Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia

Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia, Ecuadorian naturalist working on herpetology, ornithology and entomology.

• Laboratorio de Zoología Terrestre, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador.
• División de Herpetología, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Quito, Ecuador.
• Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, United Kingdon.
• E-mail: diego.cisnerosheredia@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

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• 44 taxon names authored by Diego Francisco Cisneros-Heredia

Publications

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2006

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 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): 1–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1244.1.1 Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 2006. Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & McDiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae). Zootaxa 1361(1): 21–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1361.1.2 Reference page. 
• Faivovich, J., Moravec, J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Köhler, J. 2006. A new species of the Hypsiboas benitezi group from the western Amazon Basin (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae). Herpetologica 62(1): 96–108. DOI: 10.1655/05-12.1 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Ron, S.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Lamar, W.W. & McCracken, S.F. 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. JSTOR Reference page. 

2007

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2007. A new species of glassfrog of the genus Centrolene from the foothills of Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador. Herpetozoa 20(1/2): 27–34. PDF Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 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): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1572.1.1 Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Meza-Ramos, P. 2007. An enigmatic new species of Glassfrog (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from the Amazonian Andean slopes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 1485(1): 33–41. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.3 Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. 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. DOI: 10.2994/1808-9798(2007)2[1:ANSOGC]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Passos, P., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Salazar-Valenzuela, D. 2007. Rediscovery and redescription of the rare Andean snake Atractus modestus. Herpetological Journal 17(1): 1–6. PDF Reference page. 
• Torres-Gastello, C.P., Suárez-Segovia, J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2007. Cochranella erminea, a new species of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura) from Amazonian Peru. Journal of the National Museum. Natural History Series 176(1): 1–12. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2008

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Morales-Mite, M.A. 2008. A new species of glassfrog from the elfin forests of the Cordillera del Cóndor, southeastern Ecuador. Herpetozoa 21(1/2): 49–56. PDF Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Castroviejo-Fisher, S. 2008. Taxonomic identity of Cochranella petersi Goin, 1961 and Centrolenella ametarsia Flores, 1987. Zootaxa 1815(1): 25–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1815.1.2 Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Venegas, P.J., Rada, M. & Schulte, R. 2008. A new species of glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the foothill Andean forests of Ecuador and Peru. Herpetologica 64(3): 341–353. DOI: 10.1655/06-078.1 Reference page. 

2009

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yanéz-Muñoz, M.H. & Ortega-Andrade, H.M. 2009. Description of a new species of Teratohyla Taylor (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) from north-western Ecuador. Zootaxa 2227(1): 53–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2227.1.3 Reference page. 

2010

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Gluesenkamp, A.G. 2010. A new Andean Toad of the genus Osornophryne (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae) from northwestern Ecuador, with taxonomic remarks on the genus. Avances en Ciencias e Ingeníerias. Sección B 2(3): 64–73. Reference page. 
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. 2010. A new poison frog of the genus Epipedobates (Dendrobatoidea: Dendrobatidae) from the north-western Andes of Ecuador. Avances en Ciencias e Ingeníerias. Sección B 2(3): B83–B86. Reference page. 

2011

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yanéz-Muñoz, M.H. & Ortega-Andrade, H.M. [2010] 2011. Teratohyla sornozai Cisneros-Heredia, Yánez-Muñoz y Ortega-Andrade es un sinónimo junior de Rulyrana orejuela Duellman y Burrowes (Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae). Avances en Ciencias e Ingeníerias. Sección B 2(3): B3–B4. DOI: 10.18272/aci.v2i3.37 Reference page. 

2012

• Mueses-Cisneros, J.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & McDiarmid, R.W. 2012. A new Amazonian species of Rhaebo (Anura: Bufonidae) with comments on Rhaebo glaberrimus (Günther, 1869) and Rhaebo guttatus (Schneider, 1799). Zootaxa 3447(1): 22–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3447.1.2 Reference page. 

2013

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2013. Centrolene ritae Lutz is a senior synonym of Cochranella oyampiensis Lescure and Cochranella ametarsia Flores (Anura: Centrolenidae). Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías. Sección B 5(2): B1–B4. DOI: 10.18272/aci.v5i2.132 Reference page. 
• Schargel, W.E., Lamar, W.W., Passos, P., Valencia, J.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Campbell, J.A. 2013. A new giant Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Ecuador, with notes on some other large Amazonian congeners. Zootaxa 3721(5): 455–474. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.5.2 Reference page. 

2014

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2014. Notes on the taxonomy of some glassfrogs from the Andes of Peru and Ecuador (Amphibia: Centrolenidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 54(12): 161–168. DOI: 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.12 Reference page. 

2017

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2017. The type localities of Anolis aequatorialis Werner, 1894 (Sauria: Iguania: Dactyloidae) and Pristimantis appendiculatus (Werner, 1894) (Amphibia: Anura: Craugastoridae). Zootaxa 4216(2): 190–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.2.5 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Mebert, K., Valencia, J.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Peñafiel, N., Reyes-Puig, C., Vieira-Fernandes, J.L. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.661.11224 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Maynard, R.J., Lynch, R.L., Culebras, J. & Hamilton, P.S. 2017. A marvelous new glassfrog (Centrolenidae, Hyalinobatrachium) from Amazonian Ecuador. ZooKeys 673: 1—20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.673.12108 Reference page. 

2018

• Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Celi-Piedra, E., Posse-Sarmiento, V., Urgilés, V.L., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2018. A new species of Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the Cajas Massif, southern Ecuador. ZooKeys 751: 113–128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.751.20541 Reference page. 

2019

• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Vieira, J., Kohn, S., Gavilanes, G., Lynch, R.L., Hamilton, P.S. & Maynard, R.J. 2019. A new glassfrog (Centrolenidae) from the Chocó-Andean Río Manduriacu Reserve, Ecuador, endangered by mining. PeerJ 7: e6400. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6400 Reference page. 
• Reyes-Puig, C., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Velarde-Garcéz, D.A., Dávalos, N., Mancero, E., Navarette, M., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Ron, S.R. 2019. A new species of terrestrial frog Pristimantis (Strabomantidae) from the upper basin of the Pastaza River, Ecuador. Zookeys 832: 113–133. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.832.30874 Reference page. 
• Reyes-Puig, C., Bittencourt-Silva, G.B., Torres-Sánchez, M., Wilkinson, M., Streicher, J.W., Maddock, S.T., Kotharambath, R., Müller, H., Larrera, F.N.A., Amieda-Reinoso, D., Ron, S.R. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2019. Rediscovery of the Endangered Carchi Andean Toad, Rhaebo colomai (Hoogmoed, 1985), in Ecuador, with Comments on Its Conservation Status and Extinction Risk. Check List 15(3): 415–419. DOI: 10.15560/15.3.415 Reference page. 
• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Veintimilla-Yánez, D., Batallas, D. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2019. A new giant Pristimantis (Anura, Craugastoridae) from the paramos of the Podocarpus National Park, southern Ecuador. Zookeys 852: 137–156. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.852.24557 Reference page. 

2020

• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., McDiarmid, R.W., Peña, P. & Hutter, C.R. 2020. Glassfrogs of Ecuador: Diversity, evolution, and conservation. Diversity 12(222): 1–285. DOI: 10.3390/d12060222 Reference page. 
• Reyes-Puig, C., Wake, D.B., Kotharambath, R., Streicher, J.W., Koch, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Ron, S.R. 2020. Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador. PeerJ 8: e9934. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9934 Reference page. 

2021

• Jordán, J.P., Domínguez-Trujillo, M. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2021. Phylogenetic placement of the spider genus Taczanowskia (Araneae : Araneidae) and description of a new species from Ecuador. Invertebrate Systematics 35: 742–753. DOI: 10.1071/IS20084. . Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Carvajal, M.J., Reyes-Ortega, G.C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Ortega-Andrade, H.M. 2021. Rediscovery of Laura’s glassfrog Nymphargus laurae (Anura: Centrolenidae) with new data on its morphology, colouration, phylogenetic position and conservation in Ecuador. PeerJ 9: e12644. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12644 Reference page. 
• Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Batallas-Revelo, D., Broaddus, C., Urgilés-Merchán, M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2021. A new Andean treefrog (Amphibia: Hyloscirtus bogotensis group) from Ecuador: an example of community involvement for conservation. PeerJ 9: e11914. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11914 Reference page. 

2022

• Reyes-Puig, J.P., Recalde, D., Recalde, F., Koch, C., Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Jost, L. & Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. 2022. A spectacular new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cordillera de Los Llanganates in the eastern Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 10: e14066. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14066 Reference page. 

2023

• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C. & Ron, S.R. 2023. Two new syntopic species of glassfrogs (Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 11: e15195. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15195 Reference page. 
• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2023. A new species of spider of the genus Sadala Simon, 1880 (Araneae, Sparassidae) from the Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Amazonian lowlands of Ecuador. Ecology and Evolution 13(7, e10242): 1-6. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10242. . Reference page. .
• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-Escalante, R.J., Pinos-Sánchez, A. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2023a. A new species of Linothele Karsch, 1879 (Araneae: Dipluridae) from south-eastern Ecuador. Arachnology 19(4): 713-720. Reference page. 
• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., León-Escalante, R.J. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2023c. First record of Holothele longipes (L. Koch, 1875) (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Ecuador. Check List 19(2): 141-145. DOI: 10.15560/19.2.141. . Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Falcón-Reibán, J.M. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2023. A new stream treefrog of the genus Hyloscirtus (Amphibia, Hylidae) from the Río Negro-Sopladora National Park, Ecuador. ZooKeys 1141: 75–92. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1141.90290 Reference page. 
• Sherwood, D., Ray Gabriel, Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J., León-Escalante, R.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Brescovit, A.D. & Lucas, S.M. 2023. Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901: redescriptions, new species and records, description of a missing sex, with taxonomic notes and changes in Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(6): 894-930. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.894. . Reference page. 

2024

• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J., Guerrero-Campoverde, A., Guerrero-Molina, T. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2024a. On the first Subandean species of Eutichurus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) from the Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Zootaxa 5477(2): 246–259. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.2.8. . Reference page. 
• Ron, S.R., García, D., Brito-Zapata, D., Reyes-Puig, C., Figueroa-Coronel, E. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2024. A new glassfrog of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia, Centrolenidae) from the Subandean Kutukú Cordillera, eastern Ecuador. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(3): 923–939. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.116350 Reference page. 

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