Dr. Rafael O. de Sá

Professor of Biology Emeritus

University of Richmond

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School of Arts & Sciences

Department Of Biology

University of Richmond

Dr. Rafael O. De Sá is currently serving as a Biology Professor of Biology Emeritus at University of Richmond.

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Dr. Rafael O. de Sá

University of Richmond

Professor of Biology Emeritus

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biology evolutionary biology zoology morphology (biology) phylogenetics systematic entomology systematics ecology vertebrate paleontology morphology ecology and evolutionary biology mammalogy evolutionary ecology paleobiology biogeography systematic palaeontology ornithology insect science zooarchaeology ecology evolution historical biology invertebrate pathology avian biology applied entomology ecological entomology animal ecology molecular ecology genetics zoogeography zoological taxonomy amphibian tree museology wildlife ecology spatial ecology rodent ecology landscape ecology arthropod taxonomy cladistics evolutionary taxonomies morphological evidence model organism microhylid frogs molecular phylogeny chondrocranial structure skeletal development brevicipitid frogs eastern afromontane forests rana typhonia linnaeus gastrophryne olivacea revised taxonomy north american microhylids rapid range expansion molecular systematics supplemental material leptodactylus clade

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Widespread Occurrence of the Amphibian Chytrid Panzootic Lineage in Uruguay is Constrained by Climate. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (2024)

animal ecologyecological monographecology evolutionglobal change biologybiological conservationecology and evolutionary biologyzoologyevolutionary ecologyevolutionary biologyconservation biologybiogeographybiologyfunctional ecologyecologybiological invasionscommunity (ecology)biodiversity

Three New Species of the Synapturanus Rabus Complex (Microhylidae: Otophryninae) in Colombia With a Review of the Genus Synapturanus. Zootaxa (2023)

Larval Morphology of Amazonia Foam‐Nesting Frogs of the Genus Engystomops (Anura: Leptodactylidae: Leiuperinae). Journal of Morphology (2022)

Two New Species of Elachistocleis Parker, 1927 (Anura: Microhylidae: Gastrophryninae) From Colombia. Zootaxa (2022)

ornithologypaleobiologymorphology (biology)mammalogyphylogeneticssystematic entomologyinsect sciencezoologyecology and evolutionary biologyevolutionary biologyvertebrate paleontologyevolutionary ecologybiologyecologyentomologysystematicsbiodiversity

Larval Chondrocranial and Internal Oral Morphology of the Neotropical Treefrog Boana Crepitans ( Wied‐Neuwied, 1824; Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae). Journal of Morphology (2021)

Analysis of Ultraconserved Elements Supports African Origins of Narrow-Mouthed Frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2020)

Larval Anatomy of Monotypic Painted Ant Nest Frogs Lithodytes Lineatus Reveals Putative Homoplasies With the Leptodactylus Pentadactylus Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger (2020)

Reproductive Biology and Sexual Dimorphism of the Poorly Known Frog Chiasmocleis Alagoana (Microhylidae, Gastrophryninae), With an Updated Diagnosis for the Species. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment (2020)

Tadpole of the Amazonia Frog Edalorhina Perezi (Anura: Leptodactylidae) With Description of Oral Internal and Chondrocranial Morphology. Journal of Morphology (2020)

paleobiologymorphogenesismorphology (biology)mammalogysystematic entomologycraniofacial researchzoologyvertebrate paleontologymorphologybiologyevolutionary biologyanatomyevolutionary ecologyneuroanatomysystematicssystematic palaeontology

Taxonomic Review of South American Butter Frogs: Phylogeny, Geographic Patterns, and Species Delimitation in the Leptodactylus Latrans Species Group (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetological Monographs (2020)