Achille Philippe Raselimanana is a Malagasy

herpetologist Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians ( gymnophiona)) and rep ...

Life and research

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

Gerrhosauridae The Gerrhosauridae are a family of lizards native to Africa and Madagascar. Habitat Also known as plated lizards, species in the family Gerrhosauridae live in a range of habitats, from rocky crevices to sand dunes. Description Their form is va ...

among other reptiles and amphibians, and has served as herpetologist on various faunistic surveys across Madagascar. In addition to the primary literature on Malagasy herpetofauna, Raselimanana has coauthored two French-language field guides to the amphibians of Madagascar. Raselimanana is a Professor in the Department of Animal Biology at the

University of Antananarivo University of Antananarivo (french: Université d'Antananarivo) is the primary public university of Madagascar, located in the capital Antananarivo. History The university traces its founding to 16 December 1955 and the formation of the Instit ...

, Madagascar. He serves as associate editor of Vahatra's scientific journal, Malagasy Nature.

Patronyms

In 2017, the frog species '' Stumpffia achillei'' was named in honour of Raselimanana.

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