Staff directory

Jonathan Brecko

Collections Management
Natural heritage Collections
Publications
  • Lizak, O.,  Pauwels, OSG.,  Brecko, J. & Georgalis, G. 2026. ‘An unprecedented subcentral mid‐trunk vertebral morphology for snakes: “Quasi‐haemapophyses” in the African elapoid Atractaspis corpulenta kivuensis (Serpentes, Atractaspididae)’. The Anatomical Record ar.70318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70318.  I.F. 2.6.
  • Brecko, J. & Pauwels, OSG. 2026. ‘UV fluorescence in sea turtle hatchlings of Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) and Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppel, 1835)’. Herpetology Notes 19: 551-556.  I.F. 0.53.
  • Lizak, O.,  Pauwels, OSG.,  Brecko, J. & Georgalis, G. 2026. ‘A surprise at the tail's end: The bizarre tail vertebrae of reed snakes (Serpentes, Calamariidae) reveal an extraordinary caudal vertebral morphology for Caenophidia’. The Anatomical Record ar.70298: 15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70298.  I.F. 2.6.
  • Mutambala, PK.,  Kalumba, LN.,  Cerwenka, AF.,  Brecko, J.,  Vandenspiegel, D.,  Schedel, FDB.,  Bragança, P.,  Moreira da Costa, L.,  Manda, K.,  Abwe, E.,  Mukweze, CM.,  Mathys, A.,  Chakona, A.,  Cocha Manda, A. & Vreven, E. 2026. ‘Fish climbing in the upper Congo Basin (Central Africa), first report for the shellear Parakneria thysi on the Luvilombo Falls’. Scientific Reports 16(1):8509. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-42534-8.  I.F. 4.9.
  • Wiborg Runge, AC.,  Niemann, J.,  Germonpré, M.,  Drucker, DG.,  Bocherens, H.,  Boxleitner, K.,  Ramos-Madrigal, J.,  Linderholm, A.,  Stanton, DWG.,  Kandyba, A.,  Brecko, J.,  Van den Broeck, M.,  Losey, R.,  Räikkönen, J.,  Sablin, M.,  Stagegaard, J.,  Gopalakrishnan, S.,  Fedorov, S.,  Sinding, MHS.,  Gilbert, MTP. & Wales, N. 2025. ‘Multifaceted analysis reveals diet and kinship of Late Pleistocene 'Tumat Puppies'’. Quaternary Research 2025.10: 1-15. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2025.10. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392622902_Multifaceted_analysis_reveals_diet_and_kinship_of_Late_Pleistocene_'Tumat_Puppies'  I.F. 2.3.
  • Pauwels, OSG.,  Das, S.,  Jocqué, M.,  Sumontha, M.,  Donbundit, N.,  Magda, D.,  Sonet, G.,  Brecko, J. & Meesok, W. 2025. ‘Along the Mekong: a new leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius sambhupura) from northeastern Cambodia’. Zootaxa 5632(1): 91-114. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.1.5. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391463971_Along_the_Mekong_a_new_leaf-toed_gecko_Gekkonidae_Dixonius_sambhupura_from_northeastern_Cambodia  I.F. 1.09.
  • Schols, R.,  Henrard, A.,  Brecko, J.,  Mudavanhu, A.,  Goossens, E.,  Steffanie, N.,  Clegg, S.,  Vanhove, M. & Huyse, T. 2025. ‘Innovating stomach fluke identification: An integrative approach combining Micro-CT imaging and molecular tools’. International Journal for Parasitology 55(12): 615–630. ISSN: 0020-7519. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.05.002.  I.F. 2.0.
  • Brecko, J.,  Mathys, A.,  Chatzinikolaou, E.,  Keklikoglou, K.,  Blettery, J.,  Green, L.,  Musson, A.,  Paton, A.,  Philips, S.,  Bastir, M.,  Wiltschke-Schrotta, K.,  Rainer, H.,  Kroh, A.,  Haston, E. & Semal, P. 2025. ‘DIGIT-KEY: an aid towards uniform 2D+ and 3D digitisation techniques within natural history collections’. European Journal of Taxonomy 976(1): 283-298. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.976.2797. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389338232_DIGIT-KEY_an_aid_towards_uniform_2D_and_3D_digitisation_techniques_within_natural_history_collections  I.F. 1.1.
  • Pauwels, OSG.,  Das, S.,  Kunya, K.,  Sumontha, M.,  Donbundit, N.,  Pauwels, TPC.,  Sonet, G.,  Brecko, J. & Meesook, W. 2025. ‘A new sandstone-dwelling leaf-toed gecko (Gekkonidae: Dixonius hinchangsi) from Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand’. Zootaxa 5584(4): 482-504. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5584.4.2. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/388868769_A_new_sandstone-dwelling_leaf-toed_gecko_Gekkonidae_Dixonius_hinchangsi_from_Khon_Kaen_Province_northeastern_Thailand  I.F. 1.09.
  • Brecko, J. & Pauwels, OSG. 2025. ‘Holaspis guentheri Gray, 1863, Western Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard & Holaspis laevis Werner, 1896, Smooth Blue-tailed Gliding Lizard. Ultraviolet (UV) biofluorescence’. African Herp News 86: 30-34. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/388186339_Holaspis_guentheri_Gray_1863_Western_Blue-tailed_Gliding_Lizard_Holaspis_laevis_Werner_1896_Smooth_Blue-tailed_Gliding_Lizard_Ultraviolet_UV_biofluorescence  (PR).
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