Peer-reviewed Publications

Research Articles

Webster, KC, Maran, J, Probst, JM, Bober, J, Deso, G, Roesch, MA, Miralles, A, & Hawlitschek, O. (Accepted) DNA barcoding confirms the introduction of Calotes vultuosus (Harlan, 1825) (Squamata, Agamidae) to the Mascarene Archipelago. BioInvasions Records. 

Dubos, N, Calesse, S, Webster, KC, Bernet, C, Deso, G, Fieldsend, TW, Maoulida, S, Soulé, M, Porcel, X, Probst, JM, & Saidou, H, Souchet, J, Ibouroi, MT, & Roesch, MA. (2025) Diverging effects of global change on future invasion risks of Agama picticauda between invaded regions: same problem, different solutions. Science of the Total Environment. 1008: 180957. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180957) 

Roesch, MA, Webster, KC, Huet, N, Hawlitschek, O, Mohamed, Y, Sauroy-Toucouère, S, Wagner, P, & Schmitz, A. (2025) Molecular analysis confirms Agama picticauda invasion on Western Indian Ocean islands. Biological Invasions. 27: 86. (doi: 10.1007/s10530-025-03552-1)

Webster, KC, Rohr, V, Argudo Peña, C, Querejeta, M, Rödl, T, Glaw, F, & Hawlitschek, O. (2023) Extinct or just overlooked – does the Northern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus roumanicus occur in Germany? (Mammalia, Erinaceidae). Spixiana. 45: 279–287. (PDF) 

Hawlitschek, O, Ortiz EM, Noori, S, Webster, KC, Husemann, M, & Pereira, RJ. (2022) Transcriptomic data reveals nuclear-mitochondrial discordance in Gomphocerinae grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 170: 107439. (doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107439) 

Hawlitschek, O, Scherz, MD, Webster, KC, Ineich, I, & Glaw, F. (2021) Morphological, osteological, and genetic data support a new species of Madatyphlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Mayotte Island, Comoros Archipelago. Anatomical Record. 304: 2249–2263. (doi: 10.1002/ar.24589)

Natural History Notes

Webster, KC, Sauroy-Toucouère, S, Mohamed, Y, Ibrahim, Y, & Hawlitschek, O. (Accepted) Predation on a non-native Hemidactylus Gray, 1842 gecko, by the endemic Comoros Iguana, Oplurus cuvieri comorensis (Angel 1942), on Grande Comore, Comoros. Herpetology Notes. 

Heller, T, Sauroy-Toucouère, S, Webster, KC, Mroudjaé, NA, Saidou, H, & Hawlitschek, O. (2025) First photographic evidence of oceanic swimming behaviour in littoral Snake-eyed Skinks, genus Cryptoblepharus, in the Western Indian Ocean. Herpetology Notes. 18: 659–661. (PDF)

Baxter-Gilbert, J, Baider, C, Florens, VFB, Hawlitschek, O, Mohan, AV, Mohanty, NP, Wagener, C, Webster, KC, & Riley, JL. (2021) Nocturnal Foraging and Activity by Diurnal Lizards: Six Species of Day Geckos (Phelsuma spp.) using the Night-Light Niche. Austral Ecology. 46: 501–506. (doi: 10.1111/aec.13012)