María Cristina Ardila-Robayo
María Cristina Ardila-Robayo | |
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| Born | February 15, 1947 |
| Died | November 24, 2017 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Colombian |
| Occupation | Zoologist |
María Cristina Ardila-Robayo (15 February 1947–24 November 2017) was a Colombian herpetologist.[1][2][3] She was professor at the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, and worked closely with the Natural History Museum of the university.[3] In 2010 she was credited as having described 28 new species of amphibians from Colombia;[4] as of late 2018, the Amphibian Species of the World lists 31 valid species described by her.[5] She also worked with caimans and crocodiles and lead biodiversity restoration projects.[3]
The following amphibians are named after her:[1]
- Pristimantis cristinae — Cristina's robber frog
- Rhinella cristinae (a beaked toad)
- Nymphargus cristinae (a glass frog)
- Atelopus ardila (a harlequin toad)
Species described
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- Atelopus angelito
- Atelopus guitarraensis
- Atelopus laetissimus
- Atelopus lozanoi
- Atelopus mandingues
- Atelopus minutulus
- Atelopus monohernandezii
- Atelopus nahumae
- Atelopus petriruizi
- Centrolene paezorum
- Colostethus picacho
- Colostethus saltuarius
- Gastrotheca antomia
- Hyloscirtus caucanus
- Hyloscirtus lynchi
- Niceforonia adenobrachia
- Pristimantis aemulatus
- Pristimantis aurantiguttatus
- Pristimantis labiosus
- Pristimantis orpacobates
- Pristimantis paisa
- Pristimantis permixtus
- Pristimantis piceus
- Pristimantis polemistes
- Pristimantis polychrus
- Pristimantis ruedai
- Pristimantis scopaeus
- Pristimantis signifer
- Pristimantis simoteriscus
- Pristimantis viridis
- Pristimantis zophus
References
[edit]- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 11, 48. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
- ^ "Fallece una de las científicas colombianas que más sabía de anfibios y reptiles". El Espectador (in Spanish). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Aguirre Ceballos, Jaime (2017). "María Cristina Ardila Robayo". Caldasia (in Spanish). 39 (2): i–ii.
- ^ Coloma, Luis A.; Duellman, William E.; Almendáriz C., Ana; Ron, Santiago R.; Terán-Valdez, Andrea & Guayasamin, Juan M. (2010). "Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru". Zootaxa. 2574: 1–54. doi:10.5281/zenodo.197448.
- ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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