La Colección Herpetológica de la Escuela de Biología de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala está enfocada en el estudio de anfibios y reptiles nativos.  Está conformada por ejemplares conservados en en líquido (alcohol etílico al 70%).

Curador
cDr. Carlos Vásquez

Profesor Titular del Departamento de Zoología, Genética y Vida Silvestre
Curador de la Colección Herpetológica
Escuela de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala


Contacto:  : carlosvasquezalmazan@gmail.com

Listado de publicaciones asociadas a la colección

  1. Ellison, S., Rovito, S., Parra-Olea, G. et al. (2019). The Influence of Habitat and Phylogeny on the Skin Microbiome of Amphibians in Guatemala and Mexico. Microb Ecol 78, 257–267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1288-8

  2. Luna M.C., Vásquez-Almazán C.R., Faivovich J., Brunetti A.E.  (2019) Gland composition in sexually dimorphic skin structures of two species of Hylid frogs: Plectrohyla guatemalensis and Ptychohyla hypomykter.  Amphibia-Reptilia DOI: 10.1163/15685381-20191221

  3. Julián Faivovich, Martín O. Pereyra, María Celeste Luna, Andreas Hertz, Boris L. Blotto, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, James R. McCranie, David A. Sánchez, Délio Baêta, Katyuscia Araujo-Vieira, Gunther Köhler, Brian Kubicki, Jonathan A. Campbell, Darrel R. Frost, Ward C. Wheeler, and Célio F.B. Haddad. (2018). On the Monophyly and Relationships of Several Genera of Hylini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae), with Comments on Recent Taxonomic Changes in Hylids.  South American Journal of Herpetology 13(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00115.1
  4. Gregory W. Taylor, Juan C. Santos Benjamin J. Perrault Mariana Morando Carlos Roberto Vásquez Almazán Jack W. Sites Jr. (2017). Sexual dimorphism, phenotypic integration, and the evolution of head structure in casque‐headed lizards. Ecology and evolution, 7 (21), 8989 8998. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3356
  5. Sean M. Rovito, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, Theodore J. Papenfuss, Gabriela Parra-Olea, David B. Wake. (2015). Biogeography and evolution of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton), with the description of a new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175 (1),  150–166.  https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12268
  6.  Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán and Sean M. Rovito. (2014). A New Species of Black Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 48(4), 518-524. https://doi.org/10.1670/13-170
  7. Ruano-Fajardo. G, Rovito, SM, Ladle ,RJ. (2014) Bromeliad Selection by Two Salamander Species in a Harsh Environment. PLoS ONE 9(6): e98474. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098474
  8. Rovito, S.M., Parra-Olea, G., Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. et al. (2012). Deep divergences and extensive phylogeographic structure in a clade of lowland tropical salamanders. BMC Evol Biol 12, 255 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-255
  9. Sean M. Rovito, David B. Wake, Theodore J. Papenfuss Gabriela Parra‐Olea, Antonio Muñoz‐Alonso & Carlos R. Vásquez‐Almazán. (2012). Species formation and geographical range evolution in a genus of Central American cloud forest salamanders (Dendrotriton). Journal of Biogeography, 39 (7), 1251-1265. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02696.x
  10. Rovito, Sean M.; Papenfuss, Theodore J.; Vásquez-Almazán, Carlos R. (2012) A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala. Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 3266 (1), 62–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3266.1.5.
  11. Sean M. Rovito, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán & Theodore J. Papenfuss. (2010). A New Species of Bolitoglossa (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology 44(4), 516-525. https://doi.org/10.1670/09-205.1
  12. Curan Bonham, Eduardo Sacayón, Mercedes Barrios, Sergio Perez, Carlos Vásquez-Almazán, José Cajas, Nicté Ordoñez, Enio Cano & Fredy Archila (2009).  Biodiversity and biogeographic significance of the Sierra Chinajá in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala: a first look. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management 5:3, 115-131. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451590903223236
  13. Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, Sean M. Rovito, David A. Good, and David B. Wake. (2009).  A New Species of Cryptotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Eastern Guatemala. Copeia 2009(2), 313-319. https://doi.org/10.1643/CH-08-086
  14. Sean M. Rovito, Gabriela Parra-Olea, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, Theodore Papenfuss & David Wake. (2009). Reply to Gamfeldt: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. PNAS 106 (18) E49; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0903137106

  15. Sean M. Rovito, Gabriela Parra-Olea, Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán, Theodore J. Papenfuss  & David B. Wake (2008). Dramatic declines in neotropical salamander populations are an important part of the global amphibian crisis. PNAS 2009 106 (9) 3231-3236; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0813051106