Ulisses Caramaschi 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 ...

specializing in

neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In bioge ...

frogs. He works at the

National Museum of Brazil The National Museum of Brazil ( pt, Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it is installed in the Paço de São Cristóvão (Saint Christopher's Palace), which is in ...

and is a professor at its Department of Vertebrates.

Education

Caramaschi possesses a bachelor's degree from the

Botucatu Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botuca ...

campus of

São Paulo State University São Paulo State University (UNESP, pt, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho") is a public university run by the state government of São Paulo, Brazil. UNESP has a combined student body of over 45,000 spread among its 23 c ...

and a master's from the

University of Campinas The State University of Campinas ( pt, Universidade Estadual de Campinas), commonly called Unicamp, is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Unicamp is consistently ranked among the top universities in Brazil and Latin ...

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

, and a doctorate in biological science from São Paulo State University.

Taxa described

*'' Bufo scitulus'' *'' Chiasmocleis alagoanus'' *'' Chiasmocleis atlantica'' *'' Chiasmocleis capixaba'' *'' Chiasmocleis carvalhoi'' *'' Chiasmocleis cordeiroi'' *'' Chiasmocleis crucis'' *'' Chiasmocleis jimi'' *'' Chiasmocleis mehelyi'' *'' Crossodactylus bokermanni'' *'' Crossodactylus dantei'' *'' Crossodactylus lutzorum'' *'' Elachistocleis piauiensis'' *'' Gastrotheca pulchra'' *'' Hyla araguaya'' *'' Hyla atlantica'' *'' Hyla buriti'' *'' Hyla cachimbo'' *'' Hyla cerradensis'' *'' Hyla elianeae'' *'' Hyla ericae'' *'' Hyla ibitipoca'' *'' Hyla izecksohni'' *'' Hyla jimi'' *'' Hyla leucocheila'' *'' Hyla phaeopleura'' *'' Hyla pseudomeridiana'' *'' Hyla ravida'' *'' Hyla rhea'' *'' Hyla soaresi'' *'' Hyla stenocephala'' *''

Ischnocnema izecksohni ''Ischnocnema izecksohni'' is a species of frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. It is endemic to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and known from the Espinhaço and Mantiqueira Mountains. Common name Izecksohn's robber frog has been coined for ...

'' *'' Liotyphlops trefauti'' *'' Melanophryniscus simplex'' *'' Melanophryniscus spectabilis'' *'' Odontophrynus moratoi'' *''

Odontophrynus salvatori ''Proceratophrys salvatori'' is a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is endemic to Brazil and known from eastern Goiás and the Federal District. Its natural habitat is Cerrado savanna, where it occurs on the ground near waterbodi ...

'' *'' Phyllodytes edelmoi'' *'' Phyllodytes gyrinaethes'' *'' Phyllodytes melanomystax'' *'' Phyllodytes punctatus'' *''

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 ...

'' *'' Scinax carnevallii'' *'' Scinax luizotavioi'' *'' Thoropa megatympanum'' *''

Xenohyla eugenioi ''Xenohyla eugenioi'' is a species of tree frog in the Hylidae family native to northeastern Brazil in ecotones between the Atlantic Forest and caatingas. It has been found in the Brazilian states of Bahia and Sergipe, approximately 1,000 km a ...

Taxa named in honor of

*'' Crossodactylus caramaschii'' Bastos and Pombal, 1995 *'' Bokermannohyla caramaschii'' Napoli, 2005 *'' Sphaenorhynchus caramaschii'' Toledo, Garcia, Lingnau & Haddad, 2007

References

External links

Ulisses Caramaschi
on

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