María Cristina Ardila-Robayo

María Cristina Ardila-Robayo (15 February 1947–24 November 2017) was a Colombian herpetologist.[1][2][3] She was professor at the National University of Colombia, Bogotá, and worked closely with the Natural History Museum of the university.[3] In 2010 she was credited as having described 28 new species of amphibians from Colombia;[4] as of late 2018, the Amphibian Species of the World lists 31 valid species described by her.[5] She also worked with caimans and crocodiles and lead biodiversity restoration projects.[3]

María Cristina Ardila-Robayo
Born(1947-02-15)February 15, 1947
DiedNovember 24, 2017(2017-11-24) (aged 70)
NationalityColombian
OccupationZoologist

The following amphibians are named after her:[1]

Species described
Pristimantis paisa, one of the frogs described by Ardila-Robayo
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References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 11, 48. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
  2. "Fallece una de las científicas colombianas que más sabía de anfibios y reptiles". El Espectador (in Spanish). 25 November 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. Aguirre Ceballos, Jaime (2017). "María Cristina Ardila Robayo". Caldasia (in Spanish). 39 (2): i–ii.
  4. Coloma, Luis A.; Duellman, William E.; Almendáriz C., Ana; Ron, Santiago R.; Terán-Valdez, Andrea & Guayasamin, Juan M. (2010). "Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru". Zootaxa. 2574: 1–54. doi:10.5281/zenodo.197448.
  5. Frost, Darrel R. (2018). "Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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