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, organization = , known_for = , notable_works = , style = , height = , television = , title = Annemarie Ohler is an Austrian

herpetologist Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...

and professor who concentrates on the

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amphibians Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...

. She has 3,602 citations and an

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of 36.

Life and work

After graduating from the federal higher boarding school in Traunsee Castle,

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, Ohler studied zoology, botany and biochemistry at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

, where she wrote a dissertation in 1987 on the larval development of the pond frog (''

Pelophylax kl. esculentus The edible frog (''Pelophylax'' kl. ''esculentus'') is a hybrid species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species ''Rana clamitans''). It ...

''), a hybridogenetic hybrid from the complex of forms of water frogs (''

Pelophylax ''Pelophylax'' is a genus of true frogs widespread in Eurasia, with a few species ranging into northern Africa. This genus was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 to accommodate the green frogs of the Old World, which he considered distinct fro ...

'') and received her Ph.D. During her studies she had a one-year research stay at the

Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University ( , UPMC), also known as Paris VI, was a public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, ...

in Paris, where she studied experimental embryology. In 1988 she obtained the

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(DEA) from the

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. Since 2008 she has been a professor at the Laboratory of Reptiles and Amphibians at the

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. Ohler is a specialist in the families of the Asian toad frog (

Megophryidae Megophryidae, commonly known as goose frogs, is a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalayan foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to t ...

) and the true frog ( Ranidae), especially for species from tropical Asia and Africa. She works internationally with scientists from Southeast Asia and works with international organizations to protect amphibian species. Ohler has published more than a hundred specialist articles. In 2015 she published the children's book ''La vie des grenouilles (The life of frogs)'' together with Alain Dubois and in 2017, also with Dubois, the work ''Évolution, extinction: le message des grenouilles (Evolution, extinction: the message from the frogs).''

Selected taxa described by Ohler

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Allopaa ''Allopaa'' is a small genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. Their distribution is restricted to Kashmir region of India and Pakistan. The phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life usin ...

'' *''

Aubria masako ''Aubria masako'' is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is found in southeastern Cameroon, eastern Gabon, southwestern Central African Republic, northern Republic of the Congo, and eastward to the central Democratic Republic of the ...

'' *''

Chrysopaa ''Chrysopaa'' is a genus of frogs in the family Dicroglossidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, ''Chrysopaa sternosignata''. It is found in Balochistan, Pakistan, Kashmir (Pakistan and India) and in Afghanistan. Its com ...

'' *'' Cyrtodactylus buchardi'' *''

Fejervarya iskandari ''Fejervarya iskandari'' is a species of frog that is endemic to Java, Indonesia. It is named in honor of Djoko Iskandar, an Indonesian herpetologist. It has been recorded in Bandung and Sukabumi, West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Pr ...

'' *''

Fejervarya sahyadris ''Minervarya sahyadris'', also known as the small cricket frog, is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to central Western Ghats of kerala& Karnataka in India. Distribution ''Minervarya sahyadris'' is endemic to cent ...

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Gracixalus ''Gracixalus'' is a genus of shrub frogs (family Rhacophoridae) from south-eastern Asia. Phylogenetic evidence indicates that it is the sister genus to the genus '' Vampyrius'', which contains the vampire tree frog A vampire is a mythic ...

'' *'' Hylarana faber'' *''

Lankanectes ''Lankanectes'' is a genus of frogs in the family Nyctibatrachidae that is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is the only member of the Nyctibatrachidae to be found outside India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asi ...

'' *'' Leptobrachium buchardi'' *'' Leptodactylodon blanci'' *'' Leptolalax pluvialis'' * Micrixalidae *''

Nanorana rarica ''Nanorana rarica'' (common names: Rara paa frog, Rara Lake frog) is a frog species in the family Dicroglossidae. It is endemic to western Nepal. Its Type locality (biology), type locality is the eponymous Rara Lake located in the Rara National P ...

'' *'' Ophryophryne gerti'' *''

Ophryophryne hansi ''Ophryophryne'' is a genus of amphibian in the family Megophryidae from Southeast Asia. They are sometimes known as mountain toads. Species The genus contains the following six species: * ''Ophrophryne elfina'' * ''Ophryophryne gerti'' Ohler, ...

'' *'' Philautus cardamonus'' *'' Ptychadena pujoli'' *''

Rhacophorus duboisi ''Zhangixalus duboisi'' is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae found in China and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded ...

'' *''

Rhacophorus kio ''Rhacophorus kio'' is a species of flying frog in the family Rhacophoridae and is found in the rainforests of southeast Asia, in countries such as China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its ability to glide and its adhesive toe pads make it well ad ...

'' *'' Rhacophorus laoshan'' *'' Rhacophorus suffry'' *'' Xenophrys auralensis''

References

External links

* Interview: ''Annemarie Ohler'' In: pp. 203–207. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohler, Annemarie Austrian herpetologists Living people National Museum of Natural History (France) people 1960 births Women herpetologists Austrian women biologists 21st-century Austrian women scientists