Antenor Leitão de Carvalho

Antenor Leitão de Carvalho is a Brazilian herpetologist and ichthyologist, born on 15 April 1910 and died on 11 December 1985 in Rio de Janeiro.

Antenor Leitão de Carvalho
Born	(1910-04-15)April 15, 1910
Died	December 11, 1985(1985-12-11) (aged 75) Rio de Janeiro
Scientific career
Fields	Herpetology, Ichthyology
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Carvalho

Taxa named in his honor

• Hypostomus carvalhoi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)^[1] is a species of catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the Jaguaribe River basin.^[2]
• Pipa carvalhoi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)
• Plecostomus carvalhoi A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937
• Discocystus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1941
• Bunocephalus carvalhoi A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1944
• Mecynogea carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1944
• Micrathena carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1944
• Carvalhodesmus Schubart, 1945
• Stenostreptus carvalhoi Schubart, 1945
• Tityus carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1945
• Arndtodesmus carvalhoi Schubart, 1947
• Cynolebias carvalhoi G. Myers, 1947
• Cynolebias antenori G. Myers, 1952
• Harttia carvalhoi P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1939^[3] – a species of catfish
• Icthyocephalus antenori Travassos & Kloss, 1959
• Amphisbaena carvalhoi Gans, 1965^[4]
• Odontophrynus carvalhoi Savage & Cei, 1965
• Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi Roze, 1967^[4]
• Syncope antenori (Walker, 1973)
• Syncope carvalhoi Nelson, 1975
• Bokermannohyla carvalhoi (Peixoto, 1981)
• Zachaenus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1983
• Panopa carvalhoi Rebouças & Vanzolini, 1990^[4]
• Dendrophryniscus carvalhoi Izecksohn, 1994
• Colobosauroides carvalhoi Soares & Caramaschi, 1998^[4]

Taxa described

• Arcovomer Carvalho, 1954
• Arcovomer passarellii Carvalho, 1954
• Hamptophryne Carvalho, 1954
• Hyophryne Carvalho, 1954
• Hyophryne histrio Carvalho, 1954
• Macrogenioglottus alipioi Carvalho, 1946
• Macrogenioglottus Carvalho, 1946
• Myersiella Carvalho, 1954
• Paratelmatobius Lutz & Carvalho, 1958
• Paratelmatobius lutzii Lutz & Carvalho, 1958
• Relictivomer Carvalho, 1954
• Rhinella dapsilis (G. Myers & Carvalho, 1945)
• Rhinella pygmaea (G. Myers & Carvalho, 1952)
• Synapturanus Carvalho, 1954
• Anolis phyllorhinus G. Myers & Carvalho, 1945
• Siagonodon cupinensis Bailey & Carvalho, 1946

See also

• Category:Taxa named by Antenor Leitão de Carvalho

Biography

Nomura, Hitoshi (1993). "A obra científica de Antenor Leitão de Carvalho (1910-1985)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 10 (3): 545–552. (in Portuguese). (texte)

Notes & references

1. "ITIS - Report: Hypostomus carvalhoi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamily HYPOSTOMINAE Kner 1853 (Suckermouth Catfishes or Plecos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
3. Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Family LORICARIIDAE: Subfamilies LITHOGENINAE, HYPOPTOPOMINAE and LORICARIINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Carvalho, A. L.", p. 49).

Sources

• Biographical information is based on a translation from an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia.