Achille Philippe Raselimanana
21st century herpetologist from Malagasy
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Achille Philippe Raselimanana is a Malagasy herpetologist.
Achille Philippe Raselimanana | |
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| Education | University of Antananarivo |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Herpetology |
Life and research
Raselimanana conducted his PhD research at the Université d'Antananarivo on the subject of the systematics and biogeography of Malagasy gerrhosaurs.[1] Before his PhD research began, he was a student of the Ecological Training Program (ETP),[2] founded by Steven M. Goodman in 1993. The ETP would later become the association Vahatra,[3][4] and Raselimanana its president.[5] As of 2003, he was also the chief biodiversity scientist for WWF Madagascar.[2]
Raselimanana has contributed to research on Malagasy Gerrhosauridae[6][7] among other reptiles and amphibians,[8][9][10] and has served as herpetologist on various faunistic surveys across Madagascar.[11][12] In addition to the primary literature on Malagasy herpetofauna, Raselimanana has coauthored two French-language field guides to the amphibians of Madagascar.[13]
Raselimanana is a Professor in the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.[5] He serves as associate editor of Vahatra's scientific journal, Malagasy Nature.[14]
Patronyms
In 2017, the frog species Stumpffia achillei was named in honour of Raselimanana.[15]