RESEARCHERS

Luis Amador

PhD in Ecology and Evolution, Universidad Austral de Chile


E-mail: amadoroyola@gmail.com


Interests

Population genomics and the speciation continuum. Systematics, taxonomy and biogeography.

Projects

  • Population and landscape genomics, and speciation in crayfish of genus Parastacus.
  • Species delimitation and historical biogeography in poison-frogs of genus Hyloxalus.
  • Mitogenomes and phylogeny in poison-frogs of genus Hyloxalus.
  • Population genomics and historical demography in long-haired mice of genus in Abrothrix.

Publications

YearTitleAuthorsDocument
2021Molecular species delimitation reveals hidden specific diversity within a freshwater burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from southern Chile. Amador, L., Victoriano, P. & D’Elía, GDownload
2020Lista actualizada de los mamíferos vivientes de Chile. D’Elía, G, Canto, J., Ossa G., Verde-Arregoitia L., Bostelmann E., Iriarte A., Amador, L., Quiroga-Carmona M., Hurtado, N., Cadenillas, R. & Valdez, L.Download
2020New records of four reptile species (Lepidosauria, Squamata) from the province of Guayas, southwestern Ecuador. Cruz-García, K., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F, Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Amador, L. Download
2019Integrating alpha, beta, and phylogenetic diversity to understand anuran fauna along environmental gradients of tropical forests in western Ecuador.Amador, L., Soto‐Gamboa, M., Guayasamin, J.M. Download
2018Uncovering hidden specific diversity of Andean glassfrogs of the Centrolene buckleyi species complex (Anura: Centrolenidae). Amador, L., Parada, A., D’Elía, G. & Guayasamin, J.M.Download
2017First record of the invasive brown anole Anolis sagrei Duméril and Bibron, 1837 (Squamata: Iguanidae: Dactyloinae) in South America.Amador, L., Ayala-Varela, F. Nárvaez, A.E., Cruz, K. & Torres-Carvajal, O.Download
2017Biodiversity patterns and ecological processes in tropical dry forest of the Ecuadorian province: the need to connect research & management for long-term conservation. Escribano-Ávila, G. Cervera, L., Ordoñez-Delgado, L., Jara-Guerrero, A., Amador, L., Paladines, B., Briceño, J., Parés-Jiménez, L., Lizcano, D.J., Duncan, D.H. & Espinosa, C.I. Download
2017Northernmost new records of Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz & Reyes, 2008 (Sauria: Hoplocercidae) from Ecuador: altitudinal and latitudinal distribution extension, new provincial and biogeographical record. Amador, L., Gómez, C., Londoño-Guarnizo C., López-Caro, J. & Arteaga A. Download
2015A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae: Epictinae) from northern Ecuador. Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Martins, A., Amador, L. & Torres-Carvajal Download
2013Notas sobre la distribución y conservación de Ceratophrys stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1882) (Anura: Ceratophryidae) en EcuadorAmador, L. & Brito, J.Download
2011Anfibios presentes en cuatro localidades de la Cordillera Chongón Colonche, Ecuador. Amador, L. & C.C. Martínez. Download