Alejandro Arteaga

Alejandro Arteaga, Ecuadorean herpetologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2013. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. Life in the Cloudforest. Serie de Publicaciones Científicas, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica. Publicación no. 1. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. Life in the Cloudforest. Serie de Publicaciones Científicas, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica. Publicación no. 1 : 1–257. [1] Reference page.

Guayasamin, J.M., Rivera-Correa, M., Arteaga, A., Culebras, J., Bustamante, L., Pyron, R.A., Peñafiel, N., Morochz, C. & Hutter, C.R. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of stream treefrogs (Hylidae: Hyloscirtus bogotensis Group), with a new species from the Andes of Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 2–21. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2015.1074407 Reference page.
Pyron, R.A., Guayasimin, J.M., Peñafiel, N., Bustamente, L. & Arteaga, A. 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 Reference page.

Pyron, R.A., Arteaga, A., Echevarría, L.Y. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2016. A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis. Zootaxa 4171(2): 293–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4. Reference page.
Arteaga, A., Pyron, R.A., Peñafiel, N., Romero-Barreto, P., Culebras, J., Bustamante, L., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2016. Comparative phylogeography reveals cryptic diversity and repeated patterns of cladogenesis for amphibians and reptiles in northwestern Ecuador. PLoS One 11(4: e0151746): 1–40. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151746 Reference page.

Arteaga, A., Mebert, K., Valencia, J.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Peñafiel, N., Reyes-Puig, C., Vieira-Fernandes, J.L. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.661.11224 Reference page.
Guayasamin, J.M., Hutter, C.R., Tapia, E.E., Culebras, J., Peñafiel, N., Pyron, R.A., Morochz, C., Funk, W.C. & Arteaga, A. 2017. Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0172615. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172615 Reference page.

Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page.
Guayasamin, J.M., Arteaga, A. & Hutter, C.R. 2018. A new (singleton) rainfrog of the Pristimantis myersi Group (Amphibia: Craugastoridae) from the northern Andes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 4527(3): 323–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.3.2 Reference page.

Arteaga, A., Quezada, A., Vieira, J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2022. Leaving no stone unturned: three additional new species of Atractus ground snakes (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Ecuador discovered using a biogeographical approach. Zookeys 1121: 175–210. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.89539 Reference page.

Arteaga, A. & Batista, A. 2023. A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Zookeys 1143: 1–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1143.93601 Reference page.
Arteaga, A. & Harris, K.J. 2023. A new species of Ninia (Serpentes, Colubridae) from western Ecuador and revalidation of N. schmidti. Evolutionary Systematics 7(2): 317–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.112476 Reference page.
Ray, J.M., Sánchez-Martínez, P., Batista, A., Mulcahy, D.G., Sheehy, C.M., Smith, E.N., Pyron, R.A. & Arteaga, A. 2023. A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama. Zookeys 1145: 131–167. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1145.96616 Reference page.

Arteaga, A., Pyron, R.A., Batista, A., Vieira, J., Meneses-Pelayo, E., Smith, E.N., Barrio Amorós, C.L., Koch, C., Agne, S., Valencia, J.H., Bustamante, L. & Harris, K.J. 2024. Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three. Evolutionary Systematics 8(1): 15–64. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.8.114527 Reference page.

Fouquet, A., Arteaga, A., Sousa, A.R. & Ávila, R.W. 2025. A new species of Sibon (Serpentes, Dipsadini) from French Guiana and amended diagnosis of Sibon nebulatus. Zootaxa 5646(1): 93–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5646.1.5 Reference page.