Achille Philippe Raselimanana | |
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Nationality | Malagasy |
Alma mater | University of Antananarivo |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Herpetology |
Achille Philippe Raselimanana is a Malagasy herpetologist.
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]
In 2017, the frog species Stumpffia achillei was named in honour of Raselimanana. [15]