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.
[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.
[5] He serves as associate editor of Vahatra's scientific journal, Malagasy Nature.