MY ACADEMIC CURRICULUM:
• Amphibian-killing chytrid in Brazil comprises both locally endemic and globally expanding populations. Molecular Ecology 2016.
• Aves do campus da Unicamp e arredores. Avis Brasilis 2013 (book).
• First record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Paraná, Brazil. Herpetological Review 2012.
• New records and geographic distribution map of Elachistocleis magnus Toledo 2010 (Anura, Microhylidae). Check List 2012.
• First record in Midwestern region of the state of São Paulo, Brazil of Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976 (Squamata: Typhlopidae). Check List 2011.
• Primeiros registros de Heliomaster furcifer (Trochilidae) no estado de São Paulo e ampliação de sua distribuição. Brazilian Journal of Ornithology 2011.
• Novas localidades de ocorrência do joão-nordestino Furnarius figulus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) no estado de São Paulo: Expansão de sua distribuição geográfica. Atualidades Ornitológicas 2010.
Taxonomy, Behavior and Bioacoustics Papers
• Redescription of the Advertisement Call of Five Species of Thoropa (Anura, Cycloramphidae), Including Recordings of Rare and Endangered Species. PlosOne 2016.
• A new species of long-legged Pseudopaludicola from northeastern Brazil (Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leiuperinae). Salamandra 2016.
• Advertisement call and genetic structure conservatism: good news for an endangered Neotropical frog. PEERJ 2016.
• Foraging techniques of Swallow-tailed Cotinga (Phibalura flavirostris) on fruits of Struthanthus marginatus (Loranthaceae) in Monte Verde, Camanducaia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Ornithology 2016.
• The Semiterrestrial Tadpole of Cycloramphus rhyakonastes Heyer, 1983 (Anura, Cycloramphidae). Journal of Herpetology 2016.
• Anomalous tadpoles in a Brazilian oceanic archipelago: Implications of oral anomalies on foraging behaviour, food intake and metamorphosis. Herpetological Journal 2014.
• A new species of Elachistocleis Parker (Anura, Microhylidae) from the state of Acre, Northern Brazil. Zootaxa 2012.
Ecuador bird list, click here:
About Me
I am a PhD in Animal Biology, also acting as wildlife observation guide. I live in Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil
I am around 1:30 hours from GRU Airport. I can pick you up at GRU Airport or at your hotel in São Paulo city or nearby town.
In Campinas city I can pick you up at VCP Airport or Bus Station, there is a direct bus from GRU Airport to Campinas.
SOME SUGGESTED PLACES (Ask for a budget):
Biome: Dry Atlantic Forest and Cerrado
• Fazenda Hotel Bacury, Anhembi - SP
• Hotel Fazenda Areia que Canta, Brotas - SP
• Analândia - SP
• Serra da Canastra National Park
Biome: Wet Atlantic and High Montane Forest
• Mogi das Cruzes and Salesópolis - SP (an hour from GRU Airport)
• Campos do Jordão - SP
• Ubatuba - SP
• Trilha dos Tucanos
• Intervales State Park
• Itatiaia National Park
MATO GROSSO STATE (by flight from GRU)
Biome: Pantanal, Cerrado and Amazonic Forest
• Serra das Araras, Barra do Bugres - MT
• Transpantaneira Road, Poconé - MT
• Chapada dos Guimarães - MT
NORTHEAST ANDES, ECUADOR (by flight from GRU)
• Quito (La Carolina Park and Teleferico) and Papallacta Pass
• Mashpi Amagusa Reserve, Milpe Bird Sanctuary (Choco Endemics)
• Mindo, Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Choco Endemics)
I am around 1:30 hours from GRU Airport. I can pick you up at GRU Airport or at your hotel in São Paulo city or nearby town.
In Campinas city I can pick you up at VCP Airport or Bus Station, there is a direct bus from GRU Airport to Campinas.
SOME SUGGESTED PLACES (Ask for a budget):
Biome: Dry Atlantic Forest and Cerrado
• Fazenda Hotel Bacury, Anhembi - SP
• Hotel Fazenda Areia que Canta, Brotas - SP
• Analândia - SP
• Serra da Canastra National Park
Biome: Wet Atlantic and High Montane Forest
• Mogi das Cruzes and Salesópolis - SP (an hour from GRU Airport)
• Campos do Jordão - SP
• Ubatuba - SP
• Trilha dos Tucanos
• Intervales State Park
• Itatiaia National Park
MATO GROSSO STATE (by flight from GRU)
Biome: Pantanal, Cerrado and Amazonic Forest
• Serra das Araras, Barra do Bugres - MT
• Transpantaneira Road, Poconé - MT
• Chapada dos Guimarães - MT
NORTHEAST ANDES, ECUADOR (by flight from GRU)
• Quito (La Carolina Park and Teleferico) and Papallacta Pass
• Mashpi Amagusa Reserve, Milpe Bird Sanctuary (Choco Endemics)
• Mindo, Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Choco Endemics)