Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (born 1944) is a Brazilian
herpetologist
Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians (gymnophiona)) and rept ...
. He works at the
National Museum
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in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
.
Taxa named in Cruz's honor
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Craugastor cruzi'' (McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989)
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Hyla cruzi'' (Pombal & Bastos, 1998)
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Chiasmocleis crucis'' (Caramaschi & Pimenta, 2003)
Taxa described
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Chiasmocleis alagoanus''
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Chiasmocleis atlantica''
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Chiasmocleis capixaba''
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Chiasmocleis carvalhoi''
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Chiasmocleis jimi''
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Chiasmocleis mehelyi''
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Hyla arildae''
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Hyla buriti''
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Hyla callipygia''
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Hyla cavicola''
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Hyla ericae''
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Hyla fluminea''
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Hyla gouveai''
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Hyla ibirapitanga''
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Hyla leucopygia''
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Hyla phaeopleura''
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Hyla pseudomeridiana''
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Hyla sibilata''
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Hyla stenocephala''
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Hyla weygoldti''
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Hylomantis granulosa
''Hylomantis granulosa'', also known as the granular leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil where it is only known from Amargosa, Bahia, and Recife; the type locality is the Zoo Botanic ...
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Melanophryniscus simplex''
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Melanophryniscus spectabilis''
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Phasmahyla exilis''
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Phrynohyas lepida''
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Phrynomedusa bokermanni''
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Phrynomedusa marginata''
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Phrynomedusa vanzolinii''
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Phyllodytes brevirostris''
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Phyllodytes kautskyi''
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Plectrohyla chrysopleura''
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Proceratophrys phyllostomus''
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Proceratophrys subguttata''
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Pseudis tocantins
''Pseudis tocantins'' is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to central Brazil and occurs in the eponymous state of Tocantins, as well as in Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Maranhão states, in the Tocantins and Araguaia Riv ...
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Scinax agilis''
Citations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Da Cruz, Carlos Alberto Goncalves
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Brazilian herpetologists
1944 births