2009

Guayasamín, J.M., A. Terán-Valdez. 2009. A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the western slopes of the Andes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 2161: 47–59. PDF

Romero-Carvajal, A., N. Sáenz-Ponce, M. Venegas Ferrín, D. Almeida-Reinoso, L. Chanjae, J. Bond, M.J. Ryan, J.B. Wallingford and E.M. del Pino. 2009. Embryogenesis and laboratory maintenance of the foam-nesting túngara frogs, genus Engystomops (= Physalaemus). Developmental Dynamics 238: 1444-1454. (PDF, solicítelo al laboratorio de Biología del Desarrollo PUCE <edelpino@puce.edu.ec> o al coautor <dpalmeida@puce.edu.ec>)

2009. Santos J. C., L. A. Coloma, K. Summers, J. P. Caldwell, R. Ree, and D. C. Cannatella. Amazonian Amphibian diversity Is primarily derived from late Miocene Andean lineages. PLoS Biol 7(3): e1000056 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000056. Enlace

Guayasamin, J. M., S. Castroviejo-Fisher, L. Trueb, J. Ayarzagüena, M. Rada, y C. Vilà. 2009. Phylogenetic systematics of glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni. Zootaxa 2100:1-97. PDF

Bravo, F. & D. Salazar-V. 2009. A new species of Sycorax Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) collected on harlequin frogs (Anura: Bufonidae, Atelopus) in the Ecuadorian Andse. Zootaxa 2093: 37–42. (PDF solicítelo al autor o coautor <freddy11bravo@yahoo.com.br>, <davidsalazarv@gmail.com>.

Yánez-Muñoz, M, Pérez-Peña, P. & D. Cisneros-Heredia. 2009. New country records of Hyalinobatrachium iaspidiense (Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador and Peru. Herpetology Notes 2: 49-52. PDF

Ramírez J., S., P. Meza-Ramos, M. Yánez-Muñoz & J. Reyes. Asociaciones interespecíficas de anuros en cuatro gradientes altitudinales de la Reserva Biológica Tapichalaca, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. Boletín Técnico 8 del Centro de Investigaciones IASA, Serie Zoológica 4-5: 35-49. PDF

Valencia, J. H. E. Toral, M. Morales, R. Betancourt & A. Barahona. 2009 "2008". Guía de campo de anfibios del Ecuador. Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orcés, Simbioe. Maxigraf S. A., Quito, 208 pp. Enlace

Schloegel, L. M., A. M. Picco, A. M. Kilpatrick, A. J. Davies, A. D. Hyatte, P. Daszak. 2009. Magnitude of the US trade in amphibians and presence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ranavirus infection in imported North American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana). Biological Conservation xxx (2009) xxx–xxx. PDF

Ortega-Andrade, M. H. 2009. Amphibia, Anura, Eleutherodactylidae, Adelophryne adiastola Hoogmoed and Lescure, 1984: First countries records and distribution extension from Ecuador and Brazil. Check List 5(1): 139–143, 2009. PDF

Santos J. C., L. A. Coloma, K. Summers, J. P. Caldwell, R. Ree, and D. C. Cannatella. 2009. Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages. PLoS Biol 7(3): e1000056 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000056. Enlace

Yánez-Muñoz, M. y P. Venegas 2008. Anfibios y Reptiles/Amphibians and Reptiles. Pp: 90-96/215-221 en: Alverson, W. S., C. Vriesendorp, A. del Campo, D. K. Moskovits, D. F. Stottz, M. García D. y/and L. A. Borbor eds. Ecuador-Perú: Cuyabeno Güeppí. Rapid Biological and Social Inventories Reported 20. The Field Museum of Chicago. PDFs

Yánez-Muñoz, M. y A. Chimbo. 2007. Anfibios y Reptiles. Pp: 96-99 en: Borman, R., C. Vriesendorp, W. S. Alverson, D. K. Moskovits, y/and A. del Campo, eds. Rapid Biological Inventories Reported 19. Ecuador: Territorio Cofán Dureno. The Field Museum of Chicago. PDFs

2008

Vigle, G. O. 2008. The amphibinas and reptiles of the Estación Biológica Jatun Sacha in the lowland rainforest of Amazonian Ecuador: a 20-year record. Breviora 514: 1–27. PDF

Lehr, E. & L. A. Coloma. 2008. A minute new Ecuadorian Andean frog (Anura: Strabomantidae, Pristimantis). Herpetologica 64(3): 354–367. (PDF, solicítelo al coautor <lcoloma@puce.edu.ec>)

Cisneros-Heredia D. F., P. J. Venegas, M. Rada, and R. Schulte. 2008. A new species of glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the foothill Andean forests of Ecuador and Peru. Herpetologica 64(3): 341–353. (PDF. solicítelo al autor o coautores).

Ron, S. R. 2008. The evolution of female mate choice for complex calls in túngara frogs. Animal Behaviour. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.07.024. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <santiago.r.ron@gmail.com>)

Menéndez-Guerrero, P. A., S. R. Ron, y C. H. Graham. 2008. Predicting the distribution and spread of pathogens to amphibians. En: Threatened Amphibians of the World. (S. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, y B. Young, Eds.). Pp. 27-128. Lynx Edicions. España. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <pablo_menendez@hotmail.com>)

Ron, S.  y R. M. Brown. 2008. Filling the black hole: challenges in taxonomy to protect amphibians.  En: Threatened Amphibians of the World. (S. Stuart, M. Hoffman, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani, y B. Young, Eds.). Pp. 133. Lynx Edicions. España. (PDF, solicítelo al autor (PDF, solicítelo al autor <santiago.r.ron@gmail.com>)

Cisneros-Heredia D. F. & M. A. Morales-Mite. 2008. A new species of glassfrog from the elfin forests of the Cordillera del Cóndor, southeastern Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae). Herpetozoa 21 (1/2): 49-56. PDF

Wake, D. B. & V. T. Vredenburg. 2008. Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(1): 11466-11473. PDF

Guerra, M. A. & S. R. Ron. 2008. Mate choice and courtship signal differentiation promotes speciation in an Amazonian frog. Behavioral Ecology doi:10.1093/beheco/arn098 1-8. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M., S. Castroviejo-Fisher, J. Ayarzagüena, L. Trueb & C. Vilà. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of glassfrogs (Centrolenidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:574-595. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <jmguayasamin@gmail.com>)

Gluesenkamp, A. G. & J. M. Guayasamin. 2008. A new species of Osornophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Andean highlands of northen Ecuador. Zootaxa 1828: 18-28. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <jmguayasamin@gmail.com>)

Mueses-Cisneros, J. J. & M. A. Anganoy-Criollo. 2008. Una nueva especie del grupo Hyloscirtus larinopygion. (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) del suroccidente de Colombia. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(15): 129-138. PDF

Ortega-Andrade, H. M. 2008. Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger (Anura, Hylidae): variación, distribución y sinonimia. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(13): 103-1117 PDF

Rada, M. & J. M. Guayasamin. 2008. Redescripción de Cochranella megista (Rivero, 1985) y ampliación de la distribución de nueve ranas de cristal (Anura: Centrolenidae) en Colombia. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(12): 89-101. PDF

Bustamante, M. R. & J. R. Mendelson III. 2008. A new frog species (Strabomantidae: Pristimantis) from the High Andes of Southeastern Ecuador. Zootaxa 1820: 49-59. PDF

Guayasamin, J.M., D. F. Cisneros-Heredia y S. Castroviejo-Fisher. 2008. Taxonomic indentity of Cochranella petersi Goin, 1961 and Centrolenella ametarsia Flores, 1987. Zootaxa 1815: 25-34. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <jmguayasamin@gmail.com>)

Elmer, K. R. & D. C. Cannatella. 2008. Three new species of leaflitter frogs from the upper Amazon forests: cryptic diversity within Pristimantis "ockendeni" (Anura: Strabomantidae) in Ecuador. Zootaxa. 1784: 11–38. PDF

Greeney, H. F., R. A. Gelis & W. C. Funk. 2008. Predation on caecilians (Caecilia orientalis) by barred hawks (Leucopternis princeps) depends on rainfall. Herpetological Review. 39(2): 162–164. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <w_c_funk@yahoo.com>)

Coloma, L. A. Model programs. Pontificia Universidad Católica in Quito, Ecuador. Pg. 26. En Zippel, K. C., & J. R. Mendelson III. The amphibian extinction crisis: a call to action. Herpetological Review 39(1): 23–29. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <lcoloma@puce.edu.ec>)

Ron, S. R. Climate change. 2008. Pg. 25. En Zippel, K. C., & J. R. Mendelson III. The amphibian extinction crisis: a call to action. Herpetological Review 39(1): 23–29. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <srron@puce.edu.ec>)

Pounds, J. A., & L. A. Coloma. 2008. Beware the lone killer. Why are harlequin frogs disappearing across the American tropics? A resifting of the evidence backs up the conclusion that global warming is a key conspirator in the losses. Nature Reports Climate Change. doi:10.1038/climate.2008.37. Enlace

Quiguango-Ubillús & L. A. Coloma. 2008. Notes on behaviour, communication and reproduction in captive Hyloxalus toachi (Anura: Dendrobatidae), an Endangered Ecuadorian frog. International Zoo Yearbook 42: 78–89. (PDF, solicítelo al coautor <lcoloma@puce.edu.ec>)

Hedges, S. B., Duellman, W. E. & M. P. Heinicke. 2008. New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation. Zootaxa 1737:1–182. PDF, solicítelo al autor o coautores <duellman@ku.edu>

Bickford, D. 2008. Forgetting habitat loss in amphibians extinctions-missing the forest for the disease. PLoS Biology. Response to Lips et al. 2008. Htm

Parmesan, C., 2008. Amphibian extinctions: disease not the whole story. PLoS Biology. Response to Lips et al. 2008. Htm

Lips, K.R., Diffendorfer, J. Mendelson III, J. R. & Sears, M.W. 2008. Riding the wave: reconciling the roles of disease and climate change in amphibian declines. PLoS Biology 6 (3) e72: 441–454. PDF

Padial, J. M., J. M. Chaparro, & I. de la Riva. 2008. Systematics of Oreobates and the Eleutherodactylus discoidalis species group (Amphibia, Anura), based on two mitochondrial DNA genes and external morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 737–773. PDF, solicítelo al autor <iriva@mncn.csic.es>

Yánez-Muñoz, M. H. & D. F. Cisneros-Heredia. 2008. Notes on geographic distribution. Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae: Cochranella orejuela, first country records from Ecuador. Check List 4(1): 50-54. PDF

Castillo-Trenn, P. & L. A. Coloma. 2008. Notes on behaviour and reproduction in captive Allobates kingsburyi (Anura: Dendrobatidae), with comments on evolution of reproductive amplexus. International Zoo Yearbook 42: 1-13. PDF, solicítelo al autor <pataluca@hotmail.com> o coautor <lcoloma@puce.edu.ec>)

De La Riva, I., Chaparro, J. C. & J. M. Padial. 2008. The taxonomic status of Phyllonastes Heyer and Phrynopus peruvianus (Noble) (Lissamphibia, Anura): resurrection of Noblella Barbour. Zootaxa 1685: 67–68. PDF

2007

McCracken, S. F., M. R. J. Forstner y J. R. Dixon. 2007. A new species of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the lowland rainforest canopy of Yasuni National Park, Amazonian Ecuador. Phyllomedusa 6(1): 23-35. PDF

Elmer, K. R., Davila, J. A., & S. C. Lougheed. 2007. Cryptic diversity and deep divergence in an upper Amazonian frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:247. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-24. PDF

Elmer, K. R., Davila, J. A., & S. C. Lougheed. 2007. Applying new inter-individual approaches to assess
fine-scale population genetic diversity in a neotropical frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. Heredity:1–10. PDF

Lehr, E., L. Trueb, P. J. Venegas, & E. Arbeláez. 2007. Descriptions of the tadpoles of two Neotropical microhylid frogs, Melanophryne carpish and Nelsonophryne aequatorialis (Anura: Microhylidae). Journal of Herpetology 41( 4): 581–589. PDF

Lötters, S., K-H. Jungfer, F. W. Hekel, y W. Schmidt. 2007. Poison frogs. Biology, species & captive husbandry. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 668pp.

Almendáriz, A. & J. L. Carr. 2007. Lista actualizada de los anfibios y reptiles registrados en los remanentes de bosque de la Cordillera de la Costa y áreas adyacentes del suroeste de Ecuador. Informe complementario a: Almendáriz, A. & J. L. Carr. 1992. Amphibians and reptiles, pp. 128-132. En: Status of forest remnants in the cordillera de la Costa and adjacent areas of southwestern Ecuador, T.A. Parker III & J. L. Carr (eds). Washington, DC: Conservation International, RAP Working Papers 2. PDF

Pramuk, J. B., T. Robertson, J. W. Sites Jr. & B. P. Noonan. 2007. Around the world in 10 million years: biogeography of the nearly cosmopolitan true toads (Anura: Bufonidae). Global Ecology and Biogeography DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00348.x. PDF

Wiens, J. J., C. A. Kuczynski, W. E. Duellman & T. W. Reeder. 2007. Loss and re-evolution of complex life cycles in marsupial frogs: does ancestral trait reconstruction mislead?. Evolution 61(8): 1886-1899. PDF

Bustamante M. R., D. F. Cisneros-Heredia, M. H. Yánez-Muñoz, H. M. Ortega-Andrade & J. M. Guayasamín. 2007. Notes on geographic distribution. Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Cochranella pulverata, Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum: distribution extension, Ecuador. Check List 3(3): 271-276. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., & R. W. McDiarmid. 2007. Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1572: 1-82. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., & M. Yánez-Muñoz. 2007. Notes on geographic distribution. Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Centrolene balionotum, Centrolene geckoideum, y Cochranella cariticommata: Distribution, extension, new provincial records, Ecuador. Check List 3(1):39-42. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., & M. Yánez-Muñoz. 2007. A new species of glassfrog (Centrolenidae) from the southern Andean foothills on the west Ecuadorian region. South American Journal of Herpetology, 2(1):1-10. PDF

Coloma, L. A., S. Lötters, W. E. Duellman, & A. Miranda-Leiva. 2007. A taxonomic revision of Atelopus pachydermus, and description of two new (extinct?) species of Atelopus from Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 1557: 1–32. PDF.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. A new species of glassfrog of the genus Centrolene from the foothills of Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae). Eine neue Glasfroschart der Gattung Centrolene von den Ausläufern der Cordillera Oriental in Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae) Herpetozoa 20 (1/2): 27-34. PDF.

Elmer, K.R., J.A. Dávila & S.C. Lougheed. 2007. Applying new inter-individual approaches to assess
fine-scale population genetic diversity in a neotropical frog, Eleutherodactylus ockendeni. Heredity 2007:1–10. PDF

Proaño-Bolaños, C, A. Merino-Viteri, P. Peña-Loyola & D. Salazar-V. 2007. A midaltitude report of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Ecuador. Froglog 82. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & R.W. McDiarmid. 2007. Primer registro de Hyalinobatrachium ruedai (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) en Ecuador, con notas sobre otras especies congenéricas. Herpetotropicos. 3(1):21-28. PDF

Del Pino, E.M., M. Venegas-Ferrín, A. Romero-Carvajal, P. Montenegro-Larrea, N. Sáenz-Ponce, I.M. Moya, I. Alarcón. N. Sudou, S. Yamamoto & M. Taira. 2007. A comparative analysis of frog early development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0705092104. Enlace , o PDF solicítelo a la autora o coautores: EDELPINO@puce.edu.ec

Heinicke, M.P., W.E. Duellman & S. Blair Hedges. 2007. Major caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(24): 10092-10097. PDF

Pounds, J. A., M. R. Bustamante, L. A. Coloma, J. A. Consuegra, M. P. L. Fogden, P. N. Foster, E. La Marca, K. L. Masters, A. Merino-Viteri, R. Puschendorf, S. R. Ron, G. A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, C. J. Still, & B. E. Young. 2007. Response. Global warming and amphibian losses. Brief communications arising. Nature 447:doic:10.1038/nature05941. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & P. Meza-Ramos. 2007. An enigmatic new species of glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 1485:33-41. PDF

Moya, I. M., I. Alarcón, & E. M. del Pino. 2007. Gastrulation of Gastrotheca riobambae in comparison with other frogs. Developmental Biology 304:467-478. PDF, solicítelo a la coautora: EDELPINO@puce.edu.ec

Lehr, E. & L. Trueb. 2007. Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Gunther 1901) and a new genus from Peru. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 149:583-609. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M., & L. Trueb. 2007. A new species of glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology. Zootaxa 1447:27-45. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2007. Notes on some Osteocephalus treefrogs from Amazonian Ecuador. Herpetozoa 19 (3/4):183. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & R. P. Reynolds. 2007. New records of Phyllonastes Heyer, 1977 from Ecuador and Peru. Herpetozoa 19 (3/4):184-186. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & M. Yánez-Muñoz. 2007. Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae: Centrolene balionotum, Centrolene geckoideum and Cochranella cariticommata: distribution extention, new provincial records, Ecuador. Check List 3(1): 39--42. PDF

Fouquet, A., M. Vences, M. Salducci, A. Meyer, C. Marty, M. Blanc, & A. Gilles. 2007. Revealing cryptic diversity using molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography in frogs of the Scinax ruber and Rhinella margaritifera species groups. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. PDF

Wiens, J. J. 2007. Book review: The amphibian tree of life. Quarterly review of biology 82:55-56. PDF

Hillis, D. M. 2007. Constraints in naming parts of the Tree of Life. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 42:331-338. PDF

2006

Seimon, T. A., A. Seimon, P. Daszak, S. R. P. Halloys, L. M. Schloegel, C. A. Aguilar, P. Sowell, A. D. Hyatt, B. Konecky, & J. E. Simmons. 2006. Upward range extension of Andean anurans and chytridiomycosis to extreme elevations in response to tropical deglaciation. Global change biology 12:1-12. PDF

McCracken, S. F. & M. R. J. Forstner. 2006. Reproductive ecology and behavior of Eleutherodactylus aureolineatus (Anura, Brachycephalidae) in the canopy of the Upper Amazon Basin, Ecuador. Phyllomedusa 5(2):135-143. PDF

Mendelson III, J. R., K. R. Lips, J. E. Diffendorfer, R. W. Gagliardo, G. B. Rabb, J. P. Collins, P. Daszak, R. Ibáñez D., K. C. Zippel, S. N. Stuart, C. Gascon, H. R. da Silva, P. A. Burrowes, R. C. Lacy, F. Bolaños, L. A. Coloma, K. M. Wright, & D. B. Wake. 2006. Response. Responding to amphibian loss. Letters. Science 314:1541-1542. PDF

Roberts, J. N., J. L. Brown, R. von May, W. Arizabal, R. Schulte, & K. Summers. 2006. Genetic divergence and speciation in lowland and montane peruvian poison frogs. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 41:149-164. PDF y Appendix

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & R. W. Mcdiarmid. 2006. Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & Mcdiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) . Zootaxa 1361:21-31. PDF

Wiens, J. J., C. H. Graham, D. S. Moen, S. A. Smith, & T. W. Reeder. 2006. Evolutionary and ecological causes of the latitudinal diversity gradient in hylid frogs: treefrog trees unearth the roots of high tropical diversity. American Naturalist 168(5): 579-596. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2006. Amphibia, Caudata, Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossa equatoriana and Bolitoglossa biseriata: range extensions, new provincial records from Ecuador, and natural history. Check List 2(3): 64--67. PDF

Forsmann, A., & M. Hagman. 2006. Calling is an honest indicator of paternal genetic quality in posion frogs. Evolution 60(10):2148-2157. PDF

Grant, T., D. R. Frost, J. P. Caldwell, R. Gagliardo, C. F. B. Haddad, P. J. R. Kok, D. B. Means, B. P. Noonan, W. E. Schargel & W.C. Wheeler. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 262 pp. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2006. Amphibia, Brachycephalidae, Eleutherodactylus skydmainos: First country record, Ecuador. Check List 2(2): 47-49. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M., M. R. Bustamante, D. Almeida-Reinoso & W. C. Funk. 2006. Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 147:489-513. PDF

Pramuk. J. B. 2006. Phylogeny of South American Bufo (Anura:Bufonidae) inferred from combined evidence. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146:407-452. PDF

Mendelson III, J. R., K. R. Lips, R. W. Gagliardo, G. B. Rabb, J. P. Collins, J. E. Diffendorfer, P. Daszak, R. Ibáñez D., K. C. Zippel, D. P. Lawson, K. M. Wright, S. N. Stuart, C. Gascon, H. R. da Silva, P. A. Burrowes, R. L. Joglar, E. La Marca, S. Lötters, L. H. du Preez, C. Weldon, A. Hyatt, J. V. Rodriguez-Mahecha, S. Hunt, H. Robertson, B. Lock, C. J. Raxworthy, D. R. Frost, R. C. Lacy, R. A. Alford, J. A. Campbell, G. Parra-Olea, F. Bolaños, J. J. Calvo Domingo, T. Halliday, J. B. Murphy, M. H. Wake, L. A. Coloma, S. L. Kuzmin, M. Stanley Price, K. M. Howell, M. Lau, R. Pethiyagoda, M. Boone, M. J. Lanoo, A. R. Blaustein, A. Dobson, R. A. Griffiths, M. L. Crump, D. B. Wake, & E. D. Brodie Jr. 2006. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. Science 313:48. PDF y Online material.

Yanez-Muñoz, M. & P. Meza-Ramos. 2006. Generando información para conservar a Colostethus delatorreae (Anura: Dendrobatidae): una especie de rana nodriza críticamente amenazada en los andes ecuatorianos. Boletín Especies Amenazadas UICN 6:1-3. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia D. F. 2006. Distribution and ecology of the western Ecuador frog Leptodactylus labrosus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodatylidae). Zoological Research 27(3):225-234. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & R. W. Mcdiarmid. 2006. A new species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from Ecuador with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of glassfrogs. Zootaxa 1244:1-32. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2006. Amphibia, Machalilla National Park, western coastal Ecuador. Check List 2(1): 45-54. PDF

Elmer, K. R., J. A. Dávila & S. C. Lougheed. 2006. Isolation of simple and compound polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellites for the neotropical leaflitter frog Eleutherodactylus ockendeni (Leptodactylidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 1-3. PDF

Freire, D., C. Fernández, & F. Nogales. 2006. Analysis of the presence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Bd. in the amphibian populations of 8 localities in the southern Ecuadorian Andes. Lyonia 9(1): 7-18. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M. S. R. Ron, D. F. Cisneros-Heredia, W. Lamar, & S. F. McCracken. 2006. A new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Leptodactylidae) from the western Amazon basin, with comments on the utility of canopy surveys in lowland rainforest. Herpetologica 62(2):191-202. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M., D. F. Cisneros-Heredia, M. Yánez-Muñoz, & M. Bustamante. 2006. Notes on geographic distribution. Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene ilex, Centrolene litorale, Centrolene medemi, Cochranella albomaculata, Cochranella ametarsia: Range extensions and new country records. Check List 2(1):24-25. PDF

Frost, D.R., T. Grant, J. Faivovich, R. Bain, A. Haas, C.F.B. Haddad, R.O. de Sá, S.C. Donnellan, C.J. Raxworthy, M. Wilkinson, A. Channing, J.A. Campbell, B.L. Blotto, P. Moler, R.C. Drewes, R.A. Nussbaum, J.D. Lynch, D. Green, & W.C. Wheeler. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 370 pp. PDF

Darst, C. R., & M. E. Cummings. 2006. Predator learning favors mimicry of a less-toxic model in poison frogs. Nature 440: 208-211. PDF

Darst, C. R., M. E. Cummings, & D. C. Cannatella. 2006. A mechanism for diversity in warning signals: Conspicuousness versus toxicity in poison frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(15):5852-5857. PDF

Ron, S. R. , J. C. Santos, & D. C. Cannatella. 2006. Phylogeny of the túngara frog genus Engystomops (=Physalaemus pustulosus species group; Anura: Leptodactylidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 39:392-403. PDF

Blaustein, A. R. & A. Dobson. 2006. A message from the frogs. Nature. 439:143:144.

Pounds, J. A., M. R. Bustamante, L. A. Coloma, J. A. Consuegra, M. P. L. Fogden, P. N. Foster, E. La Marca, K. L. Masters, A. Merino-Viteri, R. Puschendorf, S. R. Ron, G. A. Sánchez-Azofeifa, C. J. Still, & B. E. Young. 2006. Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature 439:161-167.

2005

Merino-Viteri, A., L. A. Coloma & A. Almendáriz. 2005. Los Telmatobius (Leptodactylidae) de los Andes del Ecuador y su declive poblacional. En Lavilla, E. O. & De la Riva, I. (eds.), Estudios sobre las ranas andinas de los géneros Telmatobius y Batrachophrynus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), pp.9–37. Asociación Herpetológica Española, Monografías de Herpetología 7. Valencia, España. PDF

Rueda-Almonacid, J. V., J. V. Rodríguez-Mahecha, S. Lötters, E. La Marca, T. Kahn, & A. Angulo (Eds.). 2005. Ranas arlequines. Conservación Internacional. Panamericana Formas e Impresos S. A., Bogotá, Colombia.

Bustamante, M. R., P. A. Menéndez, & D. F. Cisneros-Heredia. 2005. Bufo guttatus. Herpetological Review 36(3):331. PDF

Coloma, L. A (ed). Anfibios de Ecuador. [en línea]. Ver. 2.0 (29 Octubre 2005). Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador. <http://www.puce.edu.ec/zoologia/vertebrados/amphibiawebec/index.html>

Noboa, V. & del Pino, E. 2005. Desarrollo neural de la rana Colostethus machalilla (Anura: Dendrobatidae). Revista Ecuatoriana de Medicina y Ciencias Biológicas. XXVII(1-2): 15-20.

Ron, S. R. 2005. Distribution of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the New World: insights from niche models. Biotropica 37:209–221. PDF

La Marca, E., K. R. Lips, S. Lötters, R. Puschendorf, R. Ibáñez, J. V. Rueda-Almonacid, R. Schulte, C. Marty, F. Castro, J. Manzanilla-Puppo, J. E. García-Pérez, F. Bolaños, G. Chaves, J. A. Pounds, E. Toral, & B. E. Young. 2005. Catastrophic Population Declines and Extinctions in Neotropical Harlequin Frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus). Biotropica 37(2):190–201. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. & R. W. McDiarmid. 2005. Amphibia, Centrolenidae: Centrolene peristictum, Centrolene prosoblepon, Cochranella cochranae, Cochranella midas, Cochranella resplendens, Cochranella spinosa, Hyalinobatrachium munozorum: Range extensions and new provincial records. Check List 1(1): 18-22. PDF

Almendariz, A. & D. F. Cisneros-Heredia. 2005. Nuevos datos sobre la distribucion e historia natural de Gastrotheca longipes (Boulenger, 1882) una rana marsupial amazonica poco conocida (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae). Politecnica 26 (1), Biologia 6: 20-27. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2005. Barycholos pulcher (NCN) Geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 36(3): 331. PDF

Bustamante, M. R., S. R. Ron, & L. A. Coloma. 2005. Cambios en la diversidad en siete comunidades de anuros en los Andes de Ecuador. Biotropica 37(2):180-189. PDF

Darst, C. T., P. A. Menéndez-Guerrero, L. A. Coloma, & D. C. Cannatella. 2005. Evolution of dietary specialization and chemical defense in poison frogs (Dendrobatidae): A comparative analysis. The American Naturalist 165 (1):56–69. PDF

Ron, S. R., L. A. Coloma, & D. C. Cannatella. 2005. A new, cryptic species of Physalaemus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from western Ecuador with commments on the call structure of the P. pustulosus species group. Herpetologica 61(2):178 –198. PDF

Noonan, B. P. & P. Gaucher. 2005. Phylogeography and demography of Guianan harlequin toads (Atelopus): diversification within a refuge. Molecular Ecology 14:3017-3031. PDF

Guayasamin, J. M., & C. Barrio-Amorós. 2005. Combat behavior in Centrolene andinum (Rivero, 1968) (Anura: Centrolenidae). Salamandra 41(3):153-155. PDF.

Heyer, W. R. 2005. Variation and taxonomic clarification of the large species of the Leptodactylus pentadactylus species group (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from middle america, northern southamerica, and Amazonia. Arquivos de Zoologia 37(3): 269-348. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2005. Amphibia, Epipedobates bilinguis, Agalychnis calcarifer, Eleutherodactylus croceoinguinis: Distribution Extensions. Check List 1(1): 14-15. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2005. On the distribution and natural history of Hyla miyatai Vigle & Hoberdhan-Vigle, 1990 in Amazonian Ecuador. Herpetozoa 18(1/2): 71-72. PDF

Cisneros-Heredia, D. F. 2005. Eleutherodactylus malkini. Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 36(1): 74. PDF

Faivovich, J., Haddad, C. F. B., Garcia, P. C. A., Frost, D. R., Campbell, J. A., & Wheeler, W. C., 2005. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 294: 1-240. PDF

Compilado por: Luis A. Coloma