Germán Chávez

Germán Chávez Ipanaque, Peruvian herpetologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

Perez-Peña, P.E., Chavez, G., Twomey, E. & Brown, J.L. 2010. Two new species of Ranitomeya (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from eastern Amazonian Peru. Zootaxa, 2439: 1–23. Preview

Chávez, G. & Vásquez, D. 2012. A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru. ZooKeys 168: 31–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.168.2048 Reference page.

Chávez, G. & Catenazzi, A. 2014. A new Andean lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophthalmidae) from Manu National Park, southeastern Peru. Zootaxa 3774(1): 45–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.3 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.

Chávez, G. & Catenazzi, A. 2016. A new species of frog of the genus Pristimantis from Tingo María National Park, Huánuco Department, central Peru (Anura, Craugastoridae). ZooKeys 610: 113–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.610.8507. 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.

Caminer, M.A., Milá, B., Jansen, M., Fouquet, A., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Lougheed, S.C. & Ron, S.R. 2017. Systematics of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus species complex (Anura: Hylidae): Cryptic diversity and the description of two new species. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0171785. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171785 Reference page.
Caminer, M.A., Milá, B., Jansen, M., Fouquet, A., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Lougheed, S.C. & Ron, S.R. 2017. Correction: Systematics of the Dendropsophus leucophyllatus species complex (Anura: Hylidae): Cryptic diversity and the description of two new species. PLoS ONE 12(4): e0176902. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176902 Reference page.
Chávez, G., Catenazzi, A. & Venegas, P.J. 2017. A new species of arboreal microteiid lizard of the genus Euspondylus (Gymnophtalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the Andean slopes of central Peru with comments on Peruvian Euspondylus. Zootaxa 4350(2): 301–316. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.6 Reference page.

Brown, J.L., Siu-Ting, K., von May, R., Twomey, E., Guillory, W.X., Deutsch, M.S. & Chávez, G. 2019. Systematics of the Ameerega rubriventris complex (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with descriptions of two new cryptic species from the East-Andean versant of Peru. Zootaxa 4712(2): 211–235. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.3 Reference page.
Chávez, G., Pradel, R. & Catenazzi, A. 2019. Integrative taxonomy reveals first country record of Hyalinobatrachium mondolfii Señaris and Ayarzagüena 2001, and distribution range extensions for Cochranella nola Harvey 1996, and Rulyrana spiculata Duellman 1976 (Anura: Centrolenidae) in Peru. Zootaxa 4691(5): 541–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.7 Reference page.

Venegas, P.J., García-Ayachi, L.A., Chávez-Arribasplata, J.C., Chávez, G., Wong, I., Garcia-Bravo, A. 2020. Four new species of Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata, Iguania) from the Department of Amazonas in northeastern Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 4(2): 79–108. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.4.57578 Reference page.

Chávez, G., García-Ayachi, L.A., Catenazzi, A. 2021. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Cruciform eye reveals new species of direct-developing frog (Strabomantidae, Pristimantis) in the Amazonian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics. 5(1): 81–92. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.63674 Reference page.
Chávez, G., Malqui, J. & Catenazzi, A. 2021. A new riparian Andean Potamites (Reptilia, Squamata, Gymnophtalmidae) from El Sira Mountains, central Peru, with comments on P. ecpleopus Cope 1875, and on the taxonomy and biogeography of Potamites. European Journal of Taxonomy 760(1): 136–159. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.760.1445 Reference page.

Chávez, G., García-Ayachi, L.A. & Catenazzi, A. 2023. A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7: 123–132. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118 Reference page.
Chávez, G., Aznaran, W., García-Ayachi, L.A. & Catenazzi, A. 2023. Rising from the ashes: A new treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from a wildfire-threatened area in the Amazon lowlands of central Peru. Evolutionary Systematics 7: 183–194. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.102425 Reference page.