Passos, P., A. Chiesse, O. Torres-Carvajal y J.M. Savage. 2009. Testing species boundaries within the Atractus occipitoalbus complex (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Herpetologica 65:384–403.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2009. Sistemática filogenética de las lagartijas del género Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) de los Andes del norte. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80:727– 740.
Torres-Carvajal, O., K. de Queiroz y R. Etheridge. 2009. A new species of iguanid lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from southern Ecuador with a key to eastern Ecuadorian Enyalioides. Zookeys 27:59–71.
Torres-Carvajal, O, J.M. Guayasamin, E. Tapia y S. Aldás. 2009. Liophis vitti: Diet. Herpetological Review 40:356–357.
Torres-Carvajal, O. y A. Carvajal-Campos. 2009. Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae, Stenocercus aculeatus: Distribution extension and first record for Ecuador. Check List 5:753–754.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2009. Non-parametric bootstrapping of partitioned datasets. Taxon 58:955–958.
Torres-Carvajal, O., y K. de Queiroz. 2009. Phylogeny of hoplocercine lizards (Squamata: Iguania) with estimates of relative divergence times. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50:31–43.
Torres-Carvajal, O., A. Almendáriz, J. Valencia, M. Yánez-Muñoz, y J. P. Reyes. 2008. A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern Ecuador. Papéis Avulsos de Zoología 48(20):227-235.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. A taxonomic revision of South American Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) lizards. Herpetological Monographs. 21:76–178.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. Heterogeneous growth of marginal teeth in the black iguana Ctenosaura similis (Squamata: Iguania). Journal of Herpetology. 41:528-531.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. Phylogeny and biogeography of a large radiation of Andean lizards (Squamata: Stenocercus). Zoologica Scripta 36:311-326.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2007. A new species of iguanian lizard (Iguania: Stenocercus) from the Andes of Colombia. Copeia 2007:56-61.
Torres-Carvajal, O., J. A. Schulte, and J. E. Cadle. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships of South American lizards of the genus Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania): a new approach using a general mixture model for gene sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:171–185.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2005. A new species of Stenocercus (Squamata, Iguania) from central-western Brazil with a key to Brazilian Stenocercus . Phyllomedusa 4:111–120. (PDF, solicítelo al autor <otorres@si.edu>)
Torres-Carvajal, O., E. Lehr, and M. Lundberg. 2005. Resurrection of Stenocercus torquatus Boulenger, a spiny-tailed iguanid lizard (Squamata: Iguania) from Peru. Herpetologica 61(4):440––448. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2005. New Species of Stenocercus (Squamata: Iguania) from the Andes of Central Peru with a Redescription of S. variabilis . Journal of Herpetology 39(3):471–477. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2005. A new species of iguanian lizard ( Stenocercus ) from the western lowlands of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. Herpetologica 61:78–85. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. The abdominal skeleton of tropidurid lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Herpetologica 60:75–83. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. Stenocercus Azureus (NCN). Reproduction. Herpetological Review. 35(2):172.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2004. Terrestrial Herpetofauna of Isla de La Plata (Ecuador). Herpetological Review 35(1):85.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2003. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Die Herpetofauna entlang des 10. Breitengrades von Peru: Arterfassung, Taxonomie, ökologische Bemerkungen und biogeographische Beziehungen, by Edgar Lehr. 2002. Book Review. Herpetological Review 34:403–404.
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2003. The Cranial Osteology of the Andean Lizard Stenocercus guentheri (Squamata: Iguanidae) and Its Postembryonic Development. Journal of Morphology 255:94–113. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2002. Tooth Number Does Not Vary Ontogenetically in the Andean Lizard Stenocercus guentheri (Squamata: Iguanidae). Journal of Herpetology 36(4):707–711. PDF
Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: checklist, distribution, and systematic references. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service 131:1–35. PDF
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. 2000. Reptiles del Ecuador: lista de especies y distribución. Amphisbaena y Sauria. [en línea]. Ver. 1.1. 25 Mayo 2000. Museo de Zoología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. http://www.puce.edu.ec/zoologia/vertebrados/reptiliawebec/reptilesecuador/index.html