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Systematics, Biogeography, Taxonomy, Herpetology, Reptiles, Ecuador, South America, Galápagos, Andes
Ecuador

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Employment (3)

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Quito, Pichincha, EC

2009-01 to present | Full Professor and Museum Curator (Biology)
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Omar Torres-Carvajal

Georgetown University: Washington, DC, US

2008-01 to 2008-12 | Lecturer (Biology)
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Omar Torres-Carvajal

Smithsonian Institution: Washington DC, US

2006 to 2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow (National Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Zoology)
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Omar Torres-Carvajal

Education and qualifications (2)

The University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, US

2002 to 2005 | Ph.D. (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Omar Torres-Carvajal

The University of Kansas: Lawrence, Kansas, US

1999 to 2001 | Ms.A. (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
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Omar Torres-Carvajal

Works (19)

The skinks (Squamata: Scincidae) of Ecuador, with description of a new Amazonian species

Vertebrate Zoology
2024-09-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Omar Torres-Carvajal; Camila Sandoval; Diego A. Paucar
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A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: Microlophus) from the Galápagos

Zootaxa
2024-03-20 | Journal article
Contributors: OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL
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Inclusive and productive ways forward needed for species-naming conventions

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2023-06-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael C. Orr; Alice C. Hughes; Omar Torres Carvajal; Rafael R. Ferrari; Arong Luo; Hossein Rajaei; Santiago R. Ron; Natapot Warrit; Alireza Zamani; Yuanmeng Miles Zhang et al.
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Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pit viper snake (Bothrops asper) in Ecuador

PeerJ
2023-02-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Amaru Loaiza-Lange; Diana Székely; Omar Torres-Carvajal; Nicolás Tinoco; David Salazar-Valenzuela; Paul Székely
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When the tail shakes the snake: phylogenetic affinities and morphology of Atractus badius (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), reveals some current pitfalls on the snake’s genomic age

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: PAULO PASSOS; PAULO R. MELO-SAMPAIO; LUCIANA O. RAMOS; FELIPE G. GRAZZIOTIN; ANTOINE FOUQUET; OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL
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A new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Río Huallaga Basin in Central Peru

Evolutionary Systematics
2021-08-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Pablo J. Venegas; Germán Chávez; Luis A. García-Ayachi; Vilma Duran; Omar Torres-Carvajal
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Adding missing vines to the tree: multilocus phylogeny of New World vine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae: Oxybelis), with description of a new species

Journal of Natural History
2021-08-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Omar Torres-Carvajal; Mauricio Mejía-Guerrero; Claudia Terán
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A new giant anole (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) from southwestern Ecuador

Zootaxa
2021-06-24 | Journal article
Contributors: FERNANDO AYALA-VARELA; SEBASTIÁN VALVERDE; STEVEN POE; ANDREA E. NARVÁEZ; MARIO H. YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ; OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL
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Systematic review of the polychromatic ground snakes Atractus snethlageae complex reveals four new species from threatened environments

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Paulo R. Melo‐Sampaio; Paulo Passos; Ana L.C. Prudente; Pablo J. Venegas; Omar Torres‐Carvajal
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A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador

Zootaxa
2020-12-16 | Journal article
Contributors: OMAR TORRES-CARVAJAL; JUAN C. SÁNCHEZ-NIVICELA; VALENTINA POSSE; ELVIS CELI; CLAUDIA KOCH
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Eight in one: morphological and molecular analyses reveal cryptic diversity in Amazonian alopoglossid lizards (Squamata: Gymnophthalmoidea)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2020-08-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Marco Antonio Ribeiro-Júnior; Erik Choueri; Simon Lobos; Pablo Venegas; Omar Torres-Carvajal; Fernanda Werneck
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Systematics of Pholidobolus lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new species

ZooKeys
2020-07-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Vanessa Parra; Pedro M. Sales Nunes; Omar Torres-Carvajal
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Divergence of tropical pitvipers promoted by independent colonization events of dry montane Andean habitats

Journal of Biogeography
2019-08 | Journal article
Contributors: David Salazar‐Valenzuela; Ulrich Kuch; Omar Torres‐Carvajal; Jorge H. Valencia; H. Lisle Gibbs
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Systematic review of Atractus schach (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) species complex from the Guiana Shield with description of three new species

Systematics and Biodiversity
2019-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Paulo Roberto Melo-Sampaio; Paulo Passos; Antoine Fouquet; Ana Lucia Da Costa Prudente; Omar Torres-Carvajal
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Sistemática de los saurios Anadia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) de Ecuador: límite de especies, distribución geográfica y descripción de una especie nueva

Neotropical Biodiversity
2018-11-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Raquel Betancourt; Carolina Reyes-Puig; Simón E. Lobos; Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz; Omar Torres-Carvajal
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Two new Andean species of Anolis lizard (Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) from southern Ecuador

Journal of Natural History
2018-03-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Omar Torres-Carvajal; Fernando P. Ayala-Varela; Simón E. Lobos; Steven Poe; Andrea E. Narváez
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Use of a rostral appendage during social interactions in the Ecuadorian Anolis proboscis

Journal of Natural History
2017-07-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Diego R. Quirola; Andrés Mármol; Omar Torres-Carvajal; Andrea E. Narváez; Fernando Ayala-Varela; Ignacio T. Moore
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Phylogeny and diversity of neotropical monkey lizards (Iguanidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817)

PLOS ONE
2017-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Omar Torres-Carvajal; Christopher M. Somers; Claudia Koch; Pablo J. Venegas; Steve Poe
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Ecuadorian lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

2000 | Book
Contributors: Omar Torres-Carvajal
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. (1)