola, M., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2018. Resurrection and re-description of Plethodontohyla laevis (Boettger, 1913) and transfer of Rhombophryne alluaudi (Mocquard, 1901) to the genus Plethodontohyla (Amphibia, Microhylidae, Cophylinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 94(1): 109–135. DOI: 10.3897/zse.94.14698 Reference page.
Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Ruthensteiner, B., Crottini, A. & Glaw, F. 2018. Computational molecular species delimitation and taxonomic revision of the gecko genus Ebenavia Boettger, 1878. The Science of Nature 105: 49. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-018-1574-9 Reference page.

2019

Scherz, M.D., Hutter, C.R., Rakotoarison, A., Riemann, J.C., Rödel, M.-O., Ndriantsoa, S.H., Glos, J., Roberts, S.H., Crottini, A., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2019. Morphological and ecological convergence at the lower size limit for vertebrates highlighted by five new miniaturised microhylid frog species from three different Madagascan genera. PLoS One 14(3): e0213314. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213314 Reference page.

2020

Cocca, W., Andreone, F., Belluardo, F., Rosa, G.M., Randrianirina, J.A., Glaw, F. & Crottini, A. 2020. 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. ZooKeys 951: 133–157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.951.51129 Reference page.
Crottini, A., Rosa, G.M., Penny, S.G., Cocca, W., Holderied, M.W., Rakotozafy, L.M.S. & Andreone, F. 2020. A new stump-toed frog from the transitional forests of NW Madagascar (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae, Stumpffia). ZooKeys 933: 139–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.933.47619 Reference page.

2021

Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Prötzel, D., Randriamanana, L., Andreone, F. & Vences, M. 2021. An additional level of cryptic diversity: a new green-coloured Malagasy treefrog of the Boophis luteus species group. Salamandra 57(3): 295–308. PDF Reference page.
Miralles A., Bruy, T., Crottini, A., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Scherz, M.D., Schmidt, R., Köhler, J., Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2021. Completing a taxonomic puzzle: integrative review of geckos of the Paroedura bastardi species complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae). Vertebrate Zoology 71: 27–48. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e59495 Reference page.

2022

Melo, M., Freitas, B., Verbelen, P., da Costa, S.R., Pereira, H., Fuchs, J., Sangster, G., Correia, M.N., de Lima, R.F. & Crottini, A. 2022. A new species of scops-owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Strigidae, Otus) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and novel insights into the systematic affinities within Otus. ZooKeys 1126ː 1–54. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1126.87635 Reference page.
Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Gippner, S., Miralles, A., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Rakotoarison, A., Ratsoavina, F.M., Glaw, F. & Scherz, M.D. 2022. Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus madagascariensis group reveals an unexpected diversity of little brown geckos in Madagascar’s rainforest. Zootaxa 5179(1): 1–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5179.1.1 Reference page.

2023

Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F.M., Raselimanana, A.P., Crottini, A., Gehring, P.-S., Böhme, W., Scherz, M.D. & Vences, M. 2023. A new large-sized species of leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus) from northern Madagascar. Salamandra 59(3): 239–261. PDF Reference page.
Piccoli, C., Belluardo, F., Lobón-Rovira. J., Alves, I.O., Rasoazanany, M., Andreone, F., Rosa, G.M. & Crottini, A. 2023. Another step through the crux: a new microendemic rock-dwelling Paroedura (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from south-central Madagascar. Zookeys 1181: 125–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1181.108134 Reference page.
Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Köhler, J., Crottini, A., Andreone, F., Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D. & Glaw, F. 2023. Integrative revision of the Blommersia wittei complex, with description of a new species of frog from western and north-western Madagascar. Zootaxa 5319(): 178–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.. Reference page.

2024

Vences, M., Multzsch, M., Zerbe, M., Gippner, S., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Rakotomanga, S., Rasamison, S. & Raselimanana, A.P. 2024. Taxonomizing a truly morphologically cryptic complex of dwarf geckos from Madagascar: molecular evidence for new species-level lineages within the Lygodactylus tolampyae complex. Zootaxa 5468(3): 416–448. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.3.2 Reference page.