Professor Miguel Vences (born 24 April 1969 in Cologne) is a German herpetologist and evolutionary biologist.

[citation needed] His thesis was on the evolutionary history of true frogs (Ranoidea) and related families in Madagascar.

In 2005 he moved to the Braunschweig University of Technology as a professor of evolutionary biology, where he works to this day.

In 1994 they produced a second edition of this guide, including the descriptions of numerous new taxa, and a significantly expanded reptile section.

In recent years, Vences has been coauthor on several publications over a wide range of subjects, including but not limited to biogeography, amphibian disease and amphibian-associated microbiomes, population genetics, evolution and speciation, and taxonomy.