Luis A. Coloma

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Luis A. Coloma is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis A. Coloma has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Ecological Modeling and 22 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Luis A. Coloma's work include Amphibian and Reptile Biology (61 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (32 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (17 papers). Luis A. Coloma is often cited by papers focused on Amphibian and Reptile Biology (61 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (32 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (17 papers). Luis A. Coloma collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, United States and Peru. Luis A. Coloma's co-authors include Santiago R. Ron, David C. Cannatella, Martín R. Bustamante, Juan C. Santos, Enrique La Marca, Bruce E. Young, J. Alan Pounds, Andrés Merino‐Viteri, Christopher J. Still and Robert Puschendorf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Luis A. Coloma

67 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

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Peers

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Stefan Lötters Germany

Ignacio De la Riva Spain

Mark‐Oliver Rödel Germany

Taran Grant Brazil

Robert W. Waller United States

Julián Faivovich Argentina

Jason L. Brown United States

Célio F. B. Haddad Brazil

Simon P. Loader United Kingdom

Janalee P. Caldwell United States

Stefan Lötters Germany

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977 ×0.8

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ECOLO

821 ×1.1

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis A. Coloma

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20 of 20 papers shown

Coloma, Luis A.. (2025). Amphibians of Ecuador.

Tapia, Elicio, Peter Weber, Xavier Mayali, et al.. (2024). Alkaloids are associated with increased microbial diversity and metabolic function in poison frogs. Current Biology. 35(1). 187–197.e8. 1 indexed citations

Pašukonis, Andrius, M Fischer, Matthias‐Claudio Loretto, et al.. (2022). Contrasting parental roles shape sex differences in poison frog space use but not navigational performance. eLife. 11. 18 indexed citations

Coloma, Luis A., et al.. (2022). Description of the tadpole of Agalychnis hulli (Anura: Hylidae). Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology. 21(2). 141–149. 1 indexed citations

Coloma, Luis A. & Juan M. Guayasamin. (2022). William E. Duellman (1930–2022). Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology. 21(1). 103–111. 1 indexed citations

Vizuete, Karla, et al.. (2021). Development of assisted reproductive technologies for the conservation of Atelopus sp. (spumarius complex). Cryobiology. 105. 20–31. 9 indexed citations

Vidoudez, Charles, et al.. (2020). Land use impacts poison frog chemical defenses through changes in leaf litter ant communities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 75–87. 17 indexed citations

Coloma, Luis A., et al.. (2019). Phylogenetic systematics, ecology, and conservation of marsupial frogs (Anura: Hemiphractidae) from the Andes of southern Ecuador, with descriptions of four new biphasic species. Zootaxa. 4562(1). zootaxa.4562.1.1–zootaxa.4562.1.1. 8 indexed citations

Pomerantz, Aaron, Nicolás Peñafiel, Alejandro Arteaga, et al.. (2018). Real-time DNA barcoding in a rainforest using nanopore sequencing: opportunities for rapid biodiversity assessments and local capacity building. GigaScience. 7(4). 155 indexed citations

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Womack, Molly C., Jakob Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Luis A. Coloma, & Kim L. Hoke. (2018). Sensitive high frequency hearing in earless and partially eared harlequin frogs (Atelopus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 221(Pt 10). 16 indexed citations

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Womack, Molly C., et al.. (2018). Prolonged middle ear development in Rhinella horribilis. Journal of Morphology. 279(10). 1518–1523. 7 indexed citations

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Womack, Molly C., Jakob Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Luis A. Coloma, Juan C. Chaparro, & Kim L. Hoke. (2017). Earless toads sense low frequencies but miss the high notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1864). 20171670–20171670. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Renjie, Mei Zhou, Lei Wang, et al.. (2017). Novel Kazal-type proteinase inhibitors from the skin secretion of the Splendid leaf frog, Cruziohyla calcarifer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 1–13. 7 indexed citations

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Byrd, Gary D., Alexandre B. Roland, Elicio Tapia, et al.. (2016). Ant and Mite Diversity Drives Toxin Variation in the Little Devil Poison Frog. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 42(6). 537–551. 43 indexed citations

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Rabeling, Christian, Jeffrey Sosa‐Calvo, Lauren A. O’Connell, Luis A. Coloma, & Fernando Fernández. (2016). Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri: a new ant species discovered in the stomach of the dendrobatid poison frog, Oophaga sylvatica (Funkhouser). ZooKeys. 618(618). 79–95. 2 indexed citations

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Guayasamin, Juan M., et al.. (2009). Description of the tadpole of Cochranella resplendens and redescription of the tadpole of Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum (Anura, Centrolenidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Santos, Juan C., Luis A. Coloma, Kyle Summers, et al.. (2009). Amazonian Amphibian Diversity Is Primarily Derived from Late Miocene Andean Lineages. PLoS Biology. 7(3). e1000056–e1000056. 250 indexed citations

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Darst, Catherine R., et al.. (2004). Evolution of Dietary Specialization and Chemical Defense in Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae): A Comparative Analysis. The American Naturalist. 165(1). 56–69. 118 indexed citations

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Wiens, John J. & Luis A. Coloma. (1992). A New Species of the Eleutherodactylus myersi (Anura: Leptodactylidae) Assembly from Ecuador. Journal of Herpetology. 26(2). 196–196. 8 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Jorge, et al.. (1988). Effects of t‐butyl‐4‐hydroxyanisole and other phenolic antioxidants on tumoral cells and Trypanosoma parasites. FEBS Letters. 234(2). 485–488. 19 indexed citations

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