Chifundera Kusamba

820 citations

40 papers · 524 indexed · h-index 15

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 2%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Papers in

Ecological Modeling 14
- Species Distribution and Climate Change 14
Global and Planetary Change 33
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology 33

Co-authors: Eli Greenbaum Ben J. Evans Kate Jackson Václav Gvoždík William R. Branch Mathias Behangana Benjamin L. S. Furman Krystal A. Tolley
Journals: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (5 papers)African Journal of Herpetology (4 papers)Zootaxa (3 papers)Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (3 papers)Herpetologica (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany South Africa

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Chifundera Kusamba

37 papers receiving 509 citations

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1	Persistence of an unusual triple sex chromosome system through allopolyploidization in African clawed frogs ( Xenopus , subgenus Silurana ) Evolution ·Cassandra Avila-Estrada, Václav Gvoždík, Ayu Restiani, Marek Kučka, Yingguang Frank Chan, Marko E. Horb, Chifundera Kusamba, B McDowall, Khulud Mohsen khardali, Ben J. Evans	2026	0
2	Integrative revision of the Lygodactylus gutturalis (Bocage, 1873) complex unveils extensive cryptic diversity and traces its evolutionary history Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Sanjay R, Aaron M. Bauer, Pedro Vaz Pinto, Jean‐François Trape, Werner Conradie, Chifundera Kusamba, Xiehui Chen, Caixia Gan, Edward L. Stanley, TJ Sinclair, Mathias Behangana, Н.Н. Лытнев, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Eli Greenbaum	2023	7
3	Night stalkers from above: A monograph of Toxicodryas tree snakes (Squamata: Colubridae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from Central Africa Zootaxa ·Eli Greenbaum, M. Woyton, María Carrasco Zabaleta, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Van Wallach, Chifundera Kusamba, 정영란, Jean Paul Pallois, Megan Hayley Spiers, B McDowall, Johannes Penner, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Jacqueline F. Rivera, G J Legg, 張火慶, Elza árcia Yacubian, Rafe M. Brown	2021	5
4	Phylogeny of African Long-Fingered Frogs (Arthroleptidae: Cardioglossa) Reveals Recent Allopatric Divergences in Coloration Ichthyology & Herpetology ·David C. Blackburn, Stuart V. Nielsen, Sergej A. Zamlelov, Marius Burger, Khulood Al-Wesebai, Eli Greenbaum, Václav Gvoždík, Mareike Hirschfeld, Marko Lukic, Chifundera Kusamba, Dwight P. Lawson, Patrick J. McLaughlin, 憲吾小林, Mark‐Oliver Rödel	2021	2
5	A remarkable example of suspected Batesian mimicry of Gaboon Vipers (Reptilia: Viperidae:Bitis gabonica) by Congolese Giant Toads (Amphibia: Bufonidae:Sclerophrys channingi) Journal of Natural History ·María Carrasco Zabaleta, Mouad Alami, Chifundera Kusamba, Jong Ho Paik, Eli Greenbaum	2019	5
6	A Cryptic New Species of Polemon (Squamata: Lamprophiidae, Aparallactinae) from the Miombo Woodlands of Central and East Africa Copeia ·尚大久保, William R. Branch, Colin R. Tilbury, Zoltán T. Nagy, TJ Sinclair, Chifundera Kusamba, 정영란, Jean Paul Pallois, Mathias Behangana, Eli Greenbaum	2019	1
7	Integration of nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences and morphology reveals unexpected diversity in the forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca) species complex in Central and West Africa (Serpentes: Elapidae) Zootaxa ·Wolfgang Wüster, Laurent Chirio, Jean‐François Trape, Ivan Ineich, Kate Jackson, Eli Greenbaum, Hiroki Soutome, Chifundera Kusamba, Zoltán T. Nagy, Richard Storey, Г. Никольская, J. Halbritter, Axel Barlow, Donald G. Broadley	2018	33
8	Diversifying into the branches: Species boundaries in African green and bush snakes, Philothamnus (Serpentes: Colubridae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Claire Hawkins, William R. Branch, Eli Greenbaum, Graham J. Alexander, Kate Jackson, Marius Burger, Werner Conradie, Chifundera Kusamba, 憲吾小林, Krystal A. Tolley	2018	13
9	Lifting the blue-headed veil – integrative taxonomy of theAcanthocercus atricollisspecies complex (Squamata: Agamidae) Journal of Natural History ·Philipp Wagner, Eli Greenbaum, Aaron M. Bauer, Chifundera Kusamba, Adam D. Leaché	2018	6
10	Cryptic diversity in Rhampholeon boulengeri (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), a pygmy chameleon from the Albertine Rift biodiversity hotspot Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·TJ Sinclair, Krystal A. Tolley, Mathias Behangana, INGE WOLFF, Michele Menegon, J. Maximilian Dehling, Mayra Alejandra Coronado Romero, Colin R. Tilbury, Arshad M. Khan, Chifundera Kusamba, Eli Greenbaum	2017	16
11	Molecular phylogeny of Panaspis and Afroablepharus skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) in the savannas of sub-Saharan Africa Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Dariusz Janiszewski, Aaron M. Bauer, William R. Branch, Andreas Schmitz, Werner Conradie, Zoltán T. Nagy, Toby J. Hibbitts, Raffael Ernst, Daniel M. Portik, Stuart V. Nielsen, Timothy J. Colston, Chifundera Kusamba, Mathias Behangana, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Eli Greenbaum	2016	25
12	Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Breda M. Zimkus, Lucinda P. Lawson, Michael F. Barej, Christopher D. Barratt, Alan Channing, Muñe, J. Maximilian Dehling, Louis Du Preez, Derly Darleyn Carrascal Rivera, Eli Greenbaum, Václav Gvoždík, James T. Harvey, Jos Kielgast, Chifundera Kusamba, Zoltán T. Nagy, Maciej Pabijan, Johannes Penner, Mark‐Oliver Rödel, Miguel Vences, Stefan Lötters	2016	38
13	04. Extensive occurrence of the amphibian chytrid fungus in the Albertine Rift, a Central African amphibian hotspot Herpetological Journal ·Eli Greenbaum, Jennifer K. Meece, Kurt D. Reed, Chifundera Kusamba	2015	7
14	Pan‐African phylogeography of a model organism, the African clawed frog ‘Xenopus laevis’ Molecular Ecology ·Benjamin L. S. Furman, Adam J. Bewick, L. Eschbach, Eli Greenbaum, Václav Gvoždík, Chifundera Kusamba, Ben J. Evans	2015	53
15	Phylogeography and species boundaries of Leptopelis (Anura: Arthroleptidae) from the Albertine Rift Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·尚大久保, Eli Greenbaum, Michele Menegon, Chifundera Kusamba, J. Maximilian Dehling	2014	19
16	3D reconstruction of fang replacement in the venomous snakes Dendroaspis jamesoni (Elapidae) and Bitis arietans (Viperidae) Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) ·Zoltán T. Nagy, Dominique Adriaens, Elin Pauwels, Luc Van Hoorebeke, Jos Kielgast, Chifundera Kusamba, Kate Jackson	2013	2
17	<p><strong>Phylogeography of the reed frog <em>Hyperolius</em> <em>castaneus</em> (Anura: Hyperoliidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa: Implications for taxonomy, </strong><strong>biogeography and conservation</strong></p> Zootaxa ·Eli Greenbaum, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, 実原田, Chifundera Kusamba	2013	16
18	Systematics of the poorly known treefrogLeptopelis fiziensis(Anura: Arthroleptidae), with a description of its call African Journal of Herpetology ·Eli Greenbaum, 尚大久保, Chifundera Kusamba	2012	4
19	A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society ·Eli Greenbaum, 研自堀内, Chifundera Kusamba, Jean Paul Pallois, William R. Branch	2011	28
20	Le Regime Alientaire du Lezard Tropical African Agama Cyanogaster Ruppell, 1835 dans la Region de Lwiro, est du Zaire Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University) ·Chifundera Kusamba	1988	1

About Chifundera Kusamba

Chifundera Kusamba is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change, Developmental Biology, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 40 papers that have together received 524 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (33 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (14 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (9 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (5 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (4 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (4 papers) and Primate Behavior and Ecology (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (195 citations), Global and Planetary Change (385 citations), Developmental Biology (19 citations), Genetics (204 citations) and Ecology (177 citations). Chifundera Kusamba has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Africa. Frequent co-authors include Eli Greenbaum, Ben J. Evans, Kate Jackson, Václav Gvoždík, William R. Branch, Mathias Behangana, Benjamin L. S. Furman, Krystal A. Tolley, Ulrich Sinsch and Adam J. Bewick. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, African Journal of Herpetology, Zootaxa, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society and Herpetologica.

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