Philipp Wagner (biologist)

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Philipp Wagner (* 1973 in Hilden ) is a German biologist and herpetologist . He was trained at the Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum in Bonn and also received his doctorate there, or at the University of Bonn. After a postdoc at Villanova University, PA, USA, he returned to Museum Koenig for another postdoc . He then took over the management of the Upper Franconian regional office and the UIZ Lindenhof nature museum of the LBV near Bayreuth until mid-2017 . Since July 2017 he has been curator for research and species protection at the Allwetterzoo Münster .

Life

Philipp Wagner completed his Abitur at the mathematical and scientific Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Monheim and then did alternative service at the Urdenbacher Kämpe Biological Station in Monheim. From 1995 to 2004 he studied biology at the University of Bonn and graduated with a diploma. He wrote his diploma thesis on the systematics and zoogeography of the reptile fauna of the Kakamega Forest National Reserve in Kenya and then began his dissertation under Wolfgang Böhme at the Museum Alexander Koenig . In 2003 he was involved in the conception and construction of the ornithological display collection within the permanent exhibition Our Blue Planet .

Since 2011 he has also been a 'Research Associate' at Villanova University, PA, USA and at the end of 2011 was visiting professor of zoology at the University of Herat, Afghanistan.

Wagner is u. a. Editor of the journals Salamandra , Herpetology Notes , Tropical Zoology , Herpetozoa and Mertensiella.

research

Wagner carried out research mainly in northwest Zambia . He documented the composition of the amphibian and reptile species in this region.

Wagner works on the project ZamBio - The Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Luangwa Valley . Cooperation partners are the Zambian Wildlife Authority and the University of Zambia as well as the Livingstone Museum . In addition, Wagner deals with the taxonomy of agamas and the herpetogeography of African forests. Among other things, Wagner is co-author of the first descriptions of Cerastes boehmei , a Tunisian viper species, Gloydius rickmersi a viper species from the Alai, Cardioglossa occidentalis , a Guinean frog, and numerous agamen species. Another branch of research are fossil lizards enclosed in amber.

He is an internationally recognized expert on the agamas of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Central Asia.

Described taxa

Dedication name

Publications (selection)

  • Philipp Wagner, Donald G. Broadley, and Aaron M. Bauer (2012): A New Acontine Skink from Zambia (Scincidae: Acontias Cuvier, 1817). - Journal of Herpetology 46: 494-502
  • DC Blackburn, J. Kosuch, A. Schmitz, M. Burger, P. Wagner, NL Gonwouo, A. Hillers., M.-O. Roedel (2008): A New Species of Cardioglossa (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Upper Guinean Forests of West Africa. In: Copeia 3, 2008. pp. 603-612.
  • P. Wagner, J. Köhler, A. Schmitz, W. Böhme: The Biogeographical Assignment of a West Kenyan Rain Forest Remnant: Further Evidence From Analysis of Its Reptile Fauna. In: Journal of Biogeography 35, 2008. pp. 1349-1361.
  • P. Wagner, TM Wilms & A. Schmitz: A Second Specimen of Trapelus schmitzi Wagner & Böhme 2007 (Sauria: Agamidae) and the First Record From Algeria. In: Revue suisse de Zoologie 115 (3), 2008. pp. 491–495.
  • T. Duysebayeva, N. Ananyeva, W. Böhme. & P. Wagner: Studies on Specialized Epidermal Derivatives in Iguanian Lizards: II. New Date on the Scalation of the Malagasy Iguanas of the Genus Oplurus (Sauria: Iguanidae). In: Amphibia-Reptilia 30 (1), 2009. pp. 89-97.
  • P. Wagner, W. Böhme, OSG Pauwels & A. Schmitz: A Review of the African Red-flanked Skinks of the Lygosoma fernandi (BURTON, 1836) species group (Squamata: Scincidae) and the role of climate change in their speciation. In: Zootaxa 2050, 2009. pp. 1-30.
  • P. Wagner, J. Melville, TM Wilms, & A. Schmitz: Opening a box of cryptic taxa? A review of the morphology and current taxonomy of the lizard genus Trapelus (Squamata: Agamidae) in northern Africa and description of a new species. In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, 2011. pp. 884-912.
  • P. Wagner & AM Bauer: A new dwarf Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) from Ethiopia. In: Breviora 527, 2011. pp. 1-19.
  • P. Wagner, AD Leaché & MK Fujita: Description of four new West African forest geckos of the Hemidactylus fasciatus Gray, 1842 complex, revealed by coalescent species delimitation. In: Bonn zoological Bulletin 63, 2014. pp. 1–14.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Farewell Lindenhof: Philipp Wagner goes | North Bavarian courier. Retrieved July 6, 2017 .
  3. ^ Museum König ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zfmk.de

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personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist and herpetologist at the UIZ Lindenhof Nature Museum
DATE OF BIRTH 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Hilden