Andreas Schmitz
Andreas Robert Wilfried Schmitz is a German herpetologist.
Career
In 1995, Schmitz became a staff member at the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, Germany. In 1998, he completed his diploma thesis on the systematics and zoogeography of the herpetofauna of a montane rainforest region in Cameroon under the supervision of Wolfgang Böhme at the University of Bonn. From 1998 to 1999, he worked as a research assistant on a paleontological project at the university's Institute of Paleontology. In 2003, Schmitz earned his doctorate with the dissertation titled Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies on scincid lizards , also under Böhme’s supervision. His research involved several field expeditions to tropical Africa and Indonesia. Since 2003, he has been head of research in the herpetology department at the Natural History Museum of Geneva, Switzerland. Schmitz's research focuses on the systematics, taxonomy, phylogenetics, and conservation of a wide range of amphibian and reptile groups, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia. One of his main areas of interest is the Cameroon line, a volcanic mountain chain in western Cameroon with high levels of endemism, where species have been isolated on individual peaks over millions of years. Another key focus of his work is West Africa.Eponyms
The species Acontias schmitzi and Trapelus schmitzi are named in his honor.Taxa described by Schmitz
Afroedura gorongosaAgama lebretoniAmeerega boehmeiAmeerega yungicolaBoaedon bocageiBoaedon branchiBoaedon fradeiCacosternum aggestum Cacosternum australisCacosternum kinangopensisCacosternum nanogularumCacosternum rhythmum Cardioglossa alscoCardioglossa occidentalisCophoscincopus greeri Cyrtodactylus pageliCyrtodactylus roesleri Echinosaura brachycephala Gehyra georgpotthasti Goniurosaurus catbaensis Hyperolius dintelmanniLacertaspis chriswildi Leptosiaphos koutoui Lygosoma boehmei Mesalina saudiarabica Mochlus hinkeli Naja peroescobari Odontobatrachus arndtiOdontobatrachus foutaOdontobatrachus smithi Odontobatrachus ziamaPetropedetes euskircheni Petropedetes juliawurstneraePetropedetes vulpiaePhrynobatrachus arcanusPhrynobatrachus mbaboPristimantis lucidosignatusPristimantis onoreiSclerophrys channingiSphenomorphus tonkinensis Trachylepis makolowodei Trapelus boehmeiTropidophorus boehmei Uromastyx shobraki Uromastyx yemenensis Varanus bennetti Varanus colei Varanus lirungensis Varanus rainerguentheriWerneria iboundji Werneria submontana