Antenor Leitão de Carvalho was a Brazilian
herpetologist
Herpetology (from Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν ''herpetón'', meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (in ...
and
ichthyologist
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...
, born on 15 April 1910 and died on 11 December 1985 in
Rio de Janeiro
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Taxa named in his honor
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Hypostomus carvalhoi''
is a
species
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of
catfish
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in the family
Loricariidae
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. It is native to
South America
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, where it occurs in the
Jaguaribe River
The Jaguaribe River is a highly seasonal river in Ceará state of northeastern Brazil. Two large dams were constructed across the Jaguaribe, the Orós Dam, completed in 1960, and the Castanhão Dam, completed in 2003. The Castanhão Dam flooded t ...
basin.
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Pipa carvalhoi''
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Plecostomus carvalhoi''
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Discocystus carvalhoi''
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Bunocephalus carvalhoi''
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Mecynogea carvalhoi''
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Micrathena carvalhoi''
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Carvalhodesmus''
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Stenostreptus carvalhoi''
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Tityus carvalhoi''
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Arndtodesmus carvalhoi''
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Cynolebias carvalhoi''
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Cynolebias antenori''
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Harttia carvalhoi''
P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1939 – a species of catfish
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Icthyocephalus antenori''
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Amphisbaena carvalhoi
The amphisbaena (, , or , plural: amphisbaenae; ) is a mythological, ant-eating Serpent (symbolism), serpent with a head at each end. The name of the creature is alternatively written amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, ...
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[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Carvalho, A. L.", p. 49).]
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Odontophrynus carvalhoi''
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Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi''
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Syncope antenori''
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Syncope carvalhoi''
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Bokermannohyla carvalhoi''
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Zachaenus carvalhoi
''Zachaenus carvalhoi'' is a species of frog in the family Cycloramphidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and is known from the southern Espírito Santo and adjacent Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Br ...
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Panopa carvalhoi'' , 1990
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Dendrophryniscus carvalhoi''
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Colobosauroides carvalhoi
''Colobosauroides carvalhoi'' is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is native to Northeast Region, Brazil.
Etymology
The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''carvalhoi'', is in honor of Brazil ...
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Taxa described
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Arcovomer''
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Arcovomer passarellii''
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Hamptophryne
''Hamptophryne'' (common name: bleating frogs) is a small genus of microhylid frogs from South America. The genus was previously monotypic, but because of the close phylogenetic relationship between ''Hamptophryne'' and ''Altigius'', another mono ...
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Hyophryne''
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Hyophryne histrio''
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Macrogenioglottus alipioi
''Macrogenioglottus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Odontophrynidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, the Bahia forest frog (''Macrogenioglottus alipioi''). It is Endemism, endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeaste ...
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Macrogenioglottus
''Macrogenioglottus'' is a genus of frogs in the family Odontophrynidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, the Bahia forest frog (''Macrogenioglottus alipioi''). It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil ...
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Myersiella''
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Paratelmatobius
''Paratelmatobius'' is a genus of frogs in the family Leptodactylidae. They are endemic to southern Brazil.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Paratelmatobius '':
AmphibiaWeb also lists ''Paratelmatobius pictiventris ...
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Paratelmatobius lutzii''
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Relictivomer''
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Rhinella dapsilis''
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Rhinella pygmaea''
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Synapturanus
''Synapturanus'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs. They are found in northern South America. Common name disc frogs has been coined for the genus. Because of their fossorial life style, their natural history is poorly known.
Ecology ...
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Anolis phyllorhinus''
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Siagonodon cupinensis
The Mato Grosso blind snake (''Siagonodon cupinensis'') is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1.'' Washington, ...
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See also
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:Taxa named by Antenor Leitão de Carvalho
Biography
Nomura, Hitoshi (1993). "''A obra científica de Antenor Leitão de Carvalho (1910-1985)''". ''Revista Brasileira de Zoologia'' 10 (3): 545–552. (in Portuguese).
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Notes & references
Sources
*Biographical information is based on a translation from an equivalent article at the
French Wikipedia
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Brazilian herpetologists
1910 births
1985 deaths