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Fortunate Mafeta Phaka

Observed names: Fortunate M Phaka, Fortunate M. Phaka, Fortunate Phaka, PHAKA, Fortunate, Phaka, Fortunate, Phaka, Fortunate M
ORCID: 0000-0003-1833-3156
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-1833-3156
OpenAlex ID: A5036808072
Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa
2019 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, et al. · Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 35
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Framing challenges and polarized issues in invasion science: toward an interdisciplinary agenda
2024 · Simone Guareschi, Kate L Mathers, et al. · BioScience · 12
Library books as environmental management capacity building opportunities exclude most South African languages
2023 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, et al. · Environmental Science & Policy · 11
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Frog and reptile conservation through the lens of South Africa’s nature-based cultural practices
2023 · Fortunate M Phaka, Jean Hugé, et al. · African Journal of Herpetology · 10
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A Bilingual field guide to the frogs of Zululand
2017 · Fortunate M. Phaka, E.C Netherlands, et al. · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 10
Idwi,Xenopus laevis, and African clawed frog: Teaching counternarratives of invasive species in postcolonial ecology
2022 · Dax Ovid, Fortunate Mafeta Phaka · The Journal of Environmental Education · 8
Reviewing taxonomic bias in a megadiverse country: primary biodiversity data, cultural salience, and scientific interest of South African animals
2022 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, et al. · Environmental Reviews · 8
Life sciences reading material in vernacular: lessons from developing a bilingual (IsiZulu and English) book on South African frogs
2021 · Fortunate Mafeta Phaka, Dax Ovid · Current Issues in Language Planning · 8
Environmental science investigations of folk taxonomy and other forms of indigenous knowledge
2020 · Fortunate M. Phaka · South African Journal of Science · 7
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Barcoding and traditional health practitioner perspectives are informative to monitor and conserve frogs and reptiles traded for traditional medicine in urban South Africa
2023 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources · 4
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Wildlife in Vernacular as a Means for an Inclusive Environmental Sector and Community Engagement in South Africa
2024 · Fortunate M. Phaka · Environmental Communication · 3
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Naming South African frogs and reptiles in nine Indigenous languages
2025 · Fortunate M Phaka, Jean Hugé, et al. · African Journal of Herpetology · 1
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Peer-reviewed research based on the relationship between South African cultures and biodiversity
2024 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Louis H. du Preez, et al. · Koedoe · 1
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Amphibian diversity and community-based ecotourism in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa
2018 · Fortunate M. Phaka · Boloka Institutional Repository (North-west University) · 1
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Culture and conservation: a One Health approach to Indigenous and ancestral herptile knowledge
2026 · Ashley N. Morgan, Fortunate Mafeta Phaka, et al. · Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science
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Traditional Knowledge and Genetics Used to Monitor Frog and Reptile Species in South Africa
2026 · Schaan, Ana Paula, Núñez Vega, Genuar, et al. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
A framework to categorise the cultural significance of freshwater fauna
2025 · Phoebe Griffith, Sonja Jähnig, et al. · Research Square
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South Africa’s frogs and reptiles get their own list of names in local languages
2025 · Fortunate Phaka
Leapfrogs in Species Discovery and Socially Inclusive Herpetology
2025 · Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, et al. · African Journal of Wildlife Research
Frog and reptile conservation through the lens of South Africa’s nature-based cultural practices
2023 · Phaka, Fortunate M, Hugé, Jean, et al. · Figshare
Works count: 40
Citation count: 119
H-index: 8
I10-index: 5
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