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H Ortega-Andrade
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
440 Points

Contributions by role

Author 370
Reviewer 70

Contributions by subject area

Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Mycology
Parasitology
Zoology
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Taxonomy
Bioinformatics
Biomechanics
Evolutionary Studies

H Mauricio Ortega-Andrade

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Biogeography for conservation of threatened species/ecosystems. Systematics, taxonomy, and evolutive biology.

Biodiversity Biogeography Ecology Taxonomy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad

Work details

Director of Integrative Biology Laboratory / Professor

Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam
April 2016
Life Sciences Faculty

Associated researcher

Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO)
January 2009
Herpetology

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • ResearchGate

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 4
  • Reviewed 2
July 23, 2025
New Andean plump toad of the genus Osornophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) from Cerro Candelaria, Ecuador
Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Miguel A. Urgiles-Merchán, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Julio C. Carrión-Olmedo, Mario H. Yáñez-Muñoz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19760 PubMed 40718770
October 24, 2024
Molecular detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Chytridiomycota) and culturable skin bacteria associated with three critically endangered species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) in Ecuador
Jomira K. Yánez Galarza, Lenin Riascos-Flores, Leopoldo Naranjo-Briceño, Andrea Carrera-Gonzalez, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18317 PubMed 39465153
July 11, 2023
Environmental DNA and visual encounter surveys for amphibian biomonitoring in aquatic environments of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Walter Quilumbaquin, Andrea Carrera-Gonzalez, Christine Van der heyden, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15455 PubMed 37456876
December 23, 2021
Rediscovery of Laura’s glassfrog Nymphargus laurae (Anura: Centrolenidae) with new data on its morphology, colouration, phylogenetic position and conservation in Ecuador
María José Sánchez-Carvajal, Grace C. Reyes-Ortega, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, H. Mauricio Ortega-Andrade
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12644 PubMed 35036140

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June 6, 2023
A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from white-sand forests of central Amazonia, Brazil
Alexander Tamanini Mônico, Miquéias Ferrão, Jiří Moravec, Antoine Fouquet, Albertina P. Lima
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15399 PubMed 37304878
September 23, 2021
Pristimantis achupalla sp. n., a new minute species of direct-developing frog (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) inhabiting bromeliads of the montane forest of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru
Alex Ttito, Alessandro Catenazzi
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11878 PubMed 34631306