Weverton dos Santos Azevedo

Weverton dos Santos Azevedo, Brazilian herpetologist.

• Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
• Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by Weverton dos Santos Azevedo

Publications

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2021

• Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Tiutenko, A., Azevedo, W.D.S. & Abegg, A.D. 2021. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: on the taxonomic identity of Phalotris cerradensis Silveira, 2020. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 128(1): 53–60. DOI: 10.35929/RSZ.0034 Reference page. 
• Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Abegg, A.D., Koch, C., Nuñez, L.P., Azevedo, W.D.S., Moraes, L.J., Tiutenko, A., Bialves, T.S. & Loebmann, D. 2021. A new species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini) from the savannas of northern South America. Salamandra 57(2): 196–218. PDF ResearchGate Reference page. 

2022

• Abegg, A.D., Santos, A.P., Costa, H.C., Battilana, J., Graboski, R., Vianna, F.S.L., Azevedo, W.S., Fagundes, N.J.R., Castille, C.M., Prado, P.C., Bonatto, S.L., Zaher, H. & Grazziotin, F.G. 2022. Increasing taxon sampling suggests a complete taxonomic rearrangement in Echinantherini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10(969263): 1–21. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.969263 Reference page. 

2024

• Azevedo, W.S. dos, Franco, F.L., Menezes, L., Kunz, T.S. & Grazziotin, F. G. 2024. Integrated evidence sheds light on the taxonomy of the widespread Tantilla melanocephala species complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) and indicates the existence of a new species from southern South America. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 24: 119–147. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-023-00636-5 Reference page.