Taran Grant

Taran Grant, Canadian herpetologist and computational zoologist.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, United States.

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• 44 taxon names authored by Taran Grant

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• 1 eponym of Taran Grant

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• Grant, T., Humphrey, E.C. & Myers, C.W. 1997. The median lingual process of frogs: A bizarre character of Old World ranoids discovered in South American dendrobatids. American Museum Novitates 3212: 1–40. hdl: 2246/3611 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. 1998. Una nueva especie de Colostethus del grupo edwardsi de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 22(84): 423–428. PDF Reference page. 
• Grant, T. & Castro, F. 1998. The cloud forest Colostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) of a region of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 32(3): 378–392. DOI: 10.2307/1565452 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. 1999. Una nueva especie de Rhamphophryne (Anura: Bufonidae) de la Cordillera Central de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 23(suplemento especial): 287–292. PDF Reference page. 

• Grant, T. & Rodríguez, L.O. 2001. Two new species of frogs of the genus Colostethus (Dendrobatidae) from Peru and a redescription of C. trilineatus (Boulenger, 1883). American Museum Novitates 3355: 1–24. hdl: 2246/2908 Reference page. 
• Sheil, C.A. & Grant, T. 2001. A new species of colubrid snake (Synophis) from western Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 35(2): 204-209. DOI: 10.2307/1566109 Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Titus, T.A. 2001. Phylogenetics of the Lizard Genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct Optimization, Descriptive Efficiency, and Sensitivity Analysis of Congruence Between Molecular Data and Morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3): 352–371. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1015 ; PDF Reference page. 

• Grant, T. & Ardila-Robayo, M.C. 2002. A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia. Herpetologica 58(2): 252–260. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0252:ANSOCA]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. 2004. On the identities of Colostethus inguinalis (Cope, 1868) and C. panamensis (Dunn, 1933), with comments on C. latinasus (Cope, 1863)(Anura: Dendrobatidae). American Museum Novitates 3444: 1–34. hdl: 2246/2809 Reference page. 

• Frost, D.R., Grant, T. & Mendelson III, J.R. 2006. Ollotis Cope, 1875, is the oldest name for the genus current referred to as Cranopsis Cope, 1875. Copeia 2006(3): 558. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 
• Grant, T., Frost, D.R., Caldwell, J.P., Gagliardo, R., Haddad, C.F.B., Kok, P.J.R., Means, D.B., Noonan, B.P., Schargel, W.E. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. Phylogenetic systematics of dart-poison frogs and their relatives (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Dendrobatidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 299: 1–262. hdl: 2246/5803 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. 2007. A new, toxic species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. Zootaxa 1555(1): 39–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1555.1.3 Reference page. 
• Grant, T., Acosta-Galvis, A. & Rada, M. 2007. A name for the species of Allobates (Anura: Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae) from the Magdalena Valley of Colombia. Copeia 2007(4): 844–854. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[844:ANFTSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

• Myers, C.W. & Grant, T. 2009. Anomaloglossus confusus, a new Ecuadorian frog formerly masquerading as “Colostethus” chocoensis (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae). American Museum Novitates 3659: 1–12. hdl: 2246/5982 Reference page. 

• Peloso, P.L.V., Faivovich, J., Grant, T., Gasparini, J.L. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2012. An extraordinary new species of Melanophryniscus (Anura, Bufonidae) from southeastern Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3762: 1–31. hdl: 2246/6394 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. & Myers, C.W. 2013. Review of the frog genus Silverstoneia, with descriptions of five new species from the Colombian Chocó (Dendrobatidae: Colostethinae). American Museum Novitates 3784: 58 pp. hdl: 2246/6450 Reference page. 

• Padial, J.M.; Grant, T.; Frost, D.R. 2014. Molecular systematics of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) with an assessment of the effects of alignment and optimality criteria. Zootaxa 3825(1): 1–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3825.1.1 Reference page. 
• Padial, J.M., Grant, T. & Frost, D.R. 2014. JOSÉ M. PADIAL, TARAN GRANT & DARREL R. FROST (2014) Molecular systematics of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) with an assessment of the effects of alignment and optimality criteria. Zootaxa 3825(1): 1–132. Zootaxa 3827(4): 599–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.4.10 Reference page. 

• Fouquet, A., Souza, S.M., Nunes, P.M.S., Kok, P.J.R., Curcio, F.F., Carvalho, C.M., Grant, T. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2015. Two new endangered species of Anomaloglossus (Anura: Aromobatidae) from Roraima State, northern Brazil. Zootaxa 3926(2): 191–210. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.2. Reference page. 

• Rivera-Correa, M., García-Burneo, K. & Grant, T. 2016. A new red-eyed of stream treefrog of Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from Peru, with comments on the taxonomy of the genus. Zootaxa 4061(1): 29–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.1.3 Reference page. 

• Blotto, B.L., Pereyra, M.O., Faivovich, J., Dias, P.H.S. & Grant, T. 2017. Concentrated evolutionary novelties in the foot musculature of Odontophrynidae (Anura: Neobatrachia), with comments on adaptations for burrowing. Zootaxa 4258(5): 425–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.2 Reference page. 
• González-Durán, G.A., Targino, M., Rada, M. & Grant, T. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships and morphology of the Pristimantis leptolophus species group (Amphibia: Anura: Brachycephaloidea), with the recognition of a new species group in Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1870. Zootaxa 4243(1): 42–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.2 Reference page. 
• Grant, T., Rada, M., Anganoy-Criollo, M., Batista, A., Dias, P.H.S., Jeckel, A.M., Machado, D.J. & Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 2017. Phylogenetic Systematics of Dart-Poison Frogs and Their Relatives Revisited (Anura: Dendrobatoidea). South American Journal of Herpetology 12(s1): S1–S90. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00017.1 Reference page. 
• Rada, M., Jeckel, A.M., Caorsi, V.Z., Barrientos, L.S., Rivero-Correa, M. & Grant, T. 2017. A Remarkable New White-Eyed Glassfrog Species of Sachatamia from Colombia (Anura: Centrolenidae), with Comments on the Systematics of the Genus. South American Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 157–173. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-16-00041.1 Reference page. 

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• Sánchez-Pacheco, S.J., Torres-Carvajal, O., Aguirre-Peñafiel, V., Nunes, P.M.S., Verrastro, L., Rivas, G.A., Rodrigues, M.T., Grant, T. & Murphy, R.W. 2018. Phylogeny of Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), impact of phenotypic evidence on molecular datasets, and the origin of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic fauna. Cladistics 34(3): 260–291. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12203 Reference page. 

• Araujo‐Vieira, K., Blotto, B.L., Caramaschi, U., Haddad, C,F.B., Faivovich, J. & Grant, T. 2019. A total evidence analysis of the phylogeny of hatchet‐faced treefrogs (Anura: Hylidae: Sphaenorhynchus). Cladistics 35(5): 469–486. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12367 Reference page. 
• Rada, M., Dias, P.H.S., Pérez-González, J.L., Anganoy-Criollo, M., Rueda-Solano, L.A., Pinto-E., M.A., Quintero, L.M., Vargas-Salinas, F. & Grant, T. 2019. The poverty of adult morphology: Bioacoustics, genetics, and internal tadpole morphology reveal a new species of glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae: Ikakogi) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. PLoS One 14(5): e0215349. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215349 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. & Bolívar-García, W. 2021. A new species of Leucostethus (Anura, Dendrobatidae) from Gorgona Island, Colombia. ZooKeys 1057: 185–208. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1057.67621 Reference page. 
• Blotto, B.L., Lyra, M.L., Cardoso, M.C.S., Rodrigues, M.T., Dias, I.R., Marciano Jr., E., Dal Vechio, F., Orrico, V.G.D., Brandão, R.A., Assis, C.L., Lantyer-Silva, A.S.F., Rutherford, M.G., Gagliardi-Urrutia, G., Solé, M., Baldo, D., Nunes, I., Cajade, R., Torres, A., Grant, T., Jungfer, K.-H., Silva, H.R., Haddad, C.F.B. & Faivovich, J. 2021. The phylogeny of the Casque-headed Treefrogs (Hylidae: Hylinae: Lophyohylini). Cladistics 37(1): 36–72. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12409 Reference page. 
• Orrico, V.G.D., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Rivera-Correa, M., Rada, M., Lyra, M.L., Cassini, C.S., Valdujo, P.H., Schargel, W.E., Machado, D.J., Wheeler, W.C., Barrio-Amorós, C.L., Loebmann, D., Moravec, J., Zina, J., Solé, M., Sturaro, M.J., Peloso, P.L.V., Suárez, P. & Haddad, C.F.B. 2021. The phylogeny of Dendropsophini (Anura: Hylidae: Hylinae). Cladistics 37: 73–106. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12429 Reference page. 
• Segalla, M.V., Berneck, B.M., Canedo, C.C., Caramaschi, U., Cruz, C.A.G., Garcia, P.C.A., Grant, T., Haddad, C.F.B., Lourenço, A.C.C., Mângia, S., Mott, T., Nascimento, L.B., Toledo, L.F., Werneck, F.P. & Langone, J.A. 2021. List of Brazilian Amphibians. Herpetologia Brasileira 10(1): 121–216. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4716176 Reference page. 

• Arroyo, S., Targino, M., Rueda-Solano, L.A., Daza, J.M. & Grant, T. 2022. A new genus of terraranas (Anura: Brachycephaloidea) from northern South America, with a systematic review of Tachiramantis. Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 2123865. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2123865 Reference page. 
• Anganoy-Criollo, M., Viuche-Lozano, A., Enciso-Calle, M.P., Bernal, M.H. & Grant, T. 2022. The Enigmatic Hyloxalus edwardsi Species Group (Anura: Dendrobatidae): Phylogenetic Position, a New Species, and New Putative Morphological Synapomorphies. Herpetologica 78(4): 253–267. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00015 Reference page. 

• Fouquet, A., Moraes, L.J.C.L., Grant, T., Recoder, R., Camacho, A., Ghellere, J.M., Barutel, A. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2024. A new species of Neblinaphryne (Anura: Brachycephaloidea: Neblinaphrynidae) from Serra do Imeri, Amazonas state, Brazil. Zootaxa 5514(1): 73–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.1.5 Reference page. 
• Rivera-Correa, M., Ron, S.R., Nunes, I., Araújo-Vieira, K., Pinheiro, P.D.P. & Grant, T. 2024. Forty years later: a new Andean stream treefrog of the genus Hyloscirtus (Anura: Hylidae) from Ecuador, with comments on arm hypertrophy in the H. larinopygion group. Zootaxa 5474(2): 101–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5474.2.1 Reference page. 

• Grant, T. & Pinheiro, P.D.P. 2025. A recently extinct new species of Dryadobates (Anura: Aromobatidae) from South Brazil: species description and implications for the historical distribution and recent extinction history of the clade. Zootaxa 5693(4): 583–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.9 Reference page. 
• Grant, T., Lyra, M.L., Hofreiter, M., Preick, M.P., Barlow, A., Verdade, V.K. & Rodrigues, M.T. 2025. Museomics and the systematics of the Atlantic Forest Nurse Frogs (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae: Allobatinae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 472: 1–76. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.472.1.1 Reference page. 

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