Abraham Mijares-Urrutia

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Abraham Mijares-Urrutia
NationalityVenezuelan
Scientific career
FieldsHerpetology
InstitutionsCentro de Investigaciones en Ecología y Zonas Áridas, Francisco de Miranda University

Abraham Mijares-Urrutia is a Venezuelan herpetologist.

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He is specialized in amphibian and reptiles from the northern South America and Australia. He works at CIEZA, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecología y Zonas Áridas of the Francisco de Miranda National Experimental University in Venezuela. [1] He described multiple species from for the first time mainly from Venezuela, working together with among others Enrique La Marca and Wolfgang Wüster. The snake species Atractus mijaresi was named in his honor in 2005. [2] [3] : 178 

Taxa described

Taxa named in his honor

References

  1. ↑ Mijares-Urrutia, Abraham; Manzanilla-Puppo, Jesús; La Marca, Enrique (December 1999). "Una nueva especie de Tepuihyla (Anura: Hylidae) del noroeste de Venezuela, con comentarios sobre su biogeografía". Revista de Biología Tropical (in Spanish). 47 (4): 1027–1034. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2016). "Atractus mijaresi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T67610704A67610712. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67610704A67610712.en .
  3. ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
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