Email:

ppelosoSPAMFILTER@amnh.org

Phone:

+1 (212) 313-7853

Research Interests

Graduated in Biological Sciences (Master of Science in Zoology), I crafted most of my early carreer in the field of Systematics and Biodiversity Conservation. As a student in the Comparative Biology PhD program in the Richard Gilder Graduate School, at the American Museum of Natural History, I continue to follow this path. My current research focus on understanding how the early diversification of Tropical fauna is related  to  the  evolution  of  morphological,  behavioral  and  molecular  characters.  Overall research interests involves a mixture of subjects related to the systematics of amphibians and reptiles, especially in the Tropics.

The integrative use of genetics, morphology and behavior characters to study species boundaries led me to the discovery of several new species of frogs and lizards which are in the course of being described. Most of my field based research was conducted in Amazonia and Atlantic Rainforest but I recently expanded this horizon to Southeast Asia (Vietnam).

• Publications

  PEER REVIEWED

  Peloso, P.L.V. ; Pellegrino, K.C.M. Rodrigues, M.T., Ávila-Pires, T.C.S. 2011. Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and species of lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Amazonian rainforest of Northern Brazil. American Museum Novitates, 1-24.  PDF

  Almeida, A.P.,  Gasparini, J.L. & Peloso, P.L.V. 2011 Frogs of the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil - The need for looking at the coldspots. Check List, 7: 542-560, 2011. PDF

  Forlani, M.C., Valdujo, P.H., Pavan, D., Maciel, A.O. & Peloso, P.L.V. 2011 Review of the geographical distribution of the white-spotted frogChiasmocleis albopunctata (Boettger, 1885) (Anura, Microhylidae). Biota Neotropica, 11. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. 2010. A safe place for amphibians? A cautionary tale on the taxonomy and conservation of frogs, caecilians, and salamanders in the Brazilian Amazonia. Zoologia, 27: 667-673. PDF

  Barros, F.B., P.L.V. Peloso, L. Vicente, H.M. Pereira & M.J. Sturaro. 2010. The advertisement call of the Narrow-mouthed frog Chiasmocleis avilapiresae Peloso & Sturaro, 2008 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zootaxa, 2657: 66-68. E-mail for PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. & T.C. Ávila-Pires. 2010. Morphological variation inPtychoglossus brevifrontalis Boulenger, 1912 and the status of Ptychoglossus nicefori (Loveridge, 1929) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Herpetologica, 2: 59-62. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V., M.J. Sturaro, G.F. Maschio, F.S. Rodrigues, & A.L.C. Prudente. 2009. New records and distribution of the Toady leaf frog Phyllomedusa atelopoides (Anura, Hylidae). Herpetology Notes, 2: 59-62. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. & M.J. Sturaro. 2008. A new species of narrow-mouthed frog of the genus Chiasmocleis Méhely 1904 (Anura, Microhylidae) from the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil. Zootaxa, 1947: 39-52. E-mail for PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V., C.F.D. Rocha, S.E. Pavan & S.L. Mendes. 2008. Activity and microhabitat use by the endemic Whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus nativo(Teiidae) in a restinga habitat (Setiba) in the state of Espirito Santo. South American Journal of Herpetology, 3: 89-95. PDF

  Gasparini, J.L., P.L.V. Peloso & I. Sazima, I. 2007. New opportunities and hazards brought by humans to the island habitat of the skink Euprepis atlanticus. Herpetological Bulletin, 100: 30-33. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. & V.P. Souza. 2007. Predation on Todirostrum cinereum(Tyrannidae) by the orb-web spider Nephilegys cruentata (Aranae, nephilidae). Ararajuba. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 15: 461-463. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. & J.L. Gasparini. 2006. Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae,Dendropsophus ruschii (Weygoldt & Peixoto, 1987): rediscovery of Ruschi's treefrog in an Atlantic Rainforest remnant in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Check List (UNESP), 2: 38-40. PDF

  NON PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

  Peloso, P.L.V. & S.E. Pavan. 2007. Cnemidophorus nativo (Predation). Herpetological Review, 38: 451-452. PDF

  Gasparini J.L. & P.L.V. Peloso. 2007. Tropidurus torquatus (Diet). Herpetological Review, 38: 464. PDF

  Peloso, P.L.V. & S.E. Pavan. 2007. Megaelosia apuana (Prey). Herpetological Review, 38: 188. PDF