Aurélien Miralles

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Aurélien Miralles 2012 in Morocco

Aurélien Miralles (born April 7, 1978 ) is a French herpetologist . His main research interests are the skinks .

Life

From 1997 to 2001 Miralles studied at the Universities of Tours and Paris VI , where it meets the labor et biology of the population Ecosystèmes the Bachelor of Science gained. From 2001 he studied at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, where he graduated with a master's degree in 2002 with the thesis Systématique Animale et Végétale . In 2006 he became the dissertation Systématique moléculaire et biogeography du genre Mabuya Fitzinger, 1826 under the direction of Jean-Pierre Gasc for Ph.D. PhD at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. From 2002 to 2005 he carried out research with a grant from the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) and during the same period with a grant from the French Ministry of Universities and Research (Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, MESRI). In 2007 he worked for a month at the Natural History Museum in London as part of the SYNTHESYS program . From 2009 to 2011 he took part in a research project of the Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (Colciencias Colombia) on the distribution and systematic phylogenesis of the Mabuya skink genus in Colombia . During the same period he completed his postdoc phase at the Zoological Institute of the Technical University of Braunschweig on the basis of a Humboldt Research Fellowship , where he often did research on the skink fauna of Madagascar in collaboration with Miguel Vences . In 2011 he worked as part of the SYNTHESYS program for one month each at the Natural History Museum in London and at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris. From 2012 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2018 he had research stays at the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). Since 2019 he has had an eleven-month guest research stay at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .

Miralles' research interests deal with the methodological and epistemological aspects of taxonomic practice, as well as with studies of adaptation to a burrowing way of life, a phenomenon that is repeatedly observed in scaled reptiles (for example, through the regression of limbs).

Miralles went on excursions to California , Mexico , the Leeward Islands (Antilles) , the Leeward Islands (Antilles) , Colombia , Venezuela , French Guiana , Uruguay , Argentina , Morocco , the Cape Verde Islands and Madagascar . He also photographed amphibians and reptiles in France , Spain , Germany and Portugal .

First descriptions by Aurélien Miralles

Miralles has been involved in the following initial descriptions as an author or co-author since 2005 :

  • Maracaiba meridensis (Miralles, Rivas & Schargel, 2005)
  • Varzea altamazonica (Miralles, Barrio-Amoros, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza, 2006)
  • Marisora ​​berengerae (Miralles, 2006)
  • Fimbrios smithi Ziegler, David, Miralles, Doan Van Kien & Nguyen Quang Truong, 2008
  • Maracaiba zuliae (Miralles, Rivas Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, Garcia-Pérez & Barrio-Amoros, 2009)
  • Orosaura nebulosylvestris (Miralles, Rivas Fuenmayor, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, Garcia-Pérez & Barrio-Amoros, 2009)
  • Chioninia vaillantii xanthotis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris, Carranza, 2011
  • Chioninia spinalis santiagoensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris, Carranza, 2011
  • Chioninia spinalis boavistensis Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris, Carranza, 2011
  • Paracontias vermisaurus Miralles, Koehler, Vieites, Glaw, Vences, 2011
  • Paracontias ampijoroensis Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, Koehler, Glaw, Vences
  • Paracontias mahamavo Miralles, Jono, Mori, Gandola, Erens, Koehler, Glaw, Vences
  • Madascincus arenicola Miralles, Koehler, Glaw & Vences, 2011
  • Madascincus miafina Miralles, Koehler, Glaw & Vences, 2016
  • Madascincus pyrurus Miralles, Koehler, Glaw & Vences, 2016
  • Amphiglossus meva Miralles, Raselimanana, Rakotomalala, Vences & Vieites, 2011
  • Brookesia brunoi Crottini, Miralles, Glaw, Harris, Lima, & Vences, 2012
  • Voeltzkowia mobydick (Miralles, Anjeriniana, Hipsley, Mueller, Glaw & Vences, 2012)
  • Paragehyra austini Crottini, Harris, Miralles, Glaw, Jenkins, Randrianantoandro, Bauer & Vences, 2014
  • Paragehyra felicitae Crottini, Harris, Miralles, Glaw, Jenkins, Randrianantoandro, Bauer & Vences, 2014
  • Uroplatus fiera Ratsoavina, Ranjanaharisoa, Glaw, Raselimanana, Miralles & Vences, 2015
  • Chalarodon steinkampi Miralles, Glaw, Ratsoavina & Vences, 2015
  • Brachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences, 2017
  • Flexiseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences, 2017
  • Amblyrhynchus cristatus godzilla Miralles, Macleod, Rodriguez, Ibanez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017
  • Amblyrhynchus cristatus jeffreysi Miralles, Macleod, Rodriguez, Ibanez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017
  • Amblyrhynchus cristatus hayampi Miralles, Macleod, Rodriguez, Ibanez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017
  • Amblyrhynchus cristatus trillmichi Miralles, Macleod, Rodriguez, Ibanez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017
  • Amblyrhynchus cristatus wikelskii Miralles, Macleod, Rodriguez, Ibanez, Jiménez-Uzcategui, Quezada, Vences & Steinfartz, 2017

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Miralles, Rivas & Schargel, 2005: A new species of Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from the Venezuelan Andes . Zootaxa , No. 895, pp. 1-11
  2. ↑ Miralles, Barrio-Amoros, Rivas & Chaparro-Auza, 2006: Speciation in the "Varzea" flooded forest: a new Mabuya (Squamata, Scincidae) from Western Amazonia . Zootaxa, No. 1188, pp. 1-22
  3. ↑ Miralles, 2006: A new species of Mabuya (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae) from the Caribbean Island of San Andrés, with a new interpretation of nuchal scales: a character of taxonomic importance . Herpetological Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 1-7
  4. ^ Ziegler, David, Miralles, van Kien & Truong, 2008: A new species of the snake genus Fimbrios from Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Truong Son, central Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa, No. 1729, pp. 37-48
  5. ↑ a b Miralles, Rivas, Bonillo, Schargel, Barros, García-Perez & Barrio-Amorós, 2009: Molecular systematics of Caribbean skinks of the genus Mabuya (Reptilia, Scincidae), with descriptions of two new species from Venezuela . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 156, No. 3, pp. 598-616.
  6. ↑ a b c Miralles, Vasconcelos, Perera, Harris & Carranza, 2010: An integrative taxonomic revision of the Cape Verdean skinks (Squamata, Scincidae) . Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 16-44
  7. ↑ Miralles, Köhler, Vieites, Glaw & Vences, 2011: Hypotheses on rostral shield evolution in fossorial lizards derived from the phylogenetic position of a new species of Paracontias (Squamata, Scincidae) . Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Vol. 11, pp. 135-150
  8. ^ A b Aurélien Miralles, Teppei Jono, Akira Mori, Robert Gandola, Jesse Erens, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences: A new perspective on the reduction of cephalic scales in fossorial legless skinks (Squamata, Scincidae) . In: Zoologica Scripta . 45, No. 4, January 1, 2016, pp. 380–393. ISSN 1463-6409. doi : 10.1111 / zsc.12164 .
  9. ↑ Miralles, Köhler, Glaw & Vences, 2011: A molecular phylogeny of the "Madascincus polleni species complex", with a description of a new species of scincid lizard from the coastal dune area of ​​northern Madagascar. Zootaxa, No. 2876, pp. 1-16
  10. ↑ a b Aurélien Miralles, Jörn Köhler, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences: Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata, Scincidae) . In: Zoosystematics and Evolution . 92, No. 2, June 12, 2016, pp. 257–275. ISSN 1860-0743. doi : 10.3897 / zse.92.9945 .
  11. ↑ Miralles, Raselimanana, Rakotomalala, Vences & Vieites, 2011: A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study . Zootaxa, No. 2918, pp. 47-67
  12. ↑ Crottini, Miralles, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2012: Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar. Zootaxa, No. 3490, pp. 63-74
  13. ↑ Miralles, Anjeriniaina, Hipsley, Müller, Glaw & Vences, 2012: Variations on a construction plan: description of a new Malagasy “mermaid skink” with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae, Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida, 2003) (PDF). Zoosystema, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 701-719
  14. ↑ a b Crottini, Harris, Miralles, Glaw, Jenkins, Randrianantoandro, Bauer & Vences, 2014: Morphology and Molecules reveal Two New Species of the poorly studied Gecko Genus Paragehyra (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar . Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Vol. 15, pp. 175-198.
  15. ↑ Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina, Andrianja Ranjanaharisoa, Frank Glaw, Achille P. Raselimanana, Aurélien Miralles, Miguel Vences: A new leaf-tailed gecko of the Uroplatus Ebenaui group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar's central eastern rainforests . In: Zootaxa . 4006, No. 1, August 21, 2015, pp. 143-160. ISSN 1175-5326. doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.4006.1.7 .
  16. ↑ Aurelien Miralles, Frank Glaw, Fanomezana Mihaja Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences: 'A likely microendemic new species of terrestrial iguana, genus Chalarodon, from Madagascar . In: Zootaxa . 3946, No. 2, April 9, 2015, pp. 201–220. ISSN 1175-5326. doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3946.2.3 .
  17. ↑ a b Jesse Erens, Aurélien Miralles, Frank Glaw, Lars Chatrou, Miguel Vences: Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards . In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 107, No. 4, February 1, 2017, pp. 466–472. ISSN 1463-6409. doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2016.12.008 .
  18. ↑ a b c d e Aurélien Miralles, Amy Macleod, Ariel Rodriguez, Alejandro Ibáñez, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcategui, Galo Quezada, Miguel Vences, Sebastian Steinfartz: Shedding light on the Imps of Darkness: an integrative taxonomic revision of the Galápagos marine iguanas ( genus Amblyrhynchus) . In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 181, No. 3, November 2017, pp. 678–710. doi : 10.1093 / zoolinnean / zlx007 .
personal data
SURNAME Miralles, Aurélien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French herpetologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1978