Renata Cecília Amaro

Renata Cecília Amaro, Brazilian herpetologist.

Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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Amaro, R.C., Pavan, D. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2009. On the generic identity of Odontophrynus moratoi Jim & Caramaschi, 1980 (Anura, Cycloramphidae). Zootaxa 2071: 61–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Fouquet, A., Recoder, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Cassimiro, J., Amaro, R.C., Camacho, A., Damasceno, R., Carnaval, A.C., Moritz, C. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and morphometric analyses reveal deep divergence between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest species of Dendrophryniscus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(3): 826–838. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.023 Reference page.
Fouquet, A., Recoder, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Cassimiro, J., Amaro, R.C., Camacho, A., Damasceno, R., Carnaval, A.C., Moritz, C. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2012. Amazonella Fouquet et al., 2012 (Anura: Bufonidae) junior homonym of Amazonella Lundblad, 1931 (Acari: Unionicolidae): proposed replacement by Amazophrynella nom. nov. Zootaxa 3244: 68–68. Preview PDF. Reference page.
Texeira Jr., M., Amaro, R.C., Recoder, R.S., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2012. A relict new species of Oreobates (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the seasonally dry tropical forests of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its implication to the biogeography of the genus and that of South American dry forests. Zootaxa 3158: 37–52. Preview. Reference page.
Texeira Jr., M., Amaro, R.C., Recoder, R.S., Dal Vechio, F. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2012. A new dwarf species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura, Cycloramphidae) from the highlands of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3551: 25–42. Preview Reference page.

Amaro, R.C., Nunes, I., Canedo, C., Napoli, M.F., Juncá, F.A., Verdade, V.K., Haddad, C.F.B. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A molecular phylogeny recovers Strabomantis aramunha Cassimiro, Verdade and Rodrigues, 2008 and Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824) (Anura: Terrarana) as sister taxa. Zootaxa 3741(4): 569–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3741.4.7 Reference page.
Dias, P.H.S., Amaro, R.C., Carvalho-e-Silva, A.M.P. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. Two new species of Proceratophrys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920 (Anura; Odontophrynidae) from the Atlantic forest, with taxonomic remarks on the genus. Zootaxa 3682(2): 277–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.2.5 Reference page.
Rodrigues, M.T., Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F., Amaro, R.C., Nisa, C., Guerrero, A.C., Damasceno, R.P., Roscito, J.G., Nunes, P.M.S. & Recoder, R.S. 2013. Rediscovery of the earless microteiid lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data. Zootaxa 3731(3): 345–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.3.5 Reference page.
Teixeira Jr., M., Recoder, R.S., Amaro, R.C., Damasceno, R.P., Cassimiro, J. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new Crossodactylodes Cochran, 1938 (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Paratelmatobiinae) from the highlands of the Atlantic Forests of southern Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3702(5): 459–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3702.5.5 Reference page.

Rodrigues, M.T., Recoder, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Roscito, J.G., Guerrero, A.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Freitas, M.A., Fernandes, D.S., Bocchiglieri, A., Dal Vechio, F., Leite, F.S.F., Nogueira, C.C., Damasceno, R., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Argôlo, A.J.S. & Amaro, R.C. 2017. 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. Zootaxa 4286(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.1 Reference page.

Vaz-Silva, W., Maciel, N.M., Andrade, S.P. & Amaro, R.C. 2018. A new cryptic species of Oreobates (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the seasonally dry tropical forest of central Brazil. Zootaxa 4441(1): 89–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.5 Reference page.

Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, R.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Strüssmann, C., Teixeira, M., Jr., Andrade Jr., A., Sudré, V., Recoder, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. 2019. Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Zootaxa 4651(3): 445–470. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.3 Reference page.