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List of works by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues

A New Genus of Microteiid Lizard from the Caparaó Mountains, Southeastern Brazil, with a Discussion of Relationships among Gymnophthalminae (Squamata) ⬇️

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A New Species of Cycloramphus (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

scientific article published in December 2003

A New Species ofAmeivula(Squamata, Teiidae) from Southern Espinhaço Mountain Range, Brazil

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A New Two-PoredAmphisbaenaLinnaeus, 1758, from Western Amazonia, Brazil (Amphisbaenia: Reptilia)

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A large sample of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the atlantic forests of Bahia, the status of Leposoma annectans Ruibal, 1952, and notes on conservation

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A mid-Pleistocene rainforest corridor enabled synchronous invasions of the Atlantic Forest by Amazonian anole lizards

scientific article

A molecular phylogeny recovers Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro, Verdade and Rodrigues, 2008 and Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Terrarana) as sister taxa

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2013)

A morphological and molecular study of Psilops, a replacement name for the Brazilian microteiid lizard genus Psilophthalmus Rodrigues 1991 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of two new species

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

A new Crossodactylodes Cochran, 1938 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) from the highlands of the Atlantic Forests of southern Bahia, Brazil

scientific article (publication date: 29 August 2013)

A new Dendropsophus Fitzinger, 1843 (Anura: Hylidae) of the parviceps group from the lowlands of the Guiana Shield ⬇️

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A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil

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A new large canopy-dwelling species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1930 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of the state of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil ⬇️

journal article from 'PeerJ' published in 2020

A new nurse frog from Southwestern Amazonian highlands, with notes on the phylogenetic affinities of Allobates alessandroi (Aromobatidae)

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

A new species of Amphisbaena (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) from state of Maranhão, Brazil

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A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior

scientific article (publication date: 19 February 2013)

A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia

scientific article (publication date: 2 May 2013)

A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia

scientific article (publication date: 5 April 2013)

A new species of Brasilotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) and a contribution to the knowledge of the relationship between Microcaecilia and Brasilotyphlus

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

A new species of Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the remnant Atlantic forests of the state of Bahia, Brazil

article by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues et al published November 2002 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia

A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil

scientific article (publication date: 28 March 2013)

A new species of lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata, Leiosauridae) from the highlands of Chapada Diamantina, state of Bahia, Brazil, with a key to species

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A new species of spiny-backed treefrog (Osteocephalus) from Central Amazonian Brazil (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae)

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Amphibia, Anura, Cycloramphidae, Zachaenus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1983 and Z. parvulus (Girard, 1853): filling gap and geographic distribution map for the genus ⬇️

scientific article published in October 2009

An evolutionary paradox on threadsnakes: Phenotypic and molecular evidence reveal a new and remarkably polymorphic species of Siagonodon (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from Amazonia ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 April 2023

Banding patterns and chromosomal evolution in five species of neotropical Teiinae lizards (Squamata: Teiidae)

scientific article published on 06 January 2007

Biogeographic links between southern Atlantic Forest and western South America: Rediscovery, re-description, and phylogenetic relationships of two rare montane anole lizards from Brazil

scientific article

Brazil's government attacks biodiversity

scientific article published in Science

Carrying Progeny on the Back: Reproduction in the Brazilian Aquatic FrogPipa carvalhoi

scientific article published in December 2011

Chromosomal banding patterns in the eyelid-less microteiid lizard radiation: The X1X1X2X2:X1X2Y sex chromosome system in Calyptommatus and the karyotypes of Psilophthalmus and Tretioscincus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)

Chromosomal studies in four species of genus Chaunus (Bufonidae, Anura): localization of telomeric and ribosomal sequences after fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)

scientific article published on 28 October 2007

Comparative Cytogenetic Analysis with Differential Staining in Three Species of Liolaemus (Squamata, Tropiduridae)

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Comparative cytogenetics and supernumerary chromosomes in the Brazilian lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata, Polychrotidae)

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Comparative osteology of the fossorial frogs of the genus Synapturanus (Anura, Microhylidae) with the description of three new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield

scientific article published in 2021

Cryptic diversity in Amazonian frogs: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Anomaloglossus (Amphibia: Anura: Aromobatidae) reveals a unique case of diversification within the Guiana Shield.

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

Demographic processes in the montane Atlantic rainforest: molecular and cytogenetic evidence from the endemic frog Proceratophrys boiei.

scientific article

Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Genus and Species of Lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Amazonian Rainforest of Northern Brazil ⬇️

scholarly article by Pedro L.V. Peloso et al published 2011 in American Museum Novitates

Diagnostic clarification, new morphological data and phylogenetic placement of Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae)

scientific article (publication date: 6 December 2016)

Differential staining and microchromosomal variation in karyotypes of four Brazilian species of Tupinambinae lizards (Squamata: Teiidae).

scientific article published on 6 December 2007

Discovery of a new species of Anolis lizards from Brazil and its implications for the historical biogeography of montane Atlantic Forest endemics

article by Ivan Prates et al published 12 June 2020 in Amphibia-Reptilia

Distribution extension and revised map of Erythrolamprus pygmaeus (Cope, 1868) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 August 2015

Diversification Processes in Lizards and Snakes from the Middle São Francisco River Dune Region, Brazil

scientific article published in 2020

Diversity of teiid lizards from Gran Chaco and Western Cerrado (Squamata: Teiidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Does counting species count as taxonomy? On misrepresenting systematics, yet again

scientific article published on 28 June 2013

Effects of climate and geography on spatial patterns of genetic structure in tropical skinks

scientific article published on 20 October 2019

Endemic or exotic: the phylogenetic position of the Martinique Volcano FrogAllobates chalcopis(Anura: Dendrobatidae) sheds light on its origin and challenges current conservation strategies

scientific article (publication date: March 2013)

Extreme operative temperatures are better descriptors of the thermal environment than mean temperatures

scientific article

Formal recognition of the species of Oreosaurus (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

From Amazonia to the Atlantic forest: molecular phylogeny of Phyzelaphryninae frogs reveals unexpected diversity and a striking biogeographic pattern emphasizing conservation challenges ⬇️

scientific article

Functional assessment of toad parotoid macroglands: a study based on poison replacement after mechanical compression

scientific article published on 06 June 2014

Geographic restriction, genetic divergence, and morphological disparity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forests: Insights from Leposoma lizards (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata)

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

Geographic variation and systematic review of the lizard genusVanzosaura(Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), with the description of a new species

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Geographic variation and taxonomy of red-tailed Gymnophthalmus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Amazonian Savannas

article by Renato Recoder et al published 8 October 2018 in Zootaxa

Geographic variation in the morphology of the sand-dwelling lizard Nothobachia ablephara (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Geographical Karyotypic Variations and Chromosome Banding Patterns inTropidurus Hispidus(Sauria, Iguanidae) from Brazil

Hidden in the DNA: How multiple historical processes and natural history traits shaped patterns of cryptic diversity in an Amazon leaf‐litter lizard Loxopholis osvaldoi (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) ⬇️

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

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Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates ) ⬇️

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Inferring responses to climate dynamics from historical demography in neotropical forest lizards.

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Integrative taxonomy of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 identifies a new species in the eastern Pantepui region, north-eastern South America

scientific article published in 2018

Isolation by instability: Historical climate change shapes population structure and genomic divergence of treefrogs in the Neotropical Cerrado savanna

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Karyological study of Amphisbaena ridleyi (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae), an endemic species of the Archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil

scientific article (publication date: 2010)

Liste préliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane française ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1980

Lizards from the Lost World: two new species and evolutionary relationships of the Pantepui highland Riolama (Gymnophthalmidae) ⬇️

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil

scientific article

Male-male competition and repeated evolution of terrestrial breeding in Atlantic Coastal Forest frogs

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

Measuring behavioral thermal tolerance to address hot topics in ecology, evolution, and conservation.

scientific article published in April 2018

Molecular and phenotypic data reveal a new Amazonian species of pit vipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Bothrops)

scholarly article published in 2020

Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae).

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Molecular phylogeny and hemipenial diversity of South American species ofAmerotyphlops(Typhlopidae, Scolecophidia) ⬇️

scholarly article by Roberta Graboski Mendes et al published 25 December 2018 in Zoologica Scripta

Molecular phylogeny and morphometric analyses reveal deep divergence between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest species of Dendrophryniscus

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Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and insights into the origin of parthenogenesis in the Neotropical genus Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): Ancient links between the Atlantic Forest and Amazonia

scientific article published on 27 July 2011

Molecular phylogeny, species limits, and biogeography of the Brazilian endemic lizard genus Enyalius (Squamata: Leiosauridae): an example of the historical relationship between Atlantic Forests and Amazonia

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment

scientific article (publication date: 17 March 2016)

Morphological similarities between Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 and A. miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): phylogenetic relatedness or morphological convergence?

scientific article (publication date: 16 September 2016)

Morphological variation and genealogical discordance in Caatinga sand lizards Calyptommatus Rodrigues 1991 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of a new species

scientific article published in 2022

Morphology of the femoral glands in the lizard Ameiva ameiva (teiidae) and their possible role in semiochemical dispersion

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Multiple quaternary refugia in the eastern Guiana shield revealed by comparative phylogeography of 12 frog species

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

Natural history of Micrablepharus maximiliani (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) in a Cerrado region of northeastern Brazil

scientific article published in 2014

New Species of Amphisbaena with a Nonautotomic and Dorsally Tuberculate Blunt Tail From State of Bahia, Brazil (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)

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New Species of Earless Lizard Genus Heterodactylus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Highlands of Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil

scientific article published in 2009

New records and geographic distribution map of Adenomera heyeri Boistel, de Massary and Angulo, 2006 (Anura: Leptodactylidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in September 2011

New species of flea-toad, genus Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil

scholarly article published in 2021

New specimens of Anolis phyllorhinus (Squamata, Polychrotidae): the first female of the species and of proboscid anoles

article published in 2002

Not always young: The first vertebrate ancient origin of true parthenogenesis found in an Amazon leaf litter lizard with evidence of mitochondrial haplotypes surfing on the wave of a range expansion

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

On the Discovery of Bisexual Populations of the Parthenogenetic LizardLeposoma percarinatum(Gymnophthalmidae), with Insights into the Origin of Parthenogenesis inLeposoma

On the Identity of Cycloramphus jordanensis Heyer, 1983 (Anura: Cycloramphidae)

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On the distinctiveness of Amapasaurus, its relationship with Loxopholis Cope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensis and L. hoogmoedi (Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata)

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On the snake Siphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940): notes on its distribution, diet and morphological data

scientific article published on 7 January 2015

On the snake Siphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940): notes on its distribution, diet and morphological data ⬇️

Out of the deep: cryptic speciation in a Neotropical gecko (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) revealed by species delimitation methods

scientific article

Overcoming phylogenetic and geographic uncertainties to test for correlates of range size evolution in gymnophthalmid lizards

scientific article published in 2016

Parotoid macroglands in toad (Rhinella jimi): their structure and functioning in passive defence

scientific article published on 15 April 2009

Parotoid, radial, and tibial macroglands of the frog Odontophrynus cultripes: Differences and similarities with toads

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Passive and active defense in toads: the parotoid macroglands in Rhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus.

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Pericentric Inversion Events in Karyotypic Distinction of Brazilian Lizards of Genus Pliyllopezus (Squamata, Gekkonidae) Detected by Chromosomal Banding Patterns

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Phenotypic and life-history diversification in Amazonian frogs despite past introgressions

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Phylogenetic relationships of Amazonian anole lizards (Dactyloa): taxonomic implications, new insights about phenotypic evolution and the timing of diversification

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Phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and species of microteiid lizard from the Atlantic forest of north-eastern Brazil (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)

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Phylogenomic analysis of evolutionary relationships in Ranitomeya poison frogs (Family Dendrobatidae) using ultraconserved elements

scholarly article published in 2022

Phylogeny of Map Tree Frogs, Boana semilineata Species Group, with a New Amazonian Species (Anura: Hylidae)

article by Pedro L.V. Peloso et al published 20 July 2018 in South American Journal of Herpetology

Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna

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Phylogeography and historical demography of the arboreal pit viper Bothrops bilineatus (Serpentes, Crotalinae) reveal multiple connections between Amazonian and Atlantic rain forests ⬇️

scholarly article by Francisco Dal Vechio et al published 21 August 2018 in Journal of Biogeography

Prediction of phylogeographic endemism in an environmentally complex biome

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Rain forest shifts through time and riverine barriers shaped the diversification of South American terrestrial pit vipers ( Bothrops jararacussu species group) ⬇️

article published in 2019

Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae) ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Recurrent connections between Amazon and Atlantic forests shaped diversity in Caatinga four-eyed frogs

Redescription and Geographical Distribution of a Rare Microteiid Lizard: Rhachisaurus brachylepis (Dixon, 1974) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

Redescription of Apostolepis longicaudata (Serpentes: Xenodontinae) with Comments on Its Hemipenial Morphology and Natural History

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Rediscovery of the Earless Microteiid Lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data

scientific article (publication date: 31 October 2013)

Rediscovery of the Poorly KnownAmphisbaena bahianaVanzolini, 1964 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae), with Data on Its Phylogenetic Placement, External Morphology and Natural History

article published in 2018

Reproductive Biology of Three Sympatric Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards from the Sand Dunes of the Middle São Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil

scholarly article by Carolina Nisa Ramiro et al published April 2017 in South American Journal of Herpetology

Revisiting the vanishing refuge model of diversification

scientific article

Spatial Variation in Morphometry inVanzosaura rubricauda(Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Open Habitats of South America and its Environmental Correlates

Species delimitation, patterns of diversification and historical biogeography of the Neotropical frog genusAdenomera(Anura, Leptodactylidae)

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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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Species diversity and systematics of the <i>Leptodactylus melanonotus</i> group (Anura, Leptodactylidae): review of diagnostic traits and a new species from the Eastern Guiana Shield

scientific article published in 2022

Stability predicts genetic diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot

scientific article

Sur la présence du genre Geophis (Colubridae, Serpentes) dans la région guyanaise. Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Guyane française ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1979

Systematics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia

scientific article published in 2021

Systematics and historical biogeography of Neotropical foam-nesting frogs of the Adenomera heyeri clade (Leptodactylidae), with the description of six new Amazonian species ⬇️

scientific article

Systematics of spiny-backed treefrogs (Hylidae:Osteocephalus): an Amazonian puzzle

scientific article (publication date: 16 May 2013)

Taxonomic Review of Allobates (Anura, Aromobatidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

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Taxonomic Status and the Phylogenetic Placement ofAmphisbaena leucocephalaPeters, 1878 (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae)

Taxonomic Status ofErythrolamprus bizonaJan (1863) (Serpentes, Xenodontinae): Assembling a Puzzle with Many Missing Pieces

scientific article published in December 2015

Taxonomy of the South American Dwarf Boas of the Genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, With the Description of Two New Species from the Atlantic Forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae)

scientific article published in December 2012

The Amazonian toad Rhaebo guttatus is able to voluntarily squirt poison from the paratoid macroglands

The combined role of dispersal and niche evolution in the diversification of Neotropical lizards

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

The complete mitochondrial genome of Iphisa elegans (Reptilia: Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

scientific article published on 2 July 2020

The first mitochondrial genome of a South America parthenogenetic lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

scientific article published in 2021

The genus Coleodactylus (Sphaerodactylinae, Gekkota) revisited: a molecular phylogenetic perspective

scientific article published on 7 June 2008

The herpetofauna of Parque Nacional da Serra das Confusões, state of Piauí, Brazil, with a regional species list from an ecotonal area of Cerrado and Caatinga

scientific article published in 2016

The hidden diversity of Coleodactylus amazonicus (Sphaerodactylinae, Gekkota) revealed by molecular data

scientific article

The impact of anchored phylogenomics and taxon sampling on phylogenetic inference in narrow-mouthed frogs (Anura, Microhylidae)

scientific article (publication date: 19 March 2015)

The lowest diploid number in Testudines: Banding patterns, telomeric and 45S rDNA FISH in Peltocephalus dumerilianus, 2n = 26 and FN = 52 (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae).

scientific article

The phylogeny of the Casque‐headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini) ⬇️

journal article from 'Cladistics' published in 2021

The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Thermal Constraints Explain the Distribution of the Climate Relict Lizard Colobosauroides carvalhoi (Gymnophthalmidae) in the Semiarid Caatinga

Two New Highland Species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Bahia State, Brazil

scholarly article by Mauro Teixeira Junior et al published 13 December 2019 in South American Journal of Herpetology

Two New Species of Lizards of The Genus Bachia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from Central Brazil

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Two new endangered species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) from Roraima State, northern Brazil

scientific article (publication date: 5 March 2015)

Two new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura; Odontophrynidae) from the Atlantic forest, with taxonomic remarks on the genus

scientific article (publication date: 27 June 2013)

Two new species of geckos of the genus Phyllopezus Peters, 1878 (Squamata: Gekkota: Phyllodactylidae) from northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Une nouvelle espèce du genre Atractus (Colubridae, Serpentes) de la Guyane française ⬇️

scholarly article published in 1979

Unexpected phylogenetic positions of the genera Rupirana and Crossodactylodes reveal insights into the biogeography and reproductive evolution of leptodactylid frogs

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Venomous Frogs Use Heads as Weapons

scientific article

Whiptail lizard lineage delimitation and population expansion as windows into the history of Amazonian open ecosystems

scientific article published in 2021

Whiptail lizards in South America: a new Ameivula (Squamata, Teiidae) from Planalto dos Gerais, Eastern Brazilian Cerrado

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Who is the red-bearded snake, anyway? Clarifying the taxonomic status of Chironius pyrrhopogon (Wied, 1824) (Serpentes: Colubridae)

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

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