13/07/2025
https://youtu.be/vjBM9Y2RQLY
Frank Tillack is a leading herpetologist in Germany with a pivotal role in managing, researching, and curating one of the world’s premier reptile and amphibian collections at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. His scholarly output in taxonomy, nomenclature, and systematics—especially for Asian and African herpetofauna—has made significant contributions to the field.Authored or co-authored over 50 publications on reptile and amphibian systematics, nomenclature, taxonomy, and natural history .
Notable scholarly works include systematic revisions such as:
The genus Oligodon in Sumatra
Descriptions of new Boiga species in India
Studies on Platyceps (racer snakes) from the Arabian region
Cataloguing of Hyperoliidae (reed frogs) housed in Berlin
He has authored or co-authored at least six new taxa, recognized in Wikispecies