Danilo S. Balete

Danilo S. Balete (1960–2017), Filipino zoologist.

Researcher at Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

IPNI standard form: Balete

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Brown, R.M., Linkem, C.W., Balete, D., Duya, M.V., Diesmos, A.C. & Ferner, J.W. 2010. Species boundaries in Philippine montane forest skinks (Genus Sphenomorphus): three new species from the mountains of Luzon and clarification of the status of the poorly known S. beyeri, S. knollmanae, and S. laterimaculatus. Scientific Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 42: 1–27. handle. Reference page.
Siler, C.D., Balete, D.S., Diesmos, A.C. & Brown, R.M. 2010. A New Legless Loam-swimming Lizard (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae: Genus Brachymeles) from the Bicol Peninsula, Luzon Island, Philippines. Copeia 2010(1): 114–122. DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-231 Reference page.

Balete, D.S., Rickart, E.A., Heaney, L.R., Alviola, P.A., Duya, M.V., Duya, M.R.M., Sosa, T. & Jansa, S.A. 2012. Archboldomys (Muridae, Murinae) reconsidered: a new genus and three new species of shrew mice from Luzon Island, Philippines. American Museum Novitates 3754: 1–60. DOI: 10.1206/3754.2 Reference page.

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Veluz, M.J., Steppan, S.J., Esselstyn, J.A., Pfeiffer, A.W. & Rickart, E.A. 2014. Two new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Rodentia) from Lubang and Luzon Islands, with a redescription of Apomys sacobianus Johnson, 1962. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(4): 395–413. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.4.395 Reference page.

Rickart, E.A., Balete, D.S., Timm, R.M., Alviola, P.A., Esselstyn, J.A. & Heaney, L.R. 2019. Two new species of shrew-rats (Rhynchomys: Muridae: Rodentia) from Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 100(4): 1112–1129. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz066 Reference page.

Sedlock, J.L., Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S. & Ruedi, M. 2020. Philippine bats of the genus Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Overview and assessment of variation in K. pellucida and K. whiteheadi. Zootaxa 4755(3): 454–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.3.2 pdf Reference page.

Heaney, L.R., Balete, D.S., Duya, M.R., Duya, M.V., Kyriazis, C.C., Rickart, E.A., Steppan, S.J. & Rowsey, D.M., 2025. Three new species of Philippine forest mice (Apomys, Muridae, Mammalia), members of a clade endemic to Mindoro Island. Zootaxa 5647(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5647.1.1 Reference page.