Neotropical Toxins Lab members in bold
† Undergraduate student
‡ Graduate student
* Corresponding author
2024
Vega-Yánez, M.A.*, A.B. Quezada-Riera, B. Rios-Touma, M.C. Vizcaíno-Barba, W. Millingalli, O. Ganzino, L.A. Coloma, E.E. Tapia, N. Dupérré, M. Páez-Vacas, D. Parra-Puente, D. Franco-Mena, G. Gavilanes, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, C.A. Valle, J.M. Guayasamin*. 2024. Path for recovery: an ecological overview of the Jambato Harlequin Toad (Bufonidae: Atelopus ignescens) in its last known locality, Angamarca Valley, Ecuador. PeerJ 12: e17344. [Open Access].
Savage, A.M.*, M.J. Willmott, P. Moreno-García, Z. Jagiello, D. Li, A. Malesis, L.S. Miles, C. Román-Palacios, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, B.C. Verrelli, K.M. Winchell, M. Alberti, S. Bonilla-Bedoya, E. Carlen, C. Falvey, L. Johnson, E. Martin, H. Kuzyo, J. Marzluff, J. Munshi-South, M. Phifer-Rixey, I. Stadnicki, M. Szulkin, Y. Zhou, K.M. Gotanda. 2024. Online toolkits for collaborative and inclusive global research in urban evolutionary ecology. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11633. [Open Access].
De-Kayne, R.*, R. Schley, J.M.I. Barth, L.C. Campillo, C. Chaparro-Pedraza, J. Joshi, W. Salzburger, B. Van Bocxlaer, D.D. Cotoras, C. Fruciano, A.J. Geneva, R. Gillespie, J. Heras, S. Koblmüller, B. Matthews, G. Meszéna, R.E. Onstein, O. Seehausen, P. Singh, E.I. Svensson, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, M.P.M. Vanhove, G.O.U. Wogan, R. Yamaguchi, A.D. Yoder and J. Cerca. 2024. Why do some lineages radiate while others do not? Perspectives for future research on adaptive radiations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology: a041448. [PDF].
Guevara-Andino, J.E.*, L.M. Dávalos, F. Zapata, M.J. Endara, D.D. Cotoras, J. Chaves, S. Claramunt, J. López-Delgado, A.M. Mendoza-Henao, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, G. Rivas-Torres, J. Yeager. 2024. Neotropics as a cradle for adaptive radiations. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology: a041452. [PDF].
Rivas, J.A.*, P. de la Quintana, M. Mancuso, L.F. Pacheco, G.A. Rivas, S. Mariotto, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, M.T. Baihua, P. Baihua, G.M. Burghardt, F.J. Vonk, E. Hernandez, J.E. García-Pérez, B.G. Fry* and S. Corey-Rivas*. 2024. Disentangling the Anacondas: Revealing a new green species and rethinking yellows. Diversity 16: 127. [Open Access].
2023
Bayona-Serrano, J.D., F.G. Grazziotin, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, R.H. Valente, P.G. Nachtigall, M. Colombini, A.M. Moura da Silva and I.L.M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo*. 2023. Independent recruitment of different types of phospholipases A2 to the venoms of Caenophidian snakes: the rise of PLA2-IIE within Pseudoboini (Dipsadidae). Molecular Biology and Evolution 40: msad147. [Open Access].
Nachman, M. W.*, E.J. Beckman, R.C.K. Bowie, C. Cicero, C.J. Conroy, R. Dudley, T.B. Hayes, M.S. Koo, E.A. Lacey, C.H. Martin, J.A. McGuire, J.L. Patton, C.L. Spencer, R.D. Tarvin, M.H. Wake, I.J. Wang, A. Achmadi, S.T. Álvarez-Castañeda, M.J. Andersen, J. Arroyave, C.C. Austin, F.K. Barker, L.N. Barrow, G.F. Barrowclough, J. Bates, A.M. Bauer, K.C. Bell, R.C. Bell, A.W. Bronson, R.M. Brown, F.T. Burbrink, K.J. Burns, C.D. Cadena, D.C. Cannatella, T.A. Castoe, P. Chakrabarty, J.P. Colella, J.A. Cook, J.L. Cracraft, D.R. Davis, A.R. Davis Rabosky, G. D’Elía, J.P. Dumbacher, J.L. Dunnum, S.V. Edwards, J.A. Esselstyn, J. Faivovich, J. Fjeldså, O.A. Flores-Villela, K. Ford, J. Fuchs, M.K. Fujita, J.M. Good, E. Greenbaum, H.W. Greene, S. Hackett, A. Hamidy, J. Hanken, T. Haryoko, M.T.R. Hawkins, L.R. Heaney, D.M. Hillis, B.D. Hollingsworth, A.D. Hornsby, P.A. Hosner, M. Irham, S. Jansa, R.A. Jiménez, L. Joseph, J.J. Kirchman, T.J. LaDuc, A.D. Leaché, E.P. Lessa, H. López-Fernández, N.A. Mason, J. McCormack, C.D. McMahan, R.G. Moyle, R.A. Ojeda, L.E. Olson, C.K. Onn, L.R. Parenti, G. Parra-Olea, B.D. Patterson, G.B. Pauly, S.E. Pavan, A. Townsend Peterson, S. Poe, D.L. Rabosky, C.J. Raxworthy, S. Reddy, A. Rico-Guevara, A. Riyanto, L.A. Rocha, S.R. Ron, S.M. Rovito, K.C. Rowe, J. Rowley, S. Ruane, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, A.J. Shultz, B. Sidlauskas, D.S. Sikes, N.B. Simmons, M.L.J. Stiassny, J.W. Streicher, B.L. Stuart, A.P. Summers, J. Tavera, P. Teta, C.W. Thompson, R.M. Timm, O. Torres-Carvajal, G. Voelker, R.S. Voss, K. Winker, C. Witt, E.A. Wommack, R.M. Zink. 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biology 21: e3002318. [Open Access].
Mancuso, M., S. Zaman, S.T. Maddock, R.G. Kamei, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, M. Wilkinson, K. Roelants and B.G. Fry*. 2023. Resistance is not futile: Widespread convergent evolution of resistance to alpha-neurotoxic snake venoms in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24: 11353. [Open Access].
Almeida, J.R., A. Gomes, B. Mendes, L. Aguiar, M. Ferreira, M. Borges Costa Brioschi, D. Duarte, F. Nogueira, S. Cortes, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, D.C. Miguel, C. Teixeira, P. Gameiro and P. Gomes*. 2023. Unlocking the potential of snake venom-based molecules against the malaria, Chagas disease, and leishmaniasis triad. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 242: 124745. [Open Access].
Carrasco, P.A.*, C. Koch, F.G. Grazziotin, P.J. Venegas, J.C. Chaparro, G.J. Scrocchi, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, G.C. Leynaud and C.I. Mattoni. 2023. Total-evidence phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of New World pitvipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). Cladistics 39: 71-100. [Read-only version].
Loaiza-Lange, A.‡, D. Székely*, O. Torres-Carvajal, N. Tinoco, D. Salazar-Valenzuela and P. Székely. 2023. Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pitviper snake (Bothrops asper) in Ecuador. PeerJ 11: e14817. [Open Access].
Rödel, M.O.*, A. Loaiza-Lange, J. Penner, K.D. Neira-Salamea and D. Salazar-Valenzuela. 2023. A mouth full of blood–autohaemorrhaging in three Ecuadorian snakes (Squamata: Colubridae & Tropidophiidae). Herpetology Notes 16: 25-30. [Open Access].
Páez-Vacas, M.*, M.R. Bustamante, N. Baer, N.H. Oleas, M.A. Argoti, S. Espinoza F., Z. Lozano, B. Morales-Espín†, M.M. Gavilanez, D.A. Donoso, D. Franco-Mena†, J. Brito, C.M. Pinto, L. Salazar, M. Endara, A. Falconí-López, E. Bravo-Vera†, E. Sánchez-Lara†, J. Rivera-Albuja†, L. Mena†, K. Muñoz-Lara†, D. Navas†, F.M. Ortíz-Galarza†, T. Pamballo†, D. Pineda†, J. Rivadeneira†, S. Segura†, K. Valencia†, P. Vásquez-Barba† and D. Salazar-Valenzuela. 2023. Citizen science as a tool for education: First Bioblitz in Quito, Ecuador. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1141: 012004. [Open Access].
2022
Jaynes, K.E.*, M.I. Páez-Vacas, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, J.M. Guayasamin, A. Terán-Valdez, F.R. Siavichay, S.W. Fitzpatrick and L.A. Coloma. 2022. Harlequin frog rediscoveries provide insights into species persistence in the face of drastic amphibian declines. Biological Conservation 276: 109784. [Open Access]
Hernández-Altamirano, J.A.†, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, E.J. Medina-Villamizar, D.R. Quirola, K. Patel, S. Vaiyapuri, B. Lomonte and J.R. Almeida*. 2022. First insights into the venom composition of two Ecuadorian coral snakes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 14686. [Open Access]
Patiño, R.S.P.†, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, A.A. Robles-Loaiza, P. Santacruz-Ortega and J.R. Almeida*. 2022. A retrospective study of clinical and epidemiological characteristics of snakebite in Napo province, Ecuadorian Amazon. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, trac071. [PDF]
Vera-Palacios, A.L., J.D. Sacoto-Torres, J.A. Hernández-Altamirano, A. Moreno, M.C. Peñuela-Mora, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, N.G.S. Mogollón and J.R. Almeida*. 2022. A first look at the inhibitory potential of Urospatha sagittifolia (Araceae) ethanolic extract for Bothrops atrox snakebite envenomation. Toxins 14: 496. [Open Access]
2021
Patiño, R.S.P.†, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, E. Medina-Villamizar, B. Mendes, C. Proaño-Bolaños, S.L. da Silva and J.R. Almeida*. 2021. Bothrops atrox from Ecuadorian Amazon: initial analyses of venoms from individuals. Toxicon 193: 63–72. [PDF]
2020
Mora-Obando, D., D. Salazar-Valenzuela, D. Pla, B. Lomonte, J.A. Guerrero-Vargas, S. Ayerbe, H.L. Gibbs and J.J. Calvete*. 2020. Venom variation in Bothrops asper lineages from north-western South America. Journal of Proteomics 229: 103945. [PDF]
2019
Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*, U. Kuch, O. Torres-Carvajal, J.H. Valencia and H.L. Gibbs. 2019. Divergence of tropical pitvipers promoted by independent colonization events of dry montane Andean habitats. Journal of Biogeography 46: 1826–1840. [PDF]
Timms, J., J.C. Chaparro, P.J. Venegas, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, G. Scrocchi, J. Cuevas, G. Leynaud and P.A. Carrasco*. 2019. A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America. Zootaxa 4656: 99–120. [PDF]
Akcali, C.K.*, H.A. Pérez-Mendoza, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, D. Kikuchi, J.M. Guayasamin and D.W. Pfennig. 2019. Evaluating the utility of camera traps in field studies of predation. PeerJ 7: e6487. [Open Access]
Torres-Carvajal, O.*, G. Pazmiño-Otamendi and D. Salazar-Valenzuela. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13: 209–229. [Open Access]
2018
Gibbs, H.L.*, M. Sovic, D. Amazonas, H. Chalkidis, D. Salazar-Valenzuela and A. Moura. 2018. Recent lineage diversification in a venomous snake through dispersal across the Amazon River. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 123: 651–665. [Open Access]
Pomerantz, A.*, N. Peñafiel, A. Arteaga, L. Bustamante, F. Pichardo, L.A. Coloma, C.L. Barrio-Amorós, D. Salazar-Valenzuela and S. Prost*. 2018. Real-time DNA barcoding in a rainforest using nanopore sequencing: opportunities for rapid biodiversity assessments and local capacity building. GigaScience 7: 1–14. [Open Access]
Arteaga, A.*, D. Salazar-Valenzuela, K. Mebert, N. Peñafiel, G. Aguiar, J.C. Sánchez-Nivicela, R.A. Pyron, T.J. Colston, D.F. Cisneros-Heredia, M.H. Yánez-Muñoz, P.J. Venegas, J.M. Guayasamin and O. Torres-Carvajal. 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. [Open Access]
2017
Ministerio de Salud Pública. 2017. Manejo clínico del envenenamiento por mordeduras de serpientes venenosas y picaduras de escorpiones. Protocolo basado en evidencia. Dirección Nacional de Prevención y Control y Dirección de Normatización. Primera Edición. Quito, Ecuador. [PDF]
BEFORE 2016
Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*, A. Martins, L. Amador-Oyola and O. Torres-Carvajal. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from northern Ecuador. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8: 107–120. [Open Access]
Salazar-Valenzuela, D., D. Mora-Obando, M.L. Fernández, A. Loaiza-Lange, H.L. Gibbs and B. Lomonte*. 2014. Proteomic and toxicological profiling of the venom of Bothrocophias campbelli, a pitviper species from Ecuador and Colombia. Toxicon 90: 15–25. [PDF]
Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*, O. Torres-Carvajal and P. Passos. 2014. A new species of Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. Herpetologica 70: 350–363. [PDF]
Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*, E.O. Carrillo and S. Aldás. 2010. Tricheilostoma anthracinum: geographic distribution. Herpetological Review 41: 111–112. [PDF]
Bravo, F. and D. Salazar-Valenzuela. 2009. A new species of Sycorax Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae) collected on harlequin frogs (Anura: Bufonidae, Atelopus) in the Ecuadorian Andes. Zootaxa 2093: 37–42. [PDF]
Passos, P., D.F. Cisneros-Heredia and D. Salazar-Valenzuela. 2007. Rediscovery and redescription of the rare Andean snake Atractus modestus. Herpetological Journal 17: 1–6. [Open Access]
Boada, C., D. Salazar-Valenzuela, A. Freire Lascano and U. Kuch. 2005. The diet of Bothrops asper (Garman, 1884) in the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. Herpetozoa 18: 77–79. [PDF]