Simon P. Loader

Natural History Museum — United Kingdom

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(106), Species Distribution and Climate Change(62), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(39), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(26), Genetic diversity and population structure(23)

Publications140 total

Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
Vertebrate Zoology·2025Open Access
An update on the amphibian assemblage of the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania, with the description of a new giant <i>Arthroleptis</i> species (Amphibia: Anura)
Systematics and Biodiversity·2025· 1 cited
Different Strokes for Different Croaks: Using an African Reed Frog Species Complex as a Model to Understand Idiosyncratic Population Requirements for Conservation Management
Evolutionary Applications·2025Open Access
A phylogenomic perspective reveals mitochondrial-nuclear discordance and previously undescribed species nested within a widespread East African Reed frog species (Hyperolius substriatus Ahl, 1931)
PLoS ONE·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Kimboza, a Small Lowland Forest With an Outstanding Herpetofauna Diversity in East Africa
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
A new genus and species of toad from Mount Kenya illuminates East African montane biogeography
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status
BMC Ecology and Evolution·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Unlocking avian museum collections to enable and advance environmental change research
Ibis·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Decadienal afforestation and risks to montane grassland amphibians in the Udzungwa Plateau, Tanzania
Biotropica·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Microchromosome fusions underpin convergent evolution of chameleon karyotypes
Evolution·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Diversification of spiny-throated reed frogs (Anura: Hyperoliidae) with the description of a new, range-restricted species from the Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania
PLoS ONE·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Additional file 3 of Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status
Figshare·2023Open Access
Additional file 2 of Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status
Figshare·2023Open Access
Additional file 1 of Phylogenetic analysis of museum specimens of houting Coregonus oxyrinchus shows the need for a revision of its extinct status
Figshare·2023Open Access
Cryptic diversity in pygmy chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Rhampholeon) of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, with description of six new species
Acta Herpetologica·2022· 7 citedOpen Access
Thirty years of amphibian surveys in the Ukagurus Mountains of Tanzania reveal new species, yet others are in decline
African Journal of Herpetology·2022· 6 cited
Parallel diversification of the African tree toad genus Nectophryne (Bufonidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution·2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Species-specific or assemblage-wide decline? The case of <i>Arthroleptides dutoiti</i> Loveridge, 1935 and the amphibian assemblage of Mount Elgon, Kenya
African Journal of Herpetology·2021· 4 cited
A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands
Polar Biology·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolution of the African slippery frogs (Anura: <i>Conraua</i>), including the world’s largest living frog
Zoologica Scripta·2020· 9 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Michele Menegon(22), David J. Gower(19), Mark Wilkinson(11), Hendrik Müller(11), Peter Nagel(6), Mark‐Oliver Rödel(5), H. Christoph Liedtke(5), Franky Bossuyt(4), Kim M. Howell(4), Rafael O. de Sá(4), Jeffrey W. Streicher(4), Christopher D. Barratt(4), Alan Channing(4), Lucinda P. Lawson(4), Andreas Schmitz(4), Ines Van Bocxlaer(3), Werner Conradie(3), Václav Gvoždík(3), Michael F. Barej(3), Abebe Ameha Mengistu(3)