Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz explained

Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz
Nationality:	Brazilian
Occupation:	Herpetologist

Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz (born 1944) is a Brazilian herpetologist. He works at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Taxa named in Cruz's honor

• Craugastor cruzi (McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989)
• Hyla cruzi (Pombal & Bastos, 1998)
• Chiasmocleis crucis (Caramaschi & Pimenta, 2003)^[2]

Taxa described

• Chiasmocleis alagoanus
• Chiasmocleis atlantica
• Chiasmocleis capixaba
• Chiasmocleis carvalhoi
• Chiasmocleis jimi
• Chiasmocleis mehelyi
• Hyla arildae
• Hyla buriti
• Hyla callipygia
• Hyla cavicola
• Hyla ericae
• Hyla fluminea
• Hyla gouveai
• Hyla ibirapitanga
• Hyla leucopygia
• Hyla phaeopleura
• Hyla pseudomeridiana
• Hyla sibilata
• Hyla stenocephala
• Hyla weygoldti
• Hylomantis granulosa
• Melanophryniscus simplex
• Melanophryniscus spectabilis
• Phasmahyla exilis
• Phrynohyas lepida
• Phrynomedusa bokermanni
• Phrynomedusa marginata
• Phrynomedusa vanzolinii
• Phyllodytes brevirostris
• Phyllodytes kautskyi
• Plectrohyla chrysopleura
• Proceratophrys phyllostomus
• Proceratophrys subguttata
• Pseudis tocantins
• Scinax agilis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz. National Museum of Brazil. pt. 10 September 2018.
2. Caramaschi. Ulisses. Ulisses Caramaschi. Pimenta. B. V. S.. Duas novas espécies de Chiasmocleis Méhelÿ, 1904, da Mata Atlântica do Sul da Bahia, Brasil (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). pt. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 61. 3. 2003. 295–202.