Luís Miguel Pires Ceríaco

Luís Miguel Pires Ceríaco, Portuguese herpetologist and zoologist.

• Department of Vertebrate Zoology and Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, California 94118, United States.
• Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica, 58, 1269-102 Lisbon, Portugal.

Taxon names authored

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• 39 taxon names authored by Luís Miguel Pires Ceríaco

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2015

• Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2015. Lost in the middle of the sea, found in the back of the shelf: A new giant species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea. Zootaxa 3973(3): 511–527. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.6. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Jacquet, F., Nicolas, V., Colyn, M., Denys, C., Sardinha, P.C. & Bastos-Silveira, C. 2015. Description of a new endemic species of shrew (Mammalia, Soricomorpha) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea). Mammalia 79(3): 325–341. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2014-0056 Reference page. 

2016

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Gutiérrez, E.E. & Dubois, A. 2016. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. Zootaxa 4196(3): 435–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.9. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2016. A review of the genus Trachylepis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Gulf of Guinea, with descriptions of two new species in the Trachylepis maculilabris (Gray, 1845) species complex. Zootaxa 4109(3): 284–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.2. Reference page. 
• Stanley, E.L., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Bates, M.F. & Branch, W.R. 2016. A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. Zootaxa 4061(3): 201–226. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.3.1. Full article (PDF).  Reference page. 

2017

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Schmitz, A. & Bauer, A.M.. 2017. The “Cobra-preta” of São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea, is a new species of Naja Laurenti, 1768 (Squamata: Elapidae). Zootaxa 4324(1): 121–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.7. Reference page. 

2018

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Branch, W.R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. A new species of African snake-eyed skink (Scincidae: Panaspis) from central and northern Namibia. Zootaxa 4527(1): 140–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.1.12 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Miscellanea Herpetologica Sanctithomae, with a provisional checklist of the terrestrial herpetofauna of São Tomé, Príncipe and Annobon islands. Zootaxa 4387(1): 91–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.1.4 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859 Reference page. 
• Soares, L.B., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bastos-Silveira, C., Scheinberg, L.A., Harris, D.J., Brehm, A. & Jesus, J. 2018. Review of the leaf-litter skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 67(2): 132–159. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2017.1413015 Reference page. 
• Thomson, S.A., Pyle, R.L., Ahyong, S.T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Ammirati, J., Araya, J.F., et al. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLOS Biology 16(3): e2005075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075 Reference page. 

2019

• Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S., Pauwels, O.S.G. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new long-tailed skink (Scincidae: Trachylepis) from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4568(1): 51–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.1.3 Reference page. 
• Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Stanley, E.L., Bandeira, S.A., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668(4): 503–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Agarwal, I., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4746(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4746.1.1 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Parker, K.L., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4747(1): 77–112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4747.1.3 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Agarwal, I., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A correction to a recent review of the genus Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Angola, with the description of two additional species. Zootaxa 4861(1): 92–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.1.6 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Tolley, K.A., Marques, M.P., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. A dwarf among giants: phylogenetic position of the elusive Angolan Adder (Bitis heraldica) and biogeographic affinities of Angolan Afromontane regions. African Journal of Herpetology 69(1): 108–118. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1782484 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco L.M.P., Marques, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2020. The Bush Vipers, genus Atheris Cope, 1862 (Squamata: Viperidae) of Bioko Island, Gulf of Guinea, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4838(4): 581–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.9 Reference page. 
• Nielsen, S.V., Conradie, W., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P., Stanley, E.L. & Blackburn, D.C. 2020. A new species of Rain Frog (Brevicipitidae, Breviceps) endemic to Angola. ZooKeys 979: 133–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.56863 Reference page. 

2021

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Parrinha, D. & Marques, M.P. 2021. Saving collections: taxonomic revision of the herpetological collection of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisbon (Portugal) with a protocol to rescue abandoned collections. Zookeys 1052: 85–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1052.64607 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bauer, A.M., Kusamba, C., Agarwal, I. & Greenbaum, E. 2021. A New Species of Ground-Dwelling Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Journal of Herpetology 55(2): 105–111. DOI: 10.1670/20-094 Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Santos, B.S., Marques, M.P., Bauer, A.M. & Tiutenko, A. 2021. Citizen Science meets specimens in old formalin filled jars: a new species of Banded Rubber Frog, genus Phrynomantis (Anura, Phrynomeridae) from Angola. Alytes 38(1–4): 18–48. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Arellano, A.L., Jadin, R.C., Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Jita snakes (Lamprophiidae: Boaedon) from São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea), with the description of a new species. African Journal of Herpetology 70(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2020.1832152 Reference page. 

2022

• Marques, M.P., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Heinicke, M.P., Chehouri, R.M., Conradie, W., Tolley, K.A. & Bauer, A.M. 2022. The Angolan bushveld lizards, genus Heliobolus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Lacertidae): Integrative taxonomy and the description of two new species. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 745–769. DOI: 10.3897/vz.72.e85269 Reference page. 

2023

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., de Sousa, A.C.A., Veríssimo, J., Beja, P. & Ferreira, S. 2023. Illustrated keys and a DNA barcode reference library of the amphibians and terrestrial reptiles (Amphibia, Reptilia) of São Tomé and Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea, West Africa). Zookeys 1168: 41–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1168.101334 Reference page. 
• Marques, M.P., Parrhina, D., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Brennan, I.G., Heinicke, M.P. & Bauer, A.M. 2023. A new species of thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus) from Serra da Neve and surrounding rocky areas of southwestern Angola. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 325–343. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e101329 Reference page. 
• Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Tiutenko, A., Lopes-Lima, M., Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. 2023. A new species of African legless skink, genus Acontias Cuvier, 1816 "1817" (Squamata: Scincidae) from Serra da Neve inselberg, south-western Angola. African Journal of Herpetology 72(2): 145–162. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2024

• Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Tiutenko, A., Weinell, J.L., Butler, B.O. & Bauer, A.M. 2024. The Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) of Angola: an integrative taxonomic review with the description of seven new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 465: 1–153. hdl: 2246/7345 Reference page. 
• Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Lopes-Lima, M., Tiutenko, A., Bauer, A.M. & Ceriaco, L.M.P. 2024. An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola. ZooKeys 1201: 167–217. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1201.120750 Reference page. 

Links

• Universidade do Porto: Luís Miguel Pires Ceríaco