Teresa Cristina Sauer de Ávila-Pires

Teresa Cristina Sauer de Ávila-Pires, Brazilian herpetologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Hoogmoed, M.S. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 1991. A new species of small Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) from western Amazonian Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Série Zoologia 7(1): 77–94. handle Reference page.

Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen 299: 1–706. Full article. Reference page.

Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. & Vitt, L.J. 1998. A New Species of Neusticurus (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Rio Juruá, Acre, Brazil. Herpetologica 54(2): 235–245. JSTOR Reference page.

Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. & Hoogmoed M.S. 2000. On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(12): 209–223. Full article. Reference page.

Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2001. A new species of Lepidoblepharis (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ecuador, with a redescription of Lepidoblepharis grandis. Occasional Papers (Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History) 11: 1–10. Reference page.

Rodrigues, M.T. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2005. New lizard of the genus Leposoma (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the lower Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 39(4): 541–546. DOI: 10.1670/240-04A.1 Reference page.

Peloso, P.L.V., Pellegrino, K.C.M., Rodrigues, M.T. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2011. Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Genus and Species of Lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Amazonian Rainforest of Northern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3713: 1–24. hdl: 2246/6113 Reference page.

Silva, M.B. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2013. The genus Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae) in State of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3681(4): 455–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.8 Reference page.

Hoogmoed, M.S. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2015. Lepidodactylus lugubris (Duméril & Bibron 1836) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), an introduced lizard new for Brazil, with remarks on and correction of its distribution in the New World. Zootaxa 4000(1): 90–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.4 Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Pellegrino, K.C.M., Brunes, T.O., Souza, S.M., Laguna, M.M., Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Hoogmoed, M.S. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2018. On the distinctiveness of Amapasaurus, its relationship with Loxopholis Cope 1869, and description of a new genus for L. guianensis and L. hoogmoedi (Gymnophthalmoidea/Ecpleopodini: Squamata). Zootaxa 4441(2): 332–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.8 Reference page.
Silva, M.B., Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. A New Species of Tupinambis Daudin, 1802 (Squamata: Teiidae) from Central South America. Journal of Herpetology 52(1): 94–110. DOI: 10.1670/16-036 Reference page.
Sturaro, M.J., Rofrigues, M.T., Colli, G.R., Knowles, L.L. & Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37–65. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.04.004 Reference page.

Ávila-Pires, T.C., Nogueira, C. de C. & Martins, M. 2019. A new 'horned' Stenocercus from the highlands of southeastern Brazil, and redescription of Stenocercus tricristatus (Reptilia: Tropiduridae). Zoologia 36: e22909. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.36.e22909 Reference page.