Omar Torres-Carvajal

Omar Torres-Carvajal, Ecuadorian herpetologist.

• Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador.

Taxon names authored

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• 63 taxon names authored by Omar Torres-Carvajal

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2000

• Torres-Carvajal, O. 2000. Ecuadorian Lizards of the Genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Scientific Papers. Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas 15: 1–38. BHL Reference page. 

2005

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lehr, E. & Lundberg, M. 2005. Resurrection of Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, a spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Squamata: Iguania) from Peru. Herpetologica 61(4): 440–448. DOI: 10.1655/05-15.1 Reference page. 

2006

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Schulte II, J.A. & Cadle, J.E. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): A new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(1): 171–185. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.09.007 Reference page. 

2008

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Almendáriz, A., Valencia, J., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Reyes, J.P. 2008. A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern Ecuador. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(20): 227–235. PDF Reference page. 

2009

• Passos, P., Chiesse, A., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Savage, J.M. 2009. Testing species boundaries within the Atractus occipitoalbus complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Herpetologica 65(4): 384–403. DOI: 10.1655/08-024.1 Reference page. 

2011

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Etheridge, R. & de Queiroz, K. 2011. A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania). Zootaxa 2752(1): 1–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2752.1.1 Reference page. 

2013

• Torres-Carvajal, O. & Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. A New Cryptic Species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguanidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 47(1): 184–190. DOI: 10.1670/11-211 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O. & Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 212–217. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.013 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., Torres-Carvajal, O. Duran, V., de Queiroz, K. 2013. Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru. ZooKeys 277: 69–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.277.3594 Reference page. 

2014

• Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Torres-Carvajal, O., Nunes, P.M.S., Peck, M.R. & Maddock, S.T. 2014. A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes. Zootaxa 3866(2): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.4 Reference page. 
• Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Passos, P. 2014. A New Species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. Herpetologica 70(3): 350–363. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00045 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Venegas, P.J., Lobos, S.E., Mafla-Endara, P. & Nunes, P.M.S. 2014. A new species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(1) [Special Section]: 76–88. Reference page. 

2015

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Venegas, P.J. & de Queiroz, K. 2015. Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America. Zookeys 494: 107–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8903 Reference page. 
• Poe, S., Latella, I., Ayala-Varela, F., Yañez-Miranda, C. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2015. A New Species of Phenacosaur Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae) from Peru and a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Dactyloa-clade Anolis Based on New DNA Sequences and Morphology. Copeia 2015(3): 639–650. DOI: 10.1643/CH-14-127 Reference page. 
• Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Martins, A., Amador-Oyola, L. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from northern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(1) [Special Section]: 107–120. BHL Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Echevarría, L., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G. & Camper, J. 2015. Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 546: 153–179. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6533 Reference page. 

2016

• 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. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Lobos, S.E., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Zurita, D. & Echevarría, L.Y. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of the most diverse clade of South American gymnophthalmid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 63–75. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.006 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., Echevarría, L.Y., Lobos, S.E., Nunes, P.M.S. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2016. A new species of Andean microteiid lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae: Pholidobolus) from Peru, with comments on P. vertebralis. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10(1) [Special Section]: 21–33. Reference page. 

2017

• Poe, S., Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Torres-Carvajal, O., de Queiroz, K., Velasco, J.A., Truett, B., Gray, L.N., Ryan, M.J., Köhler, G., Ayala-Varela, F. & Latella, I. 2017. A phylogenetic, biogeographic, and taxonomic study of all extant species of Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae). Systematic Biology 66(5): 663–697. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syx029 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2018

• 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. 
• Betancourt, R., Reyes-Puig, C., Lobos, S.E., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva (In Spanish). Neotropical Biodiversity 4(1): 82–101. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2018.1487694 Reference page. 
• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Reyes-Puig, C., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Velasco, J.A., Ayala-Varela, F. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. A new cryptic species of Anolis lizard from northwestern South America (Iguanidae, Dactyloinae). ZooKeys 794: 135–163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.794.26936 Reference page. 

2019

• Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Passos, P., Fouquet, A., Prudente, A.L.C. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2019. Systematic review of Atractus schach (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) species complex from the Guiana Shield with description of three new species. Systematics and Biodiversity 17(3): 207–229. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2019.1611674 Reference page. 

2020

• Parra, V., Nunes, P.M.S. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2020. Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 954: 109–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.954.50667 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Venegas, P.J. & Nunes, P.M.S. 2020. Description and Phylogeny of a New Species of Andean Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Huancabamba Depression. South American Journal of Herpetology 18(1): 13–23. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00069.1 Reference page. 
• Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A., Choueri, E., Lobos, S., Venegas, P., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Werneck, F. 2020. Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190(1): 227–270. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz155 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Posse, V., Celi, E. & Koch, C. 2020. A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Zootaxa 4895(3): 357–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.3 Reference page. 

2021

• Torres-Carvajal, O., Parra, V., Nunes, P.M.S. & Koch, C. 2021. A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 385–395. DOI: 10.1670/20-142 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., García-Ayachi, L.A., Duran, V. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2021. A new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Río Huallaga Basin in Central Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 5: 263–273. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.69227 Reference page. 
• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Torres-Carvajal, O., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Urgilés-Merchán, M.A. & Koch, C. 2021. A new and very spiny lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Echinosaura) from the Andes in northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 9: e12523. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12523 Reference page. 

2023

• Brito-Zapata, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Parra, V., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2023. Una Nueva Especie de Microtegú (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) de la Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 6(2): 17–37. DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.575 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Werneck, F.P., Fernandes, I.Y. & de Queiroz, K. 2023. Spiny Tails and Clades: A Fully Sampled Phylogeny of Hoplocercine Lizards (Iguanidae/ Hoplocercinae) and its Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Implications. Bulletin of Phylogenetic Nomenclature 1(1): 8–28. DOI: 10.11646/bpn.1.1.2 Reference page. 

2024

• Torres-Carvajal, O. 2024. A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: Microlophus) from the Galápagos. Zootaxa 5428(1): 58–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.1.2 Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Hinojosa, K.C. & Paucar, D.A. 2024. A New Species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 58(2): 1–11. DOI: 10.1670/2237051 Reference page. 
• Venegas, P.J., García-Ayachi, L.A., Chávez-Arribasplata, J.C., Marchelie, A., Bullard, S., Quispe, E., Valencia, J.D., Odar, J. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2024. Two new species of wood lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 73: 23074. DOI: 10.25225/jvb.23074 Reference page.