Prof. Franco Andreone is the curator at the “Sezione di Zoologia” (Zoological Department), Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Italy. He completed his MSc studies at the Università di Torino from 1980 to 1985 and obtained his Ph.D. at the Università di Bologna from 1988 to 1991. His research includes several aspects of the Amphibian and Reptile natural history, including evolution, biogeography, environmental adaptations, eco-ethology, and conservation. Recently, he has described several new taxa of amphibians and reptiles in Madagascar.