Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (born 1944) is a Brazilian
herpetologist
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. He works at the
National Museum
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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.
Taxa named in Cruz's honor
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Craugastor cruzi'' (McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989)
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Hyla cruzi'' (Pombal & Bastos, 1998)
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Chiasmocleis crucis'' (Caramaschi & Pimenta, 2003)
Taxa described
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Chiasmocleis alagoanus''
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Chiasmocleis atlantica''
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Chiasmocleis capixaba''
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Chiasmocleis carvalhoi''
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Chiasmocleis jimi''
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Chiasmocleis mehelyi''
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Hyla arildae''
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Hyla buriti''
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Hyla callipygia''
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Hyla cavicola''
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Hyla ericae''
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Hyla fluminea''
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Hyla gouveai''
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Hyla ibirapitanga''
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Hyla leucopygia''
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Hyla phaeopleura''
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Hyla pseudomeridiana''
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Hyla sibilata
''Aplastodiscus sibilatus'' is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to northeastern Brazil and is known from central-eastern Bahia to Alagoas. The specific name ''sibilatus'' is derived from the Latin ''sibilus'' meaning "whist ...
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Hyla stenocephala''
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Hyla weygoldti''
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Hylomantis granulosa
''Hylomantis granulosa'', also known as the granular leaf frog, is a species of frog in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. It is endemic to eastern Brazil where it is only known from Amargosa, Bahia, and Recife; the type locality is the Zoo Botanic ...
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Melanophryniscus simplex''
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Melanophryniscus spectabilis''
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Phasmahyla exilis''
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Phrynohyas lepida''
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Phrynomedusa bokermanni''
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Phrynomedusa marginata''
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Phrynomedusa vanzolinii''
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Phyllodytes brevirostris''
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Phyllodytes kautskyi
The Brazilian heart-tongued frog (''Phyllodytes kautskyi'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae Endemism, endemic to Brazil's Atlantic forests. It has been observed as high as 600 meters above sea level.
This frog is not classified as e ...
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Plectrohyla chrysopleura''
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Proceratophrys phyllostomus''
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Proceratophrys subguttata''
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Pseudis tocantins
''Pseudis tocantins'' is a species of aquatic frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to central Brazil and occurs in the eponymous state of Tocantins, as well as in Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Maranhão states, in the Tocantins and Araguaia River ...
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Scinax agilis''
Citations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Da Cruz, Carlos Alberto Goncalves
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Brazilian herpetologists
1944 births