Sylvia Hofmann

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research — Germany

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(36), Species Distribution and Climate Change(20), Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research(15), Genetic diversity and population structure(10), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(9)

Publications89 total

Diversification and historical biogeography of the Himalayan toad (Duttaphrynus himalayanus)
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology·2025
Slippery slopes: Montane isolation and elevational shifts shape the evolution and diversity of Iberolacerta lizards
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2025Open Access
Resolving taxonomic ambiguities in extant Himalayan lazy toads: A new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from eastern Nepal
European Journal of Taxonomy·2025Open Access
X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease in a 14-Year-Old Boy Presenting with Transient Neurological Symptoms and Leukoencephalopathy (P7-6.013)
Neurology·2025
Speciation and historical invasions of the Asian black-spined toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Nature Communications·2025· 7 citedOpen Access
Diversification and historical biogeography of the Himalayan toad (Duttaphrynus himalayanus)
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Morphological and molecular data warrant the description of a new species of the genus Scutiger (Anura, Megophryidae) from the Central Himalaya
ZooKeys·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
The last of their kind: Is the genus Scutiger (Anura: Megophryidae) a relict element of the paleo-Transhimalaya biota?
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2024· 4 cited
Exploring Paleogene Tibet's warm temperate environments through target enrichment and phylogenetic niche modelling of Himalayan spiny frogs (Paini, Dicroglossidae)
Molecular Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
First Comprehensive Tadpole Description of the Relict and Endemic Mountain Frog Chrysopaa sternosignata (Murray 1885) from Afghanistan
Herpetologica·2023· 1 cited
Explosive radiation versus old relicts: The complex history of Ethiopian Trechina, with description of a new genus and a new subgenus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini)
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Molecular phylogeny of mega-diverse Carabus attests late Miocene evolution of alpine environments in the Himalayan–Tibetan Orogen
Scientific Reports·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Endemic lineages of spiny frogs demonstrate the biogeographic importance and conservational needs of the Hindu Kush–Himalaya region
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
The Silk roads: phylogeography of Central Asian dice snakes (Serpentes: Natricidae) shaped by rivers in deserts and mountain valleys
Current Zoology·2023· 13 citedOpen Access
Endemic lineages of spiny frogs demonstrate the biogeographic importance and conservational needs of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2023Open Access
Molecular phylogeny of mega-diverse Carabus attests late Miocene evolution of alpine environments in the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen
Research Square (Research Square)·2022· 2 citedOpen Access
On the edge of the Shivaliks: An insight into the origin and taxonomic position of Pakistani toads from the Duttaphrynus melanostictus complex (Amphibia, Bufonidae)
Zoosystematics and Evolution·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
New and highest record of the rare Szechwan ratsnake, Euprepiophis perlaceus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Muge Co, Kangding, Garzê, China
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Rewinding the molecular clock in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in light of fossil evidence and the Gondwana split: A reanalysis
PLoS ONE·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
De novo Assembly, Annotation, and Analysis of Transcriptome Data of the Ladakh Ground Skink Provide Genetic Information on High-Altitude Adaptation
Genes·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Joachim Müller‐Quernheim(15), Annegret Fischer(13), Stefan Schreiber(12), Michael Nothnagel(10), André Franke(9), Philip Rosenstiel(8), Daniel Jablonski(8), Rafaqat Masroor(8), Almut Nebel(7), Manfred Schürmann(7), Joachim Schmidt(7), Karoline I. Gaede(6), Gernot Zissel(6), Gunnar Jacobs(5), Georg Miehe(5), Michael Krawczak(4), Tsering Dorge(4), Martin Schürmann(4), Spartak N. Litvinchuk(4), Martin Petřek(3)