Mauro Teixeira Jr.

Mauro Teixeira Júnior, Brazilian herpetologist.

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

Taxon names authored

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• 21 taxon names authored by Mauro Teixeira Jr.

Publications

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2012

• 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. 

2013

• Rodrigues, M.T., Teixeira Jr., M., Recoder, R.S., Dal Vechio, F., Damasceno, R.P. & Pellegrino, K.C.M. 2013. A new species of Leposoma (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with four fingers from the Atlantic Forest central corridor in Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa 3635(4): 459–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.7 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., Camacho, A., Sena, M.A., Navas, C.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Brazilian Cerrado, and data on its ecology, physiology and behavior. Zootaxa 3616(2): 173–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.2.6 Reference page. 
• Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F., Nunes, P.M.S., Mollo Neto, A., Lobo, L.M., Storti, L.F., Gaiga, R.A.J., Dias, P.H.F. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A new species of Bachia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the western Brazilian Amazonia. Zootaxa 3636(3): 401–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.1 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. 

2014

• Arias, F.J., Teixeira Jr., M., Recoder, R.S., Carvalho, C.M., Zaher, H. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2014. Whiptail lizards in South America: a new Ameivula (Squamata, Teiidae) from Planalto dos Gerais, Eastern Brazilian Cerrado. Amphibia-Reptilia 35(2): 227–242. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002948 Reference page. 

2015

• Costa, H.C., Resende, F.C., Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F. & Clemente, C.A. 2015. A new Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from southern Espinhaço Range, southeastern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 87(2): 891–901. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201520140088 Reference page. 

2016

• Almeida, J.P.F.A. de, Dal Vechio, F., Teixeira, M. Jr., Rodrigues, M.T. & Mott, T. 2016. Morphological similarities between Amphisbaena mitchelli Procter, 1923 and A. miringoera Vanzolini, 1971 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae): phylogenetic relatedness or morphological convergence? Zootaxa 4168(3): 573–576. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.9. Reference page. 
• Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2016. Diagnostic clarification, new morphological data and phylogenetic placement of Amphisbaena arenaria Vanzolini, 1991 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae). Zootaxa 4205(3): 293–296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.9 Reference page. 
• Teixeira Jr., M., Prates, I., Nisa, C., Silva-Martins, N.S.C., Strüssmann, C. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2016. Molecular data reveal spatial and temporal patterns of diversification and a cryptic new species of lowland Stenocercus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(part A): 410–423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.09.010 Reference page. 

2017

• 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. 

2018

• Oliveira, E.C.S., Vaz-Silva, W., Santos Jr., A.P., Graboski, R., Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F. & Ribeiro, S. 2018. A new four-pored Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa 4420(4): 451–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.1. Reference page. 
• Kok, P.J.R., Bittenbinder, M.A., van den Berg, J.K., Marques-Souza, S., Nunes, P.M.S., Laking, A.E., Teixeira Jr., M., Fouquet, A., Means, D.B., MacCulloch, R.D. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the gymnophthalmid lizard Neusticurus rudis Boulenger, 1900 identifies a new species in the eastern Pantepui region, north-eastern South America. Journal of Natural History 52(13–16): 1029–1066. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1439541 Reference page. 
• Marques-Souza, S., Prates, I., Fouquet, A., Camacho, A., Kok, P.J.R., Nunes, P.M.S., Dal Vechio, F., Recoder, R.S., Mejia, N., Teixeira Jr., M., Barrio-Amorós, C., Cassimiro, J., Lima, J.D., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Reconquering the water: Evolution and systematics of South and Central American aquatic lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologica Scripta 47(3): 255–265. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12273 Reference page. 
• Recoder, R.S., dal Vechio, F., Marques de Souza, S., Teixeira, M. Jr., Silva-da-Silva, M., dos Santos, A.P. Jr., Ribeiro, S., Barrio-Amorós, C.L. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. Geographic variation and taxonomy of red-tailed Gymnophthalmus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Amazonian Savannas. Zootaxa 4497(1): 61–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.1.4 Reference page. 

2019

• 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. 
• Teixeira Jr., M., Dal Vechio, F., Recoder, R., Cassimiro, J., Sena, M.A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2019. Two New Highland Species of Amphisbaena Linnaeus, 1758 (Amphisbaenia, Amphisbaenidae) from Bahia State, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 14(3): 213–232. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00097.1 Reference page.