Robson Waldemar Ávila

Robson Waldemar Ávila, Brazilian herpetologist

• Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Crato, Ceará, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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• 16 taxon names authored by Robson Waldemar Ávila

Publications

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2013

• Gordo, M., Toledo, L.F., Suárez, P., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Ávila, R.W., Morais, D.H. & Nunes, I. 2013. A new species of Milk Frog of the genus Trachycephalus Tschudi (Anura, Hylidae) from the Amazonian rainforest. Herpetologica 69(4): 466–479. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00086 Reference page. 

2014

• Roberto, I.J., Brito, L.B.M. & Ávila, R.W. 2014. A new six-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the coastal zone of northeast Brazil. Zootaxa 3753(2): 167–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.6 Reference page. 
• Rojas, R.R., Carvalho, V.T. de, Gordo, M., Ávila, R.W., Farias, I.P. & Hrbek, T. 2014. A new species of Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the southwestern part of the Brazilian Guiana Shield. Zootaxa 3753(1): 79–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.1.7. Reference page. 

2015

• Araujo Filho, J.A. de, Brito, S.V., Almeida, W. de O., Morais, D.H. & Ávila, R.W. 2015. A new species of Parapharyngodon (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) infecting Dermatonotus muelleri (Anura: Microhylidae) from Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4012(2): 386–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.2.10. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Rojas, R.R., Carvalho, V.T. de, Ávila, R.W., Farias, I.P., Gordo, M. & Hrbek, T. 2015. Two new species of Amazophrynella (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from Loreto, Peru. Zootaxa 3946(1): 79–103. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.3. Preview Reference page. 

2016

• Rojas, R.R., Chaparro, J.C., Carvalho, V.T., Avila, R., Farias,I.P., Hrbek, T. & Gordo, M. 2016. Uncovering the diversity in the Amazophrynella minuta complex: integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of Amazophrynella (Anura, Bufonidae) from southern Peru. ZooKeys 563: 43-71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.563.6084.Reference page. 

2017

• de Amorim, D.M., da Silva, L.A.F., Morais, D.H., da Silva, R.J. & Ávila, R.W. 2017. Aplectana nordestina n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) parasitizing Leposternon polystegum (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from Northeastern, Brazil. Zootaxa 4247(1): 83–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.12. Reference page. 
• Roberto, I.J., Araujo-Vieira, K., Carvalho-e-Silva, S.P. & Ávila, R.W. 2017. A New Species of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura: Hylidae) from Northeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 73(2): 148–161. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-16-00021 Reference page. 

2018

• Rojas, R.R., Fouquet, A., de Carvalho, V.T., Ron, S.R., Chaparro, J.C., Vogt, R.C., Ávila, R.W., Farias, I.P., Gordo, M. & Hrbek, T. 2018. Redescription of the Amazonian tiny tree toad Amazophrynella minuta (Melin, 1941) (Anura: Bufonidae) from its type locality. Zootaxa 4482(3): 511–526. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.4 Reference page. 
• Rojas, R.R., Fouquet, A., Ron, S.R., Hernández-Ruz, E.J., Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Chaperro, J.C., Vogt, R.C., Carvalho, V.T., Pinheiro, L.C., Ávila, R.W., Farias, I.P., Gordo, M. & Hrbek, T. 2018. A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae). PeerJ 6: e4941. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4941 Reference page. 
• Rojas, R.R., Carvalho, V.T., Ávila, R.W., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Hrbek, T. & Gordo, M. 2018. Description of the advertisement calls of four species of Amazophrynella (Anura:Bufonidae). Zootaxa 4459(1): 193–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.11 Reference page. 

2020

• Matias, C.S., Morais, D.H. & Ávila, R.W. 2020. Physaloptera nordestina n. sp. (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) parasitizing snakes from Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 4766(1): 173–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.1.9 Reference page. 

2024

• Sudré, V., Andrade-Júnior, A., Folly, M., Azevedo, J.A.R., Ávila, R.W., Curcio, F.F., Nunes, P.M.S. & Passos, P. 2024. Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 85–120. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e106238 Reference page.