Juan Manuel Guayasamin

Juan Manuel Guayasamin (1974–), Ecuadorian biologist.

• Professor/Investigator, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Quito, Ecuador.

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• 73 taxon names authored by Juan Manuel Guayasamin

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• Guayasamin, J.M., Almeida-Reinoso, D. & Nogales-Sornosa, F. 2004. Two new species of frogs (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) from the high Andes of northern Ecuador. Herpetological monographs 18: 127–141. Reference page. 

• Guayasamin, J.M., Ron, S.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Lamar, W.W. & McCracken, S.F. 2006. A new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assemblage (Leptodactylidae) from the western Amazon basin, with comments on the utility of canopy surveys in lowland rainforest. Herpetologica 62(2): 191–202. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Bustamante, M.R., Almeida-Reinoso, D. & Funk, W.C. 2006. Glass frogs (Centrolenidae) of Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador, with the description of a new species and comments on centrolenid systematics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147(4): 489–513. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00223.x Reference page. 

• Guayasamin, J.M. & Terán-Valdez, A. 2009. A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the western slopes of the Andes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 2161: 47–59. Abstract (PDF). Reference page. 

• Bonaccorso, E., Guayasamin, J.M., Peterson, A.T. & Navarro-Sigüenza, A.G. 2011. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of Neotropical toucanets in the genus Aulacorhynchus (Aves, Ramphastidae). Zoologica Scripta 40: 336–349. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00475.x ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Valencia, J., Yánez-Muñoz, M., Betancourt, R., Terán-Valdez, A. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2011. Una llamativa nueva especie de Pristimantis (Anura: Terrana: Strabomantidae) de las estribaciones noroccidentales de los Andes de Ecuador. Avances en Ciencias e Ingeníerias. Sección B. Quito 2 (3): B41–B45. DOI: 10.18272/aci.v2i3.43 Reference page. 

• 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.2.1 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2013. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. Life in the Cloudforest. Serie de Publicaciones Científicas, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica. Publicación no. 1. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Mindo. Life in the Cloudforest. Serie de Publicaciones Científicas, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica. Publicación no. 1 : 1–257. [1] Reference page. 

• Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Delgado C., J.A. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2014. A new rainfrog of the Pristimantis myersi Group (Amphibia, Craugastoridae) from Volcán Pichincha, Ecuador. Zootaxa 3780(1): 36–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.1.2 Reference page. 
• Gehara, M., Crawford, A.J., Orrico, V.G.D., Rodríguez, A., Lötters, S., Fouquet, A., Barrientos, L.S., Brusquetti, F., De la Riva, I., Ernst, R., Urrutia, G.G., Glaw, F., Guayasamin, J.M., Hötting, M., Jansen, M., Kok, P.J.R., Kwet, A., Lingnau, R., Lyra, M., Moravec, J., Pombal, J.P., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Schulze, A., Señaris, J.C., Solé, M., Rodrigues, M.T., Twomey, E., Haddad, C.F.B., Vences, M. & Köhler, J. 2014. High levels of diversity uncovered in a widespread nominal taxon: Continental phylogeography of the Neotropical tree frog Dendropsophus minutus. PLoS One 9(9): e103958. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103958 Reference page. 

• Guayasamin, J.M., Rivera-Correa, M., Arteaga, A., Culebras, J., Bustamante, L., Pyron, R.A., Peñafiel, N., Morochz, C. & Hutter, C.R. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of stream treefrogs (Hylidae: Hyloscirtus bogotensis Group), with a new species from the Andes of Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 1(1): 2–21. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2015.1074407 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Guayasimin, J.M., Peñafiel, N., Bustamente, L. & Arteaga, A. 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 Reference page. 
• Hutter, C.R. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2015. Cryptic diversity concealed in the Andean cloud forests: two new species of rainfrogs (Pristimantis) uncovered by molecular and bioacoustic data. Neotropical Biodiversity 1: 35–59. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2015.1100376 Reference page. 

• Motta, A.P., Chaparro, J.C., Pombal, Jr., J.P., Guayasamin, J.M., De la Riva, I.J. & Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Anean genus Lynchius Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008 (Anura: Craugastoridae). Herpetological Monographs 30(1): 119–142. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-16-00002 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Pyron, R.A., Peñafiel, N., Romero-Barreto, P., Culebras, J., Bustamante, L., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2016. Comparative phylogeography reveals cryptic diversity and repeated patterns of cladogenesis for amphibians and reptiles in northwestern Ecuador. PLoS One 11(4: e0151746): 1–40. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151746 Reference page. 

• Arteaga, A., Mebert, K., Valencia, J.H., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Peñafiel, N., Reyes-Puig, C., Vieira-Fernandes, J.L. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2017. Molecular phylogeny of Atractus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with emphasis on Ecuadorian species and the description of three new taxa. ZooKeys 661: 91–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.661.11224 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Maynard, R.J., Lynch, R.L., Culebras, J. & Hamilton, P.S. 2017. A marvelous new glassfrog (Centrolenidae, Hyalinobatrachium) from Amazonian Ecuador. ZooKeys 673: 1—20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.673.12108 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Hutter, C.R., Tapia, E.E., Culebras, J., Peñafiel, N., Pyron, R.A., Morochz, C., Funk, W.C. & Arteaga, A. 2017. Diversification of the rainfrog Pristimantis ornatissimus in the lowlands and Andean foothills of Ecuador. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0172615. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172615 Reference page. 
• Rada, M., Ospina-Sarria, J.J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2017. A Taxonomic Review of Tan-brown Glassfrogs (Anura: Centrolenidae), with the Description of a New Species from Southwestern Colombia. South American Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 136–156. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00026.1 Reference page. 

• Amador, L., Parada, A., D’Elía, G. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2018. Uncovering hidden specific diversity of Andean glassfrogs of the Centrolene buckleyi species complex (Anura: Centrolenidae). PeerJ 6: e5856. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5856 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Arteaga, A. & Hutter, C.R. 2018. A new (singleton) rainfrog of the Pristimantis myersi Group (Amphibia: Craugastoridae) from the northern Andes of Ecuador. Zootaxa 4527(3): 323–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4527.3.2 Reference page. 

• Carvajal-Endara, S., Coloma, L.A., Morales-Mite, M.A., Guayasamin, J.M., Székely, P. & Duellman, W.E. 2019. Phylogenetic systematics, ecology, and conservation of marsupial frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new biphasic species. Zootaxa 4562(1): 1–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4562.1.1. Reference page. 
• Reyes-Puig, J.P., Reyes-Puig, C., Ron, S.R., Ortega, J.A., Guayasamin, J.M., Goodrum, M., Recalde, F., Vieira, J.J., Koch, C. & Yánez-Muñoz, M.H. 2019. A new species of terrestrial frog of the genus Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor, Tungurahua, Ecuador. PeerJ 7: e7405. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7405 Reference page. 

• Reyes-Puig, C., Maynard, R.J., Trageser, S.J., Vieira, J., Hamilton, P.S., Lynch, R., Culebras, J., Kohn, S., Brito, J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2020. A new species of Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from the Río Manduriacu Reserve on the Pacific slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. Neotropical Biodiversity 6(1): 162–171. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2020.1809287 Reference page. 

• Reyes-Puig, C., Guayasamin, J.M., Koch, C., Brito-Zapata, D., Hollanders, M., Costales, M. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2021. A new species of the genus Noblella (Amphibia: Strabomantidae) from Ecuador, with new information for Noblella worleyae. Acta Herpetologica 16(2): 63–87. DOI: 10.36253/a_h-10742 Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Urgilés, V.L., Cedeño-Palacios, J., Abad-Peñafiel, H. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2020. Una fantástica nueva especie del grupo Pristimantis orcesi de los Andes sur de Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 6: 224–237. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2020.1869449 Reference page. 

• Arteaga, A., Quezada, A., Vieira, J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2022. Leaving no stone unturned: three additional new species of Atractus ground snakes (Serpentes, Colubridae) from Ecuador discovered using a biogeographical approach. Zookeys 1121: 175–210. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.89539 Reference page. 

• Brito-Zapata, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Parra, V., Torres-Carvajal, O. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2023. Una Nueva Especie de Microtegú (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) de la Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 6(2): 17–37. DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2023.2.575 Reference page. 
• Reyes-Puig, J.P., Urgilés-Merchán, M., Franco-Mena, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Batallas, D. & Reyes-Puig, C. 2023. Two new species of terrestrial frogs of the Pristimantis gladiator complex (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Ecuadorian Andes, with insights on their biogeography and skull morphology. Zookeys 1180: 257–293. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.107333 Reference page. 

• Brito, J., García, R., Castellanos, F.X., Gavilanes, G., Curay, J., Carrión-Olmedo, J.C., Reyes-Barriga, D., Guayasamin, J.M., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Pinto, C.M. 2024. Two new species of Thomasomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from the western Andes of Ecuador and an updated phylogenetic hypothesis for the genus. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 709–734. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e128528 Reference page. 
• Franco-Mena, D., De la Riva, I., Vega-Yánez, M.A., Székely, P., Amador, L., Batallas-Revelo, D., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Venegas-Valencia, K., Galeano, S.P., Culebras, J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2024. Simplifying the Centrolene buckleyi complex (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae): A taxonomic review and description of two new species. PeerJ 12: e17712. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17712 Reference page. 

• Batallas, D., Márquez, R. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2025. Sounds of the northern Andes: the calls of a diverse and endangered frog community (Amphibia, Anura) from Ecuador. ZooKeys 1224: 211–252. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1224.137972 Reference page. 
• Guayasamin, J.M., Franco-Mena, D. & Vega-Yánez, M.A. 2025. A biogeographic oddity in a disappearing ecosystem: A new Glassfrog (Centrolenidae: Nymphargus) from the Ecuadorian Chocó. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 8(2): 185–202. DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1148 Reference page. 
• Jaramillo-Martínez, A.F., Vilà, C., Guayasamin, J.M., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Rojas-Runjaic, F.J.M., Simões, P.I., Chaparro, J.C., Aguilar-Manihuari, R. & Castroviejo-Fisher, S. 2025. Genetic and phenotypic evidence reveals a complex evolutionary history within the Amazonian Allobates juami/insperatus clade (Anura, Aromobatidae), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 471: 1–83. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.471.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lötters, S., Böning, P., Bailon, S., Barros Castañeda, J.D., Boistel, R., Catenazzi, A., Chaparro, J.C., Chávez, G., Chujutalli, A., Coen, L., Coloma, L.A., Crawford, A.J., Culebras, J., Cusi Martínez, J.C., Daza-R., J.M., De la Riva, I., Ellwein, D.J., Ernst, R., Flechas-Hernández, S.V., Fouquet, A., Guayasamin, J.M., Heine, C.H., Jorge, R.F., Jung, A., Jungfer, K.-H., Kaffenberger, N., Krehenwinkel, H., La Marca, E., Lampo, M., Medina-Rangel, G.F., Orsen, L., Paluh, D.J., Peréz-González, J.L., Perrin, J., Quezada Riera, A.B., Reyes-Puig, J.P., Roca-Rey Ross, B., Rößler, D.C., Rueda-Solano, L.A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Señaris Vasquez, J.C., Sowinski, M., Terán-Valdez, A., Tovar-Ortiz, A., Veith, M., Venegas, P.J., von May, R., Weitkamp, T. & Plewnia, A. 2025. A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to Atelopus spumarius. Zootaxa 5571(1): 1–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5571.1.1 Reference page. 
• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2025. Between cloud forests and museums: testing tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) generic boundaries reveals a new montane genus from Ecuador and Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(3): zlaf152. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf152. Reference page. 

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