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Santiago Ron
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
720 Points

Contributions by role

Author 570
Reviewer 50
Editor 100

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Zoology
Evolutionary Studies
Conservation Biology
Animal Behavior
Molecular Biology
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Biogeography
Marine Biology

Santiago R Ron

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

Evolutionary biologist, principal professor and Curator of Amphibians at the Museum of Zoology (QCAZ), Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE). My research focuses on the evolution and diversity of the amphibians of the Neotropical Region. I lead the development of BIOWEB Ecuador, an on-line platform for managing and publishing information about the Ecuadorian biodiversity Member of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the Ecuadorian Academy of Sciences.

Biodiversity Biogeography Evolutionary Studies Taxonomy Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador

Work details

Principal professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
September 2007
Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Edited 1
  • Reviewed 1
May 9, 2023
Two new syntopic species of glassfrogs (Amphibia, Centrolenidae, Centrolene) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador
Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Santiago R. Ron
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15195 PubMed 37187515
October 17, 2022
Six new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) from Llanganates National Park and Sangay National Park in Amazonian cloud forests of Ecuador
Jhael A. Ortega, Jorge Brito, Santiago R. Ron
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13761 PubMed 36275471
October 2, 2020
Two extremely rare new species of fossorial salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Plethodontidae) from northwestern Ecuador
Carolina Reyes-Puig, David B. Wake, Ramachandran Kotharambath, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Claudia Koch, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Santiago Ron
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9934 PubMed 33062424
August 12, 2019
A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Carolina Reyes-Puig, Santiago Ron, Jhael A. Ortega, Juan M. Guayasamin, Mindee Goodrum, Fausto Recalde, Jose J. Vieira, Claudia Koch, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7405 PubMed 31423356
July 9, 2018
A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)
Rommel R. Rojas, Antoine Fouquet, Santiago R. Ron, Emil José Hernández-Ruz, Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Juan C. Chaparro, Richard C. Vogt, Vinicius Tadeu de Carvalho, Leandra Cardoso Pinheiro, Robson W. Avila, Izeni Pires Farias, Marcelo Gordo, Tomas Hrbek
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4941 PubMed 30013824

Academic Editor on

September 7, 2022
First photographic evidence of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) at two locations in the Fiji islands
Luke Gordon, Tom Vierus
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13883 PubMed 36097525

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September 29, 2022
A spectacular new species of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from the Cordillera de Los Llanganates in the eastern Andes of Ecuador
Juan P. Reyes-Puig, Darwin Recalde, Fausto Recalde, Claudia Koch, Juan M. Guayasamin, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Lou Jost, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14066 PubMed 36196397