Juan Manuel Guayasamin

Juan Manuel Guayasamin (born 1974) is an Ecuadorean herpetologist. He earned his Ph.D. in 2007 from University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and as of 2017 he is working as Professor- a biologist at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. His research interests include the evolution of glass frogs (Centrolenidae) and Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae). A team, led by Juan M. Guayasamin discovered Hyalinobatrachium yaku in May 2017. ^[1] Earlier, Juan Manuel Guayasamin and his team discovered a new species of frog, that was long confused with its close relative, Pristimantis ornatissimus, although their markings differ. ^[2]

Juan Manuel Guayasamín is the Editor-in-Chief of 'Neotropical Biodiversity', Ecuador’s first open access journal to specialize in biodiversity in the neotropics.^[3]

Taxons described

• Celsiella
• Chimerella
• Cochranella mache
• Espadarana
• Osornophryne puruanta
• Pristimantis esmeraldas
• Pristimantis huicundo
• Pristimantis ortizi
• Rulyrana
• Sachatamia
• Vitreorana

Selected publications

• 2008 - JM Guayasamin, S Castroviejo-Fisher, J Ayarzagüena, L Trueb, C Vilà - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48 (2), 574-595
• 2009 - Juan M. Guayasamin, Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher, Linda Trueb, José Ayarzagüena, Marco Rada, Carles Vilà. "Phylogenetic systematics of Glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) and their sister taxon Allophryne ruthveni." Zootaxa 2100: 1-97
• 2013 - Vences, M., Guayasamin, J. M., Miralles, A., & De La Riva, I. (2013). To name or not to name: Criteria to promote economy of change in Linnaean classification schemes. Zootaxa, 3636(2), 201-244.

References

External links

Juan M. Guayasamin - Researchgate