Andres Camilo Montes-Correa

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Programa de Pós Graduação em Biodiversidade e Evolução (PPGBE)
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Andres Camilo Montes-Correa


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Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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Scopus Publications

  • Morphology and molecular systematics support a new species of Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from Venezuela with a remarkable telescoped skull
    Walter E. Schargel, Cristian Hernández‐Morales, Juan D. Daza, Michael J. Jowers, Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, et al.
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024
    Abstract We describe a new species of miniaturized gecko (genus Pseudogonatodes) from the Peninsula de Paria in northeastern Venezuela. Externally, the new species resembles Pseudogonatodes furvus and Pseudogonatodes manessi, from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia and the Central Coastal Range in Venezuela, respectively; however, it differs from these species in terms of molecular genetic data (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and c-mos), osteological characters, and scale counts. The new species is unique in skull osteology, and we adopt the term ‘telescoped’ from the literature to describe the overlap of bones in the snout, in particular the premaxilla fully separating the nasal bones and contacting the frontal bone. The new species is also the only known species of Pseudogonatodes with fused parietal bones. Using molecular data, we present the first phylogeny of Pseudogonatodes, including six of the nine species in the genus. The new species is sister to P. manessi, which is consistent with biogeographical patterns in the mountainous areas of northern Venezuela. The phylogenetic results also indicate that Pseudogonatodes guianensis is non-monophyletic and raise the possibility of resurrecting the name Pseudogonatodes amazonicus. However, large sampling gaps in Amazonia prevent us from rigorously assessing species limits and proposing a taxonomic change.
  • Discovery of the high-Andean anole Anolis tetarii (Squamata: Anolidae) in the Paramos of northern Colombia
    SEBASTIAN ALEJANDRO RAMOS-LÓPEZ, JUAN DAVID JIMÉNEZ-BOLAÑO, MIGUEL ARÉVALO-PÁEZ, EFRAÍN RADA-VARGAS, ANDRÉS CAMILO MONTES-CORREA
    Herpetological Bulletin, 2024
  • Reproductive ecology, free-swimming tadpoles, and natural history of the Santa Marta Rocket Frog “Colostethus” ruthveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae), with a review of the distribution of larval and reproductive characters in Dendrobatoidea
    Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 2024
  • Extended diagnosis of the type species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven 1915 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae)
    ANDRÉS CAMILO MONTES-CORREA, LILIANA P. SABOYÁ-ACOSTA, JUAN DAVID JIMÉNEZ-BOLAÑO, TEDDY ANGARITA-SIERRA, VLADIMIR BRICEÑO-PÉREZ, SAMUEL NÚÑEZ, JUAN MANUEL RENJIFO, WALTER E. SCHARGEL, JUAN D. DAZA, MARINUS S. HOOGMOED
    Zootaxa, 2021
    Pseudogonatodes furvus is an endemic gecko from the region of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated massif located in the continental Caribbean region of Colombia. Pseudogonatodes furvus is the type species of the genus, and its morphology and natural history remain poorly known. This lizard was described based on two specimens. After its description, the species has only been mentioned in a handful of taxonomic studies of Pseudogonatodes, in which a few morphological characters of P. furvus have been mentioned. One other paper reported two new localities, without providing new information on the external morphology, especially the lepidosis of the newly obtained specimens. Here we review the external morphology of P. furvus, based on examination of the holotype and six additional specimens. We provide an extended diagnosis and definition, description of holotype, variation, comparisons with other Pseudogonatodes, geographic distribution (adding a fourth locality to the known distribution for the species), and conservation status. Additionally, we describe osteological features for the diagnosis of the genus.
  • Local community knowledge and perceptions in the Colombian Caribbean towards Amphibians in urban and rural settings: tools for biological conservation
    Ethnobiology and Conservation, 2021
  • Advertisement call of pratt’s rocket frog, colostethus pratti, from the western andes of colombia (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
    Salamandra, 2020
  • Insights into the natural history of the endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernandez-Camacho, 1994 (Anura: Bufonidae), in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
    Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 2020
  • Acoustic repertory of the “colostethus” ruthveni group (Anura: Dendrobatidae) and comments on the distribution in the sierra nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
    Salamandra, 2019
  • Geographic distribution and habitat use of lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in Northern Colombia
    Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, Juan David Jiménez-Bolaño, Guido Fabián Medina-Rangel, Gilson A. Rivas, Hernán D. Granda-Rodríguez, Liliana P. Saboyá-Acosta, Juan Manuel Renjifo
    Phyllomedusa, 2018
    Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia. We present some ecological and biogeographic data on Lepidoblepharis miyatai, a small and endangered gecko endemic to the northwestern foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (SNSM), 31 years after its description. Based on museum specimens and feld observations, we recorded four new localities with confrmed presence of L. miyatai. We calculated the extent of occurrence and altitudinal distribution of this species reaching 21.3 km2 and from sea level to 360 m respectively. Lepidoblepharis miyatai inhabits plant formations of scrub thorn and tropical deciduous forest. Based on microhabitat data obtained from 88 individuals observed in “Las Tinajas Village” we can state a differential use of three substrates with predominant use of leaf-litter. We consider L. miyatai an endemic species of the northwestern sector of the SNSM with a distribution range limited to the south-west by the occurrence of L. sanctaemartae, and towards the east by a thus far undetermined Lepidoblepharis species (here called Lepidoblepharis cf. sanctaemartae). We do not register sympatry of L. miyatai with any other congener. Accordingly, we consider that the recent records of this species in the southeast sector of SNSM are erroneous, given that the specimens cited as L. miyatai of this zone correspond to Lepidoblepharis cf. sanctaemartae. Finally, a reevaluation of the conservation status of L. miyatai is needed, including precise information of its distribution.
  • Natural history and conservation of the nurse frog of the serranía del perijá allobates ignotus (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae) in Northeastern Colombia
    H. Granda-Rodríguez, Andrés Camilo Montes-Correa, Juan David Jiménez-Bolaño, Marvin ANGANOY-CRIOLLO
    Acta Herpetologica, 2018
    We describe new findings on the geographic distribution, habitat uses, relative abundance, tadpoles, and advertisement call of Allobates ignotus . Data of habitat uses and relative abundance were collected during five annual fieldtrips of seven days each one, from April 2010 to June 2014, in a mining zone of Canime Creek Basin, La Jagua de Ibirico, Cesar Department, northeast Colombia. Tadpoles and advertisement call were obtained in La Veguita Creek Basin, Manaure Balcon del Cesar, Cesar. We report six new localities with presence of A. ignotus , all between 7-96 km in straight line to the type locality, from 194-1236 m a.s.l. This species is recorded for the first time in the Tropical Dry Forest Life Zone and in La Guajira Department. Four substrate categories used by A. ignotus were detected (leaf-litter, rocks, naked floor, and lower branches), and differential use was highlighted. The larval morphology of A. ignotus was described, based on 11 specimens between 25-29 stages. Like other Allobates tadpoles, the gap of the second teeth row is “wide”. The advertisement call of A. ignotus is composed by a series of high frequency ascending pulsed notes. Possibly, the high frequency of the call is due to the acoustic disturbance generated by the streamflow noise of the creeks. In 2014, a decrease of relative abundance of A. ignotus in Canime Creek was detected. This, coupled to restricted distribution and loss of habitat quality are sufficient criteria to suggest the category of vulnerable for A. ignotus .
  • First record of Atractus Turikensis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae) from the Colombian Perijá Highlands
    Herpetological Bulletin, 2017
  • Record of the largest size for a male of magdalena river turtle, Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852 (Testudines: Podocnemididae)
    Herpetology Notes, 2015
  • Notes on the diet of the Pigmy Coral Snake Micrurus dissoleucus (Cope, 1860) in northern Colombia (Serpentes: Elapidae)
    Herpetology Notes, 2015
  • Distribution of tortoises and freshwater turtles of the Colombian Caribbean
    Acta Biologica Colombiana, 2014

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Capítulo 1. Serpientes de importancia médica en Colombia: Una mirada retrospectiva a su conocimiento, avances y perspectivas futuras
    T Angarita-Sierra, CA Bravo-Vaga, AC Montes-Correa
    Mordeduras, Venenos y Serpientes Venenosas de Colombia, 21-90 , 2025
    2025
  • Reproductive ecology, free-swimming tadpoles, and natural history of the Santa Marta Rocket Frog "Colostethus" rutveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae), with a review of the …
    F Polo-Córdoba, K Linares-Vargas, AC Montes-Correa, ...
    Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 18 (1-2), 68-90 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Morphology and molecular systematics support a new species of Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from Venezuela with a remarkable telescoped skull
    W Schargerl, C Hernández-Morales, JD Daza, MJ Jowers, KA Sullivan, ...
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2), zlae120 , 2024
    2024
  • Discovery of the high-Andean anole Anolis tetarii (Squamata: Anolidae) in the Páramos of northern Colombia
    SA Ramos-López, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AP Miguel A., E Rada-Vargas, ...
    Herpetological Bulletin 167, 30-33 , 2024
    2024
  • Death-feigning in the Red-bellied Ground Lizard, Stenocercus erythrogaster (Hallowell 1856) (Squamata: Tropiduridae), in Colombia
    A Rojas, S Estrada, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño
    Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1), e20083 , 2023
    2023
  • Two new Records of frogs from southwestern Colombia
    AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, C Collazos-Astudillo, JM Renjifo
    Reptiles & Amphibians 30, e19521 , 2023
    2023
  • Sylvester not only captured Tweety: Records of wildlife hunting by Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Colombian Caribbean
    G Salcedo-Rivera, AC Montes-Correa, JF Cruz, A Blanco-Narváez, ...
    Mammalogy Notes 7 (2), 243 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Description of two previously unknown anuran vocalizations from the Caribbean rainforests of Costa Rica
    S Salazar, AC Montes-Correa, CL Barrio-Amorós
    Anartia 32 (1), 67-70 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • On a second invasive frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from San Andrés, Colombian Caribbean islands
    MV Cubillos-Abrahams, AC Montes-Correa
    Anartia 32 (1), 61-66 , 2021
    2021
  • First record of the greenhouse frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) from San Andrés, Colombian Caribbean islands
    MV Cubillos-Abrahams, AC Montes-Correa, LE Vera-Pérez
    Caribbean Journal of Science 51 (1), 136-145 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • Local community knowledge and perceptions in the Colombian Caribbean towards Amphibians in urban and rural settings: tools for biological conservation
    D Vergara-Ríos, AC Montes-Correa, JN Urbina-Cardona, ...
    Ethobiology and Conservation 10, 24 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Extended diagnosis of the type species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven 1915 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae)
    AC Montes-Correa, LP Saboyá-Acosta, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Zootaxa 4915 (1), 41-59 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Advertisement call of Pratt's rocket frog, Colostethus pratti, from the western Andes of Colombia (Anura: Dendrobatidae)
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, F Leonhardt, JM Renjifo
    Salamandra 56 (4), 395-400 , 2020
    2020
  • Insights into the natural history of the endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994 (Anura: Bufonidae), in the …
    HD Granda-Rodríguez, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14 (1), 19-42 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • Acoustic repertory of the "Colostethus" ruthveni group (Anura: Dendrobatidae) and comments on the distribution in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, F Polo-Córdoba, ...
    Salamandra 55 (1), 27-38 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 3
  • Serpientes, del mito a la realidad
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, D Vergara-Ríos, M Arévalo-Páez
    INFOZOA, Boletín de Zoología 11, 1-20 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia
    AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, GF Medina-Rangel, G Rivas, ...
    Phyllomedusa 17 (1), 61-72 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 3
  • Natural history and conservation of the Nurse Frog of the Serranía del Perijá Allobates ignotus (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae) in northeastern Colombia
    HD Granda-Rodríguez, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Acta Herpetologica 13 (1), 51-64 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 8
  • First record of Atractus turikensis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae) from the Colombian Perijá highlands
    AC Montes-Correa, M Arévalo-Páez, E Rada-Vargas, A del Portillo-Mozo, ...
    Herpetological Bulletin 141, 35-39 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Pristimantis tayrona (Lynch y Ruíz 1985)
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, JD Ospino-Cerpa, ...
    Catálogo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 3 (2), 38-42 , 2017
    2017

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Amphibians and reptiles of an agroforestry system in the Colombian Caribbean
    O Angarita-M., AC Montes-Correa, JM Renjifo
    Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (1), 33-52 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 42
  • Local community knowledge and perceptions in the Colombian Caribbean towards Amphibians in urban and rural settings: tools for biological conservation
    D Vergara-Ríos, AC Montes-Correa, JN Urbina-Cardona, ...
    Ethobiology and Conservation 10, 24 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Herpetofauna del campus de la Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
    A Montes-Correa, JD Jimenez-Bolaño, D Vergara-Ríos, Y Ávila-Silva, ...
    Revista Biodiversidad Neotropical 5 (1), 54-63 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 23
  • Distribución de tortugas continentales del Caribe colombiano
    AC Montes-Correa, LP Saboyá-Acosta, V Páez, K Vega, JM Renjifo
    Acta Biológica Colombiana 19 (3), 341-350 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 18
  • Insights into the natural history of the endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994 (Anura: Bufonidae), in the …
    HD Granda-Rodríguez, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 14 (1), 19-42 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • Notes on the diet of the Pigmy Coral Snake Micrurus dissoleucus (Cope, 1860) in northern Colombia (Serpentes: Elapidae)
    M Arévalo-Páez, AC Montes-Correa, E Rada-Vargas, LP Saboyá-Acosta, ...
    Herpetology Notes 8, 39-41 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 11
  • Natural history and conservation of the Nurse Frog of the Serranía del Perijá Allobates ignotus (Dendrobatoidea: Aromobatidae) in northeastern Colombia
    HD Granda-Rodríguez, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Acta Herpetologica 13 (1), 51-64 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 8
  • First record of Atractus turikensis (Squamata: Colubridae: Dipsadinae) from the Colombian Perijá highlands
    AC Montes-Correa, M Arévalo-Páez, E Rada-Vargas, A del Portillo-Mozo, ...
    Herpetological Bulletin 141, 35-39 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Extended diagnosis of the type species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven 1915 (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae)
    AC Montes-Correa, LP Saboyá-Acosta, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, ...
    Zootaxa 4915 (1), 41-59 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 6
  • Kinosternon scorpioides (Linnaeus 1766)
    AC Montes-Correa, LP Saboyá-Acota, VP Páez, JM Renjifo
    Catálogo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia 3 (1), 17-24 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 6
  • Description of two previously unknown anuran vocalizations from the Caribbean rainforests of Costa Rica
    S Salazar, AC Montes-Correa, CL Barrio-Amorós
    Anartia 32 (1), 67-70 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • First record of the greenhouse frog Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Anura, Eleutherodactylidae) from San Andrés, Colombian Caribbean islands
    MV Cubillos-Abrahams, AC Montes-Correa, LE Vera-Pérez
    Caribbean Journal of Science 51 (1), 136-145 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 3
  • Acoustic repertory of the "Colostethus" ruthveni group (Anura: Dendrobatidae) and comments on the distribution in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, F Polo-Córdoba, ...
    Salamandra 55 (1), 27-38 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 3
  • Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic status of the genus in northern Colombia
    AC Montes-Correa, JD Jiménez-Bolaño, GF Medina-Rangel, G Rivas, ...
    Phyllomedusa 17 (1), 61-72 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 3
  • Sylvester not only captured Tweety: Records of wildlife hunting by Felis catus (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Colombian Caribbean
    G Salcedo-Rivera, AC Montes-Correa, JF Cruz, A Blanco-Narváez, ...
    Mammalogy Notes 7 (2), 243 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Serpientes, del mito a la realidad
    JD Jiménez-Bolaño, AC Montes-Correa, D Vergara-Ríos, M Arévalo-Páez
    INFOZOA, Boletín de Zoología 11, 1-20 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • Record of the largest size for a male of Magdalena River Turtle, Podocnemis lewyana Duméril, 1852 (Testudines: Podocnemididae)
    D Vergara-Ríos, AC Montes-Correa, JD Jimenez-Bolaño, ...
    Herpetology Notes 8, 335-337 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 2
  • Reproductive ecology, free-swimming tadpoles, and natural history of the Santa Marta Rocket Frog "Colostethus" rutveni Kaplan, 1997 (Anura: Dendrobatidae), with a review of the …
    F Polo-Córdoba, K Linares-Vargas, AC Montes-Correa, ...
    Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 18 (1-2), 68-90 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Capítulo 1. Serpientes de importancia médica en Colombia: Una mirada retrospectiva a su conocimiento, avances y perspectivas futuras
    T Angarita-Sierra, CA Bravo-Vaga, AC Montes-Correa
    Mordeduras, Venenos y Serpientes Venenosas de Colombia, 21-90 , 2025
    2025
  • Morphology and molecular systematics support a new species of Pseudogonatodes (Squamata: Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from Venezuela with a remarkable telescoped skull
    W Schargerl, C Hernández-Morales, JD Daza, MJ Jowers, KA Sullivan, ...
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2), zlae120 , 2024
    2024