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Bibliography of the reptiles of
Ecuador

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Alava, J.J.; Jimenez, P.; Penafiel, M.; Aguirre, W.; Amador, P. 2005. Sea Turtle strandings and mortality in Ecuador: 1994-1999. Marine Turtle Newsletter 108: 4-7.

Almendáriz, A. 1992. Lista de vertebrados del Ecuador. Politécnica 16(3) "1991": 86-165.

Almendáriz, A. 1997. The Cordillera del Condor region of Ecuador and Peru: a biological assessment. Appendix 10. Amphibian and reptile species recorded in the northern and western Cordillera del Condor. RAP Working Papers 7: 199-201.

Almendariz, A.; Orces, G. 2004. Distribucion de algunas especies de la herpetofauna de los pisos: altoandino, temperado y subtropical. Politecnica Biologia 5: 97-149.

Almendáriz, A.; Reynolds, R.; Icochea-M., J. 1997. Reptiles and amphibians of the Cordillera del Condor. RAP Working Papers 7: 80-90.

Purkayastha_2013 2014. Overview of the herpetofauna of the unexplored Cordillera del Condor of Ecuador. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 8(1): 45-63.

Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, I.; Guayasamin, J.M. 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Mindo. Life in a cloudforest. Imprenta Mariscal, Quito. 258 pp.

Arteaga, A.; Bustamente, L.; Guayasamin, J.M. 2018. Reptiles of Ecuador: Life in the Middle of the World. Universidad Tecnológica Indoamereica, Quito.

Beirne, C.; Burdekin, O.; Whitworth, A. 2013. Herpetofaunal responses to anthropogenic habitat change within a small forest reserve in eastern Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 23(4): 209-219.

Boulenger, G.A. 1880. Reptiles et Batraciens recueillis par M. Emile de Ville dans les Andes de l'Equateur. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France 5: 41-48.

Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. Edward Whymper in Ecuador in 1879-80. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 5) (London) 9(54): 457-467.

Boulenger, G.A. 1898. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107-126.

Boulenger, G.A. 1902. Descriptions of new batrachians and reptiles from north-western Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) (London) 9: 51-57.

Cadena, A.; Bouchard, J.F. 1980. Las figurillas zoomorfas de ceramica del litoral pacifico ecuatorial (region de La Tolita, Ecuador: y de Tumaco, Colombia). Boletin del Instituto Frances de Estudios Andinos 9(3-4): 49-68.

Cadena-Ortiz, H.; Barahona-V., A.; Bahamonde-Vinueza, D.; Brito M., J. 2017. Anecdotal predation events of some snakes in Ecuador. Herpetozoa 30(1-2): 93-96.

Carr, J.L.; Almendáriz, A.; Simmons, J.E.; Nielsen, M.T. 2014. Subsistence hunting for turtles in northwestern Ecuador. Acta Biologica Colombiana 19(3): 401-413.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2006. Turtles of the Tiputini Biodiversity Station with remarks on the diversity and distribution of the Testudines from Ecuador. Biota Neotropica 6(1): 16 pp.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Leptotyphlopidae, Leptotyphlops, Ecuador: re-evaluation of the species cited for the country. Check List 4(2): 178-181.

Coloma, L.A.; Ron, S.R. 2001. Ecuador megadiverso: anfibios, reptiles, aves, mamiferos. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito. 138 pp.

Cope, E.D. 1868. An examination of the Reptilia and Batrachia obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96-140.

Copping, R. 1957. Reptiles and amphibians of the highlands of Ecuador. British Journal of Herpetology 2: 54-56.

Deichmann, J.L.; Lima, A.P.; Williamson, G.B. 2011. Effects of geomorphology and primary productivity on Amazonian leaf litter herpetofauna. Biotropica 43(2): 149-156.

Despax, R. 1913. Reptiles et batraciens de l'Equateur recueillis par M. le Dr. Rivet. pp. 17-44. In: Mission du Service geographique de l'Armee pour la mesure d'un arc de meridien equatorial en Amerique du Sud (1899-1906) t. 9B [1911].

Duellman, W.E. 1978. The biology of an equatorial herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Miscellaneous Publication 65: 1-352.

Duellman, W.E. 1989. Tropical herpetofaunal communities: patterns of community structure in Neotropical rainforests. Ecological Studies Analysis and Synthesis 69: 61-88.

Enock, C.R. 1947. Ecuador, su historia antigua y moderna. Topografia y recursos naturales. An. Univ. Eouador 74(323-324): 463-550.

Fowler, H.W. 1913. Amphibians and reptiles from Ecuador, Venezuela and Yucatan. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 65: 153-176.

Franzen, M. 2006. Evaluating the sustainability of hunting: a comparison of harvest profiles across three Huaorani communities. Environmental Conservation 33(1): 36-45.

Frazier, J.; Salas, S. 1982. Ecuador closes commercial turtle fishery. Marine Turtle Newsletter 20: 5-6.

Fugler, C.M. 1967. Terminal herpetological and ichthyological investigations in the Oriente of Ecuador and northern Peru. American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1966: 340-341.

Fugler, C.M.; Walls, A.B. 1978. Snakes of the Upano Valley of Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 53(3): 81-87.

Fugler, C.M.; Walls, A.B. 1979. The lizards of the Upano Valley of southeastern Ecuador. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 54(3): 120-121.

Garman, S. 1892. On reptiles collected by Dr. Geo. Baur near Guayaquil, Ecuador. Bull. Essex Inst. 24: 88-95.

Heyer, W.R.; Berven, K.A. 1973. Species diversities of herpetofaunal samples from similar microhabitats at two tropical sites. Ecology 54(3): 642-645.

Hurtado, G.M. 1982. Recaptura de tortugas marinas en aguas continentales del Ecuador. Estacion Cientifica Charles Darwin Informe Anual 1981 [1982]: 96-101.

Hurtado, G.M. 1982. The ban on the exportation of turtle skin from Ecuador. Marine Turtle Newsletter 20: 1-4.

Izquierdo, J.; Nogales, F.; Patricio, Y.A. 2000. Analisis herpetofaunistico de un bosque humedo tropical en la Amazonia Ecuatoriana. Ecotropicos 13(1): 29-42.

Kuch, U.; Freire-Lascano, A. 2002. Snake records from Bolivar province, Ecuador. Herpetozoa 15(3-4): 182.

Lewis, T.R. 2002. Threats facing endemic herpetofauna in the cloud forest reserves of Ecuador. Herpetological Bulletin 79: 18-26.

Mattison, C. 1987. Reptiles and amphibians of Equador. Rephiberary 115: 3-5.

Maynard, R.J.; Aall, N.C.; Saenz, D.; Hamilton, P.S.; Kwiatkowski, M.A. 2016. Road-edge effects on herpetofauna in a lowland Amazonian rainforest. Tropical Conservation Science 9(1): 264-290.

McCracken, S.F.; Forstner, M.R.J. 2008. Bromeliad patch sampling technique for canopy herpetofauna in neotropical forests. Herpetological Review 39(2): 170-174.

McCracken, S.F.; Forstner, M.R.J. 2014. Herpetofaunal community of a high canopy tank bromeliad (Aechmea zebrina) in the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve of Amazonian Ecuador, with comments on the use of 'arboreal' in the herpetological literature. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 8(1): 65-75.

Miyata, K. 1982. A check list of the amphibians and reptiles of Ecuador with a bibliography of Ecuadorian herpetology. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 54: 1-70.

Montana, E. de la 2013. Cacería de subsistencia de distintos grupos indígenas de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Ecosistemas 22(2): 84-96.

Ollgaard, A. 2007. Herpetologiske observationer i Ecuador. 1. Slanger. [Herpetological observations in Ecuador. 1. Snakes.] (In Danish, English summary). Nordisk Herpetologisk Forening 50(1): 14-26.

Orces, G. 1948. Notas sobre los ofidios venenosos del Ecuador. Rev. Filos. Letras Quito, Ecuador 8: 231-260.

Orces-V., G. 1949. Los Testudinata ecuatorianos que se conservan en las colecciones de Quito Ecuador. (Con excepcion de las especies de Galapagos.). Bol. Inform. Cient. Nac. Quito 3(20-21): 13-22.

Ortega-Andrade, H.M.; Bermingham, J.; Aulestia, C.; Paucar, C. 2010. Herpetofauna of the Bilsa Biological Station, province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Check List 6(1): 119-154.

O'Shaughnessy, A.W.E. 1881. An account of the collection of lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 227-245.

Parker, H.W. 1932. Some new or rare reptiles and amphibians from southern Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10) 9: 21-26.

Parker, H.W. 1934. Reptiles and amphibians from southern Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (London) 14(10): 264-273.

Parker, H.W. 1938. The vertical distribution of some reptiles and amphibians in southern Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 11) 2: 438-450.

Peracca, M.G. 1904. Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. Rettili ed Amfibii. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 465: 41 pp.

Perez-Santos, C.; Moreno, A.G. 1991. Serpientes de Ecuador. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Monografie (Turin) 11: 1-538.

Peters, J.A. 1955. Herpetological type localities in Ecuador. Rev. Ecuat. Ent. Par. 2(3-4) 1954-1955: 335-352.

Peters, J.A. 1955. Preliminary field survey of the ecology, zoogeography, and systematics of the reptiles and amphibians of Ecuador. American Philosophical Society Yearbook 1955: 140-142.

Peters, J.A. 1957. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1851: 1-13.

Peters, J.A. 1958. Miscellaneous notes on Ecuadorian snakes. Herpetologica 14: 181-182.

Peters, J.A. 1959. Notas misceláneas sobre Saurios del Ecuador. Cienc. y Nat. 2(3): 118-124.

Peters, J.A. 1960. The snakes of Ecuador. A checklist and key. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 122: 491-541.

Peters, J.A. 1963. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian snakes. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 3(1): 57-67.

Peters, J.A. 1967. The lizards of Ecuador, a check list and key. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 119: 1-49.

Rendahl, H. 1937. Einige Reptilien aus Ecuador und Bolivia. Arkiv för Zoologi (Stockholm) 29 A(13): 1-19.

Rendahl, H.; Vestergren, G. 1941. On a small collection of snakes from Ecuador. Arkiv för Zoologi (Stockholm) 33A(5): 1-16.

Sandoval, S.; Neill, D.; Suarez, A. 1991. Historia natural del Alto Rio Napo Ecuador. Un manual para guias de ecoturismo. FEPROTUR, Quito. 65 pp.

Savit, A.Z. 2006. Reptiles of the Santa Lucia cloud forest, Ecuador. Iguana (West Hartford) 13(2): 94-103.

Scott, P. 1960. BBC/IUC Darwin Centenary Expedition to the British Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Panama, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. January-March 1959. Rep. Wildf. Tr. 11(1958-59): 61-76.

Shreve, B. 1934. Notes on Ecuadorian snakes. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 8: 125-132.

Shreve, B. 1941. Notes on Ecuadorian and Peruvian reptiles and amphibians with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 18: 71-83.

Spieler, M.; Skiba, F.; Mullner, A.; Pfrommer, A. 1999. Untersuchungen zur Herpetofauna des Überschwemmungswaldes im Cuyabeno Reservat in Ecuador. Teil 1: Einleitung, Untersuchungsgebiet, Untersuchungsmethode sowie die Echsen-, Schildkröten- und Krokodil-Arten. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 21(118): 22-34.

Spieler, M.; Skiba, F.; Mullner, A.; Pfrommer, A. 1999. Untersuchungen zur Herpetofauna des Überschwemmungswaldes im Cuyabeno Reservat in Ecuador. Teil 3: Schlangen, Gesamtergebnisse und Diskussion. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 21(120): 5-12.

Tolhurst, B.A.; Aguirre Penafiel, V.; Mafla-Endara, P.; Berg, M.J.; Peck, M.R.; Maddock, S.T. 2016. Lizard diversity in response to human-induced disturbance in Andean Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 26(1): 33-39.

Torres-Carvajal, O. 2000. Ecuadorian lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Scientific Papers Natural History Museum the University of Kansas 15: 1-38.

Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: checklist, distribution and systematic references. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 131: 1-35.

Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. Herpetofauna of Isla de La Plata, Ecuador. Herpetological Review 35(1): 85.

Valencia, J.H.; Garzón-Tello, K.; Barragán Paladines, M.E. 2016. Serpientes Venenosas del Ecuador: Sistemática, Taxonomía, Historia Natural, Conservación, Envenenamiento y Aspectos Antropológicos. Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orcés, University of Texas at Arlington, Fondo Ambiental, Quito, Ecuador. 652 pp.

Vasquez-Noboa, A. 2017. Wildlife of Ecuador – A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 288 pp.

Vigle, G.O. 2008. The amphibians and reptiles of the Estacion Biologica Jatun Sacha in the lowland rainforest of Amazonian Ecuador: a 20-year record. Breviora 514: 1-30.

Vitt, L.J.; Torre, S. de la 1996. A research guide to the lizards of Cuyabeno. Monograph 1, Museo de Zoología (QCAZ), Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente Pontifica, Universidad Católica del Ecuador. 165 pp.

Vitt, L.J.; Zani, P.A. 1996. Organization of a taxonomically diverse lizard assemblage in Amazonian Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74(7): 1313-1335.

Werner, F. 1901. Über Reptilien und Batrachier aus Ecuador und Neu-Guinea. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 51: 593-614.

Yanez-Munoz, M.H.; Mueses-Cisneros, J.J. 2009. Anfibios y reptiles. pp. 78-87, 191-199, 276-287. In: Vriesendorp, C.; Alverson, W.S.; del Campo, A.; Stotz, D.F.; Moskovits, D.K.; Caceres, S.F.; Tapia, B.C.; Anderson, E.P. (eds.). Ecuador: Cabeceras Cofanes-Chingual [Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Report 21]. Field Museum, Chicago. 318 pp.