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Luciano Javier Avila is affiliated with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council in Argentina. Their research spans several domains within environmental science and molecular biology, with a strong focus on amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution, and conservation under changing climate conditions.

The primary fields of study for Avila include Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work is particularly concentrated on Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. The main topics addressed through their publications feature Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Avila has contributed to several papers in notable scientific journals. Some of their recent publications are:

  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods, 2022, Nature
  • Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Rapid Radiation and Rampant Reticulation: Phylogenomics of South American Liolaemus Lizards, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography

Frequent coauthors of Avila include:

  • Mariana Morando
  • Jack W. Sites
  • Kevin I. Sánchez
  • Shai Meiri
  • Cristian Hernán Fulvio Pérez

Avila frequently publishes in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Zootaxa
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Systematic Biology
  • Journal of Herpetology

Best Publications

  • Erosion of lizard diversity by climate change and altered thermal niches.

    Barry Sinervo;Barry Sinervo;Fausto Méndez-de-la-Cruz;Donald B. Miles;Donald B. Miles;Benoit Heulin

  • A global reptile assessment highlights shared conservation needs of tetrapods

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  • Sampling Strategies for Delimiting Species: Genes, Individuals, and Populations in the Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi Complex (Squamata: Liolaemidae) in Andean–Patagonian South America

    Mariana Morando;Luciano Javier Avila;Luciano Javier Avila;Jack W. Sites Jr

  • SPECIES DELIMITATION WITH ABC AND OTHER COALESCENT-BASED METHODS: A TEST OF ACCURACY WITH SIMULATIONS AND AN EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE WITH LIZARDS OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE)

    Arley Camargo;Mariana Morando;Luciano J. Avila;Jack W. Sites

  • Emerging phylogeographical patterns of plants and terrestrial vertebrates from Patagonia

    Alicia N. Sérsic;Andrea Cosacov;Andrea A. Cocucci;Leigh A. Johnson

  • PHYLOGENY AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR INTROGRESSION AND INCOMPLETE LINEAGE SORTING

    Mariana Morando;Luciano Javier Avila;Jake Baker;Jake Baker;Jack W. Sites

  • Global Protected Areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change

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  • Congeneric phylogeography: hypothesizing species limits and evolutionary processes in Patagonian lizards of the Liolaemus boulengeri group (Squamata: Liolaemini)

    Luciano Javier Avila;Mariana Morando;J. W. Sites

  • Accuracy and Precision of Species Trees: Effects of Locus, Individual, and Base Pair Sampling on Inference of Species Trees in Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii Group (Squamata, Liolaemidae)

    Arley Camargo;Luciano J. Avila;Mariana Morando;Jack W. Sites

  • Coleccion Herpetologica Reptiles LJAMM-CNP

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  • Molecular evidence for a species complex in the patagonian lizard Liolaemus bibronii and phylogeography of the closely related Liolaemus gracilis (Squamata: Liolaemini)

    Mariana Morando;Luciano J. Avila;Cameron R. Turner;Cameron R. Turner;Jack W. Sites

  • Lizards from the end of the world: phylogenetic relationships of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus section (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemini).

    M. Florencia Breitman;Luciano J. Avila;Jack W. Sites;Mariana Morando

  • The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes

    Shai Meiri;Luciano Avila;Aaron M. Bauer;David G. Chapple

  • Correlating diet and digestive tract specialization: examples from the lizard family Liolaemidae.

    Shannon P. O’Grady;Mariana Morando;Luciano Avila;M. Denise Dearing

  • How lizards survived blizzards: phylogeography of the Liolaemus lineomaculatus group (Liolaemidae) reveals multiple breaks and refugia in southern Patagonia and their concordance with other codistributed taxa

    M. Florencia Breitman;Luciano J. Avila;Jack W. Sites;Mariana Morando

  • PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF LIZARDS OF THE LIOLAEMUS PETROPHILUS GROUP (SQUAMATA, LIOLAEMIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES FROM WESTERN ARGENTINA

    Luciano Javier Avila;Luciano Javier Avila;Mariana Morando;Mariana Morando;Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez;Jack W. Sites

  • Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update.

    Luciano Javier Avila;Lorena Elizabeth Martinez;Mariana Morando

  • Molecular dating and diversification of the South American lizard genus Liolaemus (subgenus Eulaemus) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Frank M. Fontanella;Melisa Olave;Luciano Javier Avila;Jack W. Sites

  • A molecular phylogeny of the lizard genus Phymaturus (Squamata, Liolaemini): implications for species diversity and historical biogeography of southern South America.

    Mariana Morando;Luciano Javier Avila;Cristian Hernan Fulvio Perez;Monty Hawkins

  • A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates

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  • New species of Liolaemus (Reptilia, Squamata, Liolaemini) of the Liolaemus donosobarrosi clade from northwestern Patagonia, Neuquén province, Argentina.

    Luciano Javier Avila;Cristian Hernán Fulvio Perez;Ignacio Minoli;Cintia Debora Medina

  • A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata) of the Liolaemus capillitas clade (Squamata, Liolaemini, Liolaemus elongatus-kriegi group) from Sierra de Velasco, La Rioja Province, Argentina.

    Luciano Javier Avila;Juan Esteban Vrdoljak;Cintia Débora Medina;Juan García Massini

  • Evidence of hybridization in the Argentinean lizards Liolaemus gracilis and Liolaemus bibronii (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMINI): An integrative approach based on genes and morphology

    Melisa Olave;Lorena Elízabeth Martínez;Luciano Javier Avila;Jack W. Sites

  • Multilocus phylogeny of the widely distributed South American lizard clade Eulaemus (Liolaemini, Liolaemus)

    Melisa Olave;Luciano J. Avila;Jack W. Sites;Mariana Morando

Frequent Co-Authors

Mariana Morando
Mariana Morando National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Jack W. Sites
Jack W. Sites Brigham Young University
Adam D. Leaché
Adam D. Leaché University of Washington
Daniel R. Perez
Daniel R. Perez University of Georgia
Donald B. Miles
Donald B. Miles Ohio University
Aaron M. Bauer
Aaron M. Bauer Villanova University
Barry Sinervo
Barry Sinervo University of California, Santa Cruz
David G. Chapple
David G. Chapple Monash University
L. Lee Grismer
L. Lee Grismer La Sierra University
Gernot Vogel
Gernot Vogel Heidelberg University

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