Alan Channing

North-West University — South Africa

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

24h-index5.5kcitations139works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Amphibian and Reptile Biology(100), Species Distribution and Climate Change(63), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy(32), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies(20), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(18)

Publications139 total

The status of Tomopterna pulchra Boulenger, 1896 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Taxonomic status of the cryptic sand frog, Tomopterna cryptotis (Anura, Pyxicephalidae)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, Pyxicephalus Tschudi, 1838)
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Digging out another cryptic species: A new sand frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Mozambique
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
The Highest Elevation River Frogs in Africa are on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Journal of East African Natural History·2025
Digging out another cryptic species: A new sand frog (Anura: Pyxicephalidae: Tomopterna) from Mozambique
Zootaxa·2025Open Access
Unique breeding biology of the recently described Beytell's bullfrog <i>Pyxicephalus beytelli</i>
African Journal of Ecology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses
Scientific Data·2024· 15 citedOpen Access
A new bullfrog from southern Africa (Pyxicephalidae, <i>Pyxicephalus</i> Tschudi, 1838)
African Journal of Herpetology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
bi4africa dataset - open source
Figshare·2024Open Access
bii4africa dataset
Figshare·2024Open Access
The status of Tomopterna pulchra Boulenger, 1896 (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
Zootaxa·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Advertisement call description of the exceedingly rare <i>Phrynomantis affinis</i> (Anura: Microhylidae), with comparisons to <i>P. bifasciatus</i> and range extensions for both species
African Journal of Herpetology·2023
Chromosomes in the African frog genus <i>Tomopterna</i> (Pyxicephalidae) and probing the origin of tetraploid <i>Tomopterna tandyi</i>
Genome·2022· 3 cited
The taxonomic status of Hyperolius nimbae Laurent, 1958 (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae)
Zootaxa·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Colour patterns to sequences: a perspective on the systematics of the Hyperolius viridiflavus group (Anura: Hyperoliidae) using mitochondrial DNA
Zootaxa·2022· 7 cited
Phylogeny and taxonomy of the African frog genus Strongylopus (Anura: Pyxicephalidae)
Revue suisse de zoologie·2022· 3 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
Colour patterns to sequences: a perspective on the systematics of the Hyperolius viridiflavus group (Anura: Hyperoliidae) using mitochondrial DNA
Global Biodiversity Information Facility·2022Open Access
The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society·2021· 348 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert C. Drewes(7), Mark‐Oliver Rödel(7), Stefan Lötters(7), Václav Gvoždík(7), Jos Kielgast(6), Eli Greenbaum(5), Marius Burger(5), J. Maximilian Dehling(5), Simon P. Loader(5), Michele Menegon(5), Julián Faivovich(4), John D. Lynch(4), Rayna C. Bell(4), Abeda Dawood(4), Darrel R. Frost(3), Taran Grant(3), Raoul H. Bain(3), Alexander Haas(3), Stephen C. Donnellan(3), Christopher J. Raxworthy(3)