Omar Torres-Carvajal

Omar Torres-Carvajal, Ecuadorian herpetologist.

Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Torres-Carvajal, O., Almendáriz, A., Valencia, J., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Reyes, J.P. 2008. A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern Ecuador. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(20): 227–235. PDF Reference page.

Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Torres-Carvajal, O., Nunes, P.M.S., Peck, M.R. & Maddock, S.T. 2014. A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes. Zootaxa 3866(2): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.4 Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Torres-Carvajal, O. Duran, V., de Queiroz, K. 2013. Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru. ZooKeys 277: 69–90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.277.3594 Reference page.

Torres-Carvajal, O., Venegas, P.J. & de Queiroz, K. 2015. Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America. Zookeys 494: 107–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8903 Reference page.
Poe, S., Latella, I., Ayala-Varela, F., Yañez-Miranda, C. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2015. A New Species of Phenacosaur Anolis (Squamata; Iguanidae) from Peru and a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Dactyloa-clade Anolis Based on New DNA Sequences and Morphology. Copeia 2015(3): 639–650. DOI: 10.1643/CH-14-127 Reference page.
Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Martins, A., Amador-Oyola, L. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from northern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8(1) [Special Section]: 107–120. BHL 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.

Pyron, R.A., Arteaga, A., Echevarría, L.Y. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2016. A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis. Zootaxa 4171(2): 293–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4. 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.

Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page.
Betancourt, R., Reyes-Puig, C., Lobos, S.E., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva (In Spanish). Neotropical Biodiversity 4(1): 82–101. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2018.1487694 Reference page.
Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Reyes-Puig, C., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Velasco, J.A., Ayala-Varela, F. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. A new cryptic species of Anolis lizard from northwestern South America (Iguanidae, Dactyloinae). ZooKeys 794: 135–163. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.794.26936 Reference page.

Parra, V., Nunes, P.M.S. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2020. Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species. ZooKeys 954: 109–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.954.50667 Reference page.

Torres-Carvajal, O., Parra, V., Nunes, P.M.S. & Koch, C. 2021. A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology 55(4): 385–395. DOI: 10.1670/20-142 Reference page.