{"id":53,"date":"2022-09-30T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:56:28","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/index.php\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53\" class=\"elementor elementor-53\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc57ff7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc57ff7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-87addb2\" data-id=\"87addb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-529044c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"529044c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Neotropical Toxins Lab members in <strong>bold<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25d97a4\" data-id=\"25d97a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1758ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1758ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2020 Undergraduate student<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3522c78\" data-id=\"3522c78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-793418f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"793418f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u2021 Graduate student<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6808075\" data-id=\"6808075\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57cc827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57cc827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>* Corresponding author<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a36aa85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a36aa85\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c6bfa6\" data-id=\"8c6bfa6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03decf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c03decf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Teclea aqu\u00ed...\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 193, 228);\">2025<\/h3><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14664f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14664f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carlen, E.J., A.E. Caizergues, Z. Jagiello, \u2026 <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, \u2026 and M. Szulkin. 2025. Legacy effects of religion, politics and war on urban evolutionary biology. <em>Nature Cities<\/em>, 2, 593-602 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s44284-025-00249-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>].<\/p><p>Bourke, L.A., <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, M. Mancuso, <strong>D.R. Quirola<\/strong>, A. Loaiza-Lange, C.N. Zdenek, M.R. Lewin, E. Arbel\u00e1ez-Ortiz and B.G. Fry. 2025. Venom versatility: Dynamic anticoagulant and procoagulant variations between and within <i>Bothrocophias<\/i>\u00a0(toad-head) and basal\u00a0<i>Bothrops<\/i> (lance-head) pit vipers. <em>Biochimie<\/em>, 237: 1\u201315 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0300908425001427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>Ram\u00edrez-Casta\u00f1eda, V., S. Nixon, D. Alarc\u00f3n-Naforo, F. Abderemane-Ali, R. Fitch, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, D. Minor and R. Tarvin. 2025. Toxin resistance mechanisms span biological scales in the Royal ground snake (Colubridae: <em>Erythrolamprus reginae<\/em>)\u00a0<em>EcoEvoRxiv<\/em>\u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/ecoevorxiv.org\/repository\/view\/9403\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preprint<\/a>].<\/p><p><strong>Espinoza-Regalado, A.<\/strong>, <strong>D.R. Quirola<\/strong>, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong> and T. L\u00fcddecke. 2025. Predation of a scolopendrid prey by the scorpion <em>Tityus pugilator<\/em> Pocock, 1898, in a horticultural landscape of Quito, Ecuador. <em>Diversity<\/em>, 17: 684 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-2818\/17\/10\/684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>L\u00f6tters, S., P. B\u00f6ning, S. Bailon, \u2026 <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, \u2026 and A. Plewnia. 2025. A roadmap for harlequin frog systematics, with a partial revision of Amazonian species related to <em>Atelopus spumarius<\/em>. <em>Zootaxa<\/em>, 5571, 1-76 [<a href=\"https:\/\/mapress.com\/zt\/article\/view\/zootaxa.5571.1.1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link<\/a>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a46f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86a46f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h3 data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Teclea aqu\u00ed...\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; color: rgb(110, 193, 228);\">2024<\/h3><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364d3d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"364d3d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Plewnia, A., A. Ter\u00e1n-Valdez, J. Culebras, R. Boistel, D.J. Paluh, A.B. Quezada-Riera, C.H. Heine, J.P. Reyes-Puig, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, J.M. Guayasamin and S. L\u00f6tters. 2024. A new species of harlequin toad (Bufonidae: <em>Atelopus<\/em>) from Amazonian Ecuador. <em>Salamandra<\/em>, 60: 237\u2013253 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salamandra-journal.com\/index.php\/contents\/2024-vol-60\/2159-plewnia,-a-,-a-ter%C3%A1n-valdez,-j-culebras,-r-boistel,-d-j-paluh,-a-b-quezada-riera,-c-h-heine,-j-p-reyes-puig,-d-salazar-valenzuela,-j-m-guayasamin-s-l%C3%B6tters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #020101;\">Vega-Y\u00e1nez, M.A.*, A.B. Quezada-Riera, B. Rios-Touma, M.C. Vizca\u00edno-Barba, W. Millingalli, O. Ganzino, L.A. Coloma, E.E. Tapia, N. Dup\u00e9rr\u00e9, M. P\u00e1ez-Vacas, D. Parra-Puente, D. Franco-Mena, G. Gavilanes, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, C.A. Valle, J.M. Guayasamin*. 2024. Path for recovery: an ecological overview of the Jambato Harlequin Toad (Bufonidae: <em>Atelopus ignescens<\/em>) in its last known locality, Angamarca Valley, Ecuador. <em>PeerJ<\/em> 12: e17344. [<a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/articles\/17344\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #020101;\">Savage, A.M.*, M.J. Willmott, P. Moreno-Garc\u00eda, Z. Jagiello, D. Li, A. Malesis, L.S. Miles, C. Rom\u00e1n-Palacios, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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. <em>Ecology and Evolution<\/em> 14: e11633. [<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/ece3.11633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #020101;\">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. Koblm\u00fcller, B. Matthews, G. Mesz\u00e9na, R.E. Onstein, O. Seehausen, P. Singh, E.I. Svensson, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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. <em>Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology<\/em>: a041448. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-De-Kayne_David-Salazar_Adaptive_Radiations.pdf\">PDF<\/a>].<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #020101;\">Guevara-Andino, J.E.*, L.M. D\u00e1valos, F. Zapata, M.J. Endara, D.D. Cotoras, J. Chaves, S. Claramunt, J. L\u00f3pez-Delgado, A.M. Mendoza-Henao, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, G. Rivas-Torres, J. Yeager. 2024. Neotropics as a cradle for adaptive radiations. <em>Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology<\/em>: a041452. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024-Guevara_David-Salazar_Neotropics_Adaptive_Radiations_compressed.pdf\">PDF<\/a>].<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #020101;\">Rivas, J.A.*, P. de la Quintana, M. Mancuso, L.F. Pacheco, G.A. Rivas, S. Mariotto, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #020101;\">D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/span><span style=\"color: #020101;\">, M.T. Baihua, P. Baihua, G.M. Burghardt, F.J. Vonk, E. Hernandez, J.E. Garc\u00eda-P\u00e9rez, B.G. Fry* and S. Corey-Rivas*. 2024. Disentangling the Anacondas: Revealing a new green species and rethinking yellows. <\/span><em style=\"color: #020101;\">Diversity<\/em> <span style=\"color: #020101;\">16: 127. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-2818\/16\/2\/127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98939f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98939f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2023<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1678fae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1678fae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bayona-Serrano, J.D., F.G. Grazziotin, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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). <em>Molecular Biology and Evolution <\/em>40: msad147. [<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/mbe\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/molbev\/msad147\/7205868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>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. \u00c1lvarez-Casta\u00f1eda, 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&#8217;El\u00eda, J.P. Dumbacher, J.L. Dunnum, S.V. Edwards, J.A. Esselstyn, J. Faivovich, J. Fjelds\u00e5, 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. Jim\u00e9nez, L. Joseph, J.J. Kirchman, T.J. LaDuc, A.D. Leach\u00e9, E.P. Lessa, H. L\u00f3pez-Fern\u00e1ndez, 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, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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. <em>PLoS Biology <\/em>21: e3002318. [<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosbiology\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pbio.3002318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>Mancuso, M., S. Zaman, S.T. Maddock, R.G. Kamei, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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). <i>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/i> 24: 11353. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/24\/14\/11353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>Almeida, J.R., A. Gomes, B. Mendes, L. Aguiar, M. Ferreira, M. Borges Costa Brioschi, D. Duarte, F. Nogueira, S. Cortes, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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. <em>International Journal of Biological Macromolecules\u00a0<\/em>242: 124745. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0141813023016392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>Carrasco, P.A.*, C. Koch, F.G. Grazziotin, P.J. Venegas, J.C. Chaparro, G.J. Scrocchi, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, G.C. Leynaud and C.I. Mattoni. 2023. Total-evidence phylogeny and evolutionary morphology of New World pitvipers (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). <em>Cladistics <\/em>39: 71-100<em>.<\/em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/share\/author\/YFDHXCN2T9IF3YTFKJVA?target=10.1111\/cla.12522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read-only version<\/a>].<\/p><p>Loaiza-Lange, A.\u2021, D. Sz\u00e9kely*, O. Torres-Carvajal, N. Tinoco, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela <\/strong>and P. Sz\u00e9kely. 2023. Feeding ecology of the Terciopelo pitviper snake (<em>Bothrops asper<\/em>) in Ecuador. <em>PeerJ <\/em>11: e14817. [<a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/articles\/14817\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>R\u00f6del, M.O.*, A. Loaiza-Lange, J. Penner, K.D. Neira-Salamea and <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>.\u00a02023. A mouth full of blood\u2013autohaemorrhaging in three Ecuadorian snakes (Squamata: Colubridae &amp; Tropidophiidae). <i>Herpetology Notes<\/i>\u00a016: 25-30. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biotaxa.org\/hn\/article\/view\/77782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p><p>P\u00e1ez-Vacas, M.*, M.R. Bustamante, N. Baer, N.H. Oleas, M.A. Argoti, S. Espinoza F., Z. Lozano, B. Morales-Esp\u00edn\u2020, M.M. Gavilanez, D.A. Donoso, D. Franco-Mena\u2020, J. Brito, C.M. Pinto, L. Salazar, M. Endara, A. Falcon\u00ed-L\u00f3pez, E. Bravo-Vera\u2020, E. S\u00e1nchez-Lara\u2020, J. Rivera-Albuja\u2020, L. Mena\u2020, K. Mu\u00f1oz-Lara\u2020, D. Navas\u2020, F.M. Ort\u00edz-Galarza\u2020, T. Pamballo\u2020, D. Pineda\u2020, J. Rivadeneira\u2020, S. Segura\u2020, K. Valencia\u2020, P. V\u00e1squez-Barba\u2020 and <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>.\u00a02023. Citizen science as a tool for education: First Bioblitz in Quito, Ecuador. In <i>IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science<\/i> 1141: 012004. [<a href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1755-1315\/1141\/1\/012004\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbe3469 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dbe3469\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2022<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a7a436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a7a436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jaynes, K.E.*, M.I. P\u00e1ez-Vacas, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, J.M. Guayasamin, A. Ter\u00e1n-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. <em>Biological Conservation<\/em> 276: 109784. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0006320722003378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Hern\u00e1ndez-Altamirano, J.A.\u2020, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, E.J. Medina-Villamizar, <strong>D.R. Quirola<\/strong>, K. Patel, S. Vaiyapuri, B. Lomonte and J.R. Almeida*. 2022. First insights into the venom composition of two Ecuadorian coral snakes. <em>International Journal of Molecular Sciences<\/em> 23: 14686. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1422-0067\/23\/23\/14686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Pati\u00f1o, R.S.P.\u2020, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, 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. <em>Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene<\/em>, trac071. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2022-Patino_David-Salazar_Snakebite-Napo-Ecuadorian-Amazon_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p>Vera-Palacios, A.L., J.D. Sacoto-Torres, J.A. Hern\u00e1ndez-Altamirano, A. Moreno, M.C. Pe\u00f1uela-Mora, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, N.G.S. Mogoll\u00f3n and J.R. Almeida*. 2022. A first look at the inhibitory potential of <em>Urospatha sagittifolia<\/em> (Araceae) ethanolic extract for <em>Bothrops atrox <\/em>snakebite envenomation. <em>Toxins<\/em> 14: 496. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2072-6651\/14\/7\/496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-800604a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"800604a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2021<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b824f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09b824f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pati\u00f1o, R.S.P.\u2020, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, E. Medina-Villamizar, B. Mendes, C. Proa\u00f1o-Bola\u00f1os, S.L. da Silva and J.R. Almeida*. 2021. <em>Bothrops atrox<\/em> from Ecuadorian Amazon: initial analyses of venoms from individuals. <em>Toxicon<\/em> 193: 63\u201372. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2021-Patino_David-Salazar_Bothrops-atrox-venom_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce66052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce66052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2020<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711b6b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"711b6b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mora-Obando, D., <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, D. Pla, B. Lomonte, J.A. Guerrero-Vargas, S. Ayerbe, H.L. Gibbs and J.J. Calvete*. 2020. Venom variation in <em>Bothrops asper<\/em> lineages from north-western South America. <em>Journal of Proteomics<\/em> 229: 103945. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2020-Mora-Obando_David-Salazar_Venom_Bothrops_asper_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e508e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e508e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2019<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acc634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acc634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*<\/strong>, 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. <em>Journal of Biogeography<\/em> 46: 1826\u20131840. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2019-Salazar-Valenzuela_et-al_Colonization-and-divergence-of-Andean-pitvipers_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p>Timms, J., J.C. Chaparro, P.J. Venegas, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, G. Scrocchi, J. Cuevas, G. Leynaud and P.A. Carrasco*. 2019. A new species of pitviper of the genus <em>Bothrops<\/em> (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America. <em>Zootaxa<\/em> 4656: 99\u2013120. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2019-Timms_DavidSalazar_Bothrops-monsignifer_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p>Akcali, C.K.*, H.A. P\u00e9rez-Mendoza, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, D. Kikuchi, J.M. Guayasamin and D.W. Pfennig. 2019. Evaluating the utility of camera traps in field studies of predation. <em>PeerJ<\/em> 7: e6487. [<a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/articles\/6487\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Torres-Carvajal, O.*, G. Pazmi\u00f1o-Otamendi and <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides. <em>Amphibian &amp; Reptile Conservation<\/em> 13: 209\u2013229. [<a href=\"http:\/\/amphibian-reptile-conservation.org\/pdfs\/Volume\/Vol_13_no_1\/ARC_13_1_[General_Section]_209-229_e178.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac0f420 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac0f420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2018<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e304e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5e304e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gibbs, H.L.*, M. Sovic, D. Amazonas, H. Chalkidis,<strong> D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong> and A. Moura. 2018. Recent lineage diversification in a venomous snake through dispersal across the Amazon River. <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society<\/em> 123: 651\u2013665. [<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/biolinnean\/article\/123\/3\/651\/4840585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Pomerantz, A.*, N. Pe\u00f1afiel, A. Arteaga, L. Bustamante, F. Pichardo, L.A. Coloma, C.L. Barrio-Amor\u00f3s, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong> and S. Prost*. 2018. Real-time DNA barcoding in a rainforest using nanopore sequencing: opportunities for rapid biodiversity assessments and local capacity building. <em>GigaScience<\/em> 7: 1\u201314. [<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gigascience\/article\/7\/4\/giy033\/4958980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Arteaga, A.*, <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, K. Mebert, N. Pe\u00f1afiel, G. Aguiar, J.C. S\u00e1nchez-Nivicela, R.A. Pyron, T.J. Colston, D.F. Cisneros-Heredia, M.H. Y\u00e1nez-Mu\u00f1oz, 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. <em>Zookeys<\/em> 766: 79\u2013147. [<a href=\"https:\/\/zookeys.pensoft.net\/article\/24523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f628d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f628d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2017<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4249a3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4249a3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ministerio de Salud P\u00fablica. 2017. Manejo cl\u00ednico del envenenamiento por mordeduras de serpientes venenosas y picaduras de escorpiones. Protocolo basado en evidencia. Direcci\u00f3n Nacional de Prevenci\u00f3n y Control y Direcci\u00f3n de Normatizaci\u00f3n. Primera Edici\u00f3n. Quito, Ecuador. [<a href=\"https:\/\/aplicaciones.msp.gob.ec\/salud\/archivosdigitales\/documentosDirecciones\/dnn\/archivos\/AC_00153_2017%2021%20NOV.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-840665f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"840665f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">BEFORE 2016<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a9571 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5a9571\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*<\/strong>, A. Martins, L. Amador-Oyola and O. Torres-Carvajal. 2015. A new species and country record of threadsnakes (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae) from northern Ecuador. <em>Amphibian &amp; Reptile Conservation<\/em> 8: 107\u2013120. [<a href=\"http:\/\/amphibian-reptile-conservation.org\/pdfs\/Volume\/Vol_8_no_1\/ARC_8_1_[Special_Section]_107-120_e89_low_res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p><strong>Salazar-Valenzuela, D.<\/strong>, D. Mora-Obando, M.L. Fern\u00e1ndez, A. Loaiza-Lange, H.L. Gibbs and B. Lomonte*. 2014. Proteomic and toxicological profiling of the venom of <em>Bothrocophias campbelli<\/em>, a pitviper species from Ecuador and Colombia. <em>Toxicon<\/em> 90: 15\u201325. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2014-Salazar-Valenzuela-et-al_Bothrocophias-campbelli-venom_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p><strong>Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*<\/strong>, O. Torres-Carvajal and P. Passos. 2014. A new species of <em>Atractus\u00a0<\/em>(Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from the Andes of Ecuador. <em>Herpetologica<\/em> 70: 350\u2013363. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2014-Salazar-Valenzuela-et-al_Atractus-savagei_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p><strong>Salazar-Valenzuela, D.*<\/strong>, E.O. Carrillo and S. Ald\u00e1s. 2010. <em>Tricheilostoma anthracinum<\/em>: geographic distribution. <em>Herpetological Review<\/em> 41: 111\u2013112. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2010-Salazar-Valenzuela-et-al_Trilepida-anthracina_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p>Bravo, F. and <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>. 2009. A new species of\u00a0<em>Sycorax\u00a0<\/em>Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae) collected on harlequin frogs (Anura: Bufonidae,\u00a0<em>Atelopus<\/em>) in the Ecuadorian Andes. <em>Zootaxa<\/em> 2093: 37\u201342. [<a href=\"https:\/\/neotoxins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2009-Bravo-y-Salazar-Valenzuela_Sycorax-wampukrum_baja.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p><p>Passos, P., D.F. Cisneros-Heredia and <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>. 2007. Rediscovery and redescription of the rare Andean snake\u00a0<em>Atractus modestus<\/em>. <em>Herpetological Journal<\/em> 17: 1\u20136. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebhs.org\/publications\/the-herpetological-journal\/volume-17-number-1-january-2007\/464-01-rediscovery-and-redescription-of-the-rare-andean-snake-i-atractus-modestus-i\/file\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access<\/a>]<\/p><p>Boada, C., <strong>D. Salazar-Valenzuela<\/strong>, A. Freire Lascano and U. Kuch. 2005. The diet of <em>Bothrops asper<\/em> (Garman, 1884) in the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. <em>Herpetozoa<\/em> 18: 77\u201379. 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