Amadeus Plewnia

Preprints & in press

2026

2025

2024

2023

  1. Plewnia, A., F. Pasmans, T. Hildwein, K. P. Mulder, J. Henn, A. J. Crawford, L. A. Rueda Solano, N. Fuhrmann, A. Lühmann, J. Erens, S. V. Flechas, A. Catenazzi, L. V. Rivera Jaimes, V. L. N. Araújo, C. Lansac, C. Heine, R. Salas, A. A. Barros-Granados, A. Barrios Yepes, L. V. Rengifo-Saavedra, A. E. Savage, V. Vásquez, J. Culebras, J. D. Barros Castañeda, J. L. Pérez-González, S. Rojas- Montaño, J. Villalba, J. M. Guayasamin, S. P. Galeano, B. C. Scheele, S. Clulow, A. Martel & S. Lötters (2026): Imminent invasion of the chytrid fungus threatens the las naïve amphibian biodiversity hotspots. – BioRxiv. Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.02.703360 (under review in Current Biology)

  1. Plewnia, A., M. A. Vega-Yánez, T. Linderoth, A. Fouquet, K. P. Mulder, C. Lansac, V. Araújo, J. Henn, D. A. Velásquez-Trujillo, A. Tovar-Ortiz, A. J. Crawford, J. C. Chaparro, L. A. Coloma, J. Erens, T. Hildwein, P. J. Venegas, G. Chávez, F. Pasmans, A. Martel, A. Terán-Valdez, T. Grant, S. Fitzpatrick, A. Petzold & S. Lötters (2026): The ancient radiation of harlequin toads (Bufonidae: Atelopus) sheds light on historic biogeography of northern South America. – Authorea. Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.22541/authorea.15003201/v1. (Under review in Ecography)

  1. Böning, P., S. Lötters, V. Baláž, W. Beukema, J. Bosch, S. Carranza, M. C. Fisher, T. W. J. Garner, M. J. Gilbert, F. Glaser, C. Gortazar, E. Grasselli, M. J. Gray, D. Fernández-Guiberteau, T. Kinet, R. Kostanjšek, D. Lastra González, A. Laudelout, A. Martel, A. Martínez-Silvestre, C. Miaud, M. Pabijan, A. Plewnia, D. Preininger, R. Rannap, S. Salvidio, M. Schweinsberg, A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs, R. Stassen, I. Strachinis, B. Thumsová, J. Virgo, J. Vojar, M. Veith & F. Pasmans (2026): Inconsistent strategies to mitigate the impact of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in Europe. – Emerging Infectious Diseases, accepted.

  1. Erens, J., C. Heine, S. Lötters, H. Krehenwinkel, A. J. Crawford, L. A. Rueda-Solano & A. Plewnia (2026): A field-deployable eDNA metabarcoding workflow including de novo reference assembly for characterizing understudied biodiversity hotspots. – Molecular Ecology Resources, 26: e70122. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70122

  1. Heine, C., J. Erens, L. Reese, H. Krehenwinkel, C. Lansac, S. Lötters & A. Plewnia (2026): Simplified, portable and cost-efficient airborne eDNA metabarcoding to expand tropical biodiversity assessments. – Environmental DNA, 8: e70289. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70289

  1. Plewnia, A., R. Boistel, C. Heine, T. Hildwein, A. B. Quezada-Riera, A. Terán-Valdez, J. P. Reyes-Puig & S. Lötters (2026): Metabarcoding and microtomography reveal new insights into the dietary niche of near-extinct amphibians. – Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 75: 25109. https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.25109

  1. Plewnia, A., T. Hildwein, A. B. Quezada Riera, A. Terán-Valdez, A. J. Crawford, C. Heine, D. Franco-Mena, D. Székely, D. Armijos-Ojeda, F. R. Siavichay, J. D. Arpi, J. Salazar, J. Erens, M. I. Páez-Vacas, P. Székely, P. Böning, R. Stassen, S. Carvajal-Endara, S. Lötters & J. M. Guayasamin (2026): Environmental DNA metabarcoding facilitates integrative conservation assessments and species rediscoveries in tropical biodiversity hotspots. – Scientific Reports, 16: 8150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41937-x

  1. Plewnia, A., B. D. Hoenig, S. Lötters, C. Heine, J. Erens, P. Böning, G. D. Bending, H. Krehenwinkel & M. A. Williams (2026): The emergence of a CRISPR-Cas revolution in ecology: Applications, challenges, and an ecologist’s overview of the toolbox. – Molecular Ecology Resources, 26: e70086. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70086

  1. Böning, P., T. Hildwein, V. Ferner, J. Henn, E. Kappe, J. Erens, B. Lamp, T. Eisenberg & A. Plewnia (2025): Assessing the spatiotemporal distribution of Bufonid herpesvirus 1 (BfHV1) in Europe. – Scientific Reports, 15: 20289. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06460-5

  1. Boistel, R., O. S. G. Pauwels & A. Plewnia (2025): Bioacoustics of the false toad Pseudobufo subasper Tschudi, 1838 from Southeast Asia. – Herpetology Notes, 18: 913–919. https://herpetologynotes.org/index.php/hn/article/view/55/83

  1. Boistel, R., T. Scotti, M. G. Bellalouna & A. Plewnia (2025): Vocalizations of mossy frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae: Theloderma). – Zootaxa, 5661(4): 593–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.4.10

  1. Lötters, S., P. Böning, S. Bailon, J. D. Barros Castañeda, R. Boistel, A. Catenazzi, J. C. Chaparro, G. Chávez, A. Chujutalli, L. Coen, L. A. Coloma, A. J. Crawford, J. Culebras, J. C. Cusi Martínez, J. M. Daza, I. De la Riva, D. J. Ellwein, R. Ernst, S. V. Flechas, A. Fouquet, J. M. Guayasamin, C. Heine, R. F. Jorge, A. Jung, K.-H. Jungfer, N. Kaffenberger, H. Krehenwinkel, E. La Marca, M. Lampo, G. F. Medina Rangel, L. Orsen, D. J. Paluh, J. L. Pérez Gonzalez, J. Perrin, A. B. Quezada Riera, J. P. Reyes-Puig, B. Roca-Rey Ross, D. C. Rößler, L. A. Rueda Solano, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, J. C. Señaris Vazquez, M. Sowinski, A. Terán-Valdez, A. Tovar-Ortiz, M. Veith, P. Venegas, R. von May, T. Weitkamp & A. Plewnia (2025): A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to Atelopus spumarius. – Zootaxa, 5571(1): 1–76. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5571.1.1

  1. Plewnia, A., P. H. dos Santos Dias, M. Anganoy-Criollo, K. Venegas-Valencia, K. Szepanski, C. Heine, P. Böning, J. P. Ramírez & S. Lötters (2025): A partial taxonomic revision of harlequin toads (Bufonidae: Atelopus) from the central and eastern Andes of Colombia. – Phyllomedusa, 24(2): 223–254. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v24i2p223-254

  1. Plewnia, A., H. Krehenwinkel & C. Heine (2025): An isothermal workflow for low-cost and PCR-free field-based community metabarcoding. – Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(7), 1413–1424. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70069

  1. Plewnia, A., K. Venegas-Valencia, K. Szepanski, C. Heine, P. Böning, J. P. Ramírez & S. Lötters (2025): A new harlequin toad from the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes (Bufonidae, Atelopus). – Salamandra, 61(3): 267–282.

  1. Böning, P., S. Lötters, B. Barzaghi, B. Bok, L. Bonato, G. F. Ficetola, F. Glaser, J. Griese, M. Grabher, G. Munimanda, R. Manenti, G. Ludwig, D. Preininger, M.-O. Rödel, S. Seibold, S. Smith, L. Tiemann, J. Thein, M. Veith & A. Plewnia (2024): Alpine salamanders at risk? The current status of an emerging infectious disease. – PLoS ONE, 19(5): e0298591. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298591

  1. Böning, P., A. Plewnia, J. Virgo, J. Adam, N. Banowski, S. Bleidißel, N. Dabbagh, L. Dalbeck, H. Düssel, S. Ellwart, L. Feiler, V. Ferner, M. Fischer, L. Gemeinhardt, M. Guschal, A. Geiger, G. Hansbauer, M. Hechinger, T. Hildwein, A. Hirz, M. Hoppe, L. Jung, M. Jurczyk, K. Kirst, A. Kupfer, D. Werner Melville, G. Odenwälder, D. Ohlhoff, M. Peters, K. Preissler, M. Prietzel, T. Reinhardt, M. Schlüpmann, M. Schneider, R. Schreiber, U. Schulte, V. Schulz, M. Schweinsberg, H. Schwemmer, S. Sommer, S. Steinfartz, J. Thein, S. Twietmeyer, M. Vences, F. Vogt-Pokrant, N. Wagner, J. Wegge, H.-P. Ziemek, M. Veith & S. Lötters (2024): Die Salamanderpest: Charakterisierung, aktuelle Situation in Deutschland, Handlungsempfehlungen. – Zeitschrift für Feldherpetologie, 31: 1–38.

  1. Hoenig, B. D., P. Böning, A. Plewnia & C. L. Richards-Zawacki (2024): A simplified, CRISPR-based method for the detection of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. – EcoHealth, 22: 161–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-024-01690-x

  1. Plewnia, A., S. Lötters, S. Gomides, M. de Agrò & D. C. Rößler (2024): Sex-specific ventral dichromatism and melanization in harlequin toads (Atelopus): a common but overlooked character of unknown function. – Evolutionary Ecology,38: 571–583. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10682-024-10288-2

  1. Plewnia, A., S. Lötters & S. E. Lobos-Parreño (2024): Description of the tadpole of Hyloxalus nexipus Frost, 1986 (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with comments on intraspecific variation. – Salamandra, 60(3): 195–200. https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2024-vol-60/2155-plewnia,-a-,-s-l%C3%B6tters-s-e-lobos/file

  1. Plewnia, A., A. Terán-Valdez, J. Culebras, R. Boistel, D. J. Paluh, A. B. Quezada Riera, C. H. Heine, J. P. Reyes-Puig, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, J. M. Guayasamin & S. Lötters (2024): A new species of harlequin toad (Bufonidae: Atelopus) from Amazonian Ecuador. – Salamandra, 60(4): 237–253. https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2024-vol-60/2159-plewnia,-a-,-a-ter%C3%A1n-valdez,-j-culebras,-r-boistel,-d-j-paluh,-a-b-quezada-riera,-c-h-heine,-j-p-reyes-puig,-d-salazar-valenzuela,-j-m-guayasamin-s-l%C3%B6tters/file

  1. Velásquez-Trujillo, D. A., F. Castro-Herrera, S. Lötters & A. Plewnia (2024): A new species of harlequin toad from the Western Cordillera of Colombia (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with comments on other forms. – Salamandra, 60(1): 67–81. https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2024-vol-60/2144-vel%C3%A1squez-trujillo,-d-a-,-f-castro-herrera,-s-l%C3%B6tters-a-plewnia

  1. Culebras, J., A. Novales, A. B. Quezada Riera, D. Medina & A. Plewnia (2023): New records of Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (Anura: Centrolenidae) in western Amazonia. – Herpetology Notes, 16: 179–182. https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/74869

  1. Böning, P., J. Virgo, S. Bleidissel, N. Dabbagh, L. Dalbeck, S. Ellwart, L. Feiler, V. Ferner, T. Fleck, L. Gemeinhardt, M. Guschal, G. Hansbauer, K. Kirst, T. Kordges, L. Kühnle, S. Neumann, A. Plewnia, K. Preissler, M. Schlüpmann, M. Schneider, R. Schreiber, J. Thein, R. Thielen, S. Twietmeyer, M. Veith, S. Lötters & M. Schweinsberg (2023): Key questions about the impact of the salamander plague on the Northern Crested Newt, Triturus cristatus – a German perspective. – Salamandra, 59(2): 107–116. https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2023-vol-59/2113-boening-p-j-virgo-s-bleidissel-n-dabbagh-l-dalbeck-s-ellwart-l-feiler-v-ferner-t-fleck-l-gemeinhardt-m-guschal-g-hansbauer-k-kirst-t-kordges-l-kuehnle-s-neumann-a-plewnia-k-preissler-m-schluepmann-m-schneider-et-al

  1. Köhler, J., M. Vences, J. M. Padial, A. Plewnia & S. Lötters (2023): Misjudged for long: a new toad of the Rhinella veraguensis species group (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Yungas forests of Bolivia. – Salamandra, 59(4): 307–326. https://www.salamandra-journal.com/index.php/contents/2023-vol-59/2132-koehler-j-m-vences-j-m-padial-a-plewnia-s-loetters

  1. Lötters, S., A. Plewnia, A. Catenazzi, K. Neam, A. R. Acosta-Galvis, Y. Alarcon Vela, J. P. Allen, J. O. Alfaro Segundo, A. de Lourdes Almendáriz Cabezas, G. Alvarado Barboza, K. R. Alves-Silva, M. Anganoy-Criollo, E. Arbeláez Ortiz, J. D. Arpi L., A. Arteaga, O. Ballestas, D. Barrera Moscoso, J. D. Barros-Castañeda, A. Batista, M. H. Bernal, E. Betancourt, Y. Oliveira da Cunha Bitar, P. Böning, L. Bravo-Valencia, J. F. Cáceres Andrade, J. C. Chaparro Auza, G. A. Chaves-Portilla, G. Chávez, L. A. Coloma, C. F. Cortez-Fernandez, E. A. Courtois, J. Culebras, I. De la Riva, V. Diaz, R. Ernst, S. V. Flechas, T. Foch, A. Fouquet, C. Z. García Méndez, D. A. Gómez-Hoyos, S. C. Gomides, J. Guerrel, B. Gratwicke, J.M. Guayasamin, E. Griffith, V. Herrera-Alva, R. Ibáñez, C. I. Idrovo, A. Jiménez Monge, R. F. Jorge, A. Jung, B. Klocke, M. Lampo, E. Lehr, C. H. R. Lewis, E. D. Lindquist, Y. R. López-Perilla, G. Mazepa, G. F. Medina-Rangel, A. Merino Viteri, K. Mulder, M. Pacheco-Suarez, A. Pereira-Muñoz, J. L. Pérez-González, M. A. Pinto Erazo, G. A. Pisso-Florez, M. Ponce, V. Poole, A. B. Quezada Riera, A. J. Quiroz, M. Quiroz-Espionza, A. Ramírez Guerra, J. P. Ramírez, S. Reichle, H. Reizine, M. Rivera-Correa, B. Roca-Rey Ross, A. Rocha-Usuga, M. Trefaut Rodriguez, S. Rojas M., D. C. Rößler, L. A. Rueda Solano, C. Señaris, A. Shepack, F. R. Siavichay Pesántez, A. Sorokin, A. Terán-Valdez, G. Torres-Ccasani, L. M. Valencia, D. A. Velásquez-Trujillo, M. Veith, P. J. Venegas, J. Villalba-Fuentes, R. von May, J. F. Webster Bernal & E. La Marca (2023): Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency. – Communications Earth and Environment, 2023(4): 412. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w. Preprint available at: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-2711241/v1

  1. Plewnia, A., P. Böning & S. Lötters (2023): Mitigate diseases to protect biodiversity. – Science, 379(6637): 1098. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad2059

  1. Plewnia, A., S. Lötters, M. Veith, M. Peters & P. Böning (2023): Successful drug-mediated host clearance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. – Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(2): 411–414. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/2/22-1162_article

2022

  1. Lötters, S., A. Plewnia, A. Hönig, A. Jung, J. Laudor & T. Ziegler (2022): The gastromyzophorous tadpole of the pink harlequin frog from Suriname with comments on the taxonomy of Guianan Clade Atelopus (Amphibia, Bufonidae). – Zootaxa, 5087: 591–598. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.4.7

  1. Muller, J., A. Plewnia, P. Böning, A. C. Frantz & R. Stassen (2022): Quantitative larval monitoring of Salamandra salamandra as an early warning system for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans detection in Luxembourg. – Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois, 124: 167–178.

  1. Plewnia, A. & P. Böning (2022): Oophaga anchicayensis (Anura: Dendrobatidae) as a novel host for ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). – Herpetology Notes, 15: 653–655. https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/73569

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