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List of works by Fernando Rojas Runjaic

A New Forest-Dwelling Frog Species of the Genus Adenomera (Leptodactylidae) from Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia

article by Thiago R. de Carvalho et al published 23 December 2020 in Copeia

A new dwarf gecko of the genus Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from the eastern slope of the Andean Cordillera de Mérida in northern South America

scientific article published in 2024

A new locality and range extension for the Rancho Grande Leaf Frog Agalychnis medinae (Funkhouser, 1962) (Anura: Hylidae) in northern Venezuela

A new rainfrog of the Pristimantis myersi Group (Amphibia, Craugastoridae) from Volcán Pichincha, Ecuador

scientific article (publication date: 20 March 2014)

A new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura, Hylidae) from the Colombian and Venezuelan slopes of Sierra de Perijá, and the phylogenetic position of Hyloscirtus jahni (Rivero, 1961)

scholarly article by Fernando Rojas Runjaic et al published 20 February 2018 in Zootaxa

A new species of Phyzelaphryne Heyer, 1977 (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae) from the Japurá River basin, with a discussion of the diversity and distribution of the genus

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

A new species of nurse-frog (Aromobatidae, Allobates) from the Juami River basin, northwestern Brazilian Amazonia

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Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Centrolene daidaleum (Ruiz-Carranza and Lynch, 1991): first record for Venezuela, new altitudinal record, and distribution map

Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae, Scarthyla vigilans: range extensions and new state records from Delta Amacuro and Miranda states, Venezuela

Amphibia, Hylidae, Osteocephalus exophthalmus Smith and Noonan, 2001: new country record and geographic distribution map, Venezuela

Amphibians and Reptiles of Venezuelan Guayana: Diversity, Biogeography and Conservation

scientific article published in 2020

Ancient tepui summits harbor young rather than old lineages of endemic frogs

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Discovery of an additional piece of the large gymnophthalmid puzzle: a new genus and species of stream spiny lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the western Guiana Shield in Venezuela

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Envenomation by the scorpion Tityus breweri in the Guayana Shield, Venezuela: report of a case, efficacy and reactivity of antivenom, and proposal for a toxinological partitioning of the Venezuelan scorpion fauna

scientific article published on 11 June 2010

Erratum: MARCELO JOSÉ STURARO, JOÃO CARLOS LOPES COSTA, ADRIANO O. MACIEL, GERALDO R. LIMA-FILHO, FERNANDO J. M. ROJAS-RUNJAIC, DANIELA PAREJA MEJIA, SANTIAGO R. RON amp; PEDRO L. V. PELOSO (2020) Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

First Record of the Forest Racer SnakeDendrophidion percarinatum(Cope, 1893) (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Venezuela

First record of the Amazonian tiny tree toad Amazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941) (Anura: Bufonidae), for Venezuela

First record of the rain frog Pristimantis myersi (Goin & Cochran, 1963) (Anura, Craugastoridae) for Ecuador

scholarly article by Fernando Rojas Runjaic & Juan Manuel Guayasamin published 12 January 2015 in Check List

High levels of diversity uncovered in a widespread nominal taxon: continental phylogeography of the neotropical tree frog Dendropsophus minutus

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Integrative taxonomy reveals a new but common Neotropical treefrog, hidden under the name Boana xerophylla

scholarly article published in 2021

New locality records and geographic distribution map of Dendropsophus meridensis (Rivero, 1961) (Anura: Hylidae) in the Andes of Venezuela

New record and range extension of the Horned Toad, Rhinella ceratophrys (Boulenger, 1882) (Anura: Bufonidae), in Venezuela, and confirmation of its presence in Brazil

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New records and distribution extensions of centrolenid frogs for Venezuela

On the poorly known genus Mesotityus González-Sponga, 1981 (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

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Phylogenetic systematics of egg-brooding frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and the evolution of direct development

scientific article (publication date: 20 August 2015)

Recent evolutionary history of Lost World endemics: population genetics, species delimitation, and phylogeography of sky-island treefrogs

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Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Chironius exoletus: distribution extension, new state record

Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae, Urotheca fulviceps: distribution extension

Resolving the taxonomic puzzle of Boana cinerascens (Spix, 1824), with resurrection of Hyla granosa gracilis Melin, 1941 (Anura: Hylidae)

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE NEOTROPICAL SCORPION GENUSCHACTOPSISKRAEPELIN, 1912 (CHACTOIDEA: CHACTIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW GENERA AND FOUR NEW SPECIES

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Second record of the invasive gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron, 1836) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Venezuela

Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae: Adelastes, Otophryne, Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversification

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Synthesis of geological data and comparative phylogeography of lowland tetrapods suggests recent dispersal through lowland portals crossing the Eastern Andean Cordillera

scientific article published in 2022

Tachiramantis lassoalcalai (Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic & Barros, 2010) (Anura, Craugastoridae): a new combination revealed by molecular evidence, with a description of its advertisement call

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Terraranans of the Lost World: a new species of Pristimantis (Amphibia, Craugastoridae) from Abakapá-tepui in the Chimantá massif, Venezuelan Guayana, and additions to the knowledge of P. muchimuk

scientific article (publication date: 12 July 2013)

The taxonomic status of Cryptobatrachus frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Serranía del Perijá

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Tityus perijanensis González-Sponga (Scorpiones, Buthidae): molecular assessment of its geographical distribution and venom lethality of Venezuelan populations

scientific article published on 6 August 2007

Un nuevo escorpión del género Chactas Gervais, 1844 (Scorpiones: Chactidae) de una cueva de la Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela

Unveiling species diversity in collared frogs through morphological and bioacoustic evidence: a new Mannophryne (Amphibia, Aromobatidae) from Sierra de Aroa, northwestern Venezuela, and an amended definition and call description of M. herminae (Boett

scientific article published in 2018

Unveiling the geographic distribution of Boana pugnax (Schmidt, 1857) (Anura, Hylidae) in Venezuela: new state records, range extension, and potential distribution

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