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Yañez-Arenas, C., L. Díaz-Gamboa, C. Patrón-Rivero, K. López-Reyes, and X. Chiappa-Carrara. 2018. Estimating geographic patterns of ophidism risk in Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 4: 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2018.1454762

The species richness of venomous snakes in Ecuador (~39 species) is among the highest in the world. However, until now no information exists regarding geographic patterns of ophidism. In this study, we present a detailed spatial snakebite risk map which was built by stacking weighted ecological nich…

Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz

May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873

Switzerland; United States

Cichlidae

Collected Cichlidae and identified Cidaridae

Anastasio Vazquez
Anastasio Vazquez

February 16, 1865 – January 20, 1951

Costa Rica

Formicidae

Collected Formicidae

Malcolm Playfair Anderson
Malcolm Playfair Anderson

April 06, 1879 – February 21, 1919

Muridae

Collected Muridae

Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour

August 19, 1884 – January 08, 1946

United States

Dactyloidae

Collected Dactyloidae and identified Dactyloidae

Joseph Charles Bequaert
Joseph Charles Bequaert

May 24, 1886 – January 12, 1982

Belgium; United States

Fabaceae

Collected Fabaceae and identified Eumenidae

Emmet Reid Blake

November 29, 1908 – January 10, 1997

United States

Tyrannidae

Collected Tyrannidae and identified Asteraceae

Julius Boos

1946 – 2010

Dactyloidae

Collected Dactyloidae and identified Geraniaceae

Wilmot Wood Brown Jr.
Wilmot Wood Brown Jr.

May 19, 1868 – July 10, 1953

United States

Tyrannidae

Collected Tyrannidae and identified Cricetidae

Eugenius Warming
Eugenius Warming

November 03, 1840 – April 02, 1924

Kingdom of Denmark

Asteraceae

Collected Asteraceae and identified Vochysiaceae

Collected Fabaceae and identified Fabaceae

Melbourne Armstrong Carriker

February 14, 1879 – July 27, 1965

United States

Thraupidae

Collected Thraupidae and identified Passerellidae

Ralph Vary Chamberlin
Ralph Vary Chamberlin

January 03, 1879 – October 31, 1967

United States

Phrynosomatidae

Collected Phrynosomatidae and identified Lithobiidae

Calaway H. Dodson

December 17, 1928 – August 09, 2020

United States

Orchidaceae

Collected Orchidaceae and identified Orchidaceae

Henry S. Dybas

July 10, 1915 – 1981

Histeridae

Collected Histeridae and identified Cleridae

Harriet Idola Exline Frizzell

May 08, 1909 – February 12, 1968

United States

Theridiidae

Collected Theridiidae and identified Theridiidae

Donald Leslie Frizzell

October 19, 1906 – October 17, 1972

United States

Theridiidae

Collected Theridiidae

Charles M. Fugler

1929 – 1999

Hylidae

Collected Hylidae

Collected Ambystomatidae and identified Salamandridae

Samuel Garman
Samuel Garman

June 05, 1843 – September 30, 1927

United States

Equidae

Collected Equidae and identified Dactyloidae

Orlando H. Garrido

March 01, 1931 – June 24, 2024

Cuba

Pieridae

Collected Pieridae and identified Dactyloidae

Charles Frederick Hartt
Charles Frederick Hartt

August 23, 1840 – March 18, 1878

Canada

Cichlidae

Collected Cichlidae and identified Emballonuridae

Harold Heath

June 05, 1868 – April 22, 1951

United States

Teiidae

Collected Teiidae

Philip Hershkovitz
Philip Hershkovitz

October 12, 1909 – February 15, 1997

United States

Cricetidae

Collected Cricetidae and identified Cricetidae

Ernest G. Holt

1889 – 1983

United States

Thraupidae

Collected Thraupidae and identified Eriocaulaceae

Collected Erebidae and identified Braconidae

Identified Colubridae

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

1910 – 1996

Apidae

Collected Apidae and identified Scincidae

Charles Herbert Lankester

June 14, 1879 – July 08, 1969

United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Orchidaceae

Collected Orchidaceae

Borys Malkin
Borys Malkin

November 20, 1917 – August 12, 2009

Second Polish Republic; United States of America; Poland

Dytiscidae

Collected Dytiscidae and identified Coccinellidae

Hermano Nicéforo María

February 29, 1888 – February 24, 1980

France; Colombia

Colubridae

Collected Colubridae and identified Phyllostomidae